Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-11-23
VOLUME XXXIII
TENNESSEE COPPER.
The DucktOWn Mlncs-Thcy are In-
siorsed ns the best ian tilc Country
Interesting Reports.

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The DucIstown MIncs-Thcy are In-
dOrsed ns ahe best in Giie Country
Interesting Reports.
We have not been favored with the report
Of which the following synopsis is given by
the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, but
are happy to present to the country its high
testimony to the superiority Of our State in
copper and other minerals;
We have been favored with The perus Il of
a report by the American Bureau of
! Mines" in the city Of New York, on an ex-
animation by its board Of experts Of the
! property and works belonging TO the Union
Consolidated Copper Mining Company Of
| Tennessee. As this report Is too long for
| publication in our columns, we must confine
/ ourselves 10 a brief summary of its exceed
/ ingly Interesting contents. The copper
mines at which the Union Consolidated
| Company j. at work are at Dgcktown, in
! Polk cuunty, Tennessee, and with the ex
ceptiUn of the Lake Superior region, no
mining district east Of the Rocky Noun
tains, has produced so large an amount Of
copper ore The deposits are the largest
known in the history Of copper mining, and
pronounced by the highest scientific authori-
ties, among whom we may mention Profes-
sOr &. n. SHEPARD and MATHEW +.
MAURY, as being as inexhaustible as those
Of Cornwall.
Threecompanies-the Union Consolidated,
the Burra Barra, and the Polk County-the
two last dOmiciliated in this city, and the
first in New York-had, before the late war,
erected smelling and refining furnaces, and
all the various machinery necessary to mine
the ore and convert it into ingot or pure
copper. Their labors, which at that period
had just began, were interrupted during the
greater part Of the war; and their resump-
tion at its close was peculiarly difficult, owing
TO the dispersion of skilled workmen and
the inevitable effects Of so protracted a sus-
pension, in the mines themselves Ii is,
therefore, not a little surprising, to find the
underground operations Of the Union Con-
solidated Company again in full activity
amply provided with necessary supplies, and
running according to a well organized work.
ing system. This remark applies with equal
force to the Burra Burra and Polk County
Companies. The refining works, which be-
long to the three companies Jointly, have |
yielded, since the war, more than 100000 |
pounds Of ingot copper, Of which some 6O0, |
600 pounds were for the Union Consolida- |
ted Company. These remarkable results, as
well as the great success Of the Ducktown |
mines and furnaces before the war broke out, |
are due in large measure to the ability and |
energy Of Mr.. julius E. RAHT, who still |
holds the position he has so long and credi-
tably occupied as General Superintendent |
and agent of these companies.
These copper mines and smelling works
lie in the Southeast corner of the State of /
Tennessee, forty miles Southeast of Cleve-
land, the nearest railroad station on the /
East Tennessee Railroad. With this point |
they are connected by a turnpike road,
soon to be superseded by railroad, there
being a company incorporated and organ
lied for this purpose, and State aid to the
amount Of half million Of dollars secured
at the the last session of the Legislature of
Tennessee. When this road is built there
appears TO be no limit, to the amount of cop
per which can be produced by these COM
panies, and at much less cost than is possi-
bic in the Lake Superior region.
A large portion Of the report is made up
of scientific details necessary to the proper
of the subject, but want of space
compels us to forego their insertion.
The Mining Bureau, to which it was
made, and by which it has been adopted,
was established to protect the public against
the schemes Of unprincipled speculatorS
which are pressed on the market during
times of excitement in mining properties.
It's favorable Endorsement is, therefore, justly
as of undoubted authority, and it
is with great satisfaction we have embraced
this opportunity to bring to the notice Of
our readers another striking evidence Of the
IL. r r, 1
and to express the hope that our
people will go TO work with energy, and i'm
prove the advantages which they possess.
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