The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-17

Total value Of merchandise put market week ending
Ai "a d arr rood, do do ssS ne ne
Total. 90, s56, 800
This Is very large for the season, but the amount oil
dry goods composed smaller per cent than usual The
value Of certain articles included in the above list was moi
great. Sugar alone up sixth Of the total co
fee nearly the same; metals full much, making up full
half Of the aggregate in these articles The principal
items Of import for the week were as folows;-CoHes
$4s7 1926 undressed skins ss5 602 brandy sl0 49, iron
$685. 1ee railroad iron SIS $780, tin SIG 49, sugar
49S.
The Cumberland AnersJournal of the 18th inst says
The amount sent this week by railroad was 400 tons
by canal S60-toal for week 10 270 TONS against
tons for the week previous showing falling Off for the
compared with the business Of last week. The Lon
coming Railroad was opened on Monday Last the 9th inst
afford facilities the Of the coal of tia
Georges Greek Valley either the canal at Cumberland
or to the city Of Baltimore the quantity sent forward
from the region will rapidly increase The mines of the
Georges Creek Company the Caledonia mines belonging
to Pa ker Vein Company and the Swanton mines pre-
Baltimore road will not cut them off from market.
Amount transported this year by railroad SO O6l tons
by canal 40 463; total for year 1s5 524 tons.
The annexed letter from the superintendent Of the
North Carolina Copper Mining Company gives some very
interesting and valuable information relative the rise
and progress Of that celebrated mine. Several new
mining companies have recently been formed to operate
in the gold aud copper veins and deposits Of North Caro-
Ina and immense amount Of capital has been invested
in this branch Of industry in that section OF the country
WHEAL PIONEER, N. c., April 90, 1853.
Sir :-Presuming that short account Of q copper
mine which is now in the hands of the North Carolina
Copper Company, making great sensation among the
mining public, would be interesting to your readers,
proceed to give general idea Of the mine without en-
tering into scien dc detail.
is situated ten miles south of Greensboro Guord coun
ty N c. the geological range between the states and
grantees which is the great metaerous line east of the
Aeghanies The mine former ly worked for gold the
vein having been explored to the depth sixty feat but
the working about to be abandoned account of
the gradual disappearance Of the precious metal while
the yellow lphuret of copper began to be fire.
quent to which, though then dsregarded account
its rot being aurterou the great Of the mine
tho present day is wholly due.
The vein is situated entirely the copany's proper
ty. trace Of its having been found the adjoining
lators but in the comparatively short extent OF the
vein has proved to DO the best the country and
compared with the crack veins Of Europeprobaby the
richest and largest discovered While the surface
the thickness Of the vein is rcensiderabe at the depth
Of sixty feet 1t FIVE feet and at seventy feet
has increased to over eight feet tho regular dip begn
ming about this part in such manner that while the
incr alton of the hanging wall thirty five degrees that
Of the lower wall is oryfve degrees thaa soning
for feet advanced increase of foot in the
thickness Of the vein.
The vein is regular one and consists of alternate
Of quartz and copper pyrtes both containing small
quantities Of pyrtes and spathic the aggregate
thickness of the pure copper pyrites containing thirty
three per cent. of metal being about onc.hah Of the
whole vein.
All the ore already sold by the company amounting to
three hundred TONS has been obtained by the sinking Of
one shaft which is drained by drawing the water up in
buckets as in well, and in which only six men at
work at time but as steam engine will be
Ia operation that the draining will give Us no trouble
fifty hands can be employed where there Is now for
only six and Wheal Pioneer then easily furnish the
market with four hundred tons per month of the best
copper ore.
ty Of Whc0l Pioneer and in al probability, North Caro-
Ina will assume the Of Copper State if only
the discoveries will be tenth valuable az this
mine and greatly the copper region will contribute to
the richness OF the State the mining operations win not
fail to confer still greater benefit than wealth the
and thus gradually and surely advancing the cause Of en-
hghtenment of society.