The age-herald., 1897-08-01
Ala ska has gold.

Alabama has gold, too.
 Alaska is ice bound nine months in
 the year.
 Alabamians never suffer from cold, the fruits grow and theiflowers blossom from January to December.
 People are hocking to Alaska, many to starve, others to grow rich. In no other country in the world could gold be saved under similar climatic conditions, but experts say the mines of the Klon- dyke regions will yield millions.
 Klondyke is said to have originated from the old Indian word Trondak, which is interpreted "A land of fish"
 Alabama's wealth does not lay in one source. She is a state of minerals. Gold, iron, coal and copper abound in her ap- parently worthless vermilEon hills Her iron and coal have been developed and as far back as 1S45 mines were operated profitably in Cleburne Clay. Tal1apoosa and other counties.
 Gold is still being mined.l but we can
 not hope to rival the west with her vast
 fields of ore, on account of the disadvan- tages we must overcome in saving the
 metal" s.t6 l
 This statement was made by MT. !. Winston Smith, whose blood quickens at the mention of a gold mine, just as the sportsman starts alt the yaslp of the hound
 when he hits the ltuail. r
 Gold mines were operated in Alabama at profit betw en jhe years 1S45 and 1S49 Many of these mines are being operated now. Probably the most valuable prop erty in the state Is the Stone Hill cot. pn copper mine, which saw its palmy days between the years 1873 and 1878. During these years large quantities of black oxide was shipped to the Pope-Cole com pany, Baltimore, Md, at big profit. - Afterwards it was undertaken to smelt the copper and furnaces were erected, but on account of the inaccessibility bo coke
 and limerock for a Aux, smelling proved failure. and at this time copper also began to decline in value.
 When MT. Smith was found at his office he was explaining some specimens of ora More Expensive.
 You can readily comprehend our dls- advantages" continued the gentleman.
 when I explain further. The gold of the west is not mixed in with iron pyrftes, as it is in this section. The gold of the vest is saved by the free milling process. whila we dlIU IOTCtu uO d IilOu-t eApN11sSlNc pTDC-SAS
 About thres years ago MT. w. D. Det- nick, of Heflin, secured a lease and option on the property, and has been operating
 it since, shipping the ore to Newark, N. J., for treatmens which he claims is done alt considerable profit, notwithstanding it
 costs him $4 per tom to get it to the near est railroad station. He gets & return of
 gold, copper and silver, the ore carrying
 all these metals in considerable quant-
 ties. When R, J. Wood shipped ore be- tween 1873 and 1876 he got psturm for
 only the coppen contained in fhe ore.'f Mills Now in Operation. "Do the mills yet run at profit? Yes, several mines are now in operation that yield profit. A mill is running at Pine- lucky, in Randolph county. The Ivey
 mine in Clay county is turning out dapa precious metal, and the Idaho mine, be-
 ing operated by the Huntington mills, is in operation The Phnetucky ore is in a
 small vein. but of a very high grade. In Clay county lhe ore is found in large
 quantities, but s of a low grade. s Are lar'ds yielding large quantity 1 of ore, even though of a low grade. pre- l ferable to investors ?'s. inquired tine re- | porter.
 This is always the case" answered MT. | Smith. "A low grade ore containing | gold regularly is the most profitable. Tn the summer of 1895 much enthusi- | asn was created by the finding of 900 | in two pockets at the Arbacoochee mines | in Cleburne county These rich pockets | have been found at intervals since 1S49, 1 but the mine is doing little for its owners | now.'' Suspended for Improvements. "There is a fifteen stamp and an eight stamp mill In operation at Susanna
 mines in Tallapoosa county. Operations l have however, been suspended until con- centrators can be put in. This will be 1 done in order to save what is termed re- 1 bellious gold.
 Developments are also being made on
 tine Houston Wise property in Cieburne l county. The shaft has been run down | 135 feet and the operators report that l they are satisfied with results so far, al- l though ITO machinery has been put in
 for reducing the gold.
 l .sNhat do I think about Alfasha
 There is big money in Alaska. for some l body and lots of disappoiptments in store for others. There will hardly be a whole I sale influx of gold hurtters to Alaska, but ! it is safe to say mills wul be operated to
 advantage for many years" |