The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-22

MINE.
indeed, one has been written-of it
alone, it is surpassed in one respect, the
depth of it's openings, by its neighbor.
the Tamarack copper mine. The his
tory of the Tamarack reads like ro-
nance 1t was strange to say, a made
to-order mine. The trend and pitch OF
the Calumet & Hecla copper lode,
probably the strongest and most persis-
tent mineral body ever opened, is al
most uniform. 1t pitches to the north
west at an angle of 371G degrees, vary
ing scarcely degree in this slant from
the initial openings, made on surface
outcroppings, to the great depth of
nearly mile which has been attained,
Capt John Daniel, 4 Cornish miner in
charge of the Osceola mine, was much
struck by the uniformity of this pitch,
and instead of simply wondering at it,
as others had done, set to work to plan
some way in which to profit by this
knowledge which he in common with
others possessed.
Adjoining the holdings of the Calu
met & Hecla company were several
tracts of land, of forty acres each. 1t
was supposed that the Calumet e.
Hecla conglomerate copper lode un-
derlaid these tracts, but if the angle OF
3719 degrees was maintained, the lode
would be found only ut an enormous
depth. Quietly securing these tracts,
Capt Daniel interested with him sew
eral Boston capitalists in the venture.
At first the latter were appalled, by the
enormous cost Of the projected work,
but Daniels quiet persistency, the case
with which he demonstrated the pres
ence of the lode under the lands at q
depth ranging from 1900 to 5000 feet,
was finally rewarded, the capitalists
put in their money, and decided by q
single bold stroke to risk several hun
dred thousands of dollars on the chance
of winning millions
The Tamarack company was organ
lied, the shares being taken by the
few who had faith in Daniels ability
q shaft was sunk. Instead of sinking
a small shaft, the dimensions of the
first opening were Sx24 feet inside of
timbers. A heavy plant of machinery
was placed on the ground, and night
and day for three years the miners
hammered, drilled and blasted and the
big shaft went slowly down. Miners
laughed at the folly of sinking shaft
OF three compartments on such slender
chance OF winning mine, capitalists
sarcastically inquired when dividends
would be paid. and the men behind the
venture kept putting two or three hun.
drcd dollars day into the hole
Capt. Daniel had figured that the
copper lode would be cut at depth OF
1880 feet At that depth nothing bu,
!, the barren trap rock was found. Work
, was kept on, and only twenty fee,
: further down, the great vein of the
, Calumet q Hecla, sparkling with cop
: per- worth more than a gold mine tc
, the owners, was struck From crank
, Capt. Daniel became an authority OF
Y mining, and those who had furnished
9 money for the working out of his plan,
were speedily rewarded The Tama
l rack mine, when the first CARLOAD o.
copper-bearing rock was hoisted to
surface from the big vein was worth
, more than it had cost, several time,
over. Although less than ten wears old
! the Tamarack has paid over four mil
= hons OF dollars in dividends, and i
D good for many millions more. 1t grow.
j. bigger daily, and its future no man car
, predict. But its shares no longer sci
for few dollars, and, like the othe
big copper mines, the value of its stool
is proportional upon the anticipate,
u ability of the mine to earn dividends
!. With the completion of the first shaft
J.. second was started, then a third. an,
soon after fourth. Shaft No. 3reacbe,
the copper lode on August 4. 1894