Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-03-20
Mining Notes.
No. 2.
Mr.. Editor

On Wednesday. March 18th. had the
Mine, In company with several gentlemen,
the most of whom were from Ellsworth.
On our arrival ut the mine We found the
Foreman. Mr.. A. A Messcr. aud the Engi-
neer. Mr.. Q. w. Kempton. One Of our
party. an experienced miner. had letter
OF introduction to these gentlemen, aud We
were cordially welcomed by them aud
treated with every courtesy during our
stsy. IN. vein here ~ vt the edge Of the
water. and was discovered BY Mr.. Messer
IN May. 1877. II consist, of backbone"
Of quartz with walls of slate on each side.
The quartz has never been oi = less width
than II inches, and in the "drins' at the
depth now worked Is nearly six fert.
The country rock Is qusrtzit- slate, with
u dip al about So. the vein having been
formed by an uphesvsl from the granite
period, forcing Its wsy through the slate,
and through a side fi.snre forming the vein
Axsriz"d quartz l. found which proves II n
tue ''issure yein," II being formed from
hot water under pressure aud IhgS giving
su instructive illustration OF vein ioriUa-
ton. bv deposit from highly heated liquid,
from great depths. The cuurs. Of til. vein
is aI"ut " n. ". aud It's DIP TO- y T..
We first visited the Office aud ore house.
where We were shown some very tiue spec
linens OF ore. One specimen OF native ST.
Yer shown us by Mr.. Messer, is supposed
to be the first native silver ever found In
New Eugland. We were also given some
fnc specimens.
la The ore house are some COO to 700 tons
OF ore awaiting reduction. 1t ia proposed
TO erect reducing and concentrating works
here, which will be similar TO those OF the
Bluehill Copper Mining and Smelling Com
pany.
When tho workmen left the mine for
their dinner, we proceeded to the shaft
house under the escort OF Mr.. Messer, by
whose thoughtfulness We were also sup
Piled with rabber coats &c, and taking
each a lamp We prepared to follow him
downth e shan which is about 100 feet deep.
and 10 addition to this the deck" on which
the hoistIng and pumping engine Is situa-
ted Is some Is feet above the surface A
part OF onr party were lowered Ia the buck
ct, but the most went down the ladders
Water dtips in from the side Of the shaft,
rendering rubber coats necessary for COM
fort. From the bottom OF the shaft We
went up another lsddcr. perhaps ten feet,
and entered the up river drit which ex-
tends from the shan about 80 ieet ". n
W. The vein here is about feet wide and
shows very tne ore. Several pieces were
broken OF and brought away by members
OF Our party. Alter yiewiu. this DRIFT We
went back 10 the shaft, went down the lad
der To the bottom. then up another ladder
10 or Is feet, and entered the down river
dtiit which extends from the shaft So fee,
+. : T. Near the .ntrant 10 thus drift Is
steam pump of the most approved con-
structIou, which draws the water from the
bottom OF the shaft aud forces ii up and
out. Aner examining this DRIFT We again
returned To the shaft, climbed the ladders
aud again emerged into daylight, aud
sought our dinner, which we found a, the
boarding house Of Mr.. uavey near the
mine. Af,er dinner ~e visited the Miners
Exchange which Is situated abou, a mile
below the ferry. Here We found Mr..
kempton and Mr.. Worcester. who showed
us many fine specimens. among others one
al q
Mr. kcmnrou Informed 80. 49, 49, -
found nj the surface was galena, native
silver. and some silver sulphurets. but as
the work Oh the shan was carried down
the galena gradually disappeared. At the
depth Of 100 feet the prevailing ore Is gray
sulrhuret OF silver. which, when pure, as
says "a per cent metallic silver. Native
silver Is also found ia large quantities. One
beautiful specimen Of native silver which
was taken from the mine while we were
there, was presented to Mr. Robert Mul-
len, and may be seen in the cabinet OF Geo.
A. Parcher. in his drug store at Ellsworth.
II was pronounced by Mr.. Mullen to be
one OF the finest specimens OF native silver
he ever saw.
The late assays of ore from this mine are
as follows: Second class ore. sl36 OF per
ton; fourth grade, S2s.0s per ton. First
class ore would give from pure silver down.
The thanks of the whole party and ofthe
writer especially, are due to Messrs. Messer
and kempton for their courtesy.
In CLOSING would say that | advise those
who are scep,ical In these matters to visit
either Sullivan or Buehill. and see II 1t
does not remove their doubts. Work has
been begun Ia several other places at Sui
livan. but time did not allow me to visit
them, and they must be reserved for iu-
ture article. C.E.