The sun., 1878-12-01

gold throughout iis entire mass. and Of a
corner-wiso through three forty-acre lots
NEARLY mile In extentl. Mr.. King found dirt
whole width Of tho vein. In no Single gT PAINFUL
did no fail to find color
HIoI!hing pcsn oorhsPs convey more correct
iainod in these hills about Dahlonega~ the
Pigeon Roost belt is q tho richest-than a re-
s1Gn IL TO 0Ss SS ff1' hS sS SNf SSa
drcd mills Of hundred stamps each. were at
subject - Of % the Ou wealth tSO''Soi ScooinaSSa 'iis iS
asse o1sse ouib61,v h rbS aqSe only one
Chaplain to the United States House Of Repre-.
senAtives. formerly OF Atlanta. Ga. Ia man Of
seven languages, and an amateur mineralogiat
shd ge2logigi oI no littlc repute le recently
visited the BaRcnSsa I gold sS region man and s esam nnn
upon the ground. and that. partly from caisu,
had, come to tho conclusion that there ls In the
gold region Ave hundred million $500 OO0. .OO0)
To return TO the Pigeon Roost proper. Mr.. s.
L. NJ Barlow Ia to-day by purchase, under
United states marshal's sale. under judgments
property. Shortly after becoming solc owner.
and upon the report OF the value Of the property
coptract with the Hand Mining Company,
under which. in consideration OF one-haif in
terest OF the perpetual proceeds of tho mino.
the Hand Company agreed to bring water to
tho property for the flooding OF ores TO the mill
and for tho running OF water mill. IL was
tension OF the main ditch was built. at
ut a cost of 100000. This carries tho water to
thc top Of the ridge. Besides this extension OF
the ditch, canal has been cut, one mile in
length. 10 feet wide nt bottom Is feet wido on
top. and feet deep. which brings water from
Canc Creek for tho purpose Of running tho
Tlll on tnla urOperty. IL Riyea "A gpVputgpn foot
hhend OF water at the mil a,sufilcicnt power to
drive al hye a fiiy stamp mill This work. which Is
months. IL winds round the bases Of tho hills
always, OF course, on slight decline. and is In
side. on tho slant OF the hills. Is fifteen or
ttwcniy feet doep., This rock work. including
az III ,b blasting and clearing away cost more than
tre length lone milel was through rock, At
times, where .hc space would allow 4. without
men were Employed at the same time on this
WORK ms canal cost about $4,000. and could
the largo portion Of II Ind to be cut through tho
ESrk @nsntu3o 81 Would ESs" EsyG cost Sl4lS lSo@
The water mill on this property. which will at
lrSt ee furnished with twenty stamps, is ~ pro-
cess OF CONSTRUCTION and nearly finished, Tho
turbine wheel II now being sci. and the mill will
probably be in operation In the course OF week
or two. To recaptulato. the reconstruction OF
THIS enormous property on what promises to be
AL economical and paying basis has entailed
tho following cost.
Extension Of ditch 10 top N ridge ........ senuon
Mn vih ~ sun,p,. complete ............... 500
Reservoirs and sluce, from mill. s,po feet .... 2OO
Total .................. 5000
Where work is to bo recommended on this re.
constructed property the lead is from 100 to
iOO lect wide, n soft micaceous slate all carry
Ing FREQ gold which can be easily washed out
As 20 the character OF this material cannot do
Pno BnkS hs ESR9a %Sas in
gist and mining engineer Of New Haven Conn.
