New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-05


had Just been uncovered by the Little Giant
within three feet Of tho crossing Of two tunnels
driven into the hill at right angles many years
since.
THird-Near Auraria, the Forest City Mine has
ten-stamp null at work upon one OF the old-tme
mines.
Fomth-AIso, nearby the Chicago COMPANY"
bought of B. w. Davis, a mine and ten-stamp inlil'
and have put in Mason's ore crusher aud have now
an inclined shaft and rails. under "Whlm hiil''
from the surface of which and from short SHAFTS
great quantities of ore were taken out long ago.
Finh-Captan Davis is opening a mine two OF
three miles distant on the Etowah, and building
ten-stamp mill. BE intends to pump up water TO
Srth"Thrce or four miles north Of Auraria, on
what known as the back VEN Oh rlgeo K nOIS'
Captain K. +. Williams, well known III keoKuK'
Cincinnati and Ncw-YOrk, has one OF h2ifS I'M
Or wed 10-samp mills, and buys water OF the Iianu
Ditch Company. at - cents day, per square lncl
nine undera six inch head. With this he can use
!" Little Giant" with 100 feet head and 6OO rect
u Slrentb%A little northeast of Williams, on the
same vein Huff & Roberts are running 5-stamp
mill upon one of BarlOws mines, with the water Oh
Cane Greek, which has cut channel 3OO lceI ueep
through the great sand VEIN" This VEIN dips AZ
an angle of 45c under the hills, eastward, 10 What
what extent has never been aScertalned. 49,,
Eighth-On a small branch that rms down from
Pigeon ROost Hill MIR. DOrtwanger, OF Omo' owns
4O.acre lot upon which mining has been earrled on
many McAtee q TO-, uleICiitlbo O""o
lonega. have built new hve-samp NIL on Iedse Oh
tins lot and have worked a shaft 80 feet below
water line, with only occasional sireaks Oh uhlnah-
sNipfk-Three-0uarter of mile eastward Colonel
FlandIu. of New-York. is opening new mine IN
a,ratum rs much above the Pigeon kO0st VEN as
Williams and others are below IT; the ore 10 be car
red down to the mill eu-stamp), where ne VIII use
water from Hands ditch. Colonel Flandin Is an
old miner. an educated gentleman, ana with nTSt-
cioss machinery will succeed, unless the VEIN tails,
as one did be was working i'll White County. -,
Teat-Griscoms ten stamp steam mn on Is si nan
for the whole plant. -
EirentL-Lower down the same branch. Colonel
Mayer is reOpenlng an old NINE ana rcuuClng Ino
ore by philadelphia crusher" which VIII displace
all stamp mills il half proves true OF what the H.
ventor says it will do in saving gold. r. ..,
TErel0h-COlOncl Moore, one OF tue very lew men
left who date back to 1S43, has four-stamp mill
on Cane Creek, where wooden mil waS III opera
ton IN 1S47, with good results 9 from Rrouuu Vna'
ThirteeHh-Ihe Findlay mine, one OF the OLDEST
richest and now best known, because owned Dy n
New-York stock company, has new teh-olauhP
steam mill on a branch of the Hand ditch, on the
west side Of the ridge and new water MN on VIC
Yahooa, with ten STAMPS. The ore now worked Is
several hundred feet above, near the Top OF tno
ridge shaft driven through the ridge, perhaps
500 feet long, when finished VIII snow what iherc
is lower down, and expedite the movement OF ore
to the mill. The ore here Is mostly lh beBIeSa'eu
VEINS of ierTugnous quartz. .,
E;o,.feeHtL-lhe Singleton mine, on tine same ridge,
ahove the Findlay, | have spoken of Already. III
hos nlcntv of ore for ten stamps more, notWlh-
standing II has been worked so many years part OF
fhe time with a tweuty-tour-stamp mil, driven by
TTfeeshNA little above the Singleton is the old
Yahoola nine the west side OF tue river now
owned by Colonel Hand. who has put III a new zen
stamp mill. TINS mime has an lndepenueut dltch
furnishing water from seven or eight miles up
wards Creek"
the west side of the river, the old Bcnning mine
has a new ten stamp water power. and with
branch from the Hand ditch the miners are washing
t.,Il Init afif
Of n long sluiCs box, which. owing to the stcepness
of the bluff Is impractcahc. find the gold here
mole in slate than lower Gown INC great IuH'' anu
quartz more compact.
THE AVERAGE YIELD PR Ton or ORE.
1t will readily be seen By what 1 haYo written
that there IS an abundance OF low grade ore IN
Georgia. According to the most trustworthy III
formation ! could gather during months free III
tercourse among miners and old IcsdelAS. well
ouaIiird To give opinions aud careful examinations
of ores and the products OF mills. think the gel-
eral average yield IA 81 per ton OF all ore mlied.
Nearly every one said THIS afforded fair profit.
which am sure of where the work IS mostly done
by water as the wages Of laborers. who board
themselves, are only 80 cents day.
The eighty-thousand-dca mint building erected
by the United States during the early part Of the
gold fever was gwen to Georgia for an "agrcul-
tural school since the war; and It's costly mnclin-
ery sold for less than old iron 1t was occupied
few years for u military school then set on fire, as
il Is supposed, by some student who wanted leave
of ABSENCE II has been rebuilt and rcoccupi"d.
Icould say something about this part OF Georgia
as an agricultural region if yon bad space, but
will only say that notwithstanding Lumphin
County has much good farming land. u has no good
farms nor farm-hOusos nor barns, and no attempt
has been made to cultivate Oue-tcuth of the land
much Of which can be bought Tor dollar an acre
IL IL region well worth the attention of seekers
after cheap, healthy homes, rs much "a, II -
of persons who delight 10 mining. or miscellaneous
gold hunting. Valuable nuggets even now
| occasionally picked up. One Of thirtv-livc pvt
! was found near Daboncga whlle was there, In an
old common that had been trod by many feet for
fifty wears But who can afford to wait 80 long for
! rich find A good many have waited and have
as vet found nothing Solos ROBISsON,