Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-20
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THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER :"
LOCAL MATTERS.

WEATHER PROBABILITIES, Dee. 20. 1855.
r, IN. Middle Atlantic States slightly w"riner
Generally fair weather, northcrly winds smiling
:. .onthrry rising followed by falling barometer
THE ENHANCEMENT OF II. MARY
rul-RCH.-The work on the enlargement
Of -. Mary's Church being sufficiently adj
yauced to admit Of il, tie unsi%htly board
uartitions which separated the newly erect
Cd wings from the body Of the church were
taken down last week and the transepts
EXPOSED 10 view Oh Sunday. The wings
are. not built as usual, II right angles 10
The church, bat. for convenience pt seeing the
altar. at ANGLES . about twenty -hNeargrte>,
and one Is abouH FIVE lcel larger than The
other. but thrv are very hHn0%ome addl-
tious, Their architecture j. of course, that
of the church, inlo which tneT open by
handsome arches their ceilings being also
Of corrugated iron, but Il little lower The
rrcscoiug Is ia the same style and cOlors,
and the windows in the ends are the old
ones, but there are three much smaller and
huaGsoner in the north and two i'll the
south wing, all looking towards The west.
I'm each wing there are, also, four rose
windows, two on each side, ANA these are
beautiful. Ou the north there are repre-
seutaIiu,,S of ''tne lanh tnat was slain,
The Sacred Heart of Jesus: II c;.ti"c sur
rounded !,y flowers, ,ld tn. i!}nacuI.iic
Heart ct Mary: Oh til" south ~" mono
grams, J. Il. :, aud Mary. Il host and
cnai,e Win wreath al wheat and grapes,
mad Il dove etnbirtnailc Q! lhr Holy Chest.
All are III Iiru cn!orS, and add greatly to
the effect. Al the north cnn oi III" tran.
sept is ~ uctnngu'ar recess. handsomely
paved VITA tiles, which i, To- l,, surrounded
In il is Il rose window, with Il cross aud
[. H. : IN color@. There will DE fourteen
pews on each side those On the north aud
both the trnii--pt galleries. will BE- aplro-
priated to the children o; the Sunday
school; the prUS on the south side will bc
used TO meet ttc demands Of the congrc@a-
ton for more room, the membership being
80 large i!l:,t for several years past /! hats
been almost mp, S-ible TO rent a pew. The
uorth gallery oi lie main building WILL rs
heretofore, hc devoted to the accoIamoda.
ton Of the coioGcG Catholics, Of whom there
are about Il hundred. but the south gallery.
heretofore occupied by the SUNDAY School
children, wifi DC thrown open for those who
have no pcws The work is moi yet finish
ed, So the new Arrangements will NOT gointo
effect for some time Besides the wiugs, the
body Of the church has been greatly ini-
proved by the Insertion of windows Ike the
others in place of the plain, square ores
near the doors, and Ike ugly stands Tor thc
statutes back oi the sanctuary have gwen
place to neat inches i'll the eastern wall.
st. Joscph's Chapel, too, At tue southeast
corner of the church has been enlarged, and
improved by the insertion OF the oricl win.
dow which formerly stood over the high al.
tar, and il small gothic one, with Il painting
of st. JOSEPH is 10 he added. The chapel j.
h Il
for early Mass Oh week days auG for the
colored Sunday School. The cost Of the
improvements will probably reach $1,000,
aud they will add additional seating for
about two hundred, which is greatly needed
THE EAGLE MINING COMrANY.--lt will
he seen rs the following report that the
ioudoun mines are likely To turn out most
favorably ,4S the ore now being taken FROM
them is of excellent and valuable quality
LEEsDUEU, Loudoun County, Va,
December 18th, 1883.
Peter Wise, esq, PrcSiGeHt:
Dear Sir:-Slnce my letter to You Of date
August Isl, OF the present year, tie work at
the Loudoun county mines has proceeded
without interruption, and the developments
have been quite satisfactory TO the manage
ment The carbonate veins have been eN-
posed to a considerable distance and Il large
quantity Of ore extracted 10 q depth OF
TWENTY-FIVE feet, the veins at this depth
taking quite a pitch to the southwest. liz
order to prosecute developments on this
part of our ground have sunk Il vertical
shaft forty feet, and am now running DRIFT
towards the ore body. Assay value Of the
vein proper gives Gtty-one per cent. metallic
copper, together with twenty. seven ounces
of silver TO the ton. The vein itself, with
o;,,i, .tar Inr tn, frl,t nnp
inches, shows assay value of twenty-five
per cent. metallic copper, and the whole
vein with material from wall to WALL of
from three feet to six feet in width. shows
about ten per cent. metallic copper, being
an exceedingly high average, considering
the fact Of its great bulk, and close proX
unity to the surface, and proving the
strength and richness Of the lode itself al
greater depth.
The concentration Of these ores upon the ground
would result in much saving TO the company in
cost of transportation and reduction. Every IN
dication points tn the continuity Of said veins
and of their yield becoming extensive after urth-
or development The improvements ut this point
consist OF Il tool and shaft house am using an
ordinary wiudlas with s:ccwirc rope and
bucket At shaft No. ,. on the sulphurct vein
have reached depth OF between thirty and forty
feet in ore all the way down, and the vein gain
ing in strength all the way as depth Is attained
The assay value OF our Sntphnrct ores gives us
twelve and a half per cen; metallic copper and
also carries some silver. This Vein appears t" be
4 trne contact or iiSsurc. and promises rich re
turns | have shaft house at this point. and
windlas with steel rope same Us shalt NO. .. Both
shafts are timbcrcd from the surface to safe points
below allowing space so rs not To Interfere with
blasting We have some water to contend with.
and are using Atlas powder in cartridges with 80
per cent nitro syccrinc. Yours very truly,
FRANK 4. WISE, Gcn'l Manager.
POToMAC FLATS lMrEOvEMENT.-1lajor
Hains, in his report on the Potomac flats
Improvement for the month of November,
states that the total amount excavated from