Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-11-13

A Gold Field Discovered Near Atlanta.
Pronounced the Richest In the Cnifed
States.
Atlanta Herald. oct. %

States
Atlanta Herald, Oct d
The streets of our city yesterday
we're alive with rumors of the discov-
cry Of gold in immense and inexhsust-
able quantities near the neighboring
town of Decatur.
A Herald reporter 10 eager pursuit
Of an item which had such a shin"
in it met Squire Tuggle. an intelligent
citizen of De Kalb, who gave Us some
information In regard 30 the new Bo-
nsnza. Hesays the land on which the
mine has been discovered belongs to
Mr.. P. NJ. Rickett. and is situated
about
SIX MILES FROM ATLANTA,
on the Flat Shoal in Panthersville
District, near the mill owned BY Mr..
Pitts and Mrs. White. It is two miles
from Mr.. Taggles and near the places
Of Mr.. Fagia and Messrs. John aud
Sam McWilliams,
Mr.. Tuggle stated that the mine
was undoubtedly rich one, that ore
to the value Of over six hundred dol
lars to the ten had been found Lying
around loose, and that it had been
leased to a Mr.. Bullock for twenty
years.
A later hour found this reporter in
conversation with the real lessee, Col
Albert II. Moore, who in a very intel
lIgent manner gave some further and
very interesting details 10 regard to
this
IMMENSE GOLD PILE.
Col. Moore is a practical miner.
He is conversant with the different
mines and mining operations of the
United States. In New York ne was
engaged as a metallurgist, and came
in contact with the precious metals in
every form and combination, and with
the different soils aud rocks in which
gold is found. lie is the owner Of the
we'll known Battle Branch gold mine,
in Lumpkin county, so named because
the slender and threadlike branch
flowing through the section where the
yellow treasure lay hidden. was the
scene of many bloody fight between
parties Of Georgians, Tennesseeaas
and North Carolinians, who we're con-
tending for the possession, ln the
last fight, the Georgians and fenDes-
sceaDs were the billigerents, aud the
Georgians came of victorious. From
this mine Col. Moore says be has made
OYER EIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
clear Of all expenses, since last March,
aud he AYERS that this Dekalb mine IS
far richer than that one.
While it is true that the Battle
Branch mine has yielded at the rate Of
ten thousand dollars ton, this is only
in the pockets across which the miners
would come. In other places the yield
would be very small. or perhaps uoths
ing, making the average yield about
ten dollars ton. This is an excellent
yield. One dollar ton is sufficient TO
cover all expenses of mining and mill
ing, and ten dollars leaves a good war
gin of profit But in the Dekalb
mine, the yield, he is confident. from
several experiments very carefully
made, cannot be less than
sEvENrY-FIvE DOLLARS a TON,
BY the simple process Of MASKING. and
washing out in a pan-the plan OF the
earlysguleh miners in Calitornia-tSo
ounces of ore from this mine have
yielded grain of gold; and in this
crude method over halfthe pure metal
is lost.
The first discoyerer OF this piine
was the owner of the land, Dir. Ri9kett;
With that uncertainty or tlmidlty of
feeling which is the result of a natural
incredulity in regard TO big stories
about gold discoveries, in these days
when the professed discovery fire.
quently results in vanity and vexa-
tion of spirit" Mr.. Rickett failed to
work the mine himself, but invited
Col. Moore TO examine it The latter
gentleman. as result Of this investi-
Cation. has leased the mine for twenty
years, paying Mr. Rickett Oae tentb Of
the profits. Even this tenth, it ap-
pearances are verified, will make the
fortunate owner of this valuable
land very wealthy man in less than
half of the twenty years. And as 10
Col. Moore, granting that bis most
cautious expectations are realized, the
amount of
SHINING GOLD PIECES
that will be piled about him 10 de-
cade, would be enough to girdle hls
house with golden wall; enough 10
intoxicate the brain aud dazzle the
vision of even a jones, Flood, or an
O'Brien.
Without the slighteSt besitation.
and after the most sober and rigid
examination of the locality and the
ore, Col. Moore pronounces this
Georgia mine incOmparably the rich
est in the United States, or so far as
discovered, in North America.
The locality where this precious de-
post is found is a stretch Of dark,
slaty land, lying partly in timber and
partly in the open field. The VEN
seems very deep and rich, cropping
out very freely on the surface, run
ming from base to base of hill, which
is not quarter Of mile from full
supply of water. afording ready and
ample facilities for quick aud prO6ta-
Bile working.
Col. Moore hos little mill, corner
of Calhoun street apd Railroad avenue,
to which he is hauling ore ; and from
this he expects at least one hundred
dollars day. He has ordered
A TWELVE STAMP MILL,
which Mr.. Withers. of Atlantis, is
getting up. Ii will be at work in ten
days.