Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-09

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; recent date, AMOUNTED to little shor
Of 100000 marks (of eight ounce
each) annually; and, as some thou
sands Of persons are at present hetu
ally employed looking for and find
ing new mines, that amount is grad
ually increasing. Probably no sin
gle mineral in Peru or Mexico, du
ring the present century, has yield
ed such an abundance Of rich silver
ore in 50 short a period; much o
which it is well known, produced
rs per cent. Of silver, the large
pieces of which (some of them frolf
three to four quintals) were so solid
as to require blasting with powder to
break them asunder, only melting
and pouring Tito moulds to form In
gots-the quality of which, by assay,
was nearly pu re.
Don Miguel much regretted the
Iuntimely death of his Old Indian
friend, and gave her son what is
called ':doble" in the mine, thatIis,
permitting him to work one of the
galleries of the mine for given
time, with as many hands as lie
could there put to work, which after
the expense of extricating, carriage
by mules to the villa of Copiapo, and,
amalgamating in that place, pre-
duced him sixty thousand dollars,
clear Of these expenses. With this
amount in silver he left Copiapo,
aud arrived at the capital, Santiago
de Chilli, for the purpose of selling it,
and enjoying himself in seeing the
world, where, filling into the hands
of some gamblers, he soon lost five
or six thousand dollars in one even
ing, and, to avoid being further en-
tangled in their meshes, he left the
city for the port of Valparaiso, to.
which place three Of them followed.
Knowing the amount be had brought
with him from Copiapo, and being on
the look out, they met, as they pre-
tended, accidentally in the street,
and insisted on his dining with them
when he was inducedto drink wine
too freely; and, cards being after
wards introduced, he was aeeced of
every remaining dollar before day
light next morning. Borrowing two
or three doubIoons from friend who
knew his circumstances, he returned
to Huasco, where he soon after died
Of modification ard vexation at the
folly Of his conduct in being 50 east
y duped.
Don. Mig pei did not forget his for
mor friend, Don Jose Ramirez, aud,
rs soon as hts circ;s instances permit I
ted, wrote to hi b, requesting he
would dr-W upon him. at sight, for
100000 4 plNars] and interest. the
amount red eived from him for the !
sale Of tie mine he previously sold /
iim in the fcerro" of Potosi; at the
same tine e Nplaining that lie knew
he mine was of no value at the time {
ne bought il and that now, having
lie means to refund the money, he
vas ready and anxious to do 50 IS
soon as possible. His friend was
much surprised at the nature Of such
| communication, and replied that
ne must have been much mistaken,
or he had not proceeded more than
yard in the different workings before
ne met with an "alcause' , of "plata
blanca Ia VISTA or bar silver, and
hat he had drawn an immense guam
.ity Of rich ore from the mine, which .
vas one of the best and most-yalua-
lie in all the mineral of POtosi; that
le had long wished and had been desi-
GUS to add double or treble the
mount he had formerly paid for it;
nd that he would have advised him
ooner to that purpose but could new
r ascertain his whereabouts, or how
0 address him, it having been re-
'orted he had gone to Mexico, or re-
urhed to old Spain, completely dis
.usted with mining adventures. A
urther correspondence took place,
hitch was succeeded by an interview,
t Which a mutual and full explana-
ion took place of what had occurred /
0 each other during their absence,
then both agreed to sell their mines,
nd wind up their affairs. Don Mi
.uel employed the most extensive
yitron, or amalganTtioa establish S
lant,5 in the ysla, which took fol- J.
We diys to accomplish, and whicn ]
r3}aced him fifteen thousand marks i
! silger pura, worth about G30,00Ol
terling; they then determined to