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company having had until lately no permanent
Is necessary in order TO properly work It, This
fqcllity Ia now furnished from reservoir sup
Sencc t sSa RS s'.G% Gap dFyss sy
present managing the mine. and who Ia a prac-
tlcal miner Of many years experience. both In
ss made % by Sm s from To per lt0 0n
Five samples. taken from different parts across
and Garrett etc Of the tho PSSdclphis Mint S averaged ragged
t25.6O per ton in gold. Other samples from tho
sane vein. nearer tho top, assayed in Cleveland.
II Is usually estimated that tho ordinary mill
process will sayc two-thirds OF the assay valuo
TSG sSSSd vs on this Sbsu 6ass the orc
but IL, in practice. It should only Yield s5 per
ton. the working vauo Of the vein Ia simply
across SSS thS SG ptopdR viz AbCu S ys 6
ieet on It's dip above water level. and nn average
GHness :, ,bn a OF 70 feet and sllogng 20 cubic foet
on tbs sand vein alone above the water limo Of
the river.
-, Besides the above a regular quartz lead runs
feet OF good paying ore and running through
and with this lead is pay streak which aitcr-
averaging from three to eight inches in thick.
nese. which is enormously rich. This quartz
ndy Nine and from deTyes H Sams Ss nnS
Il was discovered by a Cherokee Indian named
Duncan some years before the war. and Mr..
Out OF this ycip, which was followed
9yo Findley and his partner. Gen. Riley.
y S ''Ii trend @ course 6 in DorpSSdcSSr SSSRssTi
deDih OF 100 feet, II was proved in court that
over t90.OQ0 had been taken. Tho case came
Findley and his associate-the two were merely
Ssss lessees St the property on r9yal,yIand tho
ton was TO enable the owners. who believed
@ tnat Ihey were not receiving ROYALTY on tho roal
Shsg amount taken put to place Cart John Hun in
CAPT Hun told the writer that In working only
ton feet OF this lead there had hcen taken out
ore 70 the value Of 5000. besides many valuN-
bic nuggets which were saved for specimens
mlthln year; as much a. t6OOhas been tnken
mel. some 800 feet long. has lately been run from
q point on the mountain side 500 foe; above It's
base. for the purpose Of draining tho old slope
OF thus vein. and to ascertain the condition and
value Of the vein. BY this means the bottom Of
the old works was struck the water drained IN.
Q ireo circulation OF air secured. and the vein
found as rich as ever ut the point where II had
been abandoned. While the party was on
visit TO this tunnel they Obtained very rich spe-
mcr. II is now proposed to drive tunnel into
tne o mogn.Sn ross p lis base near % the mill which
quartz vein. All the veins arc free" gold,
no sulphurets.
METHOD OF MINrSa.
wnter is supplied TO the Findlcy Mine by the
Hand Gold Mining Company. of whose hydrau.
Hand Company built for tho Flndloy Company
an extension OF two and a half miles In length.
carried to a reservoir on tAe mountain side $40
feet above the old water mill Besides this tho
Findlcy Company has extended another ditch
10 new ten STAMP steam mill which IL has Just
erected on the north side Of the hill This mill
i Furnished with n steam pump. 10y means Of
which water Ia driven through an iron pipe
into "A Reservoir on the very crest OF the hill.
The rock. which as previously stated. con-
sists principally of dccomposcd quartz. is sopa-
rated from the main body in open cuts on the
hillside and with sledge hammers broken UP
into fragments varying in size from that Of
cuts from which these rocKa are separated are
carefully made wider at the TOP narrowing 10 II
small channel NJ the bottom. They Just repre-
sent. along the hillside the space covered by
the letter V. lying at an angle varying from 45'
to 10 along the slope OF the hill. with the deep
est part Of the cut extending through the cen
tire OF the area thus described. From the bot
tom angle 81 the figure V. n narrow cut on the
lace Of the hill say from two to three feet wide
from q pcrpendcuqr depth Of from ten 70 forty
or nhy feet into the hill forms the channel
through which. when tho water IL let on from
tnf reservoir m at at the Top 81 the hill ,he orc is
tho mountain. By this method n mass OF ore.
