The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-09-12

him conspicuous target for all the
Journalistic pop-guns in the nation
Now, have passed through the Emma
mine, at various times, and the frs
time was sufficient to convince me, ol
any other unbiased man, of the wealth
of the mine. You can see hundreds oi
tons of ore on all sides, hanging within
easy access, and that of ore that assays
from one hundred an5 fifty to three
hundred dollars per ton ; and as to ga
lena, there are small mountains of il
left standing yet in the mine, which is
considered not of high enough grade to
ship to their smelling works in Swansea
in Wales. They have some eight hun
dred tons of second-class ore now on the
dump, that will assay from sixty to one
hundred dollars per ton. This, with the
galena, is waiting the erection of smelt-
ing works here on the company's own
grounds.
! This mine is now working under some
disadvantage, from the bad manage
ment of the former superintendent and
foreman. They did not put in timber of
sufficient strength, and in some places
the timber giving way has caused
temporary suspension of the delivery of
ore. But this obstacle is fast being over
come through the energy and skill of
Mr.. Silas Williams, the Superintendent,
and Capt. William Pasca, the efficient
foreman of the mine. Mr.. Williams is
a man of large experience in mines and
mining, he having formerly had charge
of the celebrated Fremont mines in Mar
iposa county, California. Then on the
Atlantic coast he had large experience
In the mines of the Carolinas. He is an
energetic, thorough-going, careful busi-
ness man, and think the company was
wise in their selection.
Capt. Pasca is of English birth, and is
a man of large experience in the Eng
lish mines for years before he came to
this country. He has had charge of
some of the mines here, and before COM
ing here was in charge of Government
Works at He'll Gate, New York. At the
solicitation of the company he came here
to take charge of this mine, and think
under his careful eye the mine will soon
be in better condition than it ever was
before.
1t is with mining companies as with
ndividuals-when either rise to sudden
wealth they bring down the community
on them, and all view them with an en-
vious eye. Because the Emma COM
pany have very rich deposit of ore, it
has attracted the envy of various rivals,
and this has led to difficulty between
this company and the Illinois Tunnel
The latter company started
a blind tunnel in this mountain, and if
they had pursued the course they start
ed they would not have struck the EN-
ma mine, but knowing of the rich de-
posits of ore in the Emma, they changed
their course and went for their ore.
In late suit before Judge Mexican,
of this Territory, the Emma company
got an injunction, restraining the Illi-
nois company from removing the ore
they had taken from the Emma mine
also giving the Emma company the
privilege of removing the ore under GER
tain restrictions. This decision think
has rendered general satisfaction to all
persons.
If this system of plundering was per-
mited to go unwhipped of justice, there
would not be any safety for capitalists
in this or any other mining country,
and it would lead to general demorali-
zation of the fixed principles of right
and wrong. 1t would be like the doc
trine of Secession-there would be no
limit to it, and a man would soon feel
privileged to pry off plank from his
barn, go in and take his
Wuedt, Ut III W tue ueICuduGS SIOre ny
the back window, and take his goods,
and justify himself on the plea that he
did not enter them at the doori If JUS
tice and equity is awarded, it will do
much TO bring mines and mining on a
firm basis in this country.
This letter is descriptive of the north
and east side of the canyon. Of the
south and west side, more in my next.
W. C. W.