Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-06-19

composed Of Boston parties, with a capital
Of e&00. 600, divided into shares OF $40 each.
Profit!ng by the experience drawn from
the failures OF other miners. they have pro-
ceeded carefully and economically. MIR.
T.. ". kempton. a mining engineer from
Boston. was placed In charge. with Mr..
Messer, the discoverer, SIS foreman. Mr..
kempton has been enthusiastic from the
first. and what is a good deal TO saw for SO
young . man, however extravagant NAV
have seemed his predictions. rs his letter
book shows. they have all been more than
realized In the actual realization so far. lie
has sunk q shalt, 7xl3 feet. To the depth Of
1873 feet; at the 75-foot level. drift In 10
the east has been made about .5 ieet l-2
x6 feet. and on the opposite side OF the
shaft. to the west, q similar DRIFT about 10
feet. These drifts have been made more to
feel the character Of the mine than with the
Intention OF taking out the ore by stopiug
At present.
THE RESULT OF THE "fiSD"
In them. however. has given courage to
the owners. aud they are now pressing for
ward In the shan, at the rate OF about
foot day. When they shall have gone
about fifty feet further down, they will
commence TO drlft again, and move for the
purpose Of taking ont OF ore. The opening
of the mine. as made by Mcsser and bis
partner, being between high and low water
mark. q coder dam had TO be built To pro-
iect the mine from the river. through which
Is now the entrance. The buildiugs are,
the en CINE house, ore house. powder house.
blacksmith shop aud water tank house, to
supply III. boiler with fresh water. One
OF the difficulties most TO be anticipated,
was the flooding OF the mine. considering
ts. 81. 10, ~, 49, L
ton says one hour day OF the steam pump
keeps 1t thoroughly dry. and that there Is
less water than Is usual in inland mines.
The engine does the work OF holsting as
well ss pumping At the rate OF a ton aud
half to TWO tons An hour. The present
shaft follows the course OF the vein aud in
cllnes Inward at An angle OF about 20 deg;
Il may properly be- said to be only pros
pecting shan. copmen ncing with the vein -
inches wide at the surface and following IL
down to its present depth with 3 width Of
seven feet of pay ore, as the miner. call Il.
About $50 feet inland the oompsuy are n
one" 10 commence pcrpendicular work
ing shaft, which will inicrsect the present
one a. depth Of $50 feet or thereabouts.
this will be used for holsling the ore. while
the present oue will afford ventilation. The
company have now expended sbout sl3-
GOO In the development, Of the mine aud
buildings and machinery, and have now 10
the ore house, Mr.. kempton estimates.
ONE THOUSAND Tons or ORE
The answer given TO why this ore is not re-
duced Ia, that. II they are no, justified To
erecting works. which they have now de-
cIdcd Upon, good minlns policy requires
that they should have a supply OF ore
ahead, and a sufficient quantity certain 70
be taken out. TO keep their works running
But meantime. tina, they NAV know they
are not working IDLY. Ia addition 20 the
daily assays by Mr.. kempton Of the d fcr-
cot grades OF ore reached. they have con-
s,Antly being made what are called work
Ing assays, varying from cue hundred
pounds to tons. sixteen have been shipped
by steamer Tn Swansea, Wales. the rr.ult
Of which have forgotten, but they were
very encouraging. Another lot of eight
tons, sent 10 Balbach & Sons of Jersry
city, the produc, OF which have seen.
gave them sJ&5, or 333 ounces pure silver.
Sir. Balbach. In his letter, remarks This
l. the product ot eight tons OF rock, which
you sent US. IfiI had been properly cob
bed. as II should have been, you would
have had In that the product OF four iou,
OF ore, or about ss5 per ton. Tn. Messrs.
BAlbach are the .melters and rchners Of
the ore OF the celebrated Eureka mine OF
Nevada, to when the ore Is shipped By raj,
kesping their works constantly employed.
The stock Of this company Is owned almos;
entirely by Boston men. The officers are
William u. Lewis, Lyman Is. Greenleai
Joseph q Russell, George Il. Brown ard
George G. Richards. all OF Boston. dircc-
tors; W. u. Lewis, president; ". Oscar
Aruold OF Bangor, secretary, and p. 3.
Nourse. treasurer. The discovery aid
opening OF this new branch OF industry Will
form a notable epoch la the history of this
dead. Sleepy old town. Men from All parts
Of the country are coming and going cou-
srsntly. notably from Colorado and Neyssa,
incredulous and prepared To scout the
whole thing. Mr. kemp;on says
THEY DON'T 90 As THEY CONE;
not one OF them. He has given permits 70
quite 3 hundred practical. experienced
miners. and. though . little trouble, be
means they shall all have fair opportunity
for the most thorough examination. So be
gives them their rubber boots and lante!ns
and shoots them down Into the dark treas
ure house. And here Il may be said. IL Is
not Black Hills visit, with "road ageRs"
TO waylay you on the road and the son
side Of plank for your bed st night. But
elegant steamers land you from Boston In
bpbi, ~ hHt 1hb uphrA tNAtAbAlC-
| dAiions welcome too good to even break
the monotony of your good beds aud fare
! at home.
Next 10, and west OF the sullivan, on the
same vein, Is the property OF the "Wau-
keag Company" recently organized. This
| company Is owned about equally in New
York and Boston. and In this ons. Jay
Gould WAS reported to be interested. l
made inquiry as TO Mr.. Gould's interest,
! aud found the report arose probably from
| the fact that Mr.. W. l.. Conner. Mr.. Gould's
broker. and his friends are largely interes-
| ted. The capital Is $500. ZOO In shares OF
4l0 each. The officers are George B. Clapp,
| president; w. T.. Conner OF New York.
Charles II. Lewis OF Brooklyn, George Z.
Harrington of Salem, L. Foster Morse of
Boston and 8. l.. Leatherbee OF Taunton.
| directors; George +. Harrington, treas
! urer.
STILL ANOTHER COMPANY
on the east end or down river from the Sui
livan, owned and managed by returned or
now resident Pacific coast miners, has been
organized, and proposes to go to work i'm
mediately and with vigor. Perhaps we shall
have here chance TO compare the Calf
fornisn aud Yankee-the one on his own
soil, bot tn. other At trade he has learned.
sod the Yankee has yet 70 learn.
But these mines Are not all the town
boasts. The Cline property is three miles
north from the Sullivan mine. and on the
extension OF the Sullivan vein, where il
strikes the western shore of Egyp, bay
The vein, according TO Mr.. KemptOn, from
local disturbances is divided into nine
branches. uniting in depth. The shaft
sunk on the main branch reached the juno
ton OF No. 4, st about Sc feet, Is now 50
feet deep. aud has just broken through TO
the wall streak at 20 feet. striking, aga
tized quartz in hanging-wsll and brittle
silver and gold bearing -ulphides in vein
iost below. probably At junction OF the vein
No. 2, coming In on the hanging-wal.
The prospects of this mine are highly en-
coursging. and the nature ofthe ores shows
that the Sullivan vein still carries high
grade ores, three miles from the Sullivan
| shaft.
The Simpson. or Gibson, shan has struck
the vein. by n cross-cut, at about sixty-f
feet; they are now timbering the shaf' aud
preparing for more extended operations.
On the vein just below Sullivan ferry,
nothing has been done this season. AT the