New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-06

r"i,,s,s an sverage thickness Of from fpar ive
feet IL employs ten hands. and they DOW e1pec' 70
raise 4 600 tons OF ore vrbln 3 ear >,
The Mount Pleasant Mining property l. raVer-~1 D,
.ome 6,s or six other veins which suPPo-et D.
con n udges to b. the Alien Teabo Bran. Mel
Ion. Hetyey. and jackson Hill VEINS. AL the lfondae
veps cross this property and there can be no DOUBT
about there being vast amount OF ore IN THIS hll "hca
in b. dug up a. som as needed
We nav here remark that there i no certainty That the
SINE veiDs are struck at different points for instance
there il no evidence that the great vein OF Gov Dcker
son has been found Oh the opposite mountain ais dis
covery may yet be made Nor Is there any reason -
uppCse that all or large part Of the ven. have
, 4 been found. Search accident may yet brng 10
Ii ION bed. II ore a. rich a. any worked.
About one halt mile north east Oi Mount Pleasant
Nine We come TO another valuable property belonging
% Mr. j l.. Allen 0f Dover. This Is recent opening
snd fuJ posed by 70 be the same vein a. we III
DO which ore has secured great favor The manu-
1sciuIeT.o Of iron in this region ibis v0 i divided III
To ~ dItnct veins which make figure he TIE litter
TIE b. is;I a. done by horse p"w'r bur the deP,h
a the shaft rendered level necessary Accordingly
M Allen q. q of about >JcOp, has driven ie'ei
ino tie side OF the Lii which strikes me veh 80 zee,
below the top Of the original shat The time required
10 no iug this level sixteen months WIN 7hhs a.
work night and day Il y 80 long and ID ct ms i
fuuehayery hard rock. Each Of the braDehe. "i me
divided veIn from 10 eight ieet thick aL1 twice
that thickness where they together peculiarly
Of the vein is that II grows narrower as you descend
about twenty feet and then Wdens again Inc ore IS %
al excellent quality snd the iron made from It Is oi 81
TerioT tOueIes 1t requires about twenty men 70 vpfh
the nine who averagea little more than one dollar
d5y each he average produce Of the mIne i aoon'
tvcrty-fve tuLs per day, AID about c.OUO tuDs per
year Nj Allen must distribute annually among me
abOreIs who remove the from the NINE TO canal
bank for transportation, not far from Sl3,vp. Inc
balance il the rev ard Of capital and well directed enter
prize 1t l. sai6 that railroad with an easy grade may
he consIucteG fl this place to the canal and THIS VIII
ckeapCD the carriage OF the Oie which Is no" ao t one
ihiid a the expense II is not unlikely that this road
,ftwo ard ha miles may BE- butt soon We shouidhdye
zen ed Il at the run out OF the mine on
tfssk laid in the level to which allusiOn was male.
Iiaf d mile further On, in north east course, we
can to IT,, Jeato Nine tie of which has been IN
Great demand for b'GOmery fires ~ thu region The
rrcfcpce Of ore in this place detected by william
Vicpiis usuy years AGO and be actually dug up
hut in I-Z6 Col Joseph Jackson. OF RDckaWay marked
out piece sud set William IeabO 20 work win the
r., e hat if be- found ore the vein shoIld be named
after him. Tie vein reached Win about thny let
diQliIg. aud I.6bOs will l1st AZ least a. long a.
The ore hold, out This mi,e while in Col Jdckson's
poteffiOb employed about fifteen men at the average
Wa4os Of one dollar day, and produced from two to
three thousand tuLs year IL Is nov owned IN Boston
aud great preparations are making 10 explore ana de'
clone this popular ore AT the present time, The pro
duce il probably not great except in prospect Ih-re
is undoubtedly great body Of the beet in the Tea
DO Hill Several other iron veins cross this property,
and some Of them have bean worked c0n-iderably.
