Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12
THE GOLD FIELD OF NEW.
TON HAMILTON.

a
Hollow about three miles from Nav
ton hamilton, went west, and drift
ed into Colorado, and at Colorado
springs worked himself into the bus
mess OF mining for precious metals,
aud there prospered. As the fish
naturally longs to get back to the
place where 1t Was spawned, SO Ber-
lew !onged to get back 30 the place
where he was born, and last winter
he followed his longing and came
Dack to Mlf1lln county and visited
Long Hollow. Newton Hamilton is
the focal railroad point to the Long
Hollow people and Of course Bsrlew
visited Newton Hamilton, and one
day while III .HJrrison's store, motto.
ed some peculiar iockiDg pieces of
stones on NGrrisan's desk, and he
examined the stones BY the way
Il. L. Morrison IS quite man of al
fairs, rctund ani jolly, and one of
the busiest men IL the town, basy
enough for a millionaire. He is az
editor, store keeper and hotel keep
er, and with all that finds time to
pry into TIE books of nature, the
water of the streams, tho trees,
SHRUBS, weeds, stones and rocks, and
thai IS how be came to have speci-
mems Of rock lying about on his desk,
and when Berlew boxed at the rock
pieces, Atorrisoo's eye twinkled.
Here Was a new man in sympathy
with his tastes, 4 hail fellow well met,
and he answered Berlew's questions
as to where the specimen stones came
from. They we're COTTON oat of a
we'll that was in tie course of dig
ging on john D. Niilsr's lo5 in tie
town, close t. the BERN bank OF the
abandoned canal. "Ah, said Barlew,
these plecss Of rock, are the same
kind OF rock out of which We got
gold in Colorado. They bs!ong 90
the S.luriln formation an j most Ger
talriy contain go!l, and percentage
of silver
That statement wfs a surprise 70
Morrison, and almost mad, HIM sing
the song walking the golden streets
OF the New Jerusalem, for surely if
Boricw's statement proved Itself cor
rsct, ,yhc, every day with other people
OF ths t)wa, walked tle golden
streets q Newton Hamilton.
B=rlew took specimens Of The rock
with him to Colorado, ana in duc
time returned 4 statement to aI9rri
son OF aD analysis Of The sDecin Ems,
he had tak5a with him. The assav
revealed by ona test, was $50 gold;
- silver - the ton; another el61O
gold, - silver; another SI2 COLA, 81
silver
The well or tho Miller lot is about
- feet deep, aEd 4 ton or two Of the
greyise, blue rock taken out cf il,
hes on IKE ground at The mouth of
the well. The same rock was cn-
couaterei in vel on al adjoining
lot owned by Colonel Rhodes ofLew-
istowo.
~ -tison has several hundred
pounds 0f the rock lying loose in and
abou! his store, and has letters from
beriew stating his willingness to 20
into mining enterprise =! Newton
Hamilton 10Y gold, which IS evidence
that !:s is re2dy - prove the faita
that Is i'll him
Tie rock to the casual observer, has
the appearance of limestone. L does
not expose itself at the canal bank as
one might cxpectii 10 30 from the loca-
ton q the wel!, but ma3es Il heavy Dip
OK from the river, deep under ihe
camp meeting ground where it vas en-
c2o2te-ai, 400 under the ,,jrk De
vonian shales, several years ago vixen
they eank q well foc water on the
camp ground. l. is hard rcck and
was abou: I feet in thickness where
encountered by the camp meeting
well 5rilicrs. Whaa the emp. meet
iug we'll was Gunk tor water consider
able excitement wGs aroused Ia the
Community ovCr 10 manifestation cf
gas that ba55.ed out Of the well at
certain times, aud it is asserted to-
dag, thai i 3, stone be lied to a rope
and dropped into the well and pull
cd mp ard down that gas in sufficient
quantities Will come out at the top,
that it may be lit with match.
The cas- fever i in a state Of aJas4-
!4,a',t, but the gold fever is raging as
au epidemic, and viii prevail till the
question has been settled as TO wheth-
er Beriew is correct in bis analysis Of
the rocl;, tina belongs where the Up
per Siluyian formation iJias the De-
verian formation.
The Upper Helderberger limestone
woaid st in quite nicely az Newton
Hamilton, but Berlev did not name
the rock; and not baing much of
geoiogist. we viii not call it Upper
Hslderb@rgcr limestone, and even if
wo felt Ike doing 50, are not prepar-
ed II say that it IS destitute Of or is
full Of both gold and silver.
The ground Immediately east Of
he camp meeting ground IS Il depos
lie Of Il Juuiata food drlft mud and
stones or ice drift deposit, lying on
tie dark sbaies Of The Devonian pc
Tiod or formation. The dark shales
are clearly revealed in the ravine
that runs through tie camp back OF
the hotel. Ny. Appleby who was
busy putting Oh the white wash pol
ish when We passed through the 81
leut camp, told us that the dark slate
or shales that have here and there
been put on walks in the camp were
dug from the side of the rayine Just
mentioned, but the geological form
alton is Of no concern to the average
people in Newton Hamilton. If they
eau pick apples from cherry trees,
they don't care whether the GeOlo