Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-23
Captain John COwden interviewed.

enemy, abandoned the mission, and
returned to the eastern side Of the Mis-
sissippi. 80 -. ......-..lr-, ~
C01,naissioner-W While at the mines
| did you make a thorough inspection
survey2 If so, with what result?
CdptGiR-I surveyed the locality and
I examined the lead then partially OPEN |
| ed, and was satisfied that Brown & |
johnson were right, and only repre- |
sented the mine fairly. 1 had previous
| ly leased the mine from these gentle |
men, and upon an inspection was more |
than ever determined to work them,
and would have done so but for the fact |
that General Steele's army pressed me
too closely. gave up my lease with
reluctance. r..,.-
Con1nlissioner-Di you ever have the |
ore of this Kellogg mine asssyed?
Captdin-Yes, / did, and before 1
started for the mines. The assay was
made by Professor Hillgard, of Oxford,
Mississippi.
Conn5jssioRer-Wh was the result |
of that assay?
CdptdiR-Eighty-fou per cent. pure
lead, and forty dollars per ton pure silver
CelllRlissioneT-FTom what you know
and have heard of this Kellogg mine, |
what do you think Of its extent and
value2 r-.
CdptGi5B-For miles around the eoun-
try gives the very best evidences of the |
presence of lead; and think its value |
far up among the millions, a fact that
will be developed by the use of proper
machinery and persistent labor. And
have no hesitation in saying that were
l able l would embark in their devel-
opment, not fearing that my per cent
age of profit would be among the thou
sands. From all that have ever heard
l regard the Kellogg mine as the most
valuable of all the silver-lead mines in
the world. And this opinion is fortified
by what Mr.. Shepherd BOren told me
and Mr.. johnson who worked the mine.
CoHlnlissiOaeT-Tel me what Mr..
johnson said?
CdptQm-He told me he found the
ore in pockets near the surface of the
earth, perhaps one hundred tons at a
time in body; that deeper than fifty or
sixty feet he was firmly convinced veins
might be struck that would richly repay
working, perhaps be more profitable
than the pocket ore. rurl
COnaIlliSSiOner-Why did not Mr..
johnson go deeper and find these veins?
CCIptGigt-Because he was satisfied 1
with the yield of the pockets as more
than a compensation for his labor and .
capital, and then he did not have the
pumps, or machinery re-
quisite to go into scientific mining.
DR.. Sanford Bell interviewed.
At the present time the Kellogg silver
lead mines, in Arkansas, are exciting a
very great deal of interest, and as this
new galena is located only a few miles
from the city of Little Rock,
every kind Of information regard I
ing the rich deposits must be looked for {
with eagerness by the readers of !
the APPEAL. Acting on this idea, one ]
of the reporters of the APPEAL paid I
visit to DR.. Sandford Bell, the eminent i
chemist, assayist and mineralogist, at :
his residence, No. 242 Adams street, yes
terday afternoon, for the purpose of ,
learning his views relative to the mines.
DR.. Bel has long been celebrated in
this country as mineralogist,
and was chief governmental
surveyor of Wisconsin, Iowa and other
western states, so that whatever he says
in regard to mines or mining may be
implicitly relied on. He received the :
of the APPEAL very cor 9
daily, and seemed q good deal amused
when he was informed that he was I
about to be made the subject of an in
terview, and sat down in an easy chair /
in his costly furnished parlor, with a
somewhat puzzled look, but instantly
up when
The reporter said-Doetor have
called to ask if you know the extent
and character of the Kellogg silver-lead
mines in Arkansas.
DR.. Bel Certainly, do, and viii be 5
pleased to give you any information :
possess on the subject. rs
Reporter-Whereis is this valuable mine
located?
Or. Bel1-It is located about twelve
miles from the city of Little Rock.
Reporter-Have you surveyed and ex-
amined the mines, and learned the
character and value of the ore? is
DR.. Bell have. Three years ago /
the Kellogg mines, as they are
called, and ascertained the character
and value of them, including the drift
and range. The out-eroppings and
range run from six to seven miles, ON
an average of from forty to sixty feet in
inclining south, southwest,
with the great appalachian chain of the
earth. ~
Reporter What do you think is the
extent of the mines and their value?
LJls OCtt-1ACoC l1ALCc AOl4OH luIOUkll 7
the Out-crop away beyond the State of :
Arkansas into the Indian nation. These
mines are connected with those of Rose I
Clair, in the State of Illinois, and con- {
tinuing in the same range in a south I
westerly direction through Arkansas to 7
the Indian nation, where they crop out
twenty-six miles beyond the Arkansas
line. That is the general information | /
possess in regard to these very produc- 4
tive and very valuable mines.
Reporter--W What do you think of the q
and propriety of working a
these mines, which you say on your
Judgment and experience as q chemist
and mineralogist, for long series of
years are very valuable?
Or. Be0 (smilingly)-I should GER
tainly say that they should be worked,
and most carefully worked, because L
can answer you that it is my candid
opinion, founded on evidence that is in
and patent to my own eyes,
that these mines We are now talking
about are the most valuable that know
Of in the whole world. They are GER
tainly superior to those of the Tyrol
in Bohemia, or the cele-
brated mines Of Cornwall in Eng
land. The Kellogg mines viii
dNSAdSS . larger pei NoA4t VI 5AAfCL Iudl1
any lead mine heretofore discovered In
the world. The mines of the Tyrol :
mountains give about from seven to
eight per cent only of silver, while the
Kellogg mines viii run from thirteen to
fifteen per cent of pure silver, and will
pay from one hundred and forty to one
hundred and fifty dollars per ton in the /
assay. sQfEEe % @
Rep0rter-Dr. Bell, l wish 10 ask
whether you know anything about the