The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-02-26

of swindling already extensively resorted
10, and which every good man will OPP
pose. Another remark OF the writer
might favor this conclusion. He says
the stock hoIders cannot be made person.
ally liable, so a company may be formed,
the stock gassed away in market al high
prices until majority had changed hands
and the balance can only be forfeited.
The original proprietors cannot be held
responsible to pay just proportion of the
expenses-so much greater then is the in
inducement 10 be viIlainous. The organ.
ization Of an association upon such prin-
cipIe did not originate with honest men.
But his facts are untrue. 1t has not as
vet been ascerlained by the experience of
any company upon the shores of Lake
Superior, that six dollars per ton will pay
The expenses of raising the ore 10 the sur
face and of washing or smelting-so far as
experience proves twice that sum will be
requisite. 1t is not expected to raise it to
the surface in any case for less than five
dollars. 1t must then be broken upinto
small pieces with hammers; that contain
ing native ore must then be crashed,
washed and afterwards smeted.
He says. 'rhe only mines in the world
except those Of Cuba and Jamaica, OF
which he is ignorant-tbat rival in rich
ness those OF Lake Superior, are those Of
Russia" 1t is a singular fact, and one
not fattering to his general Intelligence,
that he can speak SO positively OF the
mines 10 Rnssia-aud of the mines Of
Lake Superior, Of which but little can at
present be known-when he is ignorant
of those in Cuba and Jamaica, much
nearer than Russia, and which have been
wrough, for years with success, and in
The working them distinguished business
men in New ork and Boston have been
engaged, why be so anxious to 60 so far
as Russia 10 find rival mine add he
ever hear OF the Copper Mines ia Mis-
souri,?
These veins vary in width from six
inches 10 sixteen feet" Will he condesend
to inform the public, where, or by whom,
a well developed vein sixteen feet in width
has been discovered? And what company
has possession of such vein? Will any
man of character undertake to answer!
We have often heard OF such veins, but
the individual is scarce who can say
where one ofthem is located.
He says "the ores yield on an eVarage
about twenty five per cent of pure copper"
Some black oxide veins have been dis
covered, especial y at Copper Harbor, a
bout six inches iE width, that yield over
twenty-five per cent They are in the
congIomerale rock which is extremely
hard 10 work-lhe rock must be cut sew.
eraI feet in width for the convenience OF
the miner. These veins are occasionally
interrupted by the "conglomerate," and
The labor ia Obtaining the ore is so great
that as vet it is a question whether they
will yield any considerable profit. If, a
side from these narrow black oxide veins,
there are any known in that region
which will yield on an everage, say of
hundred tons Of rock any thing like TWEEN
,y-ive per cen! of metal their locality
and very fortunate possessor can be easily
named. What respectable geologist can
certify to the existence of such velnR- -
Even that deceived and egotistical, all
knowing geologist of Massachusetts, Dr..
Jackson, cannot do it.
He informs US thai "lhe amount Of mon
ey required to prosecute these undertakings
rendered it expedienl TO form such assocl-
ations' as Copper Stock Companies. A,
gain he says, 1--WE understand that ii res
qures but small sum some three or
four thousand doIlars-to commences these
operations in mining probably" Now
it is manifest that no daft upon the own
er, other than, as drawn from the mine,
need be made after mining has been profit
ably commenced, even when it is deslra-
bic to extend the scale of operations.
When an opportunity is presented to ems
gage in business that affords on an outlay
| of three or four thousand dollars, such Ga
large margin for profit" as is represented
by this writer, did such men as David
Henshaw, Dr. Thomas Jones, Ramsey
Crooke, William WARRIOR Guerdon Will
liams, or any of the Presidents OF the sew
eral companies he names, ever think i
expedielt 10 form such al association IN
order TO prosecute the enterprlse?- The
idea is absurd. 1t was probably intended
and is well calculated TO deceive. State
menis similar TO those of this writer have
been frequently published, and they arr
generally admirably calculated to mislea'
the unwary, who are usually least able tt
afford it. People will be disappointed ii
their sang uine expectations of the amour
of money required for the business as wei
as in the amount of profits 10 be obtained
The subject itself is deusive. No enter
{ prise can be named that will more strong
ly excite the multitude than that OF min
ing, when publicly discussed, par'lcu
, Iarly when the more precious metals ar
) the subject of consideration. All exper
: ence proves that much time skill capila
and p,tience is requisite to develop mines
L., e;t,otoI Ihoe