Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-30
FRANK STEWART IL nAIsE.

Professor W. Frank Stewart "of ours"
still continues in Maine. and his letters
and communications to friends and the
press indicate that away down there
where they "pry up the sun with crow.
bars 4" and money is ~disagreeably scarco
he has discovered q whole State bonanza
Of the precious metals (; that in fact the
State Of Maine abounds In rich mines Of
gold and silver such a the people there
never have fully realized n existing in
their midst. He has visited all tho
mines and principal locations. and says
the prospects for rich and permanent
ore deposits arc superior even to Ne
vada. The veins are all well formed.
and although in most cases the ores are
very base, yet they are heavily charged
with gold and silver. and improve rap.
idly in richness and purity as depth il
attained.
Among his latest achievements has
been q practical examination and report
upon the mining properties located upon
the Acton lode in York county. some
forty miles from Portland. He describes
II as one OF the best defined assure veins
on the continent:
II boldly crops out at intervals Of . few
rods, and can readily be traced from north
to south for the distance Of two miles or
more; and what IL especially notable Ia.
that it, bearing throughout 10 almost In .
straight limo. and there 10 no perceptible
break or fault In II at any point. The only
observable displacements In II are some
slight curvings which are always conform
| able to local textures In the adjoining
schists. The vein has been exposed at
many places by surface crosscuts. and
the exposures show that II ranges In lateral
| diameter from eight to twenty feet-a
| probable average Of ten feet for the entire
length OF the lode. By far the most i'm
portant feature Of tho lode, however. 10 the
encouraging fact that at every point along
the entire line where an exposure has been
made IL 10 strongly mineralized from wall
to wall with argentifsrous galena, sui
phuret Of antimony. copper pyrites, zinc
blende and other slemsnts peculiar TO orc
deposits Of the local system.
It Is not recorded that Stewart has had
any hand in Maine politics and the Gar
ceion fraud. in fact he seems to stick
squarely and sensibly to geology a. .
better paying streak than politics. He
lectures whenever hs can get 4 chance,
and the Daily Eastern Argus Of Portland
gives under date Of January goth the
following report OF q lecture delivered at
that place:
A large and delighted audience OF ladies
and gentlemen at City Hall last evening
listened TO Prof. w. +. Stewards lecture
on mines and Mining In Maine" 1t was
| without exception the finest lecture in
| which mineralogy md geology play tho
prominent parts that has been given In
| this city for years. No abstract can do 1t
| Justice, from the fact that II was all 'live
matter TO use . technical phrase. 1t was
Is closely packed with interesting facts n
= nut 10 with meat, and held tho closest
attention Of the audience throughout. BY
the aid Of . series Of finely executed geo
logic maps hung in front Of the audience
tho professor made every point In his lee
ture ~ clear a. sunlight. After describing
the manner In which the assure veins In
the earth originally became allied with
minerals. viz: BY precipitation In . soluble
state through slectro-chemical forces. the
professor proceeded to point out the differ
enee between good and bad mineral lodes.
considered from . ~pecuniary standpoint.
He showed why II 10 that silver always
extends deeper into the earth than other
metal. The professor said during his
three months stay in Maine hc had exam
ined . large number Of mines. and that In
many instances he had found true fissure
lodes, we'll mineralized. He referred to
the Acton silver mines, which be has WIS.,
tied, declaring them extremely valuable.
He spoke Of the Sullivan and Blue Hill
mines, a. being rich in minerals. He
gave the rules by which he was governed
in advising where to sink shafts on . mine.
a we'll 40 Q host Of information In close
connection Herewith. He declared en-
phatically that Maine has a. rich silver
mines a. those Of Nevada. In closing he
advised tho people Of the State to make
mining as legitimate business as farming,
but avoid wild specializing before the
mines are put on . paying basis.