The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-04

hundred feet Of he length has bssn yst subject TO
sbcrs and the deepest point have yet seen, ono hun
Coal hill engine shaft. On the west throughout the
tract, We have had time to attend 10 examination
Of the run Of the veins bat win do 50 early in the spring
they win afford rich discoveries other points than that
where we are at work There large extent Ct virgin
ground remaining for more than threequarters OF mile
We have been since the 10th September the date OF
could be expected o. us In three months and half we
have erected twenty three new buildings some OF them
ans cost Of Sa W
two steam engines two horse engines three horse whims
and various other machinery at cost Of but sl4 a2I
We have completed cased down, and made good seven
shafts In all six hundred and ninety two feet in length
and have made good $40 feet oflevels We have ex
pended In mining underground less money than we have
raised although have not broken any but what
was in our way, and that only in the Union mine We
have only been delayed in sending on the Goth Of this
road keeping back our crushing machinery everything
else being in readiness particularly the furnaces
ing house. with 400 tons Of in the house. and
we have not wasted the Company's money in anything
but an excessive rate paid for masonry and what has
late in he fa and winter a. to havo short days and At
times very ncement weather, which 1t is well known
prevails in this latitude at this season Of the year
Since myas report the water Is out Of the Coal Hill
mine, to bottom, and SO far as can do so, will now
review the actual appearance Of the extensive run of
mt this time have seen, gentlemen, great many
mining concerns, but ! have never before seen such
mining operations have been carried by the parties
who worked here before-operaions utterly destitute
% o. 9f bs o. any esa be OF
of at the Coal Hill mine is succession of rugged
irregular pits where from time to time the richer por.
tons Of the vein were pursued the raising water
from place TO another, with thirteen shafts over
space Of 400 feet massive granite tmbered up with heavy
tmbers pieces Of which now strewed about
the whole length of the bottom of the mine hay
ing fallen away from different parts of it. No mine on
earth could have been successfully prosecuted in such
he innna aufif of
tanned ever could have supported such adventure
In cutting every corner of these Mines as they have
done OF course only the poorest surfaces appear to
the eye But these, as they thus appear, are richer
than the average ore ground Of the better class Of such
In the openings have yet inspected the ground varies
from 800 to $500 per fathom, as foows-In the adt
tathom level west 5000 per fathom the rest of the mine
west below that level $3.50 Der fathom, the average
along the bottom far seem It for feet from
sl0oto $500 per fathom. the east side, all the end
100 feet high 500 to $3.50 per fahom at the
Union mine the lode in the nineyfour feet level east is
werth $3.50 per fathom; level west, $500 per ia
Thorn; the shaft (Which l have named Victoria
shaf is worth $3.50 per athom The engine or Colinss
shaft worth 800 per athom the average of the slope
in all this mine 5000 per fathom The ad level coming
west, Is now worth $500 per fathom.
engine shaft at the Coal Hill mine for four weeks owing
to the necessity Of charging the shaft the lode in the
beautiful appearance, rich in block lead; and IT, think
coming down upon leader of solid ore the same which
was 80 rich in the western section before its
The proper way to work mines, have been taught
r. Is to sink the shafts and extend the levels before
gar draft is made upon them for profits to divide. The
monthly returns then regular the labor systema
ticaly distributed and obtained No tenn
porary changes of the of ground then suspend
or dampen the confidence of the proprietors Time is
given to discover new before the old are
exhausted and the mine from year to year with
regular success, returning regular dividends to the
hear that is too much the custom in the mning Of
your country gentlemen to kill the to get at the
golden e9g-to gut out the of mine it goes down
nothing can be more shortsighted and glad that
your case 1t win not be necessary to do it, you viii
be IN receipt Of large quantities Of from the shafts
snd levels sufficiently trust, to give time to open
the mine and yet satisfy you by the returns made.
these mines three smiths fourteen carpenters two en-
gneers one pitman forty eight miners tyfour labor
ers-in all, ono hundred and twenty. two.
shall endsRvor soon possible, to have correct
ps Or sections OF both mines made and transmitted
YOU showing the underground work and the precise
cality Of the runs of ore.
remain, gentlemen, your obedient and humble SER
want HENRY RODDA
Coal Hill aud Union Mines, Rosse, January l, 1858.