The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-03

| here TO make raise, as they call 1t, and
! then go bach 20 tho East 10 or:tle 10Tu.
| I mean the interior OF tho State. avay
from the railroads, whero none bot hardy
adventurets ever care to go, except few
speculatirg capitalists, who arc tempted
out with the sole purpose OF buying up
mining claims, with view TO having them
developed and worked when opportunity
affords.
The great mass Of minerals and wealth
which the State produces at present are
being taken from very few mines in CON-
paiison with the many that have been
discovered, bnt have not yet been devel-
oped or worked TO any great extent. Tho
great comstock lode, better known per-
haps as the consolidated Virginia in the
Western part of the State, is undoubtedly
the richest and most extensive mine in
the known world. It has been worked
TO tho depth Of many thousand feet, in
fact the deepeat portions arc becoming
al1i5z. imcenetTeble on Account of tho
inteoss heat, it being in PLACES a. high as
0l30 degrees, and still there Is no exhaus-
tion TO the immense body of ore con-
tained therein. The Richmend and
Eureks consolidated are the most i'm
portart mines in this camp. The average
yield Of orc from the Richmond is about
seventy.6ve tons per day, and the average
turncat of silver per ton 10 about sixty
dollars besides the lead. There are
many other mines in thih vicinity, @ few
of which are being worked, among then,
are the Hamburg, tho Atlas, the Pioneer
and K. K, besides many otheIg of less
note, which only have certain amount
Of work done on them each year in order
to hold them. The United States law 70.
quires 90 much work to be done on each
claim annually, end if said work is not
done, any one who may see proper to
take possession of tho claim can do 60,
provided he does tho amount of work
which the law requires.
There are several other mining camps
farther into the interior, namely: White
Pine, Tuacarora, Austin, Tybo, Ward,
Pioeh, and many others too numerous to
mention, but aIn not very we'll posted
in either of those places, consequently
could not give you any accurate account
Of them. According to all accounts
Eureka is about as prosperous place al
presentas any Of them. Eureka 10 ninety
miles from tke Central Pacific Railroad,
but there is narrow guage running from
it to Palisade, @ small town on that line
There are twelve furnaces in operation in
this camp, which, when in full blast, en-
ploy about seven hundred men. These
furnaces are for the purpose Of reducing
ore, OF which the Richmond Mining
Company'e ID the most extensive. They
pay four dollars o day to the miners
which 10 % much AZ 10 paid in any Other
part of the State.
Tho Black Hills eeenas to be the great
centre of.attraction at present, aud many
old minera are going from Ella place t.
try their fortune in the new Eldorado.
AS for my part would sooner have my
four dcllar5 per day, VA. % I know thai
| will get it, than 60 there with tho ex.
pectatiOn Of making moro and the
chances of net making srything. dc
not have much faith in the Black Hills
any way, and would not advise any one
to 60 there at present. The country l.
over run with miners, aud the majority
of them have little or nothing to 1.-Two on,
and the consequence is that they will
have to abandon their claims and come
back to the settlements. There may Le
rich diggingu there, but they are no;
enough in proportion TO the great rush OF
emigrants that are going there at present
Thousands are coming in from the East
and getting off at Cheyenne and going
shhoT0, but tho ohanccs are That O greai
many of them will be glad to get bach
before the summer is over. think vhei
the Indian difficulty is settled that tht
Big Horn and Yellow Stone countrie,
will be good place for fortune-seekers
1t Is equal to il not richer in gold thar
the Black Hills, and much larger scope
of country, consequently the gold hunters
will have more territory in which tI
prospect.
Thinking perhaps that may be max.
ing my sketch too long, will close fol
the present, and IL It sho;:ld happen K
meet your favor I will endeavor TO Civ
you another letter, and will do the best ]
can to interest the readers Of your valua
ble paper.
ROVER.