The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-16
DOWN EAST BONANZA.
rs. F. Stock Report.l

Under Ids chpLlOu tD6 boston GlOD6
speaks of fresh field Of industry open
ing for M Maine-hitherto the undivided
paradise of lumbermen. The rugged
soil OF New England is beginning to de.
velope indications common enough in
Nevada, but rare on the Atlantic coast,
and the hopes Of rational minds are
beginning to warm beneath the coming
sun of wealth. A mining career seems
open in the near future, indications
which have astonished and delighted
many Of the learned and inquiring minds
that have dwelt on these evidences
The blue Hill region shows immense
beds OF copper, now declared by eminent
geologists to be identical in formation
with those of Sweden, which only need
an increased confidence among men of
capital to render them at once of as much
importance in the thoughts of mining
men and capitalists in general as the de-
posits OF the same mineral about Lake
Sup erior.
In the nsighborhood of Sedgwick,
Maine, silver bearing vein has been
developed of so promising Indications
that it has been thought worth while
to erect smelling works and drive tun-
nels, and the work is now in active pro-
gress. The Globe appears to think the
prospects extremely encouraging and
states that the ore already extracted as
sayed according to published statements
from 500 to $500 ton. Considerable
capital is invested in this enterprise,
and there seems now to be every assur-
ance of great success. 1t remained,
however, for this little town, heretofore
noted for its great beauties of scenery.
to put finishing touch to the progress
sive work Of discovery and development.
A vein Of silver ore has been discovered
there, which on the surface displayed
native silver; and at the depth OF three
feet, specimens have been removed
hardly surpassed by the richest exhibits
OF the Nevada mines. At every step the
ore grows better, the hopes of the miners
more definite, the proof of rich silver
vein incontestible and positive. Speci-
mems that have undergone the inspec-
ton of the State Assayer, Professor
Bartlett, and other mineralogists, have
received the highest commendation from
those gentlemen. Assays show remark.
able wealth per ton, but it is sufficiently
definite for the owners to say of it that
it is rich enough to pay largely for work.
ing. A shaft is being sunk and a con.
siderable depth is expected to be OBJ.
tanned with all the rapidity possible. AS
usual in mines. water is here the item
given most thought as an expense; and
this cropping out of the vein being or
the ssashore, below high-water mark
considerable difficulty has been encoun
tered in getting prepared for work
Naturally, this difficulty has not as yet
been entirely overcome, but tht
opening arrangem ents being nearly com.
pletsd, large developments are antici
pated during the coming season. AL
these things combine to make Eastern
Maine subject for thought in the mind
of business men. Lumber interests vii
dwell there no longer; granite, it is true
still exists here, and is more than likel,
to with the present demand. The ic,
crop, never large. causes no capital t.
center there. The nakedness of tn
land is proverbial, and with that con
ceded. what remains? The Maine farme
must seek for something besides nutri
ton in his barren land. He must roo
up his burnt stumps with the hope O
extracting useful minerals. The enter
prise OF Maine, its youth, its strength
its vigor have gone West. Present dc
velopments under these circumstance
will be for the benefit of the comm
population, and that population mus
come with the discovery of these gres
beds of mineral.
1t may be that New England, in th
person of Maine, is about to step int
the ranks Of progress as competitor {
Nevada in the silver market. LII thf
case, We venture to say, We shall hav
less opposition from the East on til
reconciliation question.