The New York herald., 1866-10-11
NEWS FROM ST. DOMINGO.
uus ST. DOMINGO CITY CORRESPONDENCE.
Copper Miaes Discovered In st. Domingo
Their Richness The People Tarn-d Copper
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Copper MIses Discovered In st. Domingo
Their Richucss-The People Turned Copper
heads, Nc.
sr DossGo Cry Sept Q. 1864
We are In the midst OF regular California excitement
Nothing talked OF but copper We have copper IN iha
street and in the store the Once and In the workshop
copper churohcoppcr for breakfast dinner and sup
perand beneath the evening star In the paascs Of ths
gay Eolus" the staple topic Of conversation In Vt
copper The recent extraordinary discoveries by Amer-
cans OF copper lodges In ths Nigus mountains have
startled this ancient and dsh-like community into new
life Happesrs that these copper mnes rich beyond
anything prevously known far surprising In prospect
I've yield the world famous copper mines Of Cuba The
officers OF the Untcd States steamer Mackinaw who
visited the copper region In the middle Of last month";
came hack bswildcred. They have flaming report
or their observations 10 tho Navy Department al
Washington, which has no doubt era Ills astonished
the spectanes Of Father Gideon undorstani that nye
distinct or mines have already been denounced and
opened by New York company, aud tho orc Il already
coming down by tho cart load. Ono mine few miles
the eastward cf whore tn. Americans At work has
been sold to an English company for $4,000 storlng
and party OF Enfllah miners IL expected TO com.
mence work. Yank must pick up hts legs and not let
his English cousin got ahead OF him. John knows a
good thing when he IT, and when no gets wide awake
lie does business a big scale.
STATISTICS asGAipIsg rHE MINES
For tho satisfaction OF thoee statistical fellows among
your readers who believe nothing unleas In tho
shape Of a scientific report permitted 70 make the
owing extracts from ofcia letter a department
Of tho goverament.--
The already known copper nclds extend some twenty
mil from west and ten to Twelve 10 their
northern margin There features and another class
OF mnrra among whcn gold 1, found Ia various forms
and comanations fuprsede tho especial sway OF oop-
Hesitate TO repeat what have personally soon ani
positively known ~ tho ore veins porncang these hs
almost every direction. Tho statements might 6oern
exaggerated even Ia those familiar with tho ray bed Of
our Lake Superior OF California copper mines VII
report, dated July 80, 1884, Of Eoeinaer hcreschkei
10 there sta"s, with exact truth, thai thcsc noun
tans threaded hv rcn veins OF copper In such bng
lar abundance that they can only be compared TO tho
no. work OF nm immense spider web Iheaa vcins
they range within few degrees % east and
west, most frequently dvvtting IN descending lin.
seventy TO eighty dcgrecH from the horizon Tbe cop
par " found IN thom 10 the following como nnaiions
Fbss-copper app carbonatcs m,lacltc, lapia
laIuh. This combination shows AZ high as seseaty nsn
pcr cent OF met allie copper.
osydea mixed with iron, cobil, and sntrnony
showing nfiy u per cent of N t1ilic copper.
mi d-,opper py riies various comb IONS Weld
ing from twenty-five To thirylvo per cont Of metallic
copper
f61rh--coppcr and nickel III comb natlops,
showing an average oc thirty per cent OF copper and
fuor per cent ~ nckci
Thesr mineral Combinations found In surrounding
rocks Of STATE dabar and quartz which EASING contains
from ten ny thirty, forty and nity per
copper Tie presence OF nickel anlsver In all those
combinations amplo Ray the whole expense OF min.
ing the orea
DOMINICAN urrogy
THE IN Dominican history mny b. sad 10 date
from The time of Mr. seward's VISIT shores ia
riusly observations "a President Baez about developing
thc resources ~ his country did fall upon barren
sol The mbseqncnt message of President JoLnson 10
Congress, recognizing tho Dominican rcpubic contrib.
niod n the happy end An epoch of enterprise
bns been iDaag,iFaisd here which promises grand
sus Nithin = twelvcmonih confidently capcc. to
ton thonsand unierrncd Americans browning round
down hrrr. and hundred mining companies
iu operation.
rrscE FpOrosnI0.a
fcw evenings since Gen Cabrai and the other lcai
Gen. 1ayneau, tho diplomatic representative of the
been received from Haytf Tor permanent psaco wcen
the two epnbcs. u was decided 20 mset Genrard In a
cordial spirit ana tb~rc s Iiie doubt that treaty OF
amy and commerce sill be celebrated bet the
Two governments.
rNirrD srsvrs c1NsvnsfAr Agy~r
J. Sofncrs Smith. tho bc~ly APPOINTED CONNER.
cai agent Of The tntod S.es has arrived aud asuned
the functions or his oTcc, vice Tani Jones. dceea I'd
Dozisicss oossUL ogsKwst
THIS government he's accredited Joscph william Cur
ner, OF your CITY, ~ Consul General OF tho pomL
mean republic 10 tho United staes, reside At New
York