The report was made to the Yghooia River
and Cane Creek Hydraulic Horse Mining Com
pany. Prof. Blake says
rhTou;h al ms t5aci there is remarkable belt q
gold ior almost every shoyelm OF dccaycd rcck viii
,eS, nST mS@eacq, n nsTe; when Washed THIS belt
s,n,,saIy hnown 40 that region as the Pigeon Roost
on i S @ &% &%S q %d dsTsSgd m sp2 s s:SS%s nss sS
, 4, r,eo' KS';, inv where ns, been essnsyely mined
pMssir das dsass'Mt " Ycins ot sam. trs,eTsc This slate
gold was probably ioriaed IN connection with these
bsip th"it tnn ~ ~ 'eune' l ieuu 70 contain nearly
a'9 Disseminated IN ne wall rock. MIN OF SLATE on
.ueh milne the en'eoping slate must be secured Wen
m, fgck avery line ground mcaccous slate ami at
& &rsv,r Pyn'. ;, yer, much decomposed % depth Of
Ia When oo- AMI d, 4 Is =. light ash heap and
oulctE large quantities Of tins soft slate thrown into
s rs shower Of l ra p9ns e,IS dS SSAtbhs ,b SO ihst
rock aui leave the gold behind
re.pec' and may BE- regarded as srsc vein divided up
into many parallel QunriSose sheets or layers with slate
v,6 Tor several Yard, bat osner eSpand nnd eoSir.et
highly p5S Mans S uGanS S's@ ssS as' nSs S eEss Gss
WAN w ~ 1lSts oosr1 SaIry large amounts OF sgld being
quart te2ether Tie auritcrous veins are. however
tNo inches uiisk while Ia many points they reach
thickness of one foot
Again he says:
Ihi' he. Of deeompo.,i slate !, mos, fsvorably st
9a,,d % lSI ~iihns ,,rcsws Of ~ster directed upon the
a,,l ~ ,. VII arr, y on Hlh srn rapdty snd sep
stones VII be eean.ed from aiherns slate and loosc
tcs e rch vein Stone Viii b ns.b nv, , "is g"sht
richest part of the veins uosc IN which thc goi form.
ne lciphl part Of The weiSht would be collected with
doubiedh Iay largely tor crushing
The above description Of this class Of ore and
OF tho proper mode Of working 1t. has been
fully verified and corrohOrated by every work
that has been undertaken since it WAS written
alike on ths Pigeon Roost streak. the findey
ridge, and wherever else this character OF ma
tcrlal abounds in the gold belt.
The following Is an approximate estimate Of
the re-, onsiruc,cd Pigeon Roost property. even
with only a 2O-stamp mill. Twenty stamps can
crush OF this class OF material forty tons "A day;
or, 300 working days In tho your. l2.OOO tons
Al the lowest estimate it is calculated that this
one Will net six dollars ltGl per ton over and
above al running expenses or say Der annum
Prot Clarence King estimated that tho free
gold deposited IN !he 5000 ieet OF Sluiccways
Of the mil-and understand that Mr. Barlow
shares IN this bcliet-not lees than 900 per
month, or, say tl6S.OOO per annum. This
would. with tho proceeds OF the mill. bring the
total gold produced up TO some s2iO.OOO year.
OTHER MINES.
Thorc are n few other mines in the vicinity OF
DahlOnega. such as the Pigeon Roost Mine
proper, with u small water mill OF five stamps
owned and run by Mcssrs. Furtwangler K 60,
OF Washington Court House. Ohio: the Ncali
or Falrmount Mine within quarter of "A
milo Of the town of Dahlonega which is not
running. because OF u Disagreement between its
owners, residents of PhilAdcluhin, and a few
other unimportant enterprises.
.. OF the mine called the Dahloncgq because
II IL nowhere near Dahlonega being situate
south Of Auraria-tho writer can report
only from hcarsay, He did not have the oppor-
tunity 10 visit ii. II Is known there as fattle
Branch Mine. and 10 owned by "A Joint stock
company organized in New York. 1t has water
breast- wheel mill running ten stamps. The
original mill was lately moved from its former
site, not, as II reported advantagcously
although a. considerable expense This mine
was formerly owned by m Englishman. Major
Hockcnhal who took cut of II n great deal Of
gold. II Is regarded in Dahlonega as a pock-
cty vein. The gold in the vein seems 10 be-
concentrated in pockets at times exceedingly
rich at others not being traccabe at ALL Tho
property has ditch seventeen miles long, and
by means Of water supplied 10y this ditch the ore
IL driven to the mill bY a Little Giant Tho chief