Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-08-19
From the Tribune
NEW JERSEY COPPER MINES.
FLEMINcroN, N. J., Aug. 4,

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Mn. EprToR-Of your 1000 readers
how many have ever heard Of a place called
Pennington how many are ignorant that
there is beautiful village of that name in
Hunterdon CO., New Jersey, now containing
over 10000 inhabitants
The most noted Company is called 'Flem-
ington." Their property lies half mile
west OF the village, and their mining rights
extend over 400 acres of land. Already five
parallel veins have been found on it, but
the workings have been chiefly confined to
one of them. The ouicrop of this vein is re-
markably rich, but it is in connection with,
and much disturbed by, dyke Of trap rock.
Both these circumstances have proved unfor-
tunate-,he one seducing the company into
hunting the orc too near the surface the
other preventing their finding it but with in
c'eased cost Recently however levels have
been opened at 50, 20 and iOC feet, and graft.
flying resus-thc vein showing well defined
walls; n softer matrix. an abundance of white
spar, and more ore. At the lowest depth.
the vein is about eight feet thick, and is en-.
tirely free from the trap. This company
have been smelling for some time with sue
cess. There are four furnaces created-two
blast and two reverberatory calcining. They
can reduce from ten 10 twenty tons of ore a
week. Several shipments of Copper have
been made: one which saw, weighed over
10000 lbs The fuel used is anthracite coal
from the Lehigh region. Some Of the ore
is roasted with wood in the open air. lis con-
stitutens are 70 per cent copper, % sulphur
and iron; and in the books is described as
'Gray Vtreous." The Company are consi.
dering the proprety of erecting more power
ful and complete machinery TO enable them
TO 90 deeper and TO. dress their ore more
promptly and perfectly. They have char
ter from the State for about 90 years, which
gives the management to Board of seven
Directors, who are chosen annually.
The next Mine in importance is called the
'Cenlral :" it lies Southwest of the first, and
ad Joins it. This Company began exploring
about year ago; they made five openings,
or 'sshafis,n discovered three veins, and con-
inued working upon the largest one through
on. tho ycar, and took ont a considerable
quantity of surface ore, some of it very rich
and beautiful, both grey and yellow This
was found to contain portion of silvcr.-Du-
ring the winter a charter WAS obtained like
that of the Pennington Company. There is
now being erected large steam-engne and
other machinery, The new shaft is so placed
as 10 cnt the lines of declination 81 the three
veins, two of which are powerful, and proba-
bly come together at about 200 feet in depth
The miners speak very favorably of the pros
/ poets of finding an abundance OF ore here
This is cminently a "copper district" has
been pronounced geographically so by sever.
al noted scientific men, and proved practical
/ " bv the most abundant surface indications
and underground workings. Come and en-
anime for yoursclfj bring with you some o
your ''mineral men," and we will fill theil
pockets with specimens their heads will
aspeculation,n and their hands with shares
without stint. Yours, &c, II. c.