Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-05-06


gorge 10 the depth of five or six hundred feet
nan mile IRON the river, at an elevation Of per-
haps three hundred feet, the brook crosses nearly
at right angles the vein of Copper Ore, which is
thence visible and opened at intervals up the en-.
tire southward-rising acclivty to the summit OF
the probably seven hundred feet per-
pendlcular from the brook and thousand from the
river. Thence along the crest of the mountain.
and for good part within few feet and and then
few rods of Its riverward declivity, the vein has
been traced and occasionally proved for at least a
mile and half, entirely upon the land of the Al
/ legheny Company. 1t is diStnguishabe on the
unbroken surface by peculiarly bright red shale.
though the mountain itself is mainly Of the Red
Sandstone foundation. The ven-rock is the same
with that in which the Copper Ores (Oydes) of
Pennington and Lake Superior are usually imbed
ded, The dip Of the vein is toward the river. a,
an angle OF 450 The earth has been entirely re-
moved at the summit, while in the northward
looking declivity, as already stated, men are at
work, terrace above terrace, blasting and taking
out ore, all in plain daylight The width of the
voil is about six feet, of course not uniform. but
nearly so, so far it has yet been proved. The
wall rock on either side is distinctly defined and
regular.
In metallic richness this Ore would suffer by
comparison with the Native Copper and with much
OF the Ore from Lake Superior; for, though assays
have been made of picked specimens which Weld
ed SO per cent. of pure Copper, the estimate of
the superintendent in charge makes the average
yield Of the entire lode only Is per cent. and. if
even this is not considerable reduced by the actu
al results OF extensive smelling it will be contra
ry to the usual experience in such cases. But in
facility and cheapness of working, in apparent ex-
tent and inexhaustible quantity, we have heard of
nothing to compare with this. A vein of such
length, width and depth, Certainly not less than
six hundred feet from the creek TO the summit) at
no place bat half mile or so from boatable riv
er leading directly to Philadelphia, or, by the Nor
ris Canal from Easton, to New-Y York, requiring no
drainage beyond proper prosecution of the work,
and no raising of Ores for years at any rate, ought
TO be immensely valuable, if mines of like richness
in ordinary localities worth working at ALL
For the mile that the vein closely follows the
brow of the mountain, as well as next the creek
where the work is already in progress, the ore
as mined may be transported by its own gravity
almost to the bank of the river; and $5 per ton
would be a liberal estimate for the cost of mining
and delivery on the bank Of the Delaware. Should
smelling on the spot be deemed most adyanta.
geous. the COmpanys tract Of : or 500 acres is
entirely covered with fine growth of Oak, etc.
whether for Timber Fuel or Charcoal. We know
No uia otxtio al,,, L..
advantageoUsly or cheaply. But to make the
most OF this location, there should be ten times
the present number of men employed upon it,-as
miners, choppers, builders, teamsters, smelters,
&c-say FIVE hundred in all and convenient
and spacious boarding house is Indispensable
A single dwelling or small tavern is now the only
habltatIon within sight, save at distance on the
other side of the Delaware
The Valley of the Delaware above Trenton
ought to be better known than it is to New York I
ers. Although two-thrds of its waters are drawn
from our State, which it bounds for some si-ty or
eighty miles, its rich freights of lumber for gener-
ations passed annually down TO Philadelphia with
out exciting thought effort on the part Of
our business men. Since the Erie Railroad passed /
Goshen, this has to some extent been changed, I
and when that great work reaches and crosses the /
noble liver. where il emerges from the rugged
Of Sullivan and Pike, we look for still
more decided diversion Of the trade of the Della /
ware region to our City-or rather, so vast an in
crease Of it as to give New York as much as
Philadelphia now has. etleave the latter unaarm-
ed. The Somerve Railroad is about to be ex-
tended to Easton, with branch TO Belvidere, /
twelve miles above and Railroad up the Rv- /
er irom Trenton to intersect the Erie Railroat at
Fort Jecyie, cannot long be postponed. Is it not
tune that Cur business men are better acquainted
with the Delaware region For the seekers of
health and pleasure in summer excursions, we
know not lis superior Its chief villages-Eas-
on, Belrldere, S'roudsbuig, "a little dstant) Mil
oTd--are handsomely located while the scenery
If the Wind Gap, the Water Gap, of the various
ugged cliffs sterile decGvites and fruitful inter-
'aes, can hardly be surpassed. There is a good
Summer hotel (Brodhead's) just above the " ater
zap. Mineral Springs and Mineral Ores will
EACH have ,heii devotees; and in the not distant