Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-11-06
NO.. 159.

l..ipg worked 10 in n deep iasin apon
the s,uth side. Though this invaluss
ble mine was discovered last May.
VIZ found that It 10 ,.niy at this late
d,y bcginipu to be worked with #"ns
e,aryy--only about 100000 p'nnds
Il ve l,een taken out III Ave m 'nshs.
Seventy five Or cigty negroes are now .
ut W rk, sinking. new SHIFTS Af' ms
salt hcretof.re furnished has been sup
!. pied from, ons small shaft stwepty.fopE
by twenty-fonr feet. AMI two or three
k tiles Two new shafts having been
completed the day before our arr'v@'
In w.,eh blaItihg had com"nced.
SuArt,sa ron SAfr-The sat iiss
from fifteen 10 eighteen feet Under s''s
surface in the basis. Tho dirt 10 re'
moved by thr sa,nc process tf,at COZ.
lars nre dug in onr cities--carr'cd ons
Ivy carts an lone at the depth WI so
| nit of il and. thrown npon stag hgs.
Owing 10 a stratum of qnicksatd, the
shafts h,ve to be curbed mp, and the
sepp water, from the timH TO time,
tbrewn ont. The dirt removed, a fonr
If the pnrst salt presrnts itatlf, OF, an
vet, unkmwn thickness. The sa't 10
bhsted and drawn out by w'nd'aases.
a ID weighed into the waiting wagons,
tlr,t co.ne supplied with goods boxes
and f|.,nr barrels-saeks untiectssasy,
,ss,It is solid and dry, and wit'"ns
the Last drip, aud carry any distance.
The shafts, finished and unfinished ut
the time VI our visit or as H''owss
viz =E4 #=.f..zl,.. ..4
vo. |, old one enlarged from "a 10
~ by d feet. a.... 4#o .t=.. 5.'
M. ~ hy l8 feet,
Noas kettles that yield eight or ten
jusl,elslo tho finest table salt we eves
saw. M t.a=8 4#H#s. ...t=.
Unfinished shafts: l''
No |, so by IS feet. '9
No Q, so by SO feet. ''
No. 3, ls0 by 80 feet. t.,.a
Two OF these are by this time under
,last, it. 80, there is u slirtace 'f sa'.
i76by l87 feet now being worked. y
lpubt not by this time all VINO taRe
III r teams there are supplied without
lelay III. - g,..zt4., .s..,,,
Il Pmcs These shafts are worked ny
ndlvitlu,ls companies, who pay Judge
livery 81 cents per pound ior wnM
hey miin, aud are hot allowed ~ sell
ior ,nor. than Al cents. Every
ound OF salt is sold at the mines, for
4s cents, the Judge makins sA cents
clear ON all that bin own shafts d' ir,t
,rodnurl Already . man OF wealth
t'ttis tariff upon salt it the block
de continues, he wi so DO thc
ichost man ia the Southerii Conteder'
cy--or the continent itself. HIS son
WIN discovered the mite, (by sinking
lecper an old salt wtll,) informed me
that he could sell the salt at 10 eeHts
per suck and make SIS per dayton
ach handl and yet 4 c.ntspcr pound
IS charged for 81 iniiapcnsahIr ~ OF
tiels ut that minel and Judge Avery
,.onld mt afprd to permit the govern.
mpnt 10 mine IL for the army Tor less
th.n d ceats per pound J ~"
Satisfied that The vein was exten.
sive enough for tho government and
nh the statos. Col. Robinson, mnch
TO the delight ot Judge Avery. dccd.
I'd not TO interfere with individual eit.
erpr,se, and seikad only 40 much 10
might subscrve the purposes VI the
goverimeEt. IL
II is the present intention o. Colonel
Robl,son to work nt least one ,r,Is.
and hands and furnish salt, nptiby the
ont hundred pounds, bat by the ono
thousand tu,a per day, and # the. gov.
rrumcnt will permit it, firm sh one
half of What he produces TO tho pco.
pie ut one Or two cemss PER wHinf.
One mill ponad would be o handsome
| compensation to the proprie or, and
| Yield hin, prmccly revenae. Culonel
Robinson, so st,,m rs be COMMUNICATES
with the government, will Iet il be
kr wi, if he can furnish, the people 81
.l,itcd rates. One thing IL Ger. III,
| ii price of salt IL bnnnd tncome down
for If the Z ,vernn,ent suppl,es. Itse {
ut ihis price, the large amount Of salt
piodnced by private entArprise here
and supplied by Virginia lwilI 10
| thrown into thu market and speculs-
tors cahnot monopolize 1t. uuaI
We are aware i,,t Col Robinson, in
! hi zeal to serve the govgnment, ex.
poses himself to the charge d private
speculation in SALT a. have Messrs.
! Broadwei d Payne, government
agents, who purchase sugar aud beef
for thr army. am happy In hcing
able to say IN advance, that Gel! Rob-