The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20
Major MoORE'S DISCOVERY.
One Of Gov. Joe Browns Miners
the Richest Man in the South.

Atlan.a. Ca. PC 5 \ few minutes
before Governor STEPHEN, atloa
Major \ II. Moore. - trr>Sih CUNT.
Ca. visited Governor C9iquitt. ~ con
pany with an English m.nlnr expeFi, Z,
secure the Governor slgnatureto a deed
from Major 4. Ii. Moore 70 syndicate q:
English capitalists 81 four hundred acres
Of land wing in Forsyth county, "a
guaranteed to contain gold mines. The
consideration was Il coo, 900, orSs Cp',-
OoO.
Major Moore was a confederate soldier
and during the campaign IN north 'eor
ria studied the gold fields mole than The
strategems of war. He knew something
of metallurgy aud gold mining. and he
became s.tisfei that these gold held>
were the richest IN the Inlted States
After the war he became an expert 10
merallurgy of gold ores at Jersy CITY
and returned to investigate the helds of
north Georgia. He found the ores
the richest he had ever known, but
so ~impregnated with sulphur as to be
impracticable for mining. lie spent
$40, 600 experimenting IN mining on the
Cbattahoochee river. Becoming dls
couraged with the methods OF mining
used. he ceased his work and bought OPP
lions in land containing gold, and began
experimenting In processes 10 de,ulphur-
ire he gold ore About this lime he
met an inventor, Mr.. 5. w. Bullock. who
Ike himself. had lost his all in experi-
nentipg and inventions. A fellow teei-
ing" drew the e~xperimenters together.
and they agreed ID unite their means ana
interest in discovering some means to
aesulphurize the rich Georgia ores. They
spent long years OF toll and $4,000, and
haa iust succeeded in a process which
pnt he mines 'laior Moore owred on a
p.tire basis. vhao the Chief iment-
~. str Bullec,. led. Half the Il ne
" Tor Moore was bankrupt, but ED on
10 ! few mines and bought options 90
other lands, often. however, being COM
pelled to sell a mine to continue opera
tons. After Mr.. Bullock death Major
Moore associated himself with DIR. Fred
e,ick Charles, a graduate Of a college OF
mining euglreers iu Bavaria. Like Ma
Tor Moore he had come to the south du-
ring the war, and had become Interested
in her minerals, especially her gold ores.
and had for yenrs been experimenting IN
mining in North Carolina and Georgia.
Major Moore gave him the result OF Mr.
Buliock's experiments in de~sulphurlzlng
gold ore, and in a short time the Ger
man had discovered a process by means
Of electricity and 81 ver cloths, OF desul-
phurizing gold ores to a fine assay. The
process was Immediately patented, AMI
Major Moore began its use In the Nc
Donough and Franklin mines, owned by
Philadelphia capitalists and Maj II Moore;
The value of these mines has increased
Immensely since the Charles process has
been applied. Before they were est
mated at half a million, and now at $l0,-
GOO, 900, and no stock for sale. This
Charles has been tried only about eight
months, aud ii the spring of this year
Major Moore met an Englishman, a MIR.
Butterfeld, in New York, who was seek
ing investment in gold mines in this
country for syndicate OF his countrymen.
The result of the meeting was that the
Epglishman became so well satisfied with
the prospect that his company have now
signed the agreement mentioned above
Major Moore is now the richest man in
the south, for, besides this English
money, paid in 5000 bank notes. he
owns interests in many other mines.
which he proposes to develop by the
Charles process.