Keeping the general direction Of the rOu veins about
three quarters Of nile 10 one OF the greatest
bodice Of ore found IL tbs c0uutryge refer u the ce!e
bIat,d Mount Hope Nine. The history Of this property
II sOmcw Int interesting Thu Great Jugular VEN, as
It's late owner T. r. Bdde, ESD, has named A. origin
ally iutted out from the ground like ch Tbs
place Was rods west Of where the Mount Hope
Hcuse stands and north OF the pond As early as l'O
Col Jacob ord If MorrstO@n bought a section OF
bud, 600 Hcfes) aud IN that year erected The stone
- I..r.. IL ff an
one Of the window pares is yet TO be the name of
SAMUEL ogden Aug 177-.' written with diamond IN
a beautiful band In E72 John jacob Iacsch Ger
nab bought the Ford property bnd tract ct
additional On this estate was the nine In ina year ne
erected the Mount Hope Furnace HeasO rentedh HI
b mia urn8ce o Lord stirling Tnls probably few
ytas before The close of the Rev"utOnar! war. These
two furnaces furnished vast amount o cannon Oas 10
the Ant lean amy, aud am told that after the battle
OF 1rtIt0n in December Ia76. that Eaesch took thirty
Of the captured Hetsans INTO his employ, the only eX-
ptLse being to guard and support them
Tie fun aces have been torn down al Mt. Hope and
lltia but long after the close ui the war there we're
LuIdTds of tuns of balls lrt which were huaiy by or
der Of the Government removed to Governor Island
! he old store house at Mt. Hope has sheltered Gen
Washing tob and his lady several times.
The property has changed hands several times sin,e
Mr. Fnench's death. AID r. X Bld0lc. Esq, has lately
sold il 10 three gentlemen in New York for the Of
0CCO cash 10 hand. There are three principal veins
already explored which Are the "Jdguar, which i
said be- - feet thick, the "Icaho' which Is d feet
and the BIarLiu about feet. These fUn across the
tn.re property distance oi go rods. The compass
shows the presence d other points but these have
been worked extensively ana proved abundant IN their
Yield Thee veins parallel at about 80 ieet from
each ether fpImer company began tunnel from the
eaten side # The Mount Hope range, near the store.
house which was intended Ia cat all Il veins at right
ana lts AID made considerable progress This will be
conIetcd ahd mus aOd entrance 10 the track which
II is proposed 10 lay from the canal al ROcSaWay -
miles 10 thr mines Under the eDterprlsing direction OF
H. star sboruueh Esq the ok Of getting the mines
read, for large operations is being pressed vigorously
lev rods hortb Of the old opening, and not ten
feet from the surface, be has la open section ct the
".IuQuar N,iD" ana its Dimensions ma! nov be- seen
without the trouble Of ndug into the bowels OF the
mountain Here you have the vast crack IN The rock,
more than twenty feet IN thickness aud every nook aud
caIIN Il ed with The solid Ii is worth Journey OF
aludred miles to see uud could this seciioo 10y
magic be- Transported Ia the center OF the Cnstai Pal
ace Just az looks Ia the mountain 1t would excite more
atthtion than any other cuTio! ia that world Of Won
deIs.
Mr Stausborou.h is making preparations to run an
inclined lane into tie great ycin aud Nil have It ready
in q few mouths An opening has been made on tins
vein some hundred iOdS northeast OF this spot and
there retains It's astonishing dimensions should these
tLlce veins alone hold their across tie Mount Hope
cstate-as explorations seem = prove they d0-they
must contain by going no greater dep from the
surface an $50 feet millions oi tuns OF ore Let auy
one RET down aud calculate the sod contents oi three
veins stvtTalh of - feet. feet and feet thchneSs
tv 100 feet depth and Geo rods length Then aOs nine
cubic i,tt OF sOd ore 10 the tun aud be vii have r.
suit which will a,touisL HIM To AL appearance the ore
in tits hill Is IN, XhSuStlb!c.
AT the present time the Mount Hope Company en-
ploy sbom 60 men in and about the mines, VINO raise
1850 tuus q month. About % teams hnd constant EN-
ro,utit eating the e. the canal. suppose this