New-York tribune., 1879-09-15
SILVER IN MAINE.


rvro,, , sr,rr CONFECTIONERY OF THE THib' WI
I,,,.v-o,ru Ne. Ang. 27.-Even here IN his
worth orlv ten miles from the neares' hi"'S w
,lo ar, s,,piical about the recent discoveries vi
silver. There are specimens enough oi t"' VI. 'n
exhibilion-the village irug store has h's ''n.'''
fuu ard the tables Of the village editor are 'ip'
ossod with relics Of this sort 70 the exclusion ot
half hi, exchanges. Vet the townspeorie are III
vided into two parties, the believers and tue I'M
h,,iover. few Of the believers have carried thoir
t,,h s far os TO buy moderately of the stock OF one
~, two .on,pauies lust TO help develop the couh-
~ they say and ties. the question Wh'thc'
there IS ANYTHING TO be made ont OF the th'hg "I
moi Tho unbecvers srof at these NeniuIeso"e
cit,zers and talk knowingly Of salted mines ana
pancr companies The fact is. they have been 50 az
ems oncd TO look upon the rocks rs curse l" ''e
coun.rv that they cannot believe there Is any GOO"
in iicm was induced ~ 60 and see 'he hi'ncS ~
learnirr that over 100000 has been spent wi "''"
alrea.v. II did nol seem probable that such sum
could bc invested IN holes in the ground Wi,nou'
f,ir show of paying ore. The Judge oi the County
Court iiiliy offered 30 he my guide, and We sci OH
,.t,-r, ,- morning determined to sec As lnuch i's
n...ill, m day, and return 60 The town the same
evening our road led nearly due east, n't"co"
green r.eadows, rocky uplanGs AMI occ's'oh" ioi-
s,,.ot dwarf cedar and spruce. On the son'h''n
l.,,,, t.. ,,,rnle mountains Of Mt. Desers Island
t.rt rs company al the way. Every hilltop gave
ad.l-htlul view of sea-pTccn bays reaching l"I i"
land and en- 5raclng multitudes of dark green
aronnd whose granite feet the SURF maue W''''
rlngs that sparked in the sunlight. lHo i"'"i
lor.,s along the road are surprisingly numerous
, &. d; ..,,,1.nt that the occupants 40 not get
ly,,. r,,,o the few stony acres of meadow ana 'uc
I;ftlc roi,so patches which comprised 'hcf e'''e'
D., ,nrst dcnond on the sea for large snare oi
Their support. ,;4n.
,ncra rapid drive Of nine miles wc passed ll''ie
hamlet called Hancock. and came to the sullivan
River n h.aad iide-water estuary, across Whl0" We
,r.re f.rri,,l IN a primitive scow propelled by 'Wo
staitcaff wcathei-bcaten Oaisulen. h'4d nS ''o
v.te, siGc on the eastern bank are ti' >"i''''"
Mines ,lirinc the shore for the distance oi m'l'
.nd ON tine western bank. out Of sieht from the
ferry and some two miles away Is the hAnco'A
Mime The Judge suggested that we push on 10
Collsbornuch ten miles further, look first at the
mos, interesting mine in the region. and then return
g. oir.Dcc, the sullivan group. So we procured
fr,sh lalse and bowlcd rapdly along the sho'ui
road past staring new summer hotel whose llMz"S
command lovely outlook over trehchmah D'S,
cl.ar across L. the Porcupines and Bar harhor 'hu
crt 10 the open sea past an old tavern IN valley
~ which if Is said Hawthorne used 10 resort pas
church schoo.-house and country store; past olu
br,,yn ;srn,-houses and hay-felds where the big
Do III
oer.ar. 10 a wavside jan where we stopped 10 dine.
