The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-11
ARLINGTON MINES.
Mayor George Baylis Discovers
Copper, Silver and Gold
on His Property.

The Newark Sunday "Call' is RESPONSE
BILE for this Klondike story
Mayor George Baylis of North Airing
ton, has struck ore in his quarry near
the old Schuyler copper mine, and it was
assayed on Thursday at 81, 900 per ton. The
ore is said to be rich in gray copper car
rying a large percentage of silver and has
also enough gold, it is said, to pay all the
expenses of working. The vein is a big
one, running from eight inches to over a
foot in width, and is on a lower level
than the old copper mine workings, and
for that reason has remained undis-
covered. The prospect shaft, from which
this ore was taken, is about half way up
the rock face of the quarry workings
The vein is a distinct one and may be
traced on the rock face for a width of
probably thirty feet. In the shaft the
lead grows wider and a specimen taken
about fifteen feet from the mouth of the
shaft was almost as heavy as solid
chunk of metal would have been. The
gangue carries gold and silver, according
to an old time silver miner who looked
over the specimens.
The result of the assay was a thorough
surprise to Mayor Baylis. He supposed
the mineral to be rich in copper, but did
not dream that its value would much
exceed or per cent. of copper to the
ton. He is now having d percentage as
say for the gold and silver made by two
ore sampling concerns. The assay made
last week was by one of the largest and
most responsible firms in New Jersey.
''They told me that the ore was worth
81, 900 per ton,,'' said Mayor Baylis yester-
day.
Il said to them that copper ore is never
worth as much as that"
THAT ore,'' the assayor replied, point
ing to the piece lying on his table, is
worth $1,000 a tom
Mayor Baylis is quite familiar with cop
per ore, having owned the quarries and
old Schuyler copper mines for years. His
reason for having this assay made was
that he noticed marked difference in the
structural formation and weight OF the
ore. The assay was not percentage one,
but what is known to miners as "a test
assay. 1t is said to give a close approx
innate value of ore per ton. The specimen
from which the assay was made was
taken from the breast OF the VEN ana
was not picked out for special richness
The assays now being made will be from
samples of ore shoveled from the mine
shaft, one uiece of ore being taken from
every fifth shovel in a dump load
The presence of the precious metals in
the Schuyler copper mine has always been
known, but the percentage has hitherto
been CONSIDERED loo SmdH 10 HdAe WoiA
profitable.
]. Franklin Crowell had specimens
of the ore assayed and pronounced them
rich in the precious metals. Mr.. CroWell
was a silver miner for several years, ms
father, G. l.. Crowell, having owned at
one time a large interest in the famous
Anaconda mine
1t will be remembered that about last
Christmas an old miner, who called him
self Oleum Nobody, was arrested for hv-
ing in one of the shafts of the old Schuy-
used for food. When he was locked up
he proved to be a well read anc. intelligent
German. He said he was an old silver
miner and prospector, and had made a
discovery in the old mine that would be
worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
to Mayor Bayls, but he refused to dis
close the nature of his discovery because
of his arrest. 1t was assuming at the
time that the man was romancing.
f. w. Dashe, the superintendent of con-
struction of the Harlem speedway and a
well-knoWn consulting engineer, has for
several months believed that a stamp mill
and concentrator could be used with profit
on the copper ore found at these mines.
On Friday night they examined ore from
Mayor Baylis' quarry with great interest
He said that it was undoubtedly very rich,
but what the percentage of precious
metals was he could not say without max
ing asays Mr. Dashee has had a wide
experience in mining both in this country
and in South America.
Mayor Baylis is in very comfortable
circumstances and will probably operate
the mine himself. He said yesterday that
if the ore was valuable enough for others
to mine it was good enough for him, and
he would work the vein for all there was
in it.