The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-11

The young ladies are likely to be
| kept in close confinement until their
trial.
| The Phosphate Prizes.
Below are given very fully tho regn.
lalionS or conditions governing the con-
test for the prizes Of the Columbia Phos-
phate company for this year, the offer
ing Of which has already been noted:
l. The area of land planted must be
one acre accurately measured, and must
be located outside Of the limits of any
city or town.
| Z. NO other measure or commercial
fertilizer must be used in the cultivation
OF the competing crop than such as are
manufactured and sold by the Columbia
Phosphate company. But no limit is
fixed to the amount of such fertilizers
to be used. This is left to the Judgment
Of the competitor.
3. Each person intending to compete
lot the foregoing premiums must file
with Col. Thomas Holloway, Secretary
of the State Fair Society Pomaria, S. c.,
on or before the first day Of May, 1892,
written notice of such intentions; and
must, in said notice, indicate clearly the
location of the land SO planted, giving
the name of the plantation, and of the
township and county wherein located.
appoint an agent in each community in
which there will be competition for the
foregoing premiums, to supervise the
harvesting of each competing crop, who
will accurately weigh and keep record
OF each picking, and, at the end of the
harvest season, report the result III
writing to the secretary of the society.
5. Each competitor shall make to the
secretary of the society Il written state
ment under oath, setting forth in detail
the character and quality of the land
cultivated; the name or variety of seed
planted; the brand Of fertilizers used:
amount applied and mode Of applica
ton; the system of cultivation and
manner OF harvest; the gross yield Of
seed cotton, and the total cost of the
crop. This statement shall be filed
with the secretary of the society on or
before a date to be hereafter fixed, no.
ticc Of which Will be given each com.
pe'itor by the secretary.
Gold IN GreenviIIe.
WILLIE, S. c., Feb. 3.-For some
time Il rumor concerning certain impor-
tant discoveries OF gold in Grecnville
and Spartanburg Counties has been
whispered about quietly. When the
Wolfe and Tys er mining company was
organized recently in Spartanburg it was
suggested that that incident would be
soon followed by important develop
mcnts. Such is the case. This COM
pany, which is composed Of l.. w. Jor-
dan OiSeneca. ID. A. Il. Jordan of Green
wood and the Messrs. Sullivan Of Andcr-
son, have discovered veins OF ore here
which surpass the widest dreams OF
gold seekers. They have spcht many
thousand dollars in developing the pro-
perty, and before the schemes they have
already inaugurated have been perfected
they will invest many thousand more.
SO lar they have traced and located by
sinking shafts TO the water level twelve
veins Of ore which assay IN New York
as high rs $3SI per ton. OLe Of these
veins has been traced fully two miles,
the ore yielding handsome results
throughout. The company has built
and Is now operating an improved ten
stamp mill, and only lacks water before
others are to be set in position.
George Ladshaw, OF SpartanDurg is
now on the ground making the neces-
sary surveys to bring large stream of
water to the summit Of hill which COM
mands the whole gold belt, and III a few
days large force of workmcn Will be
engaged IN constructing the required
canal. The gold yielding belt extends
for about four or five milcs-at least,
that is as far as it has been traced at
present. In this district prospcctors
have located and stakcd of some three
hundred acres of gravel which pans
truly enormous quantities of gold. The
company's operations are being pushed
with great rapidity, and there will short
ly be some startling developments in
this section.