The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-27

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a Dssssldoff. Dsnmalk has one = Co
psnhsesn. ssd brnnsh "a Aiaans. In
asr Frsneis m. Of Austsis. nlplsr E@st-
,or 81 Germsny. Austria bad ssFesair
esiaaas r. each az he fosr regions ef
Ausrla, HongsIy. I.emhardy. and ne
Low csunlr.es, ron Belgium. Each Of
ne .esen Slaes Of me Nstte'lsnds lad
i,s own roiasgs. Spain hss > mint =
Madrid, II SerIir. and 81 Bsicslooa. IN
Switzerland earh Canton has he sefcga-
lise AZ roinsge.
Tie wisdom snd peliey 81 branch
miEls are much enksree By The vsiashls
mining discoveries N nor county, pssll-
rulariy Of gold. They are bseening more
impaIlanl % oar trade and commeice, snd
in an our uonsysd intercourse. The
mining interest. though ysiin iis infancy,
embrsces very considerable PARTON Of
The South. New dsvslopnenls are being
made daily. new and richer mines are con-
slan.ly discossred. and their annual pre-
duct Is ltgsl.rly increasing. This IN
e,ea,e vii be sull greater in consequence
ef lie low prices Of sgricuiiDrfle pro-
duee. more particularly Of onf ehsf
staple, collnn. Of which there Is already an
ossr-produriinn. Labar will be diverted
from these channels, and Nth additional
capital be employed in mining pursuits.
The elect Ct he operations for gold viii
be 10 develop also ether valuable mIns ral
and metals; already 10 North Carolina we
have seen and fell the fruit, Of this enter
p,isr. Copper and silver mines have
been discovered and worked % very
considerable extent 0ne Of the most
yslusble silver mines 10 this country. new
10 oreTstion. is 10 Davidson county. N.
O.. and was igiaslly developed BY
searching Coz gold. The mineral wealth
Of our State is very great, and must. IN
The further progress OF The mining opera
tons. be productive Of most impnrssni Ie-
suits. There 10 already very large ca
pilal invested in This groHi ing interest.
By the census Of 1910. which in this as
10 many other respects 10 sesy imperf, Ct.
and falls much below the real truth, il APP
pears thar il. The year 1899. there were
,Ihsn employed 10 guild mining l.0i6 per-
Ysons; capital invested 1924 300, and gold
raised s529. 500: Of which Nor'h Caroli-
lna produced 1886 600, Georgia 1922. 900.
South Carolina, Virginia. AIsbama, and
Tennessee The remainder. The amount
then deposited for coinage was $685.. 600,
Arhs average annual coInsge slnce 1890
10 1912. embracing q penod when Tie
lmines began 10 yield larger products than
before, was s555.OOO. The average an-
nusl prnduttion was Then estimated .
ss0O.00O. Iiis now much larger; reriaiL.
tainly much more than million yeai.
IhdseJ, cir, in 1879, The cninage Of ths
lbrsnch minis IL Charlotte and DshloHces
lalone was ss77,7s7. D0ring the las
six months in Nnrh Carolina there have
been al least 5000 persons emplo, Ell in
H'u,"s vper.liuns, and 10 tie gold region
generally more Than double that number
In the gold region II ms own State. ant
fiom lev mines 10 SnuIh Carolina in
reach Of The min, .; charlntts. from da,s
IN my possession derived from reliable
sources, estimate the amour, found la.
year al 100000; and in. Georgia an
amounttqual a, lrsstto that sum. As an
illustration Of the extent and kind OF Ia.
Dor and capllal which are beginning no y
TO be most successfully employe Ell 10 mia.
hing operations. will remark III 4 have
IN nv possession certificates from three
small compsnies, composed Of plain but
esIeclshle men, whose veraciy I can
ronch for. and who labor wiki their hands
IN their plIs. stating that from one hdl, in
one Of The counties represent, with six-
Teen hand. IN eighteen months rrere,!.
ing November last, they raised S5l go
worth ofgoll. This .um was raised from
vein mines at small comparative ex-
enss. The nincs, inn. are nov wotk-
ed With more skill and sc,encr, and lees
expense than formerly. Oar own people
are rlli"lly Engaged in them, aud generally
they are nf that class 81 ,burers W ho cam
/ lbsS 1tfl NlCNUhP PHI
encs ,trars nj heir b. lion pniladt lph,a,
and Who, without The f.ciI,tie, furnished
by .he branrh min,s. are u,iectrd 10
heavy 'xacuons Which. they are tile able
10 bear. by being compelled TO bring their
gold int, marke, al a discoun', Tor The Dc .
n'h' Of de'lrs and sp4crlato,s who can
better afford The risk and expense OF re-.
nj lance to the mother mint.
- The exp nse Of t'an' por,a ion is esti-
mated al from three 10 five per GEN., and
the loss on sales al the pI,cs Of production,
without The all III the branch minis fur
hlshing the true tests aud The means oil
obtaining the real value, is at least irnm
hre to len pr cent. among the mass of
mmefs. Toe nett loss, therefore, to the
l4borers, M The real value Of tier bullion.
u from eight (, fifteen per cent. To
'hese 'borefs wlHt within their reach
- all Impotian'; il is bnnn. indie j. II
!" Just and real protection To their do
nestle ministry, giving new and yiso.