The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-18
GOLD IN GEORGIA.
where Ii i.to be Pound In Paying Quan-
tities.

RICH pErosfr DISCOVERED NEAR pAHLo-
NKGA, eA.-How THE GOLD Is SECURED.
Great excitement prevails in the gold belt
Of North Georgia, and mineral property Is
rapidly being 'sgobhledn IN by capitalists
and mining men from the North and West.
The whole gold belt. and particularly that
immediately about Dahlonega. promises this
year to be the SCENE Of gigantic energy in
mining operations the like Of which has not
been witnessed since the early days In Cali
fornia.
This tremendous rey.--l Of an industry
which has been prosecuted in a listess sort
OF way for upwards Of fifty years IN this
field, Is occasloned by the result OF certain
experiments recently completed on large
scale, in the concentration aud subse-
quent reduction by chlorination, OF
the metallic particles contained in neerly
all OF the ores of this camp. These ex-
periments have demonstrated that the old
processes in vogue saved only . small per-
centage of the actual value OF the ores, and
that by the introduction OF methods long
prncticed in the west. but, strangely enough,
never before tried here. many mines before
regarded as OF little value can be worked
at enormous profits. The ores are all more
or less suphuretic. and inereass in sulphur
as well as gold as depth is attained. Some
OF the richest ore the writer has ever seen
came from water level and belowxfbut con-
tanned 50 much sulphur that the stamp mill
process alone would not save the gold from
it. The new processes introduced do this most
effectively and have the virtues OF being in-
expensive and readily applicable 70 the
mills now In use. At q point about three
miles from Dahlonega, on the Calhoun Belt,
one Of the Ave great gold-bearing belts OF
Lumpkin County, an old mine has been re-
opened and some marvelously rich deposits
of gold quartz and gravel were discovered
One small spot is reported TO have yieliled
t4000in three days work OF two men, while
the whole product Of the mine. under crude
operations, entirely without machinery, Is
estimated at upward OF $50. 090
The mine covers one whole land lot Of 40
acres, and the gold belt, over 100 feet wide,
extends entirely through the lot. The work
has, SO far, mainly been done on about two
acres and the rest of the lot has only been
prospected sufficiently to show the gold
veins continuing all the way across. One
shaft has been sunk about % feet on an in
cline in the belt, and the ore taken from it
yielded an average OF 90 per bushel, or at
the rate of about 1890 per ton In free gold.
A party OF Atlanta gentlemen have
purchased this property, lot 523-l5th Dis
trict, LIST Section Luinpsin County, and
named It the Bertha q. Nine A corpora
ton has been organized to work this mine,
chartered by the State OF Georgia, as the
Atlanta Gold Mining Company with q
capital stock of 300, 00l divided into shares
Of $40 each, fully paid up and worcestershire.
The company proposes TO put in reduction
works Of the most approved machinery
to save the full assay value of the
ores and to conduct the mine and
mill upon strict business principles.
CSC, 900 OF the capital stock has been placed
in the treasury OF the company for the pur-
pose OF carrying out these plans and por.
tion Of the same is now offered for sale, In
sums to suit purchasers at so per cent. OF its
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The Southern Banking and Trust Com
pany, one Of the strongest financial institu-
items in the South Is the depository OF the
company, and issues its stock. All orders
for shares should be addressed to The South
ern Banking and Trust Co., Atlanta, GA.