Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-28

larger force OF hands II the demand 10.
ouires II is lG feet wide and : feet
high. with two tracks OF railway, with
one bucket on each track on four wheels
capable of carrying 2,24O pounds OF ore
each. 80
"The hoist (dofible) is OF l5O-horse
power and can hoist 300 tons OF ore per
day. The buckets are drawn upon q
platform and. dump themselves without
the assistance OF men. or thrown over q
crate. il of small pieces, so as to silt 1t.
| This ore is then placed on truck and
carried TO the mill for crushing. screen
inc. and washing, some fifty feet dis
tant. where the copper is separated from
the pyrites. This mill has capacity OF
crushing $50 tons per day and washing
% tons per day. After the ore is wash
ed II is taken out and thrown in bins
ready for shipment. :. >
"Mr. Bancroft then asked me IL l
would like to go below, and as l said L
would. introduced me to Mr.. Kennedy,
the foreman, who would take me down.
We cot aboard the truck and were let
down TO what is known as the 4OO-foot
level. There he said that all the ma
chinery, pumps, etc, in the mines were
worked by condensed air forced IN the
ground by the 'Ingorsoll Rock-Drill
Company air compressor '-2OO-horse
power. so there is no steam at all under
ground. All drills are run by this con-
densed air and bore very nearly as fast as
an aueur would in ordiary wood.
"The thickness of the vein is not de-
fnitely known, but certainly over thirty
or forty feet, only one side having been
reached vet. Mr.. Kennedy says the sup
ply seems to beinexbaustible, as there is
ore overhead, underneath, and on both
sides
"The company has a commissary for
the convenience OF their workmen and
the neighboring people, well filed with
all the necessaries of life, over which IS
club-room for the miners. wherein can
be found all the periodicals Of the day,
including magazines, etc. On the door
read the placard miners Club
Room. Nobody admitted except miners
and visitors who are invited.
"The company determines to have
good display at the Exposition, and gave
me several specimens OF copper and py-
rites for your cabinet.
"The Arminius Copper-Mines Com
pany has a capital stock of $500, eco, all
paid in, and have their head Office at III
Wall street, New York. W. II. Adams
is general manager, with an Office at the
mines. They have several hundred tons
of copper ore ready for shipment and
enough pyrites to last twelve months at
their present shipment-one hundred
tons per day. They have working ca
pacity OF $50 men, and can hoist and
Ship 800 tons per day with 200 men.
81 also visited the property OF the
Sulphur Mines Company of Virginia.
"This property Is situated about four
miles north from Tolersyille, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, They
are putting in a good deal OF new ma
chinery-a crusher and also another
hoist-which will greatly facilitate their
work. They have a very fine class of
ore, are shipping at present about 100
tons per day, and work about seventy
five hands, which, the superintendent
SAYS, is not sufficient force.
lowing to some unknown cause | was
unable to get full description of this
property, but judging from appearances
this company will in n short time be
working on a much larger scale"
Virginia has untold mineral wealth as
well as the finest climate and delightful
lands. THOMAS WHITEHEAD.