Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-13

A Gold Fever Near Home Miners at Work
in West windsor and Roading.


in West Windsor and Reading.
The recent discovery of gold bearing
rock in sufficient quantities to pay for
working in various parts of Windsor
county, notably in Plymouth, has stirred
up gold fever of no small proportions in
other localities, especially in Reading and
West Windsor. The original prospecting
was done in most instances by experienced
miners from California and Colorado.
The extremely rugged topography of the
country about the head of Mill Brook and
its tributaries would seem to invite pros
pecting parties into this region in search
of the precious metal, as the land is poor
ly adapted to farming purposes except in
occasional places 1t is worthy of remark
that no one seems to have investigated
the graveliy beds of Mill Brook and its
many little branches, where the water for
ages has been running down, sometimes
in trichling streams, sometimes in tor
tents, wearing its way deep into the rock
and through veins of alleged gold bear
ing quartz, to discover if such gravel at
bed rock is auriferOus or not. Should
such investigation be made faithfully,
and gold IN paying quantities in quartz
veins through which these streams flow
is found to such an extent us is claimed
there can be little doubt that auriferous
gravel deposits will be discovered. The
largest nuggets of cold ever taken from
the earth were found in what is called
placer diggings," viz the nugget found
in 1910, in CabarruS county, North Caro-
lima, which weighed thirty-seven pounds
Troy three in Australia which weighed
respectively | IS lbs. dwt., lSj lbs, and
the one known as the Sarah Sands,' the
largest III the world, 233 lbs ounces
Reckoning gold dollar weighing pen
nyweight this latter piece would be worth
$4,000.
Gold hunters here in New England do
not expect to become millionares in Il mo-
ment, but who can tell what may be
found in the beds of these mountain
streams
The gold mine in Plymouth, not far
from Tyson Furnace, pays regular divi-
dends ON the capital stock, and has been
worked with considerable vigor, albeit
quietly, for some time. Mr.. Raymond at
the Five Points has opened up Il mine,
which, it is believed furnishes pay rock
in fair quantities Messrs Nelson and
Alfred v heelock, near the Kingdom"
are sinking shaft on quartz vein that
has good indications, but with what re
suit has not yet been ascertained, although
specimens Of the surface ore may be seen
at the JOUrndl Office.
In West Windsor, Benjamin Warren
and c. l.. FallOn are running Il drift from
the bank of tributary of Mill Brook
water course that empties into the main
branch at that point. Assays were made
of some surface quartzin the bed of the wa
ter course, indicating gold at about So per
ton OF course such ore will net pay for
working, but Mcssrs Warren and Fallon
propose running drift to II point inter
secting the qTartz vein above referred to,
which Will give depth of about thirty
feet, to ascertain Just what there is in it.
a ton OF ore is to be taken out and work
ed SO that there can be no doubt about
the value, and such Il proceeding will dem
OnStratc to Il reasonable certainty whether
it will pay to 90 further or not. About
three weeks have been spent thus far
with two hands employed now there
are four including man y! experience
from the Ely copper mines.
In Eeading, Messrs. Reed g. Person have
loca' ed what is expected to be Il good pay
ng mine, if the assays already made give
lair value to the ore. Work was begun
fast June, on Il limited scale, and resumed
lagaln Immediately after haying, with an
increased force. a shaft about six feet in
diameter was sunk to the depth of TWEEN
ty-five feet, then rifted in some thirty
feet The surface Indications were small,
but, according to the assays made, they
grew better the deeper the shaft was sunk,
yielding from So to $50 per ton. The ob.
ject IL to drift through the ledge crossing
the quartz veins at right angles This
will enable them to detect the best leads,
and they can then work them at their OPP
ton. II. II. GOOdCil, II Colorado miner of
considerable experience, superintends the
work. In the tiilly feet drift, three gold
bearing quartz veins have been passed,
and on Monday of this week another was
pierced. Mr.. GoOdell was convinced that
specimens taken from the extreme end of
the DRIFT were richer than any before OBJ
tanned. one OF these veins is about five
feet W,,,c, one about three, and another /,
little less. Some two tons or more of the
ore Obtained from these leads are piled up
outside of the shaft awaiting the crusher
The camp is supplied with II portable
forge, anvil, and the necessary tools fol
sharpening drills, etc. About one. fourth
of a mite below the mine, foundations
have been land for the erection of Il saw
mill, engine house, and other necessary
buildings The engine has already beer
set up, and the water supply ANA piping
arranged us far as it is practicable al
present. Timber near by Will supply the
mill with sufficient lumber for the cree
ton of the necessary buildings In short
all preparations are being made for win
ter work IN camp.