The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-07
TO MINE PYRITES.
Savannah Capital to Go Into the In
dustry Near pahloneRa.

Savannah Capital to Go Into the In
dustry Near Dahlonega.
Mr. George J. Baldwin has been sue
ceeded as president Of the Baldwin Fer
tilizer Company BY Mr. Jacob Rauers.
The change was made at the annual meet
ing OF the company last week Mr.. Bald
win and Mr.. Rauers are the two largest
stockholders in the company, each hold
ing about an equal amount Of stock.
Mr.. Baldwin's object in retiring from the
presidency Of the COMPANY is because ne
mas other important interests which Will
( require MS absence from the city for
considerable portion of the time during
the next year or longer.
Mr. Baldwin and Mr. George ". Scott,
the well-knOwn fertilizer manufacturers
OF Atlanta, are Joint owners OF piece of
property in North Georgia which they
expect to develop, and which they believe
VIII prove very valuable This property
Is a pyrltes mine. Pyrites in paying
quantities IS very rare in this country.
IL is the chief source from which the fer
tiilzer manufacturers Of the country OBJ
tam their sulphuric acid, which is largely
used IN all their manufactures in one form
ana another. The largest mines from
which pyrites is obtained are IN Spain, and
the fertilizer manufacturers Of savannah
OBTAIN their chief supply from that cOun-
Try. 1t Is also mined IN Virginia and in one
or two other places, some Virginia pyrites
being used by the Savannah manufac-
turers
The mine which Messrs. Baldwin and
scott propose to develop is situated in
Lumpkin county, about five miles from
Dahlonega The development of the
property has been intended for some
time, but has been deferred on account of
the lack of railway facilities. A narrow
gauge railroad was started from Gaines
vile to Dahlonega about two years ago.
but after being completed about half the
distance work was given up on account of
lack OF funds. Help was expected from
the Richmond and Danville railroad IN
the way OF the building OF the road, but,
as Is well known, the Richmond and Dan
vile has not been in position TO do any
thing Of this kind for some time.
Now that the property has been reor-
gained steps are being taken to complete
the road from Gainesville to D3hlOnega
The road will pass within a short distance
OF the property of Messrs. Baldwin and
Scott, and they will assist in the compile
ton of the road for the purpose of obtain
ing facilities of transportation
Mr.. Baldwin said yesterday that the
property has been thoroughly prospected,
and the vein OF pyrites has been found to
be 1000 feet in length, with a width vary
ing from nine to twenty-one feet and of
indefinite depth A boring was made in
one place to depth of eighty feet with
out piercing through the vein The re-
suit of pyrites mining has shown that
the deeper the vein is penetrated the ma
terial becomes Of higher grade AS the
analysis of the surface material shows up
very satisfactorily, the owners of the
property have no fears of theresults when
they begin extensive workings. Mr.. Bald
win said that the results of the boring
with diamond drills had analyzed 40 per
cent. Of sulphur, which is very satisfac-
tory, being higher percentage than is
obtained by the Virginia mines.
by the development Of this mine, - said
Mr.. Baldwin, I'VE expect to be able to
supply all the factories 10 the interior
with pyrites and thus keep in the state
large amount of money which now goes
abroad annually. We may even reach
down to the ports and compete
with the Spanish pyrites, but we
would be handicapped in this
by the costs of freight. Pyrites is now
quoted in Atlanta at $50 a ton, and as
| there are q good many thousand tons of
| the material used by the fertilizer fac
tories of this and adjoining states every
| year, there Is evidently very good thing
in it If the pyrites can be put on the mar
ket at a reasonable cost The vein crosses
the Chestatee river, where 1t forms
| natural dam, with fall of about twelve
feet, which can be used as power to de-
velop electricity. The use of electricity in
| this class of mining is on the increase and
we shall very probably avail ourselves of
the falls for this purpose The work sim
ply consists in mining and crushing the
material and dumping it on the cars for
shipment to the factories"
Mr. Baldwin will leave the city some
time this fall for Dahlonega TO begin
mining operations, and he expects to
spend a great part of his time there dur
ing the next eighteen mouths.