The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-01-10
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. 4,psshr { nsa employed al The pre-.
itt tist Fur lisht they use capalcs
tIsg iaa socket ihsi has a long point.
stish stack ista The ore Or earth uher.
trsr rsfded
Z A, the pfcseu, tine The work Is being
prosecuted 10 solid body Of ore Which
runs yearly north aud south: and from =
survey that has recently been made. II Is
evident that they are beisecw 90 aud c.
fes, directly under where they were miu.
ius 10 the cid drift, which ". abaDdoned
on account Of the water. This demon
sira,es that there Is this depth Of ore shove
them. aad rs TO the depth below where
they are nsg al work. nothing eau be
kgoKa uniil IL is opened up. which will
uat be done un,il the ore is exhausted
above this lgd A. 90 the width cf the
vtiu. .. 1'flrali 60 firm IN opinion. as IL
yerfs AS - tie lrheth. IL hss b en prov
~ ,ta' u = good mauy hundred feet. rs
several shafts have been sack down at dit.
letoii l4ai4is out of which many 'ons OF
are itsy b.re taken by several parties in
yeas pa,t :sn Is tboushi br same sho
bsy t'taielee 4 mines th-i This ore
ri. tta4l. .on- i'trsa mihs y. ,hr sur.
face 81 ieiltaus IRE ~ favorable
A'te sack cpmpyrr he. been form
~. abi - ,hY aysiisl.l~ baud nnfih. ont.
side u thsi W ich is held bg Lyons a.
Bradley on which this mice i. located,
has been .ased f,r mining purposes; aud
a few months ago operations were beeun
a. point abou, three quarters Of a mile
north Of this nine. aud favorable progress
has been made. A,the present time they
are 100 feet into the hill have found ochre
aud some small pieces Of ore, and the pre-
sen indications are that they will be in
ore before mary days. il they do not en-.
counter a ledge.
At the present time Lyone Bradley
are employing about Is hands, are mining
aud shipping about Is tons per day. and
before the present month is closed with
the improvements they are making, hope
10 double their present shipments and
force, The ore is not washed. but shipped
as il comes from the mine. In the mine
il presents the appearance Of solid black
wall but with pick it takes but a short
time for a man tc loosen up ton. II pre-
sents crushed or broken appearance
there being bat few large pieces.
Some OF these are very interesting, and
present many peculiar formations. Among
them are what are termed among miners
stock lights" They are in tubular form
aud are found in many different sizes.
Wherever found in this mine, they are
hanging at an angle Of about As degreea,
dipping southeast
The assay Of this ore by the carload as
il comes from the mine unwashed averages
80 per cent. OF manganese and so per cent
OF iron, The manganese is what makes it
valuable. as 1t is used 10 making the Bes.
semer steel; aud as there is but limited
amOunt in this cOuptry a larger mart NJ il
has to be imported.
Mr.. Curry. general manager for Carne.
gle Bros. and Mr. Smith, mining engi-
neer for the same firm, who is considered
one OF the bert 10 America, both visited
this mine two weeks ago and made q care.
ful inspection Of the niue. Upon their
return to Plttsburg they spoke very favor
ably OF the outlook; aud they have wri,ttn
letter to Lyons 4 Bradley, giving them
great encouragement and stating that the
assay was the highest Of any mine 10 tins
country.
Despite the many discourage menls il No
undertaking OF this kind, Mr. Lyons, WHO
has been on tn ground constantly, has
kept up his courage and has worked with
Seemingly perfect confidence in the sue
cess OF the enterprise; aud his plnck and
energy seem likely to give to Vermont a
position Of considerable importance in the
mining industry.