The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-27
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BANGOR, April M.-Travcllers through
eastern Maine. particularly 10 Hancock county.
are surprised 70 observe innumsrabls great
pits dug In great fields. By the roadside. and on
the slopes Of rocky hills. II ono chances to ask
the stags driver what this or that hole IL for he
will be answered. THAT That amt hole.
That's gold mine" II ono pursues the sub
jcct. and asks why tho place 10 30 deserted and
tho shaft SO quiet, the native may anewer that
It didn't turn out yory we'll or that the shaft 10
full Of water: but most likely his reply will be
different.
"Oh. there's gold 10 there" he will say. but
tho company didn't have money enough to de-
velop her."
This mining fever In Maine was. while II
lasted, ono of the greatest absurdlties Of the
age. and now that 1t has quite. II not entirely
collapsed. people look back and wonder how
thoy could ever have boon such fools Is TO get
taken In % they were. There was silver mino
In Hancock county. on one OF the islands. a.
far back as ten years ago. and lots OF money
was sunk In It. A crow Of men wore kept pat
tering away. in feeble manner. at tho rock.
trying to extract silver. and some OF tho ore
looked so nice when brushed up and shown In
the shop windows In Bangor that the stock
wa sS hSse TsS y Ss
i was q is7S sSss tSs great bananas were
In an nered6y shoTt t%s there was
ssh MT sx IS ss
:sosk %sniSsiaso as %ssS!Ssss AGENTS. alleged
a!set Rs.ro sssss 1 9S ss ifsH:
Ssr Saa 'Ps sspIrci e nance s'I
Assay ofllces were oponed BY the dozen,
Ssied ia shaa!s q The PsSls Hall Acre"
amost delectabie locality, wherein milllolairss
headed farmers quilted the plough and won't to
backing q all tbs queer. ootins rookie on their
5sSk sSs FL ssSFs
business men Ses n msrosnsis STAIRS and
Sus tic g sa SHARES
10 this and that mine. ,strutted about, talked
knowingly OF ores. and saw millions In the
Certain newspapers imme diatsly established
MIN coa t and II was duiI Gay when
going like hot cakes. 4. few men whose united
Would sit down nj In some attorneys ohfiics In
Bangor and form gold and silver mining COM
PAM III Nth capital stock sS OF 400 600 Nf
gar. Al the auction sales Young men q mi.
Ct tho Silver GroWn RsHs sum- &c.
10. is. and rs cents a share. and there were
In screwing up to Sc. and even to % share
The grand object was 70 keep up tn illusion
long enough to sell all the stock. Paragraphs
H. Emerson Of Ellsworth 10 in the city; lie has an
interest III about fifty mineral prospects In Hancock
Prof w. 7; s.ewsr. ha. been presented With hand.
BONANZA King OF Maine -
business now. and Mr.. Emerson Is not so CON-
MacEoy. Fur:tr Il a coats a are not TiVen
snsnEins team Of bays" bis admirers used to
Some Of the The" Mines We're fitted out with he sx:
seiSoi Ray Tor dissin. The State ia Of holes
but the principal results OF al tho gold
seeking were few shipments OF copper ore
One " or two "a Of the the Gopher 0' mines . are
still feebly worked. but the public hears little
or nothing from them. Never has one OF the
deni that the public heard Of. The profits OF
these institutions. II any are ever realized. arc
divided with tho utmost secrecy; When. the
manipuators escaped with comfortable piles
and the idiots who bought tho stocks wore loft
with less money and perhaps more wisdom.
were are barber shops. clothing shops and beer
e think That as Maine had two iron mines
ably Is supposed to have other metals In
abundance. But rs a matter OF fact. neither
OF tho iron mines has pail, and ono at least IL
In Maine Ia granite. which EXISTS In abundance
md is pure and beautiful: Granite from Blue
M 9a, the piers b snf N. o. the
and copper that ever was mined In the State
would not pay for one OF the PIERS