New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-07
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
THE GOLD REGION OF NEW HAMPsHIRE-CHAR-
ACTER OF THE ORE.

THE GOLD REGION OF NEW HAMPsHIRE-CHAR-
ACTER OF THE ORE.
From Our Special Correspondent
LISBON, n. H. June, 1S6S.-This town is in the
center of the gold region. 1t is on the White Noun
tain Railroad about 100 miles north Of Concord 1t Is
reached from New-York or Boston by the Connecticut
River Railroad, OF the Boston, Concord and Montreal
both of which connect with the White Mountain Rail
road at wnlss River 1t is the nearest depot for the
towns Of Lyman and landau, the former Of which
some of the best developments in mining operations.
Inc h1st discovery OF g9G %sT maze III te tUwh OF
specimen OF the god-beariDg quartz This discovery
fLea'eu ~ hue n o5S i hnis Po W t
vicinity. The old residents could scarcely be made 10
credit these reports until they had actually seen and
handled the precious metal for the country
settled for about century ana no one has heretofore
made like discovery This discovery was made In the
Fall of 1885, and similar specimens were found immediate
ly on the farms adjoining The attention OF mining Ope
to this locality Spectators were at first little
gold of any consequence to be found in such old
Section Of the country it must have been discovered
sooner.
At present there is one company at work who have
proved concusyey that mining these ores be carried
prOftably. Other companies are formed and are
nearly ready 20 commence operations The Dodge Com
pany, now operating is composed OF men who reside
here. The gold In this region is mostly found in the
quartz The following from the Report
the Mineral Resources OF the United States page 3i
concerning the mines in this State In the townships OF
In Quartz rock and shaft has been sunk by company
OF Boston capitalists 10 the depth OF IS feet CORE
spOndent Of The American Exchange aud ReUieU
monthly publication OF Philadelphia describes the gold
bearing quartz traverng tacOse ste and containing
sulphurets OF iron and copper and seams Of magnetic
iron Some extraordinary statements OF recent assays
from this locality have been published-One by Dr.
Hayes, State Assayer Of Massachusetts, giving
SS67 Of gold per tun and another specimen OF mixed
quartz taeOse slate gOsson, pytes Be- giving $3l2 AZ
per un In the adjacent township OF Waterford surface
quartz yielded $50 per tun quartz taken out at feet be-
low the surface yielded $5 per tun Guch mining has
been successfully prosecuted in the vicinity"
One OF the finest and most satisfactory results yet OBJ
tanned from working known quantity OF the ore from
the mine Of the Dodge Company was button weigh
ing SIX ounces and nine pennyweghts ana worth s22 10
the ounce in gold, or $50 IA In greenbaeks The amount
OF rock crushed was 10 tuns and IS pounds Amount OF
gold taken from the 10 tuns 42 its worth IN reenback
S9l Amount OF gold to tun OF the rock ia 40 This
taken from the bottom OF the shafts and crushed
by itself In December last The shaft was uIeD about IS
feet deep Since THAT time the operations have shown
that the quartz grows richer the shaft Is sunk rs
present depth Is about 20 feet, and the last estimate
Showed the rock TO contain about SIC TO the tun