New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-02
10 rIaaus aailn Gggestertt,
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3h hearts case tost shou liz within ihatfower
Aey gFeal draw thee then6e2 So much need
The healing Aid Of thlna enshrine{l power, /
70 vel thespast, and bid the time good speed. |
4 rather itst witaers on my breast
Tbs hearts eaae dies, when il Is laid on mines
Msthinla there III nd hope of JOY possessed,
Would better fare than thee. upon that shrine
Take from me things gone BY, Oh! change the
Benew Tie loss restore fae lie deoaYea,
Bring back tae Gays whose tide has ebbed sol
Give form again to fhe fantastic shade.
Ny hope, shat never grew to certainty,
Ag youth, that persisted iRits ain desire,
lily fond ambition. crushed ere it cotla be
Anght save q selt-conspiring wasting fire
Bring these anew, and set me once again
In the deusibm of LIES infancy,
I was not happy, hnt 4 knew not then
That happy was never doomed TO be.
Till these things are and powers divine descend.
In vain the emblem leaves toward me hend
Thy Spirit. hearts, ease, Isl too far away.
-us- " 81 8E
.9oLD II THIs VICINITY The Rockville Senti-
mel saJs that the facts show that the presence Of
rich gold deposits within few miles of Washing
5on iH no longer predetermined. The Maryland
Mining Company, composed principal II Of tsliias
phians, were the pioneers. They bought tractlof
land about two miles below the Great Fails OF tle
Potomac, of some one hundred and twenty acres;
they have sRnR several shafts and run some drlfrsa
and ID these have found several we'll defined Yelts
OF goId-beRring quartz, which assay from 1orfy 20
twenty-five hundred dollars per ION. Having De.
monsGated the abundance and richness a tne
quartz, they have erected o large steam quartz
mill for tie reduction OF these ores anu VIII 3e
ready to put it In operation IN connle ot eeKs
from this time. The abundance and richness OF
the quartz has created q great demand Tor the
stock Of this company.
Adjoining the / Maryland mines, and within q
few yards Of their openings, the veins enter the
q Henry tract. now owned by Messrs Mace alld
Metcalf, ESiIgour, DietrieE and Casey, of Washing
ton city This is q large tract, containing five
hundrea acres, and having FIVE veins each Q nlle
In length, through il.
Some 81 these veins have been opened, and are
found to be exceedingly rich We have seen 4
number Of specimens from this tract that are very
rich. containing large guam ties of gold, apparent
to the naked eye. Near by are The HomilIer
tract owned by DIR. Kidweay Marshal LaInon, and
others and the y Auncaster farm, owned by
Judge Casey and others. All Of these contain tle
veins, and promise the same richness that the
others exhibit.
Immediately above the Cabin john bridgt
are the lands Of the Union Arch Gold Mimi
Company, organized with capital Of Two mil
lions Of dollars. They are sinking shafts, etc.
and their preliminary assays show The same rich
ness exhibited above. aa,t
In addition TO these there are several other par
ties operating on the Virginia side oil the river
and thess xploastoIls are developing large vein
of copper, copp sulp phnrets, pyrites Of iron s
yer lead, etc. besides giving indications OF til
presence ef gold in very considerable quantities
Many experienced miners and st1iFal mining en-
gineers have visited tie region latel and they al
eur.in the opinion that, wh en- developed thes
viii aIaong tle richest mines h tfs eonntrgs
y Asll1its