The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-21

! which 1t was abandoncd--mineral being found
| IN great abundance AT the new mines. The old
! MINES remained IN this Gtuation until Febr,,a
! ry, 1902, when fifteen French families rrad. :,
| tettlement near the mines, and have formed \
village, iince which the mines have been opened.
and the iah year produced three hundred and
so thouiand pounds weight of mineral of an cx
ceiient quality, not inferior TO the ben produced
at the Mine Burton. A gold colored fo!il f.
milar to that found at the Mine Burton, is
ALTO connected with the mineral taken from this
mine.
The proiped Of obtaining ;nmenle quantities
otminerai from The old mines is at preitnt very
Hastering, and there is not the leaf doubt of
their being equally extenlive as the Mine Bur
ton. The preis1t workings, with the Old in
cude about 100 acres of land The mines are
elevated, and may be eaGiy drained 20 the depth
Of an leo feet.
r. the year 1893 grant for four hundred 4
ores o. Land was obtained, aud ftirveyed in
1900 but 'nclndes no part of the workings
therefore tie mine, with the adjacent lands, cx-
ce?tlng that concefiion may be conldered as
public property.
No fnelsiug furnace has as yet been erected
At this place, except French one, mot Of he
mineral being tTaa!pcrted to the Mine Burton
10 he imeltco.---The greatett number of
hands employed at the old mines, at any ore
time hnce the late eRablihmcnt, has not exceed
ed twenty-five or thirty and thoGs onv Tor a
FEW months. 1t is not improbable that the
fpace between the old mines and the Mine \
Burton may produce mineral in as great abun-
dance as either of the mines. The Fouche
Rannault is navigable with feven miles of this
mine.
4. Mine Rannault, f1uated s. mics ". Of the
Mine Burton, on a creek o p The c. ne name.
Little can be faid relative to this mine, Il NOT
having been wrought for more Shan f.vcnty
years but from information and the extent Of
The diggings, large quantity oe mineral was
drawntromit. Itwasdiicovered g. opened by HIr.
Rannault, about the year! IS, with an expect
alton of finding iver ore. The country near
The mine is billy and broken. 1t is fuppofed that
Rannault's concelion, granted by the king Of
France, if ever it fhould be brought forward,
will comprehend the mine. The mineral drawn
from thete mines, is ola good quality, generally
round iii iime-itone rock, in regular veins, and
Is iaid to be incxhauifible. know of no reafon
why they have been 10 long neglected, unlefs
attribute If TO the difcoyery of mines nearer the
tcttlements and the FINAL number of workmen to
carry them on. As they are within 10 miles of
navigation, by the Fouche Rannault, great ex-
pectatons OF their utility to the public may be
jufly entertained.
S. Mine a Maneto, or American mines, on
Grand River, was tifcovered and opened in the
meath &C H@ohes, 1cs b t,,e ~, 60,
tied on Grand River is ituated twelve miles
eat iouth eait of the Nine Burton-The a3-
pearance OF the mines being very Iattering, a
plan was executed by MetIrs. Vale and Pratt,
OF st. GeneVievc, to ditpofIeis the Americans of
the privilege allowed in facIl cafes, of foura-
ores IN inpertlce as compensation to the difco-
verers of mines In 1909, Mr.. Pratt brought
forward two connections, one for himielf OF
thouiand acres, the other in the name of his fon,
minor, t2r eight hundred acres. In comic
qttncc or theie ccncefiions the Americans
have been excluded from the mines.
The Nine Maneto, from its Hat potion,
will not admit OF deep mining, the water riGnc
at the depth of fifteen feet, and the lituaton IS
iuch, it cannot be drained. The mineral is
found within two or three feet of the lurface OF
the earth, in foft, grey, lime-fone reel, in
iin3ll particles. The rock lies in horizontal
petition, IN ihcetS OF five or fix inches in thick
neis. Two or three layers of this rock are
found one under the other between each is
layer, either of clay or mineral, one or two in
cheS thick-rnot commonly mineral. In Dla
ces where the rock will admit of linking eight or
ten feet, the mineral is found in thin fakes, CO.
vered with an iron coloured ruff. Before the
mineral can be imelted, it requires to be poun-
dered and waihcd; after paiiing through this o.
Pcration, out of one thoufand pounds, as it is
taken from the mines, three or four hundred
only Isfound tobc mineral. Notwthns nding this
additional labor, the cafe and facility with which
the mineral is procured, would leave hand
iome profit IN the hands of experienced work
men; but to the prefcnt holders yields but lit
tie. There Is not the fmaef appearance of
the Narcotic to be found in thcge mines.
The land carriage to st. Ceneyievc from the
Mines Maneto, is about twenty fix miles.
8. Mine la Plate, lituate on river of that
name, about two miles from its junction with
Grand river, and eighteen miles Z. S. L. from
the mine Ia Burton, was G.fcovered in OF.
1922, by an American but the iniuflce done
to the ietlers at Grand river, in the affair of the
Mine Maneto, discouraged thofe concerned
in the dlicovery from making any great attempts
to open and improve it. In 1900, thirty thou
land pounds weight Of mineral was drawn from
the mine by two Americans obtained near
the furface. The mineral aiilmes the appear
5nce Of regular veins, and there is not a doubt
but this mine will be very productive. A FLYER
colered foiii is found at this mine, but not in
| tuch quantities as at the Mine Barton. The
mine, at prcfent, is uuoccupied for the reafcns
before mentioned, and will remain 70 until
more favorable moment.
| The land carriage from the mine to ST.
! Genivicve, is about twenty miles. The mine
may be conhdored as the property of the pub
lie.
! Z. Mine Joe on Grand river, about four
miles from the nine Il Plate, and fourteen