The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-04-09
AMONG THE GOLD MINES.
The AuriferOus Region of North
Georgia.

= North Georgia, and brief sketch Q
what 1 there saw, may be a matte
of interest to your readers. Leavint
the Western & Atlantic railroad q
Calhoun, Georgia, in hired convey
ance, went directly to the Franz
lin mine in Cherokee county, 8
7 miles distant, owned and worked b,
r Col. w. A. Hoskins of Chattanooga
The Colonel was kind enough t
hitch up team of spanking bays 0
Kentucky raising to a substantial
two-horse buggy, and the mex
; morning we left for a weeks jaun
through Cherokee, Lumpkin anC
White counties-viewing, as W.
went, the operations of several min
ing companies of those counties
The first we visited was the Battle
Creek mine near Dahlonega. where
from head of some 200 feet we
saw at work the "littIe giant pipe
or nozzle--a California invention.
The water was thrown with such
force as to uproot in a few minutes
large trees and to displace immense
rocks. This mill was proftably
worked many years since, and large
quantities of gold taken out. The
present company have spent much
money in getting ready to make
more, and [ would like to see their
expectations realized.
In White county we visited the
mines of Gen. st, John Of New York,
whose expenses have been very
heavy in erecting dams, blowing out
rocks, ETC., and with good prospects
of ultimate success.
In the same neighborhood we were
at the mines of Mr.. J. r. Dean, at
Naco0chee-formeFly q citizen Of
Knoxville, Tenn Mr.. Dean is at the
present confning his operations to
placer mining. and there seem ed
to be scarcely a foot of bis premises
that did not contain gold. He has
several quartz leads running through
his lands, and an abundance of wa
ter power close at hand which he will
speedily utilize in working his quartz
veins. The gold taken out of his
placer mines the day we were there
was simply astonishing.
On my return l examined partic-
ularly the Franklin mine Of Col. Hos
kins, before referred to. 1t is situa-
ted on both sides of the Etowah or
Hightower river, and in days ante
belIum Mrs. Franklin, the then own.
er, in short time took out 283, 900
dwts. of gold worth in coin over
$250,0O0, Her excavations made
scarcely any impression upon the
property. There are eight distinct
leads running through the land-ail
of which are rich. Upon these sev-
en- shafts have been recently sunk,
developing ores of rare value and in
quantities practically inexhaustible.
From these shafts Col Ho,kins has
built a tram road TO Lis mill where he
is running ten stamps and has pro-
vided room for twenty more to be
soon in use. These stamps are pro-
PEELED by the whole Etowah river,
across which he has thrown a sub.
stantial dam. | saw no such other
property in Georgia, and nothing
like such work accomplished with
the comparatively trifing outlay.
May the Colonel have all The success
that his energy aud enterprise enti-
tie him TO. The dwelling, from an
eminence crowned with forest oaks,
commands view of the whole prem.
ises, embracing some 525 acres,
much of which is first and second
river bottom; and l consider his
placer mines by no means the least
valuable of his property. NJ.