Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-30
LUMPKIN'S GOLD MINES.
800 STAMPS NOW IN OPERATION
AND MORE TO COME.

The Coming Summer at the state Wa
tering Plaees-Work on the KimbaII
House Progressing-The Governors
Horse Guards Going to Macon Some
thing About Stock Sales.
ATLANTA, April 27.-I met Col. Wimpev. of
Dahlonega, in the city to-day, who kindly
gave me some information relative to gold
mining operations in Lumpkin county. said
he: ''The Bast, Consolidated, Ivey and Pigeon
RoOst mines are doing well. and think all of
them are making money. The other mining
properties being worked in Lumpkin, think,
are also doing very well, but L don't know
much about them.
'In LumDkin there are at least 800 stamps in
operation. OF this the Bast has 40, the Com
s0lldated 60, the Ivey 20 and the Pigeon ROost
40. Mining is looking up IN our section. and
a good deal of foreign capital is coming in.
lmboden OF Virginia, F. NJ. Williams and
Van Wick, the latter of Cincinnati, are now
getting ready to open up some property on the
south side of the Chestatee river. A company
OF Englishmen are associated with them. In
the counties adjoining Lumpkin, particularly
IN White, several fine pieces of mining prop
erty are being worked quite successfully, so l
am informed"
Col. Wimpey has a valuable tract of gold
bearing property near Dahlonega that he is
opening up and developing. The enterprise is
being worked under his personal supervision,
and Is, learn, paying handsomely.
As the Baptist Convention did not conclude
its business until to-day, the delegates were
compelled to remain over Sunday IN Atlanta.
The pulpits of Atlanta Sunday, therefore,
were filled by some of the most prominent
preachers IN attendance upon the convention.
ABOUT THE RAILROAD HEADQUARTERS.
Here there is now considerable talk relative
to the opening of summer resorts this season
for the benefit Of the public. Those about
Gainesville, particularly New Holland
Springs, Will be ready for guests ON the 18th of
MAY; MoII:rd Col; :nd H3I H3TII, will Will run New
be Immediately in charge. Frank
Miller, formerly of the Kimball, will this
season open and manage Grab Orchard
Springs, Ky, and Dabney II. Scoville, late of
the klmball, Will entertain his friends this
year at Seaside Park, six miles from Will
mington, n. G.. Rates, from what can learn
viii be lower this year than last, the railroads
seeing more money in adopting that policy.
The Governors Horse Guards are somewhat
disappointed to learn that the Savannah
Hnssars Will not meet them May 90 at Ma
con. They say that they are going and carry
or not
THE STREETS OF THIS CITY
are being torn up fore and aft. The new gas
company has several gangs of workmen on
different streets laying pipe, while others are
belng graded for paving purposes. About six
miles of streets have been contracted for to be
laid this year. Rock blocks will be used on all
mer. Atlanta has three bucket shops, all of
t1em doing thriving business. AS this city
has wiped out of existence the once popular
faro bank the betting fraternity has fallen
back on the bucket shops.
The klmbal is creeping on slowly. On the
Decatur side the wall is up nearly two stories
Tor part Of the way, while the remainder is
two weeks behind. Some of the middle walls
are nearly as far advanced, while the front
wall and the side fronting the railroad track
is far behind the other portions of the build
ing. When the building was commenced it
was promised that a double force of hands
would be put on so that the work could go on
night and day, the night force to lay bricks
under the rays Of the electric light. AS
aud it is believed that the
day force can use up the material as fast as
the projectors can pay for it. AprOpos of the
building of the Klmball, it is frequently
asked here when dirt will be broken for the
new hotel at Savannah. 1t is believed here that
when Savannah get her new hotel, a consider
able portion of Florida travel will every year
spend the winter In the Forest City, instead
going further South. This opinion l. have
heard freely expressed by Northern and
western people.
DEATH HAS ROBBED WEST END,
the most thriving suburb about Atlanta, Of
two of her most prominent citizens recently,
The first one was Col. James H. Culberson,
who passed away at seventy years of age, be-
loved and respected by all who knew him.
The second loss sustained by that suburb oc-
CURED Sunday morning last when Col. Mark
johnson died at the age of sixty-seven. Col.
johnson for years has been an assistant of
State school Commissioner q. J. Orr. Nearly
all OF his life was spent as a school teacher.
While Judge George Hillyer was delivering
the memorial address at Oakland Cemetery
Saturday last, the remains of Henry Curry,
who was hung In w alton county the day pre-
viOus, were being buried i'm another portion
Of the cemetery. The few relatives and friends
following the body of the dead negro passed
In review, while the orator was commanding
n
At Woodard & Brasfeld's sale near Lex
lngtOn, N.Y., last week W. f. Anderson. of
Macon. sold his bay gelding by Kimbee Jack
son, dam by DOwney's Messenger. to 7. j. H.
Gilbert, of Lexington, for 1925. At the same
sale John Anderson, of Macon. bought John
g. Carlisle, b. h. by Blackhawk Chief,
dam by Star Of Denmark, for the sum
Of 1895. w. G. Timberlake, of Macon, was
purchaser upon the same occasion, he
buying Bonnie Wilkes, b. m. by George
Wilkes, dam by Bob johnson, son Of Boston,
for 81, $50; several other Wilkes were sold at
large figures, among them Minna Wilkes.
b. m, to A. j. Alexander, for $l.625. Nearly
all of the get of George Wilkes disposed of at
this sale were purchased in whole or in part
by Georgia people, who had witnessed or
heard of the wonderful performance Of Col.
w. f. AndersOn's Rosa Wilkes, who sold for
$1,000, with record of three heats inside of
2:l9, and more recently in private trOtted
in 2:l1.
STEWART wooDsoN,
of Atlanta, who owns a fine stock farm near
this city, lost recently his bay filly by Black
wood, she dying from blood poisoning. A few
days before she died MFR. Woodson was offered
$1,000 for her by a turfman who came here
from Kentucky with the view of owning her.
Mr.. WoodsOn refused to sell at that or any
other price, and the wOuld-bepurchaser then
offered $1,000 for a half interest in the filly
If Mr.. WoodsOn would send her to Kentucky
and put her on the turf. As a set of to this
loss, Mr.. WOodsOn, the day following the death
Of his tilly, received a letter from Kentucky
telling him that his chestnut marc, with
record of 2:30, had dropped handsome colt
by King Rene, that could be sold at 81 800 on a
moments notice. Mr.. WOodson declined to
sell. and will bring his colt to Georgia.