Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-01-29
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VI. Eiter There are some statement,
ia the article OF your core. pendent
Observer" which I wish TO correct. and
Zoo so doing ! wish az the outset 70 .ay
that | would not in the lca,, lctract one
single particle OF praise Justly due to " l.-
liam II. Darling, E>q for the part he hg,
taken iu the mining operations IA our
towl. lie Justly deserves AID receives
great credit tor the fort.,ude and pcrsever-
ance be has shown In pushing the thing
through, aud now tor the i4cis. The first
discovery Of copper In this town, was
made In The fall OF l,5S. hv Parker y
Savage. former resident OF the place
(whllc here GA yi,i1 which was on the
farm OF +. h Mclutyre, near the Steam
boat wharf Savage being about to leave
town made known his discovery to Ros-
well L. Stetson, Augustus stevens, and
John \. Stevens, which parties immcd.-
| ately procured the consent OF NclutyTe
aud com;heIced TO prospect for minerals,
and procured some rich specimens Of cop
| per ore, some OF which We're taken 10
Portland at the time aud some were de-
posted in the cabinet Of John Stevens.
Esq, where they are ye; to be seen. Al
| tina. time there was not even ripple OF
mineral excitement, and no person OF
| means was To be found willing to embark
| in mining speculation; as IL was look ed
| upon a only AN accidental droppiu, Of a
| little copper In the wrong place. Some
| two or three years later Frederick A..
| Darling. Esq, discovered in tn famous
| Douglass pasture. u peculiar culorlng OF
| earth and rock, and called the attention OF
| his brother William II the fact, and from
| THAI date William became the prime mover
| OF mineral operations in this place-such
| are the facts we wish to have recorded.
| The Mcintyre place has within a few days
| been sold TO Boston parties and the day
| Is not far distant when tins property will
| become the centre Of attraction aud be
| known as the "Comstock of the East" And
| while 50 much excitement exists in our
| community in mining operations, We feel
|
| Improvements made here incidental TO this
| discovery. Years ago a former editor of
/ your paper, passed through the place and
| after having reached home and shaken u
the dust from his feet. wrote and published
| in the ''AMERICAN' that the place had
| gone to seed" And years ago some en-
bryo poet passed by and left inscribed
| upon the walls of some out building the
| spirit Of bis genius in the following lines ::
! "Bluehilr' il Is pleasant place;
| Seated beside Hill
And through it rms pe4rling stream;
| That carries Daniels MILL
| This was all he could say-a!I that the
beauty aud pictlresIueuess of our beauii-
| ful little village could draw from his fer
tile brain. Aud years later some other
poetic gepius 10 view of the little progress
that had been made added:
Where Daniel ground. now KRdthdR grinds,
| With Rodney's help It's true.
| A nd the same pearlirg stream that winds
| Drives DODGE Miller, loo."
Since that day great Improvements have
been made. the seed shed has sprouted
with renewed vigor and beauty, AND the
, citizens of this place owe a debt of graft
tude to those who have contributed SO
much to its improvement. To Capt. n. +.
Pendieton who came here as Secretary Of
the Buehill Copper Mining and Smeltug
| works. much credit is due-the crumbling
walls of that old brick block that had be-
come terror 10 passers by, he has reared
into a stately aud beautiful block, and on
the news OF the inauyuI alton OF Governor
Davis he let his lights nine in nonor OF
the occasion. Other and many improve
ments have been made and when the Inn
pa. tial pen shall write the true history OF
his Garden City Of the East the names
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