Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-15

DUNBAR MINE l here has been consld-
cradle intercs, taken recently in the city
with regard to certain specimens Of ore
from the property known as the Dunbar
which vas bonded last February By Mcssrs.
II II. Emerson and \. X. DcvcTrux. The
ore shown is Of such fnc quality that there
has been general desire manifested BIS
number OF mining men here to see the prop
erty for themselves The result was that
abon; four O'Clock one afternoon last week
there was party Of seventeen left here for
Castinc on small steamer to see the ele-
phant The number vas small many
were unable 70 20 Who were very dcsirous
Of going. bu, the small size Of the party was
made up by their good humor and there vas
no end Of amusement
Arriving at Castinc We ven; immediately
to the Casiinc House. where We received
the bcs; attention while NC remained. The
next day We proceeded 10 the mine in car
riages, as it was necessary 10 b there At
log water. in order Ia see the veins which
run under the bank below high v alter marx.
We spent over an hour on the property and
all ~erc surprised aud very much pleased At
the showing # mineral. j; ever, placc where
piece was knocked off. There wcre three
OF four holes along the vein v here one bias;
had been put in. and a; every place il
showed an almos; solid mass Of mineral.
There seem 10 BE- two Veins. few feet
apart. living nearly north and south, and
each about ten Zee; wide. They extend a.
Ear as Ne were permitted to trace them that
j.. from the bank 10 the water. distance Of
over two hundred feet. and the mineral j.
characteristic throughout each vein.
The outer vein contains darA heavy orr
Of lead. zinc. aHtimony and silver. while the
inner vein contains considerable copper. and
in places y here the surface va. level and had
been smoo;hcd b, the action Of the = alter. /,
had the appearance Of having been bronzc,
oSsr and was ,cTs smooth and hrish, pre-
,cn,ing a yer, peculiar appearance. On the
" hole all we're more than pleased with the
look, Of the vein.
On the way back NC stopped f,w min
uies al the North Cas;inc mine located on
the shore jus; below the Brook s,illc ferry.
The shaft there j. down some twenty t,ct
ana rich silver bearing galena and gold
bcaTlns quartz are seen in abundance in the
vein a, each end Of the shaft To complete
the return journey ne visited the ruins Of
the old English Fort on the hill above the
village Of Castine and overlooking the bay
After frsi-class dinner to which all did
full justice few Of the party crossed the
ba, and visited the Taplcy Copper Mine in
Brooksville Here they have uncovered the
ledge Tor distance Of two hundred feet and
from twenty TO fily feet in width. and the
whole surface shows ouicroppings of very
fine copper ore. while the shaft vhich Is
about fifteen fec, deep show, a solid mass
OF orr IN the bottom three feet vide and five
feet long. Thes have saved all their ore
which is good pay ore, and the dump al
ready contains in the neighboFhood of 400
tons Of ore and there viii probably be
mill erected there soon.
The party were treated to many very
fine scenes both on the boat and on the ride
to ard from the dunbar Mine; especially
was the view from the old Fort praised for
it, beauty and grandeur. The owners ex-
pect to begin work on the Dunbar Mine be
fore long, and when they begin TO take out
their ore people can see that it i really fine
ore. and that there is a large body Of it,
and very LITTLE if any waste rock in the vein.
Numerous ASSAYS have been made Of the
ore from the vein and none Of them have
gone under twenty, while some have ex-
eeeded sixty dollars in silver TO the ton
All who have seen this vein will watch with
interest the development of it. r.. 7.
Ellsworth, July H.