, 1875-03-05
Tremendous Sensation at the
Newbury Mines.
Tho Precious Metal in Quantities
Rivaling New Mexico.
A New York Party Buys s625,00C
Worth Of the Find.
The Quiet Pastures Of the Essex
Kline YrnrHtOr1ned to
Bnl,e1s.

.Spee1al Dtspateh to The Chicago tribune.
DosroS, March 4.-Tho excitement on tho
Nowbury silyor-mines tucEcaaes inatea3 Of dtmin-
ishing aud thoro arc now arrivals Of men and
machinery osory day. Each day. a. operations
oxtcnd nui shafts sink deeper. tito BANJO rich
quality Of tho metal Is brought up. and ae
each new lodo IL opened, and tue
Same metstiferouh deposits a,e found, tho ex-
element gains in strength. Tho Daily Adre,-
tiscr SAYS TINT tho maiu shaft. tho Gsst discov-
orcd (tlo t;hipman) has already reached depth
Of nearly 10 feet, ouc-hslf Of itH intended deptl
4. the n,ness so down, tho metal grows richer,
with occasioualy small
xuGoErT OF PURE HiiyEn.
An aoon AZ tho shatt haa reached depth Of 100
feot-about tho middle Of Apnl--a largo
body Of men will DO put to
work to drift IN on tho rein,
and maize cross-cuts, Tho ORC at
present ia better than any Of a previous yield,
containing about 200 OUNCES OF silver to tho tor,
and bears \ great resemblance In appear
anee and color to the product Of
tile famous Legal-Teuder mine In Silver
City. Grant County. NoH Mo1ico. An average
specimen nsaayed s122 to the ton. a ealo was
uonsummatel OIL Tuesday betwoon tho owncfs
Of tho niue, AfcfBrs. Kelly. Chipman t. Shaw
md New York pnrty, b. which 1yc.eghths Of
the AlauH lot and five.si1tcenths Of tho l,oyn-
ton lot afo transferred to tho New York people
fo1 eG25,0uo. This purchase In at valuation
or $1,000, 900 ron rnE NINE,
MesErs. Chapman i Shaw would not dispose
Of their intoreutn even at this very large sum if
thoy did not own 1,C00 feet adjoining, running
along tho vein. Tic receat thaws have Serious
i.. fAA &y+n -.fr Iii.
depth of foet Of water In tho
mine at proyent. Tie acoond shaft sunk ras
started fcw days after work had boen beguno On
tho Chipman lode. and 1t wAa opened within TO
foct Of the fret lotle, In An adjoining pas
E. II. Boynton ownod ono half, aud
Mossu. Kelly, Chirsnan l. Shaw the other.
From, 1t fow tona Of orc similar to cha. In tic
Chi man lode have been taken.
:.bo,,t slrcc-quartors Of q m[le pcnrer the city
t!.an the Chip.nan lode, is situated whas is
known rs
TnR KKMrToN LODE,
I'll 4 section of pastures that runs across the
samo Gnoias lido Ut motalifesous rock that the
Chipman shaft Ia situated In. Here Tho Law.
romeo Company, AIesbru. lsaao Hayden Sr.,
1aaae Hayden, Jr., and c. n. Kcinptou. arc busy
at work under tho direction Of Alr. Kemp
ton. mining engineer. This Ia on tho
land Of John Smith, and on 1t sir. Hampton finds
= line Of et1yeE-hearing rock, GO feet broad. 1n
Ills prospecting, 1fr. Kempton employs tho lia-
monu drill, OF which he has secured tho exclu-
sive use. ThrougAou. Essex County Tue vein
was struck at depth of 6j feet.
Tho fourth interest to get fairly ut work in
this section. Ia known aa tho bartlett, Aul rho
lode is situated short distance from tho kcmp-
ton Gil the side Of the Highdold, noatcst Now
buryport. Tho mtno Is owned hy Bart
sctt Il Co., in which company ara ]. II.
Bartlett, prominent safe manufacturer Of this
city, ]. ". bartlett and two otl,csa all of this
city. Tho property. one divided undivided bali
Of twenty-five scros, was bonded hy Mr. 1lobert
Smith for ESQ, 900, and deed given the present
ownors on Wednesday, when they paid Mr. Smith
$4,000, tho balanco to bo paid III sixtf days.
The property vaa bonded about ten days ago.
Two bhafta havo been started, both Of Which arc
down about 10 feet, and promise we'll. TAe orc
takon out Ia = compound Of aulphurets OF lead,
copper. and silver, carrying gold.
TIE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS
OF the oss-cropping aud formation matter arc
similar to those 81 ths famous Ra1stons lniuea
Of DAnk Of Colorado notosiosy, situated In Grant
County, Now Mexico. The Bartlett Company
will push mattors ut onco, and will ~ soon aB
possible. form stock company to faoilEtata nht-
tors further. These four aro all that are now at
work.
Tho Kent farm, which wss bonded by hlessrs.
Kelly, Shaw, and Chlpman, and lies southwest
of tho Chapman lodo, has beon sold to Pioyi-
denco parties. for $4,000. It will DO pros-
pectod, and work begun as soon n
the snow is gone. Tho now ownosn arc Mr..
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