Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-07-16
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It IS undoubtedly known to the public
that Silver Mining Company, composed
principally of gentlemen of this place and
vicinity, was formed last Spring. Their
mines are located near Georgetown, Colo
radO Territory, and we are pleased to see
that recent Developments bring these
hines into favorable notoriety. In an ar
ticls of too great length for our columns,
written from Georgetown, Colorado, to the
editor of the Ohio State Journal, discrib-
ing the country and giving some account
of the several mining companies in that Vi
cinity, we find the following in reference
to the mines belonging to the company of
this place:
| Another Ohio company have lately made
q most fortunate investment in the Pulaski.
| q lode on Leavenworth Mountain and some
| Two miles from this place. The Pulaski is
| dNectly across Clear Greek gulch from the
Terrible, the most noted and profitable
| mine in this district; and the former bids
| fair to equal it. The Pulaski is one of those
curious veins to be found sometimes in
| this part of Colorado, which begin on top
with disintegrated rock containing both
gold and silver, but change ore, going down
| to rich silver bearing and more solid rock.
It's history illustrates the peculiarities of
mining in Colorado. It was discovered and
recorded by B. s. Hines in June, 1872.-
There was heavy slide on the mountain
side, but indications cropped out'' and
some blossom rock'' came to the surface.
| In the slide there was vast amount of de-
composed iron; making what miners call
"red dust" This he thought to indicate
silver, SO he dug some twenty feet through
| the "slide'' and discovered what he de-
scribed and recorded as gold lode carry
| ing little silver" He then ran 'boom-
| ditch,,' striking the lode fifty feet deep,
| where it proved to be true fissure vein,
seventeen feet between walls. But now it
was ga silver lode with very little gold"
1t also proved very wet, requiring drain
age by hosting. Accordingly the original
| owner decided it was not "a poor mans
lode"-that is, not a lode where one or
two men could take out ore at will, but one
requiring company who could tunnel and
put up machinery. So they sold to the
Ohio company, reserving, however, good
share of stock. The-present owners have
developed the entire load Of 21OO feet and
now purpose to run a tunnel from some
distance down the mountain side, which
will strike the lode at depth Of 600 feet
from the first opening. This tunnel will
drain the whole mine, enable them to get
out the ore without hosting, and leave a
margin for enormous profits. 1t will take
several months to complete tie tunnel,
and they will then have ore enough above
them to employ large reduction works for
ten years. Should the mine prove of the
same character at that depth as at the bot
tom Of the present shaft, hundred feet;
and there is every indication that it will;
its value will be simply incalculable. It
will then take rank with the Terrible,
Comstock, Gregory and other noted mines
of the West, and they can erect smelling
or amalgamating works, and go on reduc-
ing their ore to bullion for the rest of this
generation. However, lest all the rest OF
the people of Ohio should feel inclined to
rush out here and invest in silver mines. ii
ought to be noted that for every such mine
as the Pulaski which proves brilliant
success, there are a dozen locations
.struck, worked awhile and then abandoned
at a greater or less loss of labor and money
So if you come out to buy mine, be sure
that it is a mine, and not location
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