Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-12

ins been worked as a surface mine FOR thirty
years. The wa interfere with is operations
and nearly SUSPENDED ali v1rE, and last
rear Il was purchased By q party Of gen
tlemeu and a Company f-mel for the
purposs Of working it thoroughly and with
modern appliances. They a1c nov running
several sluiccs and making ab7u, t9-- O. five
ivts @. gold PEI day to the han. They have
erected The necessary buIliHgs, put up two
steam engines f-r crushing quartz, AMI VIII
soon have i1ug batteries q twenty stamps in
operation The v2shirrs o. thirty ye-r have
aceuuluiatsi vast piles OF quartz o. the mine
which lie ready 20 De conveyed 70 the stamp
mill, with no expense f5- mining Dr.
Ghent Of Philadelphia, whose reputation
as practical Asssyer places Lin 81
the head Of Lis profession IL tliz country.
has visited this mine three times and made over
one hundred essays q. tbs quartz. ali PFC
nouuces Tie plies mentioned above, 70 be
worth from ten 20 thirty do.i--s per I'll il g-.l;
q l0t Of nine hundred pounds taken prouiscu-
ously from different piles and as5sysI by Diieu-
back in Newark. n. J. gave thirty-e.ght dollars
and forty cents per t5u. Orc-urss these ASSAYS
were made Oh quartz which shovel 70 gold &c
the eye. Mr.. Gardner o. New York, while At
tais nine 10 October l-s;,F.-Zal ~ atranl5n o
stone weighing a55u, Two pounds, which shovel
10 gold 20 the eve under glass, and had 3, SIS
ssyei az the United States assay 5tz-s ID New
lori by Prof T5rrey. with the result O. enc
hundred and seveuty-rw5 dollars IL gold a1i i've
dollars and siz;y-5uc cents IL silver per to-.
Scarcely stone can be picked uP on the nine
huairei aces ownei ry the company which,
when vulyer.zsl IN O. common iron mortar aul
WASHED IL d pan, does nc, snow geld T. the
naked eye. fne specimens with free gold or their
surface are sound IL large numbers, tu- Of
course t1esc Ias- are never taken Tor ASSAY. When
We consider tha, over million tons O. laar-y is
already mined and on ;ll surface. and that the
whole expense -- working !, does 70, ezs5eI
Jvo I5.lrs rss ton, some idea @. the value o.;
the mine can be formed. fer even 81 five dollars
per t5l .-r the quartz e would pay an eac---
Gus profit The assumed capacity q. the stamps
% be used is two t1as PEI day o. tla stamp. t-t
the actual working capacity, making ller-. Ole
l5vauces ior accidents, delays &c. u Oh, ana
q half tons. 50 that twenty stamps VII crush
thirty .-as daily, AID one HUNDRED -4a Is v-r--
el here as well IS twenty. The Company have
expended about thirty th1usa1i dollars So -l-. .-
machinery. buildings. dams. 1-a-z. s.li-.=
teams labor, &c. aal are masking handsome
profits from washing the soil. they c--s.lc- ,.s
a small business however 1.Hg-r-l 8. Oh.
stamps, which they ezpe-, q. have BE- il- opera
ton by tie ars, q May
know ofu1 trip more fun O.. i1.a-s, a.I
pleasure then VISIT 20 the mines 70 This local .v
Gold seems % ezis- Throughout. au extent e tan
miles square. and Oh tae J ....s l-.us s.4r...y O.
shove. fall can b, found tia. Dies DO. show -,I
q the eye when WASHED III were @. v-..s
vLa, ] have actually seen. ami what amy gentle
man WHO chooses @. come here .la ser ..- lime
eel, fear ui-l, be acease- o. ezs--.-.-. -.
AMI reraaIs have already t-zei tie e-li-l-e
q yo1r rlalers. tlt '';lo world .s round i.- ID.
that, and write only what aay. seen. --a-.
aTe many rr1rs-aaz as v-.al' E. "a. .-.s .l .a.
STATE wai-1- purchaser lu- a. o-l1 dis. J.
know Of having the alraa4rs rt r.ll-tsa-1e
quartz OF the surface ready l.lc- B.. exist.
mostly IL r'--s anil has 8. be E.a-l O., rrsl-
expense.
Political matters --- ve-- r..- ---- a-Ir--
s-u-, perhaps t-1 hes. Illustration .. Ole general
feeling is contained il the remark o.. al Oh
farmer. who hearing the Sherman LII discussed
aul being askel fl- his opinion. SAID tlat as l.
was told ;lat tie t.- would not prevent hue
raising cotton AMI tobacco. Congress a-a- 60
None Of your raaiers WI. .s-- inclined 8. visit
the South ueel have any fears 20 ta-.- personal
safety. t-- they can ;ras themselves with a.. ,-e
IMMUNITY with which they might tr.7.- through
New L-s.A-i- they w11-I irf much g. interest
and delight then. AMI md here .-- AMI r-.-
ai-e eng -ylel- Tor yankee energy ami capital.
Truly yours,
EE-oy-r1.