Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-07
GOLD IN GEORGIA.
THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF AN ALLEGED
BONANZA.


A Yield Of Over S11 900 TO the Ton Of Ore
Large stock Company Formed to
Operate In the Field - A New Rail.
road.
Gold ore that assays 81 ,303 80 worth oi
precious metal 10 the ton. Such fabulous
richness of deposit is almost incredibls.
But it is so, nevertheless. And 1t is in
Georgia, too This wondrous richness il
shown by test made by Prof. McCandless.
A prospecting party in search of widely
different mark came upon this Georgia gold
field, so rich that it almost rivals the richest
mines in sunny CalIfornia's history. Early
in June Mr.. John M. Brosius. and several
other gentlemen interested with him, paid a
visit to North Georgia to investigate some
mineral property there.
After Captain Brosius and his friends had
paid their visit to the property to investi-
gate which they went to Lumpkin county,
they started in a wagon on the return trip
to the railway station. Half way to the
depot they were held up in the middle of
the road by an unknown mana rough
looking farmer, Drowned by the hot sun
rays and begrimed with the dust of the
field.
"Cap'n," he said, eff you'll all Just get
out of that wagon and step over here min
ute, I'll tell you somethin' that'll pay you
better'n that old mine you've been up thar
looking at.
Captain Brosius and his friends, not
knowing Just what to make of the situation,
got out of the wagon and followed the coun-
tryman q few PAGES of from the road.
''I don't want your driver to hear what
I'm tellin', nor nobody else but yourselves, 4"
he continued.
Then after a little dickering about the
conditions, the party of prospectors set out
through the woods and over tue north Geor-
gia Mountains, following the lead of the
countryman guide, who, on the way, unfold
ed the particulars OF the gold field they were
pursuing. The man had known of the place
for a long time. But he was very poor-a
veri.able native of the mountain fastness--
and had never been able to make anything
of Consequence out of it. After wearying
tramp Captain Brosius' party came to the
fabulous ground. 1t did not need, Captain
Brosius said, a close inspection to discover
the great richness of the place.
''You could take your peuknife," +" he said,
"and chip The gold from the rocks, and pour
q cupful of water through handful of sand
and CLEAN the precious dust in amazing pro-
portions"
A bucketful IF ore was picked up and
carried back to the wagon, and then without
delay to the arsay of Prot. McCandless.
When his work was finished and the un-
dreamed of richness of deposit discovered,
not an hour vas lost by Captain Brosius and
his friends N vesting themselves with the
titiss to .ae place. 40 acres, taking in four
distinct veins were purchased. The deeds
thereto have been made and are now on
record.
Vein No. /, Prof. McCandless reports
after his assay, will yield $1l, l,S03 80 worth
of gold to the ton; No. 2 is asssyed at
81, ,7S6 81 per ton and No. at $45 Al per
ton.
"Ihave been over the property very care
fully" said Captain Brosius. "and am
confident that can easily dig 80 tons of ore
that will come up to the highest assay by
Prof McCandless, that is 80 tons that will
yield $11, 1903 so to the ton. How much of
the other two grades there is it is impossible
10 tell"
Captain Brosius leaves for Virginia in
the interest of the Atlanta and Pittsburg
Railroad, which is to run through this min-
ing property of North Georgia.