Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-01-28
Communicated.

Communicated
EDS HERALD:
AS the question is often asked me,
'.What news from the Pulaski : / take
this method OF answering the many
anxious inquiries
Our Superintendent, Mr. P. E More
house, is in charge of the work, and
he is pushing the enterprise with great
vigor, He reports to the Secretary
of the company monthly, so that the
company is fully posted in all that is
being done He has been engaged
ever since he went out to Georgetown
in getting a tunnel into the mine,
which has now reached a distance Of
considerably over 400 feet, and will
be, when completed, some six hundred
feet long: and. as this has been cut
through solid granite rock all the
way, the process is necessarily very
slow; but, as it is said, "a constant
drop will wear a stone so the con-
slant, faithful and persistent work of
the miner will eventually drive the
tunnel to the goal of all our hopes.
The work on the ent erprise never
ceases an hour from Sunday night at
II O'Clock until Saturday night at the
same hour The shifts are run of
eight hours each; as soon as the first
shift lays down the picks the second
takes them up; and so the work pro-
crosses, day and night.
Mr.. Morehouse writes the company
that great interest is felt in the devel
opement of this property by every
mining interest in the Griffith district,
and that he feels in his flesh and bones
that he has got that at the end of his
tunnel that will electrify old Fayette
and cause her to have a grand jubilee.
Of course, he cannot. see any fur
ther into the mountain than we can
here; but then he is on the ground,
and his opinions are certainly entitled
to much consideration, as we all know
him to be a man of mature, sound
judgment, and very careful and pru-
dent in the expression of opinions
which might be calculated to mislead;
he has certainly been very cautious
in all his correspondence with the
company.
He forwards with his last report
the certificate of the Territorial assay
er, of piece of the mineral taken
from the dump of the middle tunnel
of the Pulaski, which shows the ore
at that point to produce in silver $3T
54; gold, $19 so; 64 per cent. Of lead,
which is quoted in Georgetown at
Sc 90 per 100 pounds, worth $50 81 !;
thus making the ore produce S139 6S
per ton. And when we take into ac-
count that this specimen was taken
from near the surface, we may neces-
sarily look for much larger products
at the depth we will strike it with our
tunnel And another encouraging
feature to the members of this com
pany is the admitted fact, that the Pu-
laski is the largest vein yet discovered
in the Territory.
The tunnel which is being driven
into the Pulaski is 6 by feet, and
of superior construction When this
work is completed and the load is
reached, every man that can be worked
to advantage will be employed to take
out the ore, and at once put it into the
market, and, as the class Of ore the
mine produces is easily mined, hun
dreds of tons may be taken out per
day,
And let me here say, that our com
pany have implicit confidence in their
Superintendent and his ability to con-
duct the work successfully. Members
of the company may rest assured that
the work is progressing to the entire
satisfaction of the Board of Directors.
The work will be completed by May
1st at farthest. A