Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-13

tu0 QudTU0r luL0ToSU WHICH, MI. Oulp-
man owned, and the new firm of Kelley
& Shaw bought half of the adjoining
lot of 40 acres of Mr.. E. M. Boynton, of
West Newbury, the latter retaining the
other half
The work was then begun by Mr..
Chapman as superintendent. A shaft
10 feet square was sunk early in Sep
TENDER, and as it was increased in depth
(Which is in mining parlance 'tis-
sure" vein), between two walls OF gran
tie broadened from three feet at the
surface to feet at the depth of present
working, which is only 25 feet. The
ore also grows richer and purer as the
shaft goes deeper, the proportion Of
silver and gold increasing, while that of
lead remains the same. The south wall
has not yet been reached, and the men
are now therefore working on the pure
ore, the north wall being perfectly per-
pendicular. Owing to this fact, which
is unusual in the history of mining, there
is little expense incurred in removing
the ore--hardly dollar ton.
About ten tons are taken out every
forty hours, being hoisted up in bask-
cts, keeping a gang of four men con-
stantly at work, or onl ; eight III all.
The ore, as mined at present, yields 500
of silver, $40 of lead, and $11 of gold,
a total of $171. The cost of smelling
and separating is 500 ton, SO that the
profit of the firm is about $110 ton.
Even if the hopes of the miners for the
future are fallacious and the vein
should prove to have no great depth, a
matter of 81, 900 day profit is worth
looking after This is from a single
shaft only 25 feet deep, :and without op-
Grating the drifts Or the lateral veins.
But in mining experience assure vein
S usually of great depth.
Near this shaft the gentlemen who
own the 40-acre lot have sunk second
shaft, beginning work upon it in Octo
Der last. This has reached about the
same depth as the first. The vein is
about feet wide, and the ore Of SINH
lar purity. The vein also widens here
as it deepens. Four men work in this
shaft by night, and four during the
day Shaft-houses, large storehouse,
and a boarding house for the men have
been built The shafts being covered
the men can continue their work dur,
ing the winter About 1875 tons have
been taken out and stored, the miners
having no royalty to pay On the ore
from the second shaft. ., ...
In the spring it is expected that the
Adams lot will be purchased according
to agreement, and mining will begin
on an extensive scale. By that time
about 500 tons will have been taken out
and the vein excavated down to
depth of about 100 feet. A steam
pump will be put III service as soon
as the water interferes with the work.
A large gang of men will be put on to
begin the work of drifting in. Smelt-
ing houses will be erected on one of the
Newburyport wharves, and a stock
company will be formed. The Boston
and Maine Railroad Co. will lay spur
track to convey the ore from the mine
to the works. A company in Lawrence,
which was formed last week, and which
has secured some land in the vicinity,
will sink shaft and probably send
their ore to the same works if they
find any. The mine is supposed to ex-
tend in its general direction 20 deg.
west of north, or miles. The Com
stock lode N Nevada, hitherto sup
posed to be the richest in the world,
yields SIS, while this averages $50 to
the ton. The Mariposa mines, sold a
few years ago to a stock company for
$10,0O0,0OO, yields $16 The Belcher
mines in Colorado. which yield $40
ton, divided $500, 900 as profits during
the month of August last, and that
without the additional profits accruing
from the lead product.
The discovery of so rich mine in
such an unexpected quarter has natu-
rally drawn thither great numbers Of
the curious, whose endless questions, if
not quite original, have a quaintness
that is amusing. To such an extent
was this curiosity carried that the min
ers were seriously interrupted in their
work, until the entrance to the mine
was housed over. An over curious
clergyman, in one instance, badgering
DR.. Kelly with inquiries, finally asked,
"Well, now: Doctor, how deep down
do you think the lead goes?' {" Well, J"
replied the Doctor, !" [ once thought
that [ should go to Hades on the broad
road with the rest of you, but now [
think I shall go down on my own pro-
perty. Experienced miners from Col
orado and Nevada who have visited the
place, express surprise at the richness
of the yield. They have prospected
the land in the Immediate vicinity, and
some of them are expecting to begin
working in the spring, If not sooner.
. Sing Song Six Pence.
Mr.. Tyler, in his "Primitive Gull
ture," thus applies to this work the law
of the Interpretation of myths:
obviously, the four-and- twenty
blackbirds are four and twenty hours,
and the pie that holds them is the I'M
derlying earth, covered with the over
arching sky. How true a touch of
nature it is, that when the pie is opened
that is, that when the day breaks
@bo l,1rdo borin to cinpt Tho Kinp ia