Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-08-26
Prom Milford Mas Journal
Prince'S .0ineral lnaica tor. '

Mr.. Jerome Prince Of Milford snd hi. Min
eral Indicator appear TO be creating q good
deal Of excitement down in Maine. Prince IL
now At Ellsworth. working for The Ellsworth
Mining Co. though he has numerous other
patrons. The Ellsworth Company have great
confidence in Princes Indicator A letter
TO Us from VI. ;. Smith. superiuie nlcnt at the
mines, says:
during the hr-i part Of June last. Mr. jerome
frfnce, with HE Magnetic Mineral Indicator"
~as on the property Of the Ellsworth silver Min
lug CO., for The purpose If running cut the vein
and fully testing his Instrument The vein. a. run
out BY Mr.. Prince. runs northeast By southwest.
and frOin Is ~ - f,h south Of the prosIt SHAFT.
then down through ia. tsp rock ~ feet 10 the be,i
rock I'm the 18th Of June. a tIffr Was com.
meness and In fcw days the vein wa fully 10
ye"l-d. The vein stone" l. auriferous AMI ar
geutiferous, and a well'lefihesi rake seln-Ehe
one most valued by operators In mines
Mr.. Prince IL here again for the purpose OF To-
eating veins. He has made some new improve
ment- and additions 10 his "Incaior.- making H.
II possible; more reliable Instrument; In my
This section Of country In locating veins In the In
terror. a. there arr few II any well defined "out-
CROP" When the earthquake shock came 10 form
the nssure in the bssir,Dck. the top everything
rocks did not break but lifted. aud In time settled
down, entirely covering the vein, and not a few
mistakes have been made in sinking shafts. In
order 10 strtse the vein. one must know the thick.
ness Of the aiuyiai deposit. the top strata to the
bed rock, and then the angle or dip Of the strata,
~ with Princes Magnetic Mineral Indicator
ne tell Us 10 inch where the vein Is and what
itis-
The following letter from DIR. Alexander
Fulton Of Ellsworth. Ne, will explain itself:
ELLSWORTH. Ne, Aug. u. so.
NEssRs- Editors;-I accompanied Mr.. jerome
Prince who examined two mineral PROPERTIES for
me in the town Of Franklin. Hancock Co. Maine
ON the Charles Williams. farm, the other the
sc4mmons and Williams farm. Two mines
being worked on the same vein, lying between the
above properties with shafts down 30 feet la each.
The isst assay gave In silver - per ton Of rock.
This Is considered one OF the tsst silver bearing
veins In the county. Mr.. Prince says IL Is highly
mineraized, and from ten TO nfteen feet In width,
Yours Respectfully,
ALEXANDER FULTON.
Mr.. Fulton has the following TO say con-
corning Mr. Prince and his Indicator:
EuswOkTH. Me-. August u, lsso.
To WHOM IT NAY CoScEKS;-I hereby certify
that have accompanied Mr.. Jerome Prince while
using his gohi Indicator Ia this county for the
discovery Of mineral veins. and am happy to state
"a do, and think IL would be well for these who
contemplate sinking shafts 10 obtain his services
in that line ALkxASDEk fULToS.
Mr.. Prince seems to have starred n regular
''bOom' 10 Ellsworth and vicinity, and finds
plenty 10 do 1t very renumerative prices.
There seems 10 be . high degree OF popular
confidence In his '.Indicstorr on the par, of
many men who have spent yes1 In mining
and sli pertaining 10 Il. Mr.. r. writes be hs.
located the following since be has been 1t Els
worth:
For Mr.. Robert Gerry, . rich veis Of silver
ore, one-hsf mile In length.
On the Tinker Bros. farm. . well defined
vein Of gold and silver ore, 90 feet beussth the
sssfssa, which assays $500 to the ton. -
On land Of Capt. 4. Z. Holt, . weIl-denned
veis Of ore vas found that has been nsssy ed
aud yields $500 per ton.
Al the Charles E. Morrison mine very
rtch-lOokinx vein has been struck. oRe-haif
mile IN length, striking the Robert Gerry vein,
ard whieh 10 believed To run through to Blue
hill. few feet from the surface, Il assays
richly Of gold, silver snd copper"
We are informed that since the above
appeared in The Jossxsl, NJ. Primes hes