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proper for sulphurcts has been donc on this
vein. but few tons which were passed through
the mill for free gold yielded oyer IS per ton
canal brought from tho Hand Mine. ''''
me ten stamp mill was put up to prospect
and and develop the mine. The quantity Of good
proved TO 6o vory heavy Il il az e intention o
niiil ior the worting Of the froe gold ores.
THE HAND MINE.
49, This mino ia the property OF the
Hand Gold Mining Company OF Georgia
4yn owns s,s between h5y ana forty
situated part % on the " banEs SIo but o' ali "cTSf nd
lucent to the Yahoola River, and contiguous TO
the lands OF the BcnninR Mine. on the south.
from the Yahoola. through aturbine wheel The
mill runs only twenty stamps, but thore ia power
ReRS 5Sn SrS Tnyy Fl y snSP ssn%P' ooS Ts
to tho mil by .wator power. When tho writer
visited this mill quantity Of refuse material.
hill waa haing carried on TO the mill floor with
tho orc. and from investigation Of the books. as
tor carried down. I am inclined to believe that
out Of every scventy-nvo tons flooded down Mt
each drift. not oyer twenty-five tons could prop
:, OF tho real value OF the ore on the property.
lltttc positive information could be obtained.
oftho Columbia School Of Mines had asseved ore
sent to him from these veins. and that he had
extracted gold from Il at the rate OF 1912 por
and through the whole mass and along the entire
surface q which. gold is permseated. only
worked. Tho proprictors are now building q
20-stqmp mill on lot No. 1852. and intend
shortly to add ten moro STAMPS to their old
ing power of fifty stampe. There ia n consid.
cradle quantity OF ore on this proporiy. which
would yield over 800 per ton. and which, with
the water power owned by tho company. should
be worked very economically.
SEw YORK MINE
=, This property. formerly owned by Mr.. Frank
Cutting OF New York. is now the properly of
Hand Of Dahloncga. It is run by Messgs. Hun
Roberts under n royalty paid 10 the owners.
and + generally known through tho district as
II owns one iO-acre lot-79s-and is located in
what is there known as tho Pigeon Roost Belt
OF the lahOola River. and adloins the famous
Barlow property. once owned by the Georgia
Company, aud now known rs the Pigeon Roost
on tho property is ono wntcr- power mill with
an undershot wheel, running nipq 81 stamps.
Tho orc Is a micaceOus gold bearing slate
WIN yep5 Qi dccomposed quartz running
through =. ot these yoius, one is ,sNld 70 be
pgriicularly rich. carrying coarse gold.
Lot 793 controls the water power Of Cane
Crock. with which tho grand Barlow mill is TO
b. run, The extension Of the main ditch Of tho
terially enhances tho value Of this property ns
II will enable Messrs. HUI 4 Roberts To flood
their ores from the hillside on to the noor Of
CINCINNATI MINE
This property is owned by Mr. Williams OF
CINCINNATI and Mr. Hungerford Of Hackensack
lot No. I2l Of forty acres II has q stcam mil
running ten stamps. The ore. like all in this
greatly decomposed. with quartz veins running
through IT,. This mine has only lately becn
oprpcd and Is not very far developed. hut 1t is
said TO bc yielding a very good return for its
cost and working expenses
THE DAVIS MINE.
q, This il ownedby Mr. Davis of Keokuk Iowa.
ltconsisls Of on, forty,acrc lot. and is located
on III" Pigeon Roost Belt. below the Barlow
property. toward Aurnrin. On II there IL ten
STAMP steam mill. Ths mine was formerly
worked 10y pumping water TO tho crest OF the
hill and washing the ore down. This plan ap-
pears to have been abandoned. at least tempo-
rarily and the owners aro now driving tunnels
into the sides OF the hill. and intend To- convey
the oros to the mill on tramways. The lot has
good reputation. and Il would unquestlonRbly
Ter facilities whereby ores could DO flooded TO
The property wac purchased from tho old Au-
Gusia Company oi Georgia. which j. reported in
former times TO have extracted much gold
from Il.
THE BAG,,s BRANCH MINE
This IA owned by Mcssrs stephens 4 Co. Of
dreM Bend. Pa, II i located on Baggs Branch.
an aillucnt of Canc Creck south of Aurarin in
n2 Ise9n o hoo,t ,6ds Bss 81 spd two
steam mill running ten stamps. II l. private
property. has changed owners several times
during the last few years. and T. now said 10 he
doing very well. II has like its neighbor tho
Davis Mine, no facilities for flooding the ores
by water TO the mill but when once supplied
with them. {, would undoubtedly pay hand
some interest on original cost and cX penses ~
necessary improNements. The ore is Of tho
same character as All running through this belt
micaceOus slate. ycrJ easily broken up. bear
ing FREQ ggod all through j. with quartz veins
oi gr"m richness and easily crushed. pcrmeat-
ing tho entire mass OF slate
THE BARLOW MINE
Tho properly. probably the most valuable.
when properly worked in the entire gold belt
compr ses some twenty q. twenty-five forty
acre lots. besides several fractions Of lots 1t
was originally indeed "a far back as the days
Of the Intrusion universally believed to bc
very rich In placer wnshings. Ou, II one lot
alone the famous 80. 727. over 500 600 il said
to have been taken I'm a single dhy, by common
rocker cradle and long-tom washing. shortly
after that time company. known as the Pigeon
Rpost Company, was chartered under the laws
Of GrorGin Tho company went into every
raised stock. II opened stores and traded in
everything Nothing was too large or too small
Tor II. II hgd bank Of issue. and il did issue.
course it camc 10 grief il bought ,o@ many
Tenncssec or Kentucky hogs one day and tho
bubble. a. q small boy would express It. went
went for nothing.
But a good Joke ia told in DahloneCa on tho
subject of tho very last issue OF the notes of this
hank. During the latQ unploasantncss with
creI cru GSIp or S tGe C"nHrs C o %opS % gc Ecrs T
and vicinity Of Dnhloncga. Some genius. be-.
fore leaving his native hills for the annhilation
Of tho Nnrih"rn mudsills. hogot n happy
thought. lie knew whore the unsigned bills OF
the extinct Pigeon ioost Bank were dcpositod
and possessed himself Of them To sign tho
bills was a matter " a few hours ami thus tho
Iahlonega boys started out amply supplied
with the -inews of war. One of
these companies was detailed 10 brigade
serving in Tennessee. the other 10 West Vir-
glnin. Now the farmers OF thrse two particular
localities wcra SO Ignorant Of tho first princi-
pies OF finance. that only w,th the grcntost re-
luctance. or under the severcst persuasion.
could they bo induced to part with their pro-
visions and other chaitels for the money Of tho
Confederate Government But when the
Dohloncga boys proffercd bank bills. and bills
so beautifully engraved rs were the Pigeon
Roost Bank bills the hearts Of The farmers
warmed to the Lumpkin County boys ana they
wore fed on the fnt Of the land. The writer was
crediby informed that this was absolutely the
very last Issue Of the i. II. bank bills.
Shortly after the close Of tho war Joint stock
company was organized for the scientific work
ing of this properly on grand scale. 1t was
called the Georgia Company. lts chief or
Ganizers were Mr.. a. l.. NJ. Barlow II this city
Col. Pride. who was Il member of Gen. Grants
staff during the war; Col. W. l. Grant Of Coving-
ton. KY who invested. as the writer was in
formed. tiJ.000 and others. Gen Grant is
reported To have been astockhoder TO n consid-
crahlc amount. some fourteen lots were pur-