, 1875-08-24
GREECE.
TIE MINES or f.AETT3f.

TIE MINES or LACETCN.
PARIS. aug. 9.-iour readers ntill doubtless
remember tha famous question OF the Lauriu,1
Mines. which was near bringing about a conflict
between Greece and Franco and Ilaly. Tnu
Greek Government had authorized rreuchinen
aud Italians to work tho dfoss OF arscn!iinroua
lend acquired BY them on almost iusicniticei,t
scsMs. Tbts dtoss bad covered tue .soil
for centuries. hud time has coated 1t 1rnt
wtth soil. then with Eraha, NJ 1t with tushcH aud
lastly with trees. green aud tnfteI hills being
ultlClate!s FORMED. An 1tallsn had .lrnovolc, ii
mineral hiddcu hy this vegetation, cp1st,c, q!
worthless Nv tho izechB, who hA,t ueith.r scu
perfect Instruments of moicru tintn nor tus
1nodcrn chemical knowledge nul .acrefufa
siderable ysl1e. THIS .nlue wa. such that tho
he* company, altef obtaln,ug tho authority to
work, constructed iMnenEs taeiorios an c,ti, u
village railways. aud port. Tuo product eu ou
finding its WAY to tho English aud Frcach mark
eta, this prosperity excited tic jualulsy t,f
Greece. Tie conceteiouar,cs wele EnratHcd with
rexat!ou8 proceedings ant titcn measures, their
cotnfuarce. navigation, IND workings we're In
peded. atd they really began to liz ufIail Of
Greece au3 tue iayor il arrorus. The di.,,us q
got 10 such fdtch tha. Flanct anil ltaly inter-
sencd. 1t waa alleged in t;rseco that the lnl1,et
were worth Au;tlr.ua u lu.lIlons Ut francs. Pub
!!c ooInio;l IraunnnctA akalnrt iserce. wLilo
tbs irceke cot more anil nr,.e excited AMI at
AAo~f %t1thAH-@A ~ tIt ouhclHiHtHk. NHltu
wanted 10 draH out ot tIlls t4o1luso;Au ALTAR.
An excluBlsev Greek company was falnlr1 ut
Athens AMI tonEta;Itluunlo. wLirh purchased
tho hlllockS OF scur.p anil tfatk. factory,
Hallway, plant, otc.. for ',thU of r5J',UJt.
There wsB q burst of enthusiasm, III urcere, II
was like lew edition OF l.as's f.h!uus Royal
Bank and Mississippi lIlob;e. Ihcre VA. .
scramble for thta new 1.a'riu:u Cean1,aars
hllhret. which IN the tl!s: eight days went ut To
II premium. Tho tutoz!c1t!uu waH sl,lcu,e, Int
tr3utftuTY. lhfutlrb Hhnt 4
pac!ts. or ntoca Citation. dill ttle tAAlrs aa.ftr
heavy iallf Sone say tho stolIu acrs nearly
exhausted. aud that tt,A"o remained only worth
less dsoss; others, tlIat tho new wosh-sa lac.rI.
both ordcs aud Ano"lcdsa; others. nEasu, thl.
u seritapIc plllage WIZ Mganlzcl in tho new
management. Curtain 1t u that duar,a hecAsI,u
drug il the markut. \ les:cr jus: 1ese.vcl
ftom GTeeco rt!ntrs very curio ID lhct nlri,'il
stranger than nll the loEeruIns, which psuycs
that Grcece ID stsll tho county of SURPRISES atll
that tho GreeAH aro no lunSes Willy Us oil
Hutner represents tlcm. The originll Latlusu
COMPANY. which almost PROVIDED all interna-
tlonal conalct "hilo working thu surface at Lar
ium. purchased tho subsMi cares t:nHdns to
That susface. THIS sabsoit. Which "as not c1-
piored. OR It Toast, not ayoweily 70. renlalfltl
uuworkfd aid unknown. The Company having
sold only tho eurfaco to their sastsrsors,
lstt!e who ago MI engineer MAS directed by
the old COMPANY 10 eKaliliI.e tLs aubsail. 11s
Bet himself to search for al tsa sc!s t,1w f!1sd
up which had serve! i'll at:i"n: times for the
working Ut the lnll,cr. aud dsscuSeru1 ccr;ain
number. lie examined sou,o Ut item. aud Whist
HRs his EurEtiso to 1inl III the rentFe OF tho
tract. in one OF tho MINES which seet1lei atan-
doned for ages. tho miners tuos leaning against
the wallis, small heaps OF mit1rtals ranged b.
hiud each tonl. the Mile. III HEurt, III
too very state tho GEeeks-turprlHeu,
doubtless, by sone unexpected at.ac4
bad loft 1t. The mlne or mines
were not abandoned. therefore, OIL account OF
their hclug exhausted excavations wo!U matto,
and immense lIor1zun.a! layers OF silver, lead,
and calaMipo Neru found. al VI ,ilcat.ulable
1ichtess, O!os a.!uus "eyo immediately Arrausud.
4 third COMPANY, with ca,ital Of I500n u, has,
It IL BALD, been formed by tha eloyta OF the orlg-
nal concessiunalscs, and tl,s lutter wllicL g,yUs
tless lot4ila Adl!a t4at tho rat ahipa deAuafcl4od
By tho now company havo just sold their cargo
1t Amsterdam. 4'h1s ciir!uus storf could pniy
happen OIL the always marvellous snil Of Greece.
but it iB tu bs hoped that llis ti.no tho coucas-
sionaires enlightened BY experience, have pro-
tecsed themselves AEA.nht fresh ceybsuQbueHa