The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-21
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crSa:S Of population; 20 augment heir nro,{,...
TO iarpriiing degree. It is afo eviden;. tn,.,,.
are valuable discoveries yet 10 be rna,it II M,
therefore be matter CT confederation with The
goIerEment, whether The donation OF four acres
IN tupcEt'cc 20 the cifcoverer o. mines. yo,ls
not be advantageous to be continued. r..
Spdnih government has alto allowed the in,.s.
oltants 10 work on public lands, free from s,t
knd OF tax. 4 continuation az this nrv;lso.
VIII eAhsuit boCh the mines and timber. w-tlctr
the leait advantage to the public. Outhr 9TH
n'nd, ifa.heavy impoGiion 10 inpo(s,l, it NM.
encourage the mining bufneio: get, The mar,
VINO can with his pick and fl ovel make his thjr-
", forty, and iometimcs his hun,,., . dollars r.,
government.
he country about the mines is broker. BIT
not mountainous, ard turnillles the ben ofti-lt
Tor cultivation, and ;trearnsof water Il. icier. -
al Kinds Oh water works. Grand river riffs TN
mics iouth weit Ut the Mine a Burton, and in
IT'S courie forms nearly three parts OF a circle
round the mines, and lofcs its name in the ro,.-
enc i<anault, which is nayigable 20 The MuTGiD.
pi; they unite ten miles north of .Lc Nsipa ,
Burton, and it is remarkable, that in folr,;,,
this circle, its dihance from the mines does nnt
exceed fourteen miles in any one place. II aifo
furi1i!hes both land and water, of iuDerior oua-
hty, fuihcient for eight or nine hundred famiIie,
thus htuated the time cannot be far difsrt.
when this country will furninl lead fuficier,
not only for the coniumption OF the IJnite,t
States, but all Europe. if moderate encourage
tnen' Is gwen BY government, and Protector.
aga.nt the Ofage Indians, who yearly ph,nd-r
the inhabitants.
The mines, on the waters of tbe 6. Frsnc;,
gre capable OF furniihing yaft Quantities of Lad
: ne WINE Ia Mott, has been i.i!ed the Cold
f1he, as deicrptive Gifts wealth and If
proper management would verify the obT.rva.
ton. > va"
From the annexed Ultimate, it will be found
that the grois produce OF all the mines now ,,r.
GuPiSo' amounts to thirty-fx tho :,.:.!!a nun.
tiied doars. The whole number of vortr.n
employed, including miners, r1elters. yooc
CATERS snt carriers, has not exceeded one nm
'ncG ana ltsy men, OF which number one hun.
GREG ana twe"ty may DC fuppofcd to work sor,
Hich'AS, and the remaining thirty, the ve-,
round From this calculation It wonlt h
f0Hhc' tnat each man enpoyed in the buiinef,
aYeI2Se; tosty-three dollars per rncnt5.
This may be added the increafec. value on
Que AiiiS''eo ana twenty thouiaud pounds Vt
manufactured at the Mine Burton int N,,, Q.
fleets, which makes the export ,,l,,a+;o, 80, -
iAodiand and one hundred dollars ., r ann,,,,'
the average produce for three wears nm A..
uniting one thoutand men to be er,nIoyad -.
year round, at the different mines nCyy Enc,s1
ana the quantity oflead produced 20 he N nro,
poT;'an to what is now obtained by on. bn1-
tre1 md ff.Y rn-n. III ,,oRsion Nv -, ~.
e%tra'"sdnr, the proceeds are fourG ~ a,,,o,...
TO fYe hundred thouiand dolla-s and p~,,,,sr1,
This calculation, perhaps, by f5rne. nav -.
ueemed incredible, but the riches and extern, ~
the mines jufify the calculation. -
In climate Of tie produce oft6. l,,,..oy.
Nine Burton-55o thou
land lbs. mineral Ell
mated to produce es
2-5, is 100000 2-s lbs.
lead, at dollars S, is 1s.see o.
TO which add dollars 30
Ton 100 thoufand lbs.
manuta6fured) to each
thoCland, is a.eoo IN
Old Mnes--2oo thouIand -
lbs. mineral, eitnated
TO produce Go 2-s is
1888 l-2 lbs lead, ar
dollars per cwt. is 6.sss r.
Mine a la Mott--2oo thon-
land lbs lead, at dollars
s per cwt. is ,o.oco 10
SuPpofe at all the other
Mines so,0oO!bs lead at
dollars :, is soo ~