Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-06-10
MINES ANn NIINERAIS


Missouri COppcr.-'Ihr 81. Louis Organ says that
the Copper mines on the Mcrrnac, owned by Judge
Gamble and others, are beng successfully worked.
1t adds-"IhiS company has already nearly one
thousand tons OF Copper ore cNcay atcd. We under
stand that a company of Germans, from the mining
districts OF their own country, sent for and are
now on the spot at work. This Will yield about
forty per cent OF pure Copper, which will be pro-
dnctOn OF 400 tons from the quantity OF alrcdd
obtained The Copper sells at IL to Is cents per
pound, and at the lowest figure would therefore,
command i'll this market the large amount of \ 900
Conccding the heavy expense OF this enterprise, II
cannot fail to be immensely profitable"
kentucky Lead md Zinc.-Thc Louisville Iourna
says:-W understand that in the most valuable Icat
nine, lately discovered in Crittcudcu county, a large
deposit Of Zinc accompanies the vcn and thirty
forty tons Of the had been taken ont and thrown
aside as yaluecSs, until the recent visit OF practical
German chemist, who prunOunc d II far more valua-
bic than the lead and equal to lis quality and extent
to the best Zinc ore Of Germany, where the XInc
mines are sources OF great wealth. We believe there
are no zinc mines ever yet discovered in this country
OF sufficient value to pay for working. CObat and
cHdmtUm Mcndc have been found in the same VEN
The Latter is found in the Zinc ore and yields an un-
usually large per ccntagc. 1t is of the rare
aud valuable metas.-Wc look forward with deer
interest to the future Developments in the mining
region in Crtcndcn county. The Lead from that
section is in high rcputc here. 1t is soft and supc
rior article and meets with great favor in this mar
kCt."
Virginia Cooperative Richmond Souhcrncr says
"a mine of Copper, of unusual richness, opening
in Amherst county, Virginia. The mine is not of re-
cent discovery, for it worked one hundred
years ago, and the sent to England to be smet-
ed. 1t is re-opcning under Capt, Smith and DR..
Chewing, of Frcdricksburgh, and Col Shcc and
others, Of Philadelphia. a company has been formed
in this city in connection with these gentlemen 10
give greater capital and efficiency to this enterprise.
The deeper the shaft is sunk, the richer and more
obn udJnt Incomes the There n several (Oru-
wall miners employed i'll the excavation, who pro-
understand that Professor Booth, Of Philadelphia,
ranks it as the richest and most productive he ever
knew
Luxe Superior Eon.-Thc steamer Champion ar
rived at Detroit from Saul Saint Marie on Saturday
week, bringing several bars of Lake Superior Iron,
manufactured at the Jackson Iron Company's W orks.
The iron is pronounced by competent judges to be OF
a very superior quality. The bars are hammered
from the rough ore and what is extraordinary, IT is
pure that 1t is ready for without further pro-
cess. The agent who came down states that the
texture of the iron is unusually fine, and with slight
process can easily be converted into the best article
of cast steel The present facilities for manufacture
mg two iorgcs, capable OF turning out half ton
day, but several companies are erecting works on
different locations for extensive operations the pre-
sent season. Thh works located eight miles
from the Lake on Carp River, and the ore is found
four miles above in imcXhaustiblc quantities. The
surface of the country is undulatng and covered with
heavy pine timber The ore is found in fragments
he surface aAd in perpendicular ellis from TO
two hundred feet in height.