Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-30

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We note what came under view
during our recent visit at Fairplay:
"Langcorthey 6 Co.." some of the
proprietors living in New York, some
in Dubuque, are running an engine,
using bituminons coal for fuel, for
pumping the water from what is
known as the SPARKS Gaze, being a
forty feet wide opening, east and
west range, depth to water sixty feet.
understood to be one of the best pros.
poets for heavy mineral, to run per-
haps for miles, to be found in the
mines. The agents are momentarilv
expecting to announce rich rewards
to apply on the $4,000 capital of
this Company.
The Great Eastern Company, own
ed in New York, by Law, Mum &
Co., John Phillips at Dubuque also a
proprietor and agent-on Mrs. Ma
tilda Phillips land, 81 miles north
east OF OF Fairplay, working small
engine, struck for the first some min
eral on the 18th July, about 1000
pounds
Two miles east of Fairplay, Du-
buque Company-Vandever & Co..
and Stevenson Brothers; an lands of
Duckworth & Co., are running an ell.
CINE and taking out about 5000
pounds of ore at each eight hour
shift, being q fiat, irregular sheet
horizontal positioa-averago q foot
IL thickness, and gowing westward;
depth p feet from surface. This is
the old Turner & Snyder range, aban.
doned On account of water.
Tie last great mining enterprise
at Fairplay is by a chartered associa-
ton, known as the Fdirplay Mluinq
and LiUet Conpany-B. Kilbourn,
President; B. Carnelison, Treasurer !;
John Smead, Secretary, and William
Carter, Foreman Board Of Dlrec-
tors the managers-these chosen by
the stockholders stock subscribed
about $4,000, the assessment upon
which may amount to IL per cent.
each year. This company lately
assessed three per cent. and began
work quarter Of mill below the
village. The object is by means of
an open or drift level, to drain the
water from tie following RACES, all of
them proved for minerel but aban-
dOned on account of water: The
Sparks, Wood, Goose Nest, Crabtree
and Engiue-all on Geo. Liddle's
land. These ranges are situated east
and west, and are parallels, 100 to
$50 apart, with north and south crew
ices through which it is belived all
may be penetrated and drained from
a single deep cut. The design was,
at first to sink d drain low enough to
work what are Familiarity known to
miners as the flint openings, and en-
ter at first the Sparks ra1,ge-thence
by north and south crevice all other
ranges in the neighborhood. But
the aim now is to work directly for
the Wood Range and thence as be-
| fore. M
The miners in that vicinity are con.
fident Of the fullest success in work
ing either route into the mouths OF
I the several ranges named, and OF
finding the Jaws thereof lined with
mineral to reward the stockholders.
Should fair luck follow and precede
/ all discouragements there can be
nothing to hinder the water drainage
Of several hundreds or thousands of
acres of the best mineral lands by
means of this comparatively inexpen-
sivc work. The present level, il
evenly pursued, would undermine
Fairp!ay village site about eighty
feet, or at least sixty feet below any
depth ever attained. 1t would also
md nrrl,.e;ra tho 6 opnl posnsyeS-
GO to $50 feet, and unbung at least
twenty of the best water bound lodes
OF the mines.
This Company has the grandest
enterprise by the horns ever under
; taken in the mines, but from baC
councils or from want of forethought
as to the amount of labor to be done
has gone TO work upon far too small
capital. The stock ought to be in
creased at once to q quarter or hal 8
million, which in onr opinion may be
done upon making some slight alter
atoms in the method Of procedure
and the employment ofan able stock.
agent The managers are entirely
competent and trustworthy.
There are several other mining
works about Fairplay deserving OF
notice at a future time. The village
is moro brisk than for twenty years.
Cornelison and Roberts are keeping
very good hotels.
DlCKEYVILLE.
This village, c. DiclSey, Andrew
Shmidt, G. f. Shepple and others,
proprietors, is doing a first rate bust