Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-23

been put up. No large yield should be an-
| ticipated in the near future. The
Bsggs Branch or Cleveland, two miles
southeast of the town, is situated on lots
Nos. 172, 17S, and the north end Of 20S.
It is operated by twenty stamps The pro-
duction is fair, but the water supply poor.
The HiRhtown, one mile west of the Cleve-
land, was idle nearly the whole of 1881, and
half the stamps have been removed to the
Wells. The prospects are not very encour-
aging. The Bell is two miles southeast of
| Auraria. The mine has q good repute, but
the water supply Is neither abundant nor
well assured. The Calhoun, three miles
| south OF Dahlonegs, has recently been
started again. 1t was formerly worked by
Hon. John G. Calhoun. After lying aban-
doned for many years it is now likely to be
placed on the list Of gold producers.
The following summary shows the work
about Aurarfa: Chicago and Georgia, 10
stamps; Auroria, 10 stamps; Wells, 10
stamps; Cleveland, 20 stamps; Hightown,
10 stamps; Bell, 10 stamps.
The production of this district was not
over s., 600 during the last year. "Before
leaving this locality" says the report,
mention should be made of a new enter
prise near Feathers Ford on the Chestatee
river, four miles south Of Auraria. A
oTedging Doat has been construct
ed by Captain Mobiles. The inten-
tion Is to raise the material from the
bottom OF the river preparatory to extract
ing the gold. OF the worth OF the process
or the value of the deposit at the point Sc
lected no statement can be made, but of the
accumulation of gold In the bed of the
Chestatee there can be little doubt. The
| river runs for sixteen miles either along
with or across the gold belt, aud together
| with its sffiuents along the same belt must
receive the wash and tailings from IS to 100
square miles Of auriferous territory. at
what point the gold has lodged, and to what
extent is matter Of conjecture"
DAWSON COUNTY.
10 this county the only large mines are
those controlled by the Cincinnati Consoli-
dated Mining Company. the Bay, Magic,
Gnome, AmicalOls and Kinmore. The
| Magic and Amicalola are the only mines
| worked TO noteworthy extent, but consid-
erable preparations are projected for en-
| larged operations. The water supply is
drawn from the immediate neighborhOod of
the mines and is insufficient. Two bitches
-one from Shoal creek and one from Ami
] calola river-to bring In q sufficient supply
| of water are being constructed. The belts
are large and the ore good. These mines
promise to produce this year on fair scale.
| The Franklin and PAscoe mines are
| twelve or fifteen miles southwest of
above properties. They have had famous
| history, but the work was mainly done on
the surface. It remains to be seen how
successful vein mining will prove. Still
further to the southwest the operations are
very desultory-at the Strickland, Skies
and Cherokee. The production of Dawson
county last year was about $4,000.
OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.
In the northeastern part of the State, in
Union county, the Gum Log and Warren
mines were worked to q slight extent at
intervals. The Glades mine, near Lula, in
Hall county, made moderate return. Near
Clarksville, Hsbersham county, some work
was done with favorable results. Farther
to the southwest, In Barlow county, is the
abandoned AlatOOna. and In PAulding
county, the Burnt Hickory and Draketown.
Beyond, in Cobb county, ARE the Kendrick and
the Payne. The belt then passes into Car
roll county, in which are the villa Rica and
Bonner; and thence into Alabama, where, go
far as information has been receieved, the
list closes it with the Abacoochee and Pine
tucker. All of these mines were noted in
the palmY days of placer mining, and some
of them have yielded large returns. OF
what value they would be for deep mining,
nothing can be said with certainty, but the
ores exhibited at the Atlanta Exposition
were of good character. The yield of these
counties may be placed at 5000.
REVIEW OF THE WORK OF 1881.
"In reviewing the work in Georgia in
1884," concludes the report, SIT will be seen
that there has been but little change; the
quantity and quality OF the ore is substan-
tally the same as 1t was year ago. A few
unstable companies have kuccumbed and a
few unwise enterprises have been set In
operation, but the well established compa-
nies have held their way with little change,
except SO far as the scarcity OF water in
the summer and early autumn compelled an
abridgment Of their work.