The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-12-15

Cove hill mines in STAFFORD, of which
the one now owned by the Reynolds
Mining and Chemical Co. is being de-
veloped at the present time. Should
you wish to drive to this mine go
north from STAFFORD upper hollow"
on the Chelsea road to the "old city,"
then take the Copperfield road until
you pass the summer home of Prof. s.
G.. Chandler of Harvard college, and
just beyond this you will find the road
leading to the home of Charles Cove,
east of which and a half-mile away Is
ridge on the top of which are the
buildings and the entrance to the
shaft now being sunk by the Rey-
nolds Mineral and Chemical Co.
The Reynolds Brothers, who are the
principal owners of the mines, pur-
chased the mining rights here in 1885.
They had a shaft sunk about IS feet
some time after and a lot of good ore
was found but for some reason work
until last spring when they COM
menced running a sloping shaft down
wards and work in this shaft is now
going on. The shaft has been put
down to a depth of about 70 feet and
large and valuable body Of ore has
been developed. Some Is or more
tons Of the ore were shipped away
some weeks ago. This was divided
into two bodies, one of which was
found to carry Is per cent of pure
copper while the other carried 10 per
cent. This was a remarkable show
ing. Especially so for ore taken from
near the surface. Usually the ore
mined carries but s or 10 per cent Of
copper.
The Reynolds Co.'S Organization.
The Reynolds Mineral and Chemical
Co. was organized last September with
a capital of 100000. The revenue
stamps used upon the papers filed
in the town clerks Office would !'uy
a small farm. The officers Of the
company are: President, J. B. Rey-
nolds, mining broker of New York
City; treasurer, VIM. H. Reynolds.
practical miner of Rutland, Vt; secre-
tary, VIM. Blake, of New York City.
Geo. B. Reynolds, the third of the
Reynolds brothers, is a real estate
dealer in Chicago.
The company is now building
''whim" house and a cobbing house
and will keep a few men at work in
the mines through the winter. The
shaft will be sunk to a depth of 100
feet, then a cross-cut will be run TO
determine the width of the vein after
which a drift will be run towards the
south until enough of the vein is de-
veloped to determine whether there is
in this mine continuous body Of ore
or not. If the expectations of the COM
pany are realized an adit will be run !
in from a lower level and mining upon
a large scale will be commenced in the
spring.
The hosting of the ore for the pres
ent will be done with a horse "whim"
but in the spring a steam hosting ap-
paratus will be put in and steam
drills will be used for miuing the ore.
This mine is only in its infancy but
members of the Elizabeth Mining Co.,
who have had large mining expert
ence, tell your correspondent that it
to be a very rich mine. The
pref rom the start has been very rich
from 10 to Is pr celt of cop
per. This is said to be remarkable.
AS rich ore as this is not usually
found in any quantity until a low
lepth is reached in a mine. No great
Quantities are found in any mine.
1t will take some time to develop
he probable extent of the ore body
'ound here but the owners are very
certain it is a large body and they
know they are now producing some
Yer mine.
A view of the buildings covering
he entrance to the mine is shown in
he accompanying engraving.
The Green Mountain Mine.
West of and abutting the Reynolds
nine is the mine owned by the Green
fountain Mining Co., the principal
of which is J. II. Chad
wick of the Boston Lead Co. of Bos-
on, Mass. This mine was worked