Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-01-21
TILE NEW ELDORADO.5
Mines Of God Silver and Lead
in Massachus settss
The Riehest Vein Of Silver ii the
1gg orld
Mining Operations AIready l:c-
,Sss=*a gum.

Amost Astonishing discovery has been
made MI near Newbury Essex ca, lass. &C
cording to q corresp pondent of tile New
York Tribune, dated not April 1st, but.
December 31st. The liscoverer was d.
dissolute character named Rogers, living.
in Byfeld. He was wandering over.
.Highfeld pastures one day about: six
years ago, when the weight Of some little.
stones he picked up, together with occa.
sional CLEANS when the sun glanced on.
small smooth surfaces, attracted his at.
.ientiol,, and induced the belief that there
was metal in them He gathered several
promising looking specimens and took
them to Albert dams. a quiet bachelor
farmer Of Newbury. Adams became con.
.vincei that there was money in ii, 3 but
thinking he might as we'll have il as Ro-.
gers, kept his own counsel, and in April
1874, bought twelve acres of the pasture
for $4,000. He began digging, and car
.ricd specimens to Boston gcologists, min.
eralogists and assayists. The report of
the assayist on four specimens submitted
to him wasthe first, q piece. Of coarse
grained galena, assayed for silver, yield.
ing $50.37 to the ton; the second, fine:
grained galena, $75: %; the third, gray
copper, containing also quartz and gale
ma, assayed for silver, copper and gold,
yielded 81, ,27O Of silver, s129 Of gold and
about 81 per cent. Of copper to the ton !;
and the fourth, q piece weighing about
three pounds, tried for lead, j, was very
nearly pure, and hammered quite easilY,:
the lead init being So per cent. Dr.. Kcl-
" and Mr.. Chapman, friends Of lis, were
induced to invest, furnish fund.- for ope-
.rations on a large scale, and acquired 8
large quantity Of land by purchase and
bonding. Mr Adams agreed to sell his
512 acres, at buyers option, tor $1O0, ,OO0,
the would be purchasers to pay him :
royalty of $40 4, ton for al the ore they
removed until they acquired title. =,
Soon after this, E.sP. Shaw, of Newburyy-
sport, bought the quarter interest which
Mr. Chipman owned and the new firm of
Kelly s Shaw bought half of TIE adjoin.
Ing lot of 40 acres 5of' p. Boynton of
d West, NeWbury, the latter retaining the.
other halt. The work was then begun
AS Mr Chipman as perintendent a
shaft ten feet square was sunk early ia
asSeptcm ber- AS il increased IL, depth, the
vein, which is ii mining parlanee as.fis-
e''sveinl between two walls of granite
broad from three feet st the surface
to q feet 81 tie depth Of present working,
which Is only 225 feet The ore also
grows richer and purer. IS the shaft goes
deeper, the pro poftion Of silver and gold
snereasing while that ofs lead dremainstl,c
same bout 10 tons are taken out eve.
sry fort, honrs, being hoistsd np Is bask-
cts, keeping a gan s four ncn con.
stantl t;Work 5or onl ight il all The
ore IS mined at present., yields $50 of sil
yer, 30 81 leak and 8 Il of gold, total
|of III. The cost 81 sInel elting and sepa.
Tating is go ton, 20 that the profit g
the arm i. about q 10 a ton.
Even tlis hopes 81 the miners Tor the
future aref alaclous, and if fthe!vein should
prove 81 llayc no great IL q matter. q
Ia q, 600 q day Is worth locking ateer.
This is from a sing le slsafl only twenty
I1ys fact deep, and viti,o,,t oper1ting the
Ind 90 tlIs la1e sylsIns t the spring
lit sexpected thai m 11ot will
Ipnre etasey accorai ts, green,ellt alad
d q, s. u, extensi M scale
la1lf III II q put "a ssryics 1,
soon a asell; llslcs ll1l, lh,
N 81 Is a l,a IN
tke tol s,nelt
eItetcd IA on.
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