Litchfield enquirer., 1863-04-23
AD.,ut Our Mines.

Tor its mineral productions. and for mine ,. which have proved an unfailing source of rsy 5 suus to the miners. and of the utmost advan tars to the world at large. The ores whicl lis shiekiy imbedded in the mountains of Sails basy, and which seem to be inexhanstible, hav ieng been one of the most extensive and profit able sources Of export which the grand ol, Mountain County claims. And the Salisbur, - iron ia tSday. as widely known and highly es s<tmed. throughout the States, Jas any th.t i impusted from abroad more 90 than most tha is made from the ores found elsewhere in thi country.
 But there seems to be coming to light, o late. nearer the center of the County, and within radius of not more than hve miles fiom oar County seat, new mines of richer and more valuable minerals than the famed iron ore of Salisbury, and which promise to afford . greater, more certain and more abundant source of revenue to the owners and workers of the metals than any that have yet been pa- tent to the public. It has long been known that there is vein of metal running across this town and into Torrington, commencing, perhaps. in the range of hills we call Prospect Mountain, and thence on. in north-easterly direction, through the town of Torrington, witch contains large and abundant deposits of copper, sulphur, nickel. cobalt, and other min erals, valuable to chemists not only, but useful in thousand ways.
 As early ss ls45 and 46, openings in this vein, flor it seems to be distinct vein. though, besides, the hills about teem with minerals were made, and it was mined with greater or les success for copper. Later explorations, however, lave discovered that the undoubted richness of the vein consists in the nickel ore which it contains and that this is undoubted' has been amply proven by searching and care fil chemical tests of the specimens discovered, by the irst chemists in the country. It's only necessary, then, to prove that the ore contains sufficient percentage of nickel, and suffi- eient promise of reliability and capabilty of an extensive yield, to render it eagerly caught up by those interested to obtain the metal, and worked industriously for all coming time.
 All of these propositions have. we believe, been amply proven, at least to the entire satis- faction of all those whe have given the mines an examination. and submitted the ore to careful chemical analysis. The magnitude then of the work. and the promise it gives of an increased fame and notoriety to our Coun- Y, becomes at once apparent. In one other bud ef land only. as we learn, in this country. and that in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania at the so-called -Gap Mint" e"--is this nickel ore to bs found. And this, from the long and constant drain that has been made upon it, to supply the market. both of this country and Euope, has of late shown decided evidences of near or quite total exhaustion. Indeed, in that tract, the orc is to be found but within the diameter of . few rods, while in this it extends through mountains and valleys for miles. Like t there is not another tract in the world. In deea in but one or two places in Europe is the nickel ors found in any quantity at all.
 Nor do ws derive these impressions from bsazmy evidence. or the theories of enthusias -sievisioDaries and spscuiators. but from what ws have sseu for ourseIf at many of the open iuzs which have been made at Mount Prospec and in Pennington, and have received from ths best Information ws have-our own eyesight Nsitker dove indulge in idle speculations when Ms predict and believe, that not man, ysars. or months even, distant, we shall find cur good old town and county doubly famou. in ths possession and export of one of the mos vslnsd and eagerly y-sought-for ore in the world Discoveries Of rich metals are made always in she most unexpected places. and Litchdslt County is already. as we have said. famous foI what ii now affords the world. and why should it not hs destined to increased interest, as its v.st and rich ores. hidden cunaingly beneath iss safth, arc developed and brought te market?
 a And it is fixed faet now. that these mine' eroqud us are 50 to be developed, and tha' ris6t speedily. Already company is beinl oxanised. called. ws believe, the Leonora Mi pins and Smelling Works" which has its fur nsoes aIl built and ready for operation. on Pros pset Mountain, and only waits the incoming ssssi0h of the Legislature. to obtain | spccia charter, to go at once at work. This company sf its predecessor, has already turned ont 1 hnnaFed tons of nickel 4 mat''-which ha tssa refined, sent to England, and sold. ant the ery is still for more. Several thousand ton ~ ths oss is today thrown up from the mines spd | eSsiting oply the organization oi th,
 conpany to De at once smelted and ssnt |, w4rket
 h Touinstcn-f Cotton Hollow viIIage), th Nse York Nickel and Cobalt Mining an, Smelling O.. has been for several months a work, putting rp the most extensive furnaces xhieh eEe to be entirely completed within tn rsxt thirty dsys. while tt the same time . gan o< z9n als being employed day and night. i
 IF olt the ore in the mountain mil