The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-04-10

10 find IL. Since then some parties have
quietly worked In the matter until they
have succeeded In locating what appears
10 have been rude smelling furnaces, lin
ed with fire ciav that have been used In
the long ago. These have been unused
so long that large trees have grown over
them and II was only by accident that
they were discovered.
In one place we were shown depres-
sion in the top Of hill. from two 10 four
feet deep. eight feet wide, and forty yards
long, that very mysteriously dropped
down about three years ago. Yet no
one has been curious enough TO inyesii-
gate this so far. II is though that some
snbterranean excavation has caused this,
and parties that are interested will short
| ly sink shaft there. In another OBJ
scurc place we were shown what appears
TO have been deep shaft, now partly
filed, that has been known to be there
since this country was first settled. Yet
no one has attempted TO explore It's
mysterious depths. On Thomas Browns
farm some silver ore was found few
days since, but whether il exists in large
quantities or not we were unable 10
learn.
AT another place east Of the town Of
Augusta your correspondent was shown
some silver ore. said 20 be in large guam
Titles, which, upon assaying, proved TO
be very rich. One assay made Of ore
taken from near here run eighteen hum
ldrcd and ten ounces TO the ton, so they
lcaim.
In regard to the lead ore we were
shown considerable Of that taken from
lead ,hat 'cfops" out in the "bed rock"
Of the Patoka river 1t appeared 10 be
almost pure and the assayer's certificate
showed TINT il contained 81 per cent.
lead and or. silver
The Iand- upon which this ore Is found,
We learn. are controlled BY o. Il. Stein
and some capitalists ia Cincinnati. they
having several hundred acres of this land
leased for fifty years.
About a mile from Snrvant. on the
AIRLINE we were shown bed OF pot
tcr's cIav" five feet in thickness. that Is
said to he valuable. II was found By
John Whiteman. superintendent Of
schools of this county and y controlled
hy him and q. Il. Stein jointly. This
clay j. so white and OF such a plastic
nature that II has been carried for miles
10 use A. whitewash or rainf II a1-
heres to wall much better than lime and
IL almost equal to white lead. is a. white
a. snow. sud will not rub otf We were
told Of other beds OF this clay. bnt did
not visit them. Immediately over this
clay j. a sandstone root. aud Just above
the sandstone. vein OF plnrnbago, or
black lead. twelve inches il thickness
iaud Of excellent quality was found. We
would suggest 10 The people OF Winslow
to sta.r lead pencil manufnctory.
Parties from penn~ ylvania intend to
prospect for petroleum this summer, and
Ii, i believed bv persons familiar with
The oil regions of Pennsylvania. that il
will be found here in paying quantities.
South and west Of the mineral belt
the finest Of coal il found in abundance,
lin fact we doubt very much il such a
Icoa-fc.d as that found In Pike county
lexists west Of Pennsy lvania. There are
from two TO four seams of coal. ranging
lin thickness from ~ to III feet Some
lof the finest Camel coal il found south
lof Augusta and the best coaking coal
west of pennsylvanis i fonnd here in
abundance We learn that St Louis
capitalists will shortly build a number
|of coke ovens near WinSlow. with ca
|pacity OF 500 tons daily.
We make the prediction that within
|twcnty-fonr months there will be thous-
Iands of tons of coal mined daily in the
southern part Of Pike county, for coking
purposes alone.
PRosrEcToR.