New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-20

1hs mine. Of Gold HUI. in North Csrolna. have
LONG hseu worked and IRE PROBABLY better known ~
tic public than any other IA. the Snion ihvre nov
At this locality a village OF 500
"a With or dep,pdent upon the Nnes ne mines ars
Eve in numher and have produced 'bout three millions
Of dollars Within few days these ''.n's .a'u
consolidated into one company who " Nv" a'aAs
preparations t. work them on the moste A. 80
The ore is mostly sulphuret OF iron, whie' - ..
yield ell hs gold on the first grinding com. -.
der the title Of the Telos Gold Hill CompshS nss
been formed TO work over the tangs. or reius,
which is said TO amount 20 nearly three mionA g
bushels These veins among the most reliaee o.
those with which we acquainted. The Cold hili
Mining Company viii most probably find sufficient
occupation on their extensive property for this genera
ton and the succeeding one
South Carolina has long possessed many gold mines
bat until within two years none cf any note IL
boast OF including within its limits the richest
goG mine on the surface OF the globe The assertion
MAJ seem bold bat il can he fully sustained BY
facts II is situated in the southeast corner of Able
vile Nsirct, the Edgeheh line aboa eight mex
from tire sayanrsh River, and IL the property OF wm
r. pOrL. ESQ., who owns ever 1900 IN one tract
MIR Dor, for abost III yesrs, has been exploring his
territory and prevous 10 lS5s lad obtained few
thousand dolars from deposit and some small veins
In the month of February. however ~ the sbove men
toned wear he strucR the famous VEIN The accompa-
ming rock Is reddish tslcose slate easay deccmposed
nv the action OF the weather, asd forming sill red
CLAW The direction of the vein rs near! due east and
west coincidng very nearly with the course o. the
STATE and dips 70 the mouth at angle OF eighty degrees
1t was struck about three feet below the scraee .he
outcrop having been probably decomPosed The
cansae is mixture of scate of iron black IN appear
ance and having Rnmisakeable marks of fusion quartz,
and fragments of slate which appear to have eeen de-
tached from the walls forming in the 'en IN many IN.
stances Instructions, termed by miners horses
The soath wall of the vein is dixie or wall OF trap
rock which has been thrust up from below. and when
has been acted apon by the water percoatng from
above 10 be soft clay at distance OF seventy
feet below the surface. This dixie has unquesuonabV
been an active agent in the formation of the vein The
lode is what the Germans call stockwerke or col
lection OF small veins with barren beds Intervening
Sometimes il narrows TO = few inches then widcns
again rapidly In the month OF July the VEN WAS
fourteen feet cide Up to that period from an excava
zion little over 300 feet long ~ feet high. and IL
broad $500 900 had been taken Much OF this space,
il must be borne in mind, was taken up by the dead
rock forming the walls and which IL was necessary to
remove in order to get room The expense OF ex-
tracing 5000 600 which done in the year begin
ming Feb 1852 and ending Feb, 1853 with ten hands,
was Just 81 900! This $202 900 was ground out bya
single Chlian MILL driven by two mules, and working
only fifteen bushels day From these ngares some
estimate may be formed of the richness OF the ore.
II is no uncommon thing upon making blast to open
upon nest OF pieces of the pure metal, some OF them
weighing 90 pennyweights (worth about S60) The
vein has since been struck IN another place about l5O
wards from the opening, and Yields timely. Mr. Dorm
has now two Chian mills in operation and is realizing
about 81 600 per day Specimens OF the gold from this
mine are exhibition at the Worlds Fair.
A New-York Company bearing the title Of the Don
Mining Company. have leased portion Of Mr.Dorns
tract their lines running within 800 yards of his shaft,
and the course of his vein crossing their land On ex-
porng this property during the present summer, .
vein was struck eight feet below the surface some OF
the ore from which was worth five hundred dollars per
bushel This vein has been traced some distance.
Another vein has recently been struck, the ore from
which strongly resembles Mr. Doms and is very rich.
The lease of this Company extends threeq OF
mile ON the course of the veins They have recently
erected two of Berans crushers, OF which they ars
now making trial with powerful steam engine. When
this goes into operation there will be no difficulty In
extracting 81 600 day II the ore should TALL ~
five dollars per bushel From careful examination OF
the property extending the space OF nearly yeas,
from its immediate contguity to the Dorm NINE ana
from the discoveries already made the writer has no hes
itation in ayerrng that il will prove most valuable MN
era property The character of the parties who direct
It's management is sufficient guarantee for its speedy
and thorouQh development Ii any skepticsl as To
the amount extracted from the Dorm mine in the years
Is52-3 by referring the Mint returns all doubt VIII
be removed from their minds to the accuracy oil the
statements contained in this paper.
When we come to consider the great extent OF
the Southern gold formation which Is not less than 5W
miles long the breadth OF the goldbearnq strata from
Ia 50 miles and the depth Of the veins, which may be
assumed at 1000 feet the body of gold ore must GER
tapy be regarded as an important source Of national
wealth To make this source available there are two
things wanted-science and Capital. From present
indications there every for believing that both
will be generally and successfully applied to the Gold
Mines OF the South.