say from seventy y-hye 10 one hundred tons Is
hood"d' To- tho mill within ten minutes from
above. II Is this great economy-rendering
hauling OF or"s unnecessary which forms
one ~ tho main elements Ot the value OF all tho
mnos In this section Of country
When Prof Clarence King oi your city was on
a visit to this gold region of Georgia. for the
character and value OF sundry properties To-
Gated there. he was Informed by Col. Hand of
the process Of flooding ores 20 the mills. by
which Col Hand said that body Of llfty or a
hundred tons OF ore could DE taken from cut
in the hillside and deposited on the floor of the
mill within not more than ten minutes. The
professor Was incrednlous. but too polite TO
say SO. We'll" said Col. Hand. " hardly OK
pcct YOU or any one else 10 believe this. but We
will ride around 10 the mill at o clock. and
then you can sec for Yourself
. NJ d T. NJ they stood on tho banks OF the
Nohoola River. Mr. King. with watch In hand
opposite the cut IN the hill. Col. Hand had
given the foreman of the cut instructions tu
signal. BY hoistiug a white handkerchief. the
moment he opcncdth suicc gates 81 the rcscr-
voir cttihg the water into the cut tp went the
signal. and IA frw seconds aftnrwnrd there was
seen u mass OF earth. rocks. quartz. and water
rushing through this gash on the hill side. In
five minutes and half every loose particle oi
everything In the cut was dcpositcd on the mill
nOor. Tho mass OF orc and other material that
had been washed out Of the cut and conveyed
10 mo mn was oyer sixty tons. and the profcs-
sof WAS converted.
The crushingand milling power on this prop
erty consists OF two mills, ono good "a stamp
mill worked 10y 36- 6-inch turbine wheel, run by
the water power Of the lahoola River each
lu-stanp steam mill lust erected. at n cost. IN
Guiding tho ,eXUense OF the extension OF the
ditch 70 II. with engine boiler; pump. batteries
aud every thing complete. oi s45OO
COST or MINING AND PROFITS
The writer was politely allowed 10y Col Hand
who II part owner and present General super
i9Is,ndent len, oi ms property to nspeci the books
following abstract OF running expenses: The
labor in the two cuts in the Hillside to supply
orc to the two mills consists of ten men. nt 80
cents each per day There are two forcmcn, at
sl.25 each. The mills employ together twelve
hands at 80 cents and two foremcn at $3.50.
The water costs about tl.ii for one mill and
about G2 cents for the other per day. including
that used for iooding ores 10 the mill and extras
such rs quicksilver. machinery, tools 6c., run
the total expenses no 10 about one hundred and
nfty-ny dollars $3.50 per week lor the two
mills.
A stamp can crush per day OF this class Of ore
at least two tons, or. in tWcnty-sN working
days per month. for the thirty four stamps now
in operation. \ total Of .7GS tons i'm u working
month. This on the very lowest grade ore Oi
t2 per ton. would leave u balance of nearly
$4,000 per month. after deducting running cx-
penscs Of 5000. ON the day when the writer
arrived at the mines. they mad begun to work
the sand vein in the 2l.stnmp water mill.
and that ore when worked By itself cannot net
less than s6 per ton The superintendent con
idently expects to crush 450 tons at the two
mills in each six working days Of tho
week Tho result depends, Of course. on
tho class of orc put through the mill
When the writer was there he carefully ex-
aminrd, on two distinct occasions. the character
Of the material in the cuts ready TO be flooded
down 10 tho mill, and is confident that out Of
every parcel certainly not more than one-third
was OF character that could properly be called
pay ore. And still the wash up for the week
pndIuU Anv q for tho 4 atamn M nlnpa lf,r