Thciaudl dy's daughter waited az table. Inc only
pnc,t. besides the Judge and myselfwcrc the super
,uterd,rt of the neiehboring mine ana swarthy
man who. with reticcnce uuUsual IN the county,
let fan no hnt of hi, occupation. HAN a
milo away ON the crest OF MI we
saw tine Coldshorouch Niac. oncnot last May "lheh
las vi l.icd more good ore than any other mine lh
the rcrioa except the pioneer mine az sullivan As
w. trl,.l,,d M the hill the superintendent pointed
ont on fh. SIDE of bare rock by the roadside an
uumi,talahle vein Of argcnticious quartz. IL WAS
only four inches timex. however lhere are
rlentv Of these strcaks showing above the ground
aa,d ,l, .pneriutendent, "brt the thing is 10 find
VEN tli,k enough to pay for working" Inc VEN
heing worked by the Goldshorouch Company
showed eighteen inches width on the surface as
soon ms the dirt was scIaped of, and soon dcyel-
on.d an average width Of four feet 1t is OF the
lens or kidney variety tilted mp to an almost per-
rcudlcular position. The silver Is mixed WIN
palena and carbonate Of copper. The ore varies
greatly in i,hness but from numerous ASSAYS OF
The uocrcr as well as the richer specimens II Is be-
lievod that the average yield of silver VIII pc al
least $40 per ton. 4 shaft six by twelve leet Is
down tn a depth OF twonty-siX feet, aud Il
drift has been cut in the side oi the hii'
from the valley of little stream, and follows the
n
Il ouo,r1cd out at n very small expense went
ir,o hoth the cutting and the shaft. and by little
vigorous exercise with hig slcdge Clipped oit some
handsome srccimens which the superintendent, an
evDrrirnrpd Western miner. S1id WpNW asetl 80"
10 the ton. ship loaded win ~ toh, oi ',t o.'
from this mine lay in sight ont IN the b2' ready 10
sail for Blue Hill, where are copper SfusHlus anu
consolidating works which VIII take the SLY. % %.ut
of the auarty. and demonstrate eNacuy What the
mine Will Weld To all APPEARANCES 10 IL Ilcher
than many mines in Colorado and ian which are
famou- IN the Stock Exchanges, and nave naIe i9i-
tunes for their owners Inc prcsid'tp 70 pi rio OVu :
horoug5 silver Mining Company IL a ~ Nls~ei!; HI
Ellsworth, and It's capital stock j. lc sfoO'uVO ~ IFS
coInpany has spent only about Fi,'"U on tlr riInc
thus far and expects 10 get SOOOo not out Ti tue
oTcjt rs In, shipped The cost of mining the ore
Is less than - per ton. , ,,,, ..,
Home Nine. owned in Boston II began work lsst
Jannarv. shaft Il down ffty feet, and as soon as
n is ten feet deeper drifting viii be commenced
Thc VEIN i, eighteen inches thick, aud Is s2li TO
Weld So of silver To the ton and ZOpeT ceh ol ead
found nobody but wo'kncn at the hihe' anu
coulf Get no further Information
nrvin, bark TO Sullivan we had the good luck to
find Mr. Francis Worcester in his ofhce-a llttie
building full of maps. diagrams and Samples oi ore
IN, ~ ruspress him in ~ our service guide To
the mines m the vicinity. Mr. worcester Is inc
king of the whole region. II" Irst DIoleIi ils hI
er1j resources to the attention of capitalists, ana
orrauiz Il the first mining company. lie has leases
on 30 900 acres of land, and all new companies
must make terms with h,in ~ MS, Ii'ooVtiy m on
rocks o. the river bank below low-water mark
lttc above the ferry landing, at the site now 9ccu-
pied by the shaft of the Sullivan Nine. MI. No,-
ecs,el had speculatcd in almost everything with
yaryn, success lie was HAT his back financially
at the time of Mess RS discovery, but in spite OF his
cmharrassnents and the difficulty he experienced IN
making ANYBODY believe there was silver IN Maine.
he rai.ed money enou gh TO sink shaft and open
good fnur-foot vein. Tue Developments made hy
- ,i.,r Shaft stimuli ted all the recent prospect
ing and mining in the vicinity. The sullivan
shaft +, now down 40 teei and there u a dTlft
,ouih,ast from ~ feet level and northeast from -
f,at level The width Of tho vein az the SURFACE Is
9 inches and al the bottom of the shaft icet Nr.
Worcester claims that the thou nd tons oi ore laAcn