Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-11-21

and the small number Cs wuihmen 10 car
~ them Oh. As they are with n 10 miles
If nav,g5tiUn, by the Fouche l;a-auit, great
expectations OF Their utility to the public
may Justly be entertained.
S. Mine Maneio, or american mines,
on Grand RiSev, was discovered and open-
ed in the inonta OF October, 1899, by The
Americans settled OH Grand river: is ST.
ruatcd Twelve miles cas- s,u;h cast OF the
Nine Burton--1he appearance Of the
minos icing ver! hatte,ing, tlan was ex-
ecu,ed by Messis. Vale AID fratt, OF st.
Grueyieve, 10 dispossess the Americans
;o;s,he privilege allowed ~ such cases, of
4Naeres in aupcrhce as compensation 10
the discotSters oil mines, Ia 1903 MIR.
Pratt brought forward two concessions,
ore for hisaseh ot one thousand ies, ,he
Other in the name OF ms son, d miner, for
eight hundred acres. IL consequence of
these concessions Tire Americans have
been excluded hnm ths mines.
The mine q Aisntlo, rom Is fat pose
ton, will not admit Of deep n.ln.ng, the
wa'er rlsm., at The depth Of E,teen feet,
dthe situation is sucl 1t cannot x draIn-
ed. lie mineral Is iouGd within twc or
three ieet of he sur!4ce OF tbs earth, IL \
soft, grey, limestone roCk ~ smell Parii-
clos. The rock lies in horizontal posi-
ton, ia sheets OF five O: SIX inches IN thick
ness. To ur three layetS OF this rock
arc found orr under The o;her; between
each is layer either 81 clay or mineral,
one or tw0 inches lhca-- most common
l. mineral. IN places where The rock will
admit OF sinking eight or ten feet. the nil
neral is found Ia Thin fakes covered with
az iron colored rust. Before the mine
raj car &c melted, il requires o be pound-
ed and washed; after passing through
this operation, Gu, oi one thousand pounds,
as i; is taken from the mines, three or four
hundred only is foaUd to be mineral. Not
wthstanding this adGi'ionai libor, the ease
ard facility with which The mineral is pro-
cured, would leave handsome profit in
the hands If eXpere ced wcIkmen; but
to the pre- holders yields hut little
There is not the smallest appearance OF
ihe Marcosite tc be found III ,hese mines-
! he land carriage 10 ST. Ceneyeve from
the mines a Maneio, is about twenty SIX
miles,
6. Mine Ia Plate, situate on a river af
that name, about two mics from its juno
ton with Grand river, aYd eighteen miles
+. S. L. from the mine IA Burton, vas
discovered in OctCber, 1899, by al Ame-
rican hot the injustice done 10 The set
tiers al Grand river, IN The afTair of the
mine Maneto, discouraged those con-
oerned in the disco>f ny frcr making any
great attempts to open and improve lie
In 1900, thirty thousand pounds weight OF
mineral was drawn itum the mine by two
Americans obtIned near the surface
The min eral assumes the appearance OF
regular veins. and there is moi doubt but
thus mine will be very productive. A sill
Yer cOiored fossil is found * This mine, but
not in such quantities as al the mine
Burton. The mine, at present, is unoc-
cupjed for the reasons before mentioned,
and will remain so until more favorable
} moment.
. TIE land carriage from the mine TO st,
: Cenegieve, is about twenty miles. The
mine may be considered as the property
of The public.
z. Mine Joe on Grand river, about
four rgiles from the Mine la Plate, and
fourteen south east oi the Mine a Burton,
was disco@Ired by Messrs Baker and Ally,
American settlers at Grand river, in Sep
tsmber 1901, but vas taken from them
in 1902, By one Of those acts of injustice,
not uncommon in absolute governments
While Messrs, Baker and Ally ere suf.
fered to work t5c m;He, they obtained MI
neral ~ abundance bet since ii has been
in the hands If the present holders 1t has
produced bat liule. Ibis mine is said to
be private property, which renders it DIFF
fcuit 10 ascertain us extent and richness
but from clrcu stances it's supposed not
to be very extensive. The mineral is found
in pieces Of several hundred pounds
weight, pure aud solid
8. Mine Larry. This Mine is situat-
ed six miles Yves, Of The Mine joe, and
sixteen south south east Of TIC Mine Bur-
ton. Il was discovered about Tie year
l7g5, and bears the name Of lis discover
er. I he mine has not bt en- uuc h wrought,
and from what j clu Learn never produced
any large quantity Of mineral. II is not
in much repute and al present IS unoccu-
pied.
Q. Mine Ia Mott is situated on the
waters OF ,hc river ST., Fra.c s, six miles
from Tic main river. and tb .tty gC,uh south