Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-13
Fluming Of the ghestatee.

acliEo. opcrlliOtiS irHhSeft CQntnVnCCu ~ viz
'ncighborhood Of Bcarden' 81 Ford on tho Ches.'
tatee. upon the property formerly owned by
the Dahlonega Gold Compan but recently
purchased by the Fluming. Company, and on
which the compuny llas commenced their
Flume. Substahti' dams across the river arc
now made aud in nplete ,rcpair and a,thor-
'.onghly made onpa., Of isixtyfeet in width, cut
across a bondof the river, takipg the entire
flow of the stream, leaving about a third OF
mile Of the river ready for mining with but
tho water from theoId Ii9er;bod.
With this object in view, the 1lumpkin
Chestatee Mining Company has been organ
ture of Georgia, with capital of ono million
dollars, divided into City thousand shares of
twenty dollars each, ana, an authorized capi-
/ tai Of three millions Of dollars, granting to
Henry ID. Cooke, Peter Haunay, Daniel o..
Somes. and James p. Heron, of Washing
ton, y. c.; John IT, RICO, Of Maine Will
liam Window, Of Minnesota, Edward l.. Nor
folk, OF New Hampshire; John II. French,
of North Carolina aud Alfred b. Ely, of
Massachusetts,, and their associates, the cr-
ciusipc riyht of numng and mining the
Chcstatce River, as also tho right Of way, and
wood, for these purposes, for distance of ten
miles, and all it's tributaries within that tori,
tory, including among others Canc Creek and
tho Yahoola; mining property probably un'
equalcd in its prospects because of tho extent
and richness of its mines. and the value of
its mining privileges, by the property of any
mining company on this or tho California slope
Of the Rocky Mountains, y
The intention Of the lIumpkin Chcstatce
Mining Company is to drain or dry the bed of
the river aud its tributaries by the method
known in mining ,parlance as fuming, and
tl,cn to mine its bed, ns they would any other
| deposit mine. After their beds have been
mined tho banks and old beds are then to be
| sube to the same operation, and they, it
is believed, will yield fully twice as much as
the present beds, hut they cannot be etfcctu-
ally mined until the bed of the river is drain
cd, as the present waters drown out the mi
nots when they reach tho paygravcd, which,, lin
fact, forms part of the old bed of The river,
and hence allows the water to pass freely
through the gravel, one Of the greatest gricv.
-ances of the miners Of tho past. =
The Company has already purchased the
necessary machinery for draining purposes
which are now in the depot at Athens. The
machinery thus purchased consist Of porta
bic Engine of thirty horse power, of IIoad
lcy's manufacture. One Andrev Centrifu
gal Pump, capable of throwing th.cc thous
! and gallons of water per minute; one Cameron
Direct action Pump and fixtures, capable OF
raising one thousand gallons per minute one
Saw Mill, capable of saving fifteen thousand
feet ofSlumber per day beside mining tools
md Mercury, blacksmith's forge and tools,
machinists and carpenters tools, wood chop.
pcrs axes nc, &c., &c. These it is expected
willrcach the mines in few days and be ready
tor work; when in the course Of q month, ii
is con nGlantly bolinvnd tho Cnnnanv will he
in successful operation.
In addition to the largo amount or ,uuuhimo
ry and tools thus purchased ahd paid for, and
tho money now in the Treasury the Company
has reserved for further working capital so,ne
eighteen thousand shares, which it is believed
will be more than sufficient to mcct.all con
tngcncies in putting the operations of tic
Company in efficient condition. to work tho
river and develop their vein mines, and raise
the value Of their stock above par, as it ought
to be- considering the great prospective vauc
of their property aud their rares chartered
privileges,
Knowing that the success Of an enterprise
Of SO vast Importance, depends upon the in.
tcgrity, intelligence aud industry Of its active
managers, the directors Of the Company have
secured the services OF MIR Adplph Thics, as
their mining Engineer who well known in
this community as the Superintendent of the
Dahloncga Gold Company, whose energy, in
dnstry aud mining experience has made him
an honor to one Of, the best mining schools Of
Germany Of which he isl graduate He also
has several years expericnccin charge of min
ing interests in both Africa and Europe, as
we'll as other places in America; and with tho
most fattering success. g%t,
The same good fortune has enabled then,
to secure the services Of Col. j. X. Wing, oI
Ohio, for general Superintendent of all thcil
operations in Gcoreia-a gentleman of much
business experience and wide reputation fol
tho qualities needed for this important posi-
tion.--Dahtonnya Hgnm
CHRrsrIANIrY should not DO Judged by its
worst, but by its best specimens, 'for even in
tue bcstit has much to contend with; and il
the world is so bad with Christianity, what
would it be without it? Let the darkness
and pollution Of hcathenism answer.
| A TOWN of 600 fnhabtantsthas grown IN
on the Pacific Railroad within six weeks, sup.
porting $4,000 hotel, billiard saloons, faro,
monte and keno banks, and other necessary
establishments
DIR. BUsBY, whose figure was beneath the