The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-08-06
REPUBLICANS.
For the Lancaster Ledger.
Some New Minerals of Lancaster Dist.

unincrcs,ing TO your subscribers, beg to
communicate fey facts, requesting you,
however, to rccollcct that the portion ofthis
is very small, and entirely confined to the
corner North West of the Cont Uouse.-
! The rocks Of this strip Of country are gran
! itc and guciSs, occupying the whole portion
north oi Brl"ir, with The exception of II mar
row portion Of the mcasiuir, which in York
shows Itself north of EbeneZer; talcosr-
slate, which comes in just north of Bcl.ir,
and extends thence down the Catawb. near
10 the WaXhaw Creek, on the west and On
the east, only Il short distance south Of Nor
rows saw mill Then Hgair we find gran
iic and guriSs, which covers the ground
south oi The southern boundary, of the tat
cosc slate, to Il line extending from Jackson
ham, 10 pUinl mile below Davy's Island,
where it connects westward, with the same
| Ks in Chester. South Of the granite, we
| find tucosc.sate again. NlclaphyrcS, por-
phyrics, dioritic-slotcs, rhonotith and other
varieties Of trachyiic and lraPpcan rocks up
| pear frequently, an dykes, rs at Lancaster
Court House and in the Waxhaw's. They
are often accompanied by quartz rorphyricS
1t was necessary 10 mention thu, much of
the general Geology of the region, as that
will render the description Of the mines
more intcll;gibIr.
Whcn survey ing York District, visited
the ncighborhood Of BcIair, in company with
Mr.. llagin, and examined nn old mine or
the land Of Mrs. John lIagin. think it is
about thirty years since The mine was last
worked for goli. The character of the vein
quartz, rs well MS the great abundance of
ir"nryri,rs, gave great promise Of copper,
at no great depth, but rs tho evening was far
advanced, 4 further examination was post
pOncd till should take the field in I.ancas-
ter. Fortunately on my return TO the neigh
horhood, in rou pany with Mr.. Friedcman,
We were aide II obtain some very fair spec
linens of c"pEcrpyritcs, Disseminated
| through tlc qw"ii2, somewhat in the man.
ncr in which that mineral occurs rpar Mr.
\. Morgan DoyCr's, on Wolf Creek, in
York District That copper exists here, is
already, therefore, sufficiently established,
while ihc character of the quartz permits us
TO cXp,ct continuance in depth. The
county rock is t"lrusc slate. The vein is
four feet wide at the ou'crop, but three
feet where il makes il with regularity, so
that tho size is considerable. | leave u
specimen Of the ore with you, for the in
spcc,ion of those who may take an interest
in it. quite important fact, is that wc
find little or 40 mllachitc, or other minerals
resulting from the decomposition of the
coPpcrpyrtcs, and that the frs, copper ore
We find, is this yellow suphnret (coniaining
33t per cent OF mctlic copper. This
gives Ills reason TO expect that no expensive
or deep ex,'l ;rations arc necessary TO deter
mine ihc final character Of the vein.
Another locality where fine quartz vein,
containing gold, argcntiferous gaIcna, (sul-
phnrrt Of iead) and copper occurs. is to be
| seen on the land of the late WIN. Potts, on
the \. L. line, about mile north of the Izcll
mine, where it has been opened to some
slight extent for gold, by n man of the name
Of Paxton. The quartz is peculiarly lively
and promising, and although the quantity Of
lead hitherto found, is small, much rcsem-
bIancc Is to be found with the well known
Morg"n or Ligh'ncT mine, in Spartanburgh.
Both lead and copper arc lnclncd TO be mas.
! sive, which is IN important point 1t will
certainly be Of importance, IS well as inter
est, to see this mine properly opened, rs il
may teach us much regarding other similar
occurrences. The vein extends some dis
tancc into both States in an east and west
course. II is about two feet wide
The ores Of copper likewise occur. on
tract Of land belonging TO Mr. Morrow, in
the northcrnmost corner of yolr district, and
besides found some Of il while pannin1 for
gold, on land belonging TO Mr.. WIN. Hagin.
Taking all these facts together, we must re-
gard this portion 90 Lancaster peculiarly
wcii supplied viii this metal, which las 80
recently only been discovered TO any extent.
IN our State. Ii must continue TO be the
urgent wish Of all interested in the welfare
of this commonwealth, to see thes" our
mines opened, aud returning the rich reward
which may reasonably bc expected from this
important industrial pursuit-uiping.
The gold mines of this region of the dis
trct are all what are termed slate mines.
Among them We have the lzell mine, which,
however, il differs in some respects from the
others; mine opened to very slight cx-
tent by Messrs. Ivy, Massey and Dolby, and
the long succession Of mines on the lands
Of Mcssrs. Stephens, BeIk aud DE- Massey,
deed. The mines belong TO that Glass,
which in North Carolina, has proved itself
10 be more persistent In depth, than any
other gold mines, for while in The ordinary
gold quartz veins, il has rarely been found
profitable TO work at depth below fifty or
hundred feet, the works at ihe gold Hill
mine, in North Carolina, now extend TO a
depth of four hundred feet, and the Huey
mine, in tie same State, TO one hundred
and afiy, while q clear profit Of $4,000 to
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