New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-16
s...--uinine in New.Jersey.

similar and other Mineral Ores nearer at hand, es-
DeciaIly in New Jersey-a State scarcely exceeded
n ,be goodness Of her Soil or the richness OF the
Mineral deposi,es beneath it by any other IN the .
Irnion Copper Mines. especially had been known
to exist there since period anterior 70 inc he'o.
,--;or rbep the working OF them was interrupted {
and the miners being English as well AZ me pro
or.tors. returned 10 their own country Especially
N tbe vicinity Of Somervile and OF bennington these
r,i,,es have been long known, and the latter were
rnrcHs.ed some years since by company which
exhausted its means IN purchases and expensive
preparations and finally dessted without appears
even finding the main vein OF which they "sre
in pursuit. or ssceraining lis true course- About
GEAR since veteran and successful miner II me
W est returning TO his place Of nativity near lem
ington was induced TO e1snine.the vlcinit! Oh 'hs
former excavations IN the hope OF discovering isf
better Indications than had yet been i0une-lh
which he was entirely successful. The true VEN
r.,.s .onn6 at some little distance from. the OLD
,Ls and traced for some distance IN course CIT
f..rsrt from that previously pursued Il new com
,ras .h.reapon formed the adjacent property
purchased. and operations commenced and they
bsy. now been pursued for some months with
spirit and decided success.
We took a run over 20 tins InIue Z :eVF day
since Three considerable excavations have been
uade--01.e Of them 10 the depth OF seFenty the
others fifty and thirty feet respectively. and the
yein is being worked both ways in two OF them 50
that in short time they will be connected by
spacious gallery and the entire Nine drained BY
single steam engine, which is now draining the
deeper shaft in admirable style, but stands Idle
good part OF the time for want OF business " e
presume it VIII easily do the draining for the whole,
and lift as much OF the ore may adYantageously
be brought within reach OF 1t.
The vein is unusually wide-apParently from
ten to twelve feet-and the ore at the most re
cent excav alton is exceedingly rich-estimated by
The engineer and workmen at 20 to 10 per cent
This is Blue and Green Carbonate with little
sulphuret at greater depth II is Gray Salphu'
re, The larger portion OF the 200 tons hitherto
mined. and nov lying a. little distance from the
earlier shaft, is stated to yield by smelling about
90 per cent of pure Copper. Some tity tons nave
been sent to the Smelling Works at Boston and
Baltimore and sold during Che past Summer but
the Company are now preparing to smeit on theiF
own premises within the ensuing month Whereby
large saving of transportation and charges VII! be
effected The ore hitherto shipped has nettcd them
hut $50 10 per ton which afforded large profit
while tina, which is now being raised from the
newer shaft is estimated to be worth some $50 to
to 5000 per tom. OF the expedlency OF Smelling
nj the Mine where the supply OF ore IS so abundant
and apparently inexhaustble. while the nearest
navigabe water is nine miles distant there would
seem TO be no doubt.
This Mine is within mile east OF the village OF
Pennington, county seat OF Hunterdon Co. ON a
beautiful ndulating farm OF some three or four hun
dred acres, the property Of the company, t'Ph'Ia
delphia and Ncw.Iersey Copper Company Inc
vein runs somewhat East of North by West OF
South The land is all arabic and apparently Ter
tile unlike that in which Copper Ores have usually
been discovered We learned that the Company
have expended some $4,000 in the purchase OF the
property smelling works, building, purchase OF en-
cine. excavations Nc. which they sanguine OF
receiving back with large profit on their invest
men; very soon after they shall have their works IN
full operation
The rock in which the vein is situated is OF the
New Red Sandstone group and consists OF blue
and brown shales and sandstone. Black Sulphuret
and Gray Copper compose the larger but not the
richer portion Of the Ores yet extracted DR.
lacksons Humic Assay OF these yielded p per
cent aud his Crucble Assay Fl per cent OF pure
Copper This being assayed for Silver yield
ed > per cent of that metal two per cent
not OF the Ore but OF the Copper a piece OF
picked Ore yielded 323 per cent OF Sulphur. loi
OF iron and 56s OF Copper OF course tins Is no
iair specimen OF the NINE, though we think the
Blue and Green Csrbonste now being raised at the
newer shaft is quite as good as this
We trust the success Of tins and the Somer
VILE Mine now working oi which We vaguely hear
good accountsl will prove such TO stimulate far
Their inquiry and action with regard to mines not
now worked. Onehslf of the Minerals used IN
TIN. Country ii we except Coal, sre even yet I'm
ported, although no part OF the world is rcher III
mineral resources than oar own Country. We be
iieye that very many mines now untouched might
be worked 10 advantage and profit under iudicious
direction But II must never be forgotten that
digging Ores and digging Potatoes are two tit
tereut yocations-that Mining can only be prose-
cuted aivantageousIy by the AID OF abundant
Capital tined Experience, and decided Business
Talent II il be attempted by ignorance, IN
ethciencv incspaoty, the resul, VIII be 81 failure
no matter how rich the which the exper
lnent Ia made.
The NIOrmons.