The Washington critic., 1888-05-16

quartz so far found to interfere with its
reduction.
Though the yield of gold per ton--$30
in the best shaft-may not seem great TO
novice, IL IS really excellent pay. The
Idaho gold mine now one Of the rich
est in the country yields ore that aver
ages but SIC per ton
lt would be strange If now the banks
of the Potomac River should again be the
gold fields of America. The first gold
that was discovered on this continent by
Europeans was on the banks of the river
at this place and now IL seems in fair
way to again be q valuable gold region.
A tract of land adjoining the Harrison
property has been bought by a company
OF Philadelphians, and they are now taxi
ing out considerable quantities of gold
bearing quartz. The name Under which
the Philadelphia people are working their
mine Is the National Gold Mining Conn
pany. The principal owners are Hon, A
q. Harmer, who represents Pennsylva-
yania district in Congress- Mr.. LAUGH
helm, an ex-Member, and Mr.. Lippman.
Neighboring Mines.
The Maryland and Montgomery mines
IN this neighborhood are also being
worked, though for many years they were
neglected because of the excessive manip
ulation their stock underwent. As every
one who has driven up the conduit road
knows, il is macadamiZed A large part
OF the rock used is quartz taken from this
mine, now being worked by the Philadel-
phia Company, and Washington can boast
OF drive ten or fifteen miles long paved
with gold-bearing quartz. The doorstep
of the old house on the hill is also formed
of pieces of gold-bearing quartz, some of
which are very rich in gold
AS to the. financial part Of the enter
prise DIR. Kempster says: Don't think
for q moment this is q speculative ven
ture in the ordinary sense of the word.
There are no interests in the mine for
sale. There is and will be no stock, none
IS or Will be on the market, and as there
is no stock of course none Is for sale.
Senator Sawyer and myself own the prop
erty, and If there is gold in IL we want IL
all. If there isn't gold, and money is
lost we want to lose it all. However,
have no fear of the latter contingency"
Out of compliment to the sturdy old
gentleman who has lived on the farm and
whose house is directly over the richest
vein of quartz, the mine has been named
the Harrison mine," and the company
the Harrison Mining Company. Mr..
Harrison's great grandfather, by the way,
was President Harrison's brother
The absence of the word gold from
the name of the company seems to lndi-
ilatterng.
Ultimately, Senator Sawyer intends to
build villa over the mine and he will
have one of the prettiest locations to be
found anywhere near the city.
What Senator Sawyer Says.
Talking about the mine, Senator Saw
yer said: eve are going to keep this mine
all for ourselves. If we issued stock and
people invested in it and lost money
would feel as if / ought to repay them.
The Doctor and / are going to own the
whole thing and hold all the Offices"
A large party of friends visited the mine
yesterday, and when, in n week or so, the
mill is running, the place will be we'll
worth a visit not only on account of the
gold mine, which is q novelty to most
Washingtonians, but also on account of
the beautiful scenery.
The drive passes near the National
Gold Mining Company's works, but not
near so much has been done at that mine
as at the Harrison mine.
In the near future Washington prob
ably can record among its other attrac-
tons several gold mines of no mean pro-
portions.