Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-05-24
INDIANA GOLD pIecINes.
Correspondence Of the Indiana American.
NEW TRENTON. NIB. Nav 81. '67.

gold l showed you lew days since, was
obtained in Brown County, Indiana, and
| now proceed, according to your request,
to give the readers Of the american an ac-
count of my trip to the INDIANA GOLD
Regions.
Having some business matters to attend
to in the Estate Of Browns" as that Coun-
ty is Familiarity called, ! took the morning
train on the White Water Valley Rail-
road for Valley junction, expecting there
to meet the Western bound train on the
indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad. But
"The best laid schemes Of mice and men
Gang aft aglee.''
A slight detention, owing to shot. box, y
brought us to the Junction just in time 70
miss The train. Now some men, under
these circumstances, would have INDUCED
in curses and imprecations upon the devo-
ted heads of our railroad managers. Ten
minutes earlier arrival would have saved
me FIVE hours and forty minutes deten
lion. But had our Conductor put us
through on time, we might have burst of
an axle and met with catastrophe instead
of the train. l commend him for "going
slow in such cases. But for the hospi-
tality of my old friend DR.. John Iiughs
and his family. who live about half-mile
from the Station, and who kindly enter.
taiued me at dinner, ! might myself have
thought
GLOW tedious and tasteless the hours"
When stepped on the lao p NJ train
found myself in companywith His Honor
Judge Wilson and old friend Wiley OF
Laurel. The Judge was on his way to
Greensburg to hold Court, ard Mr. Wiley
was on his way to Iowa to visit his daugh.
ter. So had pleasant trip on the train,
with Elliott, one of the most gentlenganly
and obliging of the fraternity Of Conduc-
tors. Arriving at Shelbyyillc, | found
had to remain over night, and accepted
the invitation of my friend David Conrey,
a Franklin County man, to stay with him.
Mr.. Conrey is doing fne business in the
furniture line at Shelbyville.
This town is growing rcry rapidly, is
blessed with several good turnpikcs, (Which
is more than some Of our Western towns
can boast of) and is constantly building
more pixies. Upon a recent survey, it is
found that Bloc 1fiser has fall Of some
forty feet In eight miles, and tire citizens
are about to build hydraulic works, which
will largely devclope the resources of the
country. In company with "mne host
| attended civilian Iarkcr Lodge" Y.
ID. of L. & A. Masons, and thus spent a
pleasant hour in a pleasant company Of
| brethren Of the mystic rite.
Blcst be the tie that binds
Ous hearts In kindred love;
The fellowship Of kindred minds
Is like to that sbove."
Next morning took the uTsin for Co.
lnmbus, the County. seat of Dartholome, :.
County. where arrived at about 10 o.
clock A. NJ Here | found / would have
10 remain over till next day for the Nash
vile hack or hire private conveyance
A fve-dollar greenback took me cover the
hills aud lofty mountains" into the State
of Brown, in spring wagon driven by o
Mr.. Branhain or Brannau, thirteen miles,
to the hospitable mansion of the Hon.
William Taggart, Senator from Brown
County in the Indiana Legislature. HAD
served wi~h him in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes in 1862, and at that time form.
ed an acquaintance, and then last winter
Mr.. Jaggart was-in the Senate, where our
acquaintance was renewed. by express
invitation | was 10 remain at his house
during my stay in Brown County. Mr..
Taggart owns a large farm Of about 500
acres Of the best land in one body that
saw in The County; aud should you ever
visit that County, l advise you by all
means to call upon and get acquainted
with Mr.. Taggart and his entertaining
and agreeable lady and family, fer there
you will find that genuine hospitality
which was so characteristic Of the carly
pioneers of our good IIoosier State.
1t happened to be Court time 10 Brown,
and my business calling. l visited Nash
vile, the County-scat, where | found
Judge Berkshire holding Circuit Count
Three days term of Court would Indicate
that the people of Brown are law-abding
people, which | suppose they are.
found Hester & Branni1g, attorneys, a
very pleasant firm TO transact business
with.
But to the gold diggings. In company
with Mr.. Thomas Taggart l visited the
gold mines, where l found Mr.. j. w.
Macy, native Of Henry County, Indiana,
living in Hamlin Township, at-work, and
making, as he said, about $3.50 per day
aud wasting about an equal amount; that
is he wastes in washing about one-half of
what he digs, and an experienced Calilor-
MAN would save s5 or more. the speci-
men you saw was shown to Dehume x Co.,
corner of Walnut and Fourth streets, Gin
cinnati, and by them pronounced very fine
gold, and worth four cents per grain or
about SIS per ounce. This is what is
called drift gold, and is known to be in
several other localities in Brown County
Mr.. Macy was at work about five or six
miles south of the Martinsvillc branch Of
the l. & G. Railroad His post Office ad-
dress is Spcersvillc, Brown County; Mr..
Taggart's post Office is Mt. Moriah, Hester
& Browning at Nashville, Brown County,
either of whom will take pleasure in Civ
ing information in relation to the Indiana
gold diggings.
will state that was incredulous about
this Brown County gold, and supposed
people were mining mica slate or perhaps
the sulpheret of iron; but the gold you
saw was taken, at least a part of it, by me
from the sluices Of Mr. Macy, and is
thouUht 10 he fboro IN coucidarahia oman