Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-29

Correspondents OF the Mining Record fur-
nish that publication with the following in
relation to mining in the eastern part of this
State
SrLLIvAN, MAINE, May Ii, 1879.
ITO the Editor of the Mining Record.
SIR 1t may be that a few notes on the
state of the mining interest here, would not
come amiss.
Commencing with the most westerly work
ing. comes the Cline property. now incorpor-
atcd as the Hancock Silver Mining Company,
mostly as understand, by New York par
ties.
This property is three miles north from the
Sullivan mine. and on the extension of the
Sullivan vein, where it strikes the western
shore of Egypt bay. The vein from local
disturbances is divided into nine branches. |
uniting in depth The shaft sunk on the man
branch (No. 3 vein) reached the junction of
No. at about 80 feet, is now 50 feet deep.
and has Just broken through to the wall streak
at 20 feet, striking agatized quartz in hanging
wall and brittle silver and gold bearing sui
phides in vein just below, probably at june
ton of the vein No. 2, coming in on the
hanging-wall. The prospects of this mine
are highly encouraging and the nature of the
ores show that the sullivan vein still carries
van shaft
Passing eastcrlv we cross the bay, on the
| line of the Sullivan vein, reaching the eastern
| shore AT the premises of the Waukcag Silver
Mining Company. This company own about
900 feet, Eext, northwest of the Sullivan
mine, and will probably commence operations
soon. They have very easy task before
them, simply to sink about 100 feet to the
vein and go to taking out ore.
The Sullivan mine comes next. Shaft
about l22 feet deep. Pay streaks 1 feet wide
at bottom. At 80 feet level, drifts have been
run somewhat over 40 feet westerly and 80
feet easterly Pay streak in western drift.
feet wide. { This is only about 100 feet from
the line of the Waukeag Company Pay
streak in eastern drift narrowed to between
two and three feet, very rich ore and now
rapidly widening. Nature of ores as usual.
brittle and gray silver. with native and Nari-
Gus sulphidcs.
Next comes the Simpson shaft Having
struck the vein all right by their cro,s-cut
at about % feet they are now timbering
shaft and preparing for more extended opera
tons. On the vein Just below sullivan Fer
nv, nothing has been done this Spring. 1t is
rumored that operations are to commence
soon.
Work commences at the Brook shaft next
Monday. The Ashley shaft, down "a feet.
has got the vein on its regular dip, with
marked improvement in character of the vein
matter. This shaft has heretofore given bet
ter assays for gold than silver At several
other places in Sullivan work has commenced
of which as yet | can give no special details
Next, east of Sullivan, we come to the
Young mine in Goudsborough, owned by f.
Worcester, Jr, who is sinking shaft on a
vein of about 90 inches width, rich in galena
at the surface, and changing very rapidly to
the mixture of black and yellow sulphides
which form the richer silver ores of this dis
trict. The vein is also fast increasing in
width.
The Goudsborough Silver Mining Compa-
ny have mining property at West Bay which
gives higher results at the surface than the
Sullivan, having vein from 3 to feet wide
and carrying ore which has given me, in two
assays, Slo6 and Sll3 in silver. This. for
ore broken from the surface, is not bad
record for ''down East" This is a home
company, being formed of Portland and 9TH
parties which shows that Maine people are be-
ginning to realize something of the mineral
wealth of their own State. As sign of the
times this is worthy of record
At Petit Menan, in the town of Mllbridgc.
a formation of magnetism sandrock in svenite
similar to the Newburyport, Mass, deposits
! has been found and carries galena 1t is now
being prospected.
Regarding the gold discoveries at Sprague's
Falls, Chcrryfeld, and other localities,
hope soon to be able to give some details.
Sufficient to state now that there is certainly
gold in Cherryfeld, and probably other dis
coveries may soon he recorded
Yours Respectfully,
G. W. KEMproN
Another correspondence from Ellsworth
Maine. under date of Nav 18th, supplies us
with the following details:
At what is known as the Gibson NINE (hut
which will probably be named the Hope which
is POO to 300 feet easterly from the sullivan
the shaft is down &C feet with cross-cut of 3s
feet to the vein, and drifts in the vein of | 1
feet up and down the river. The
shaft is now being timbered. 1t will have
Two cage sections, each ix4 feet,
and "A pump and ladder way of 3xiA feet The
work OF timbering will soon be completed.
when the work of sinking will be resumed.
shaft house, shops, etc. are also to he
erected at once, and an engine tor hosting
and pumping put in.
The Blue Hill Copper Mining and Smet-
ing Company, at the Blue Hill are now en-
ploying from - to 30 men. They are sinking
shaft 7xl4 feet using three drills by day and
two by night. The shaft is now down about -
feet This company has large mill for con
centrating ore, using Paddocks dry concen-
traitors. More concentrators are soon to be
added; enough to bring the capacity of the
mill up to 100 tons for n hours they have
now some 5000 tons of ore awaiting treat.
ment. About one-half mile south westerly
from this mine is the Douglas mine. Here
they are working twenty men or more; the
mine Is an open cut, some 30 feet deep and
90 feet long; large amount of ore is being
taken out. The ore here is in beds no signs
Of vein being found. The company has no
mill but ships its ore to Baltimore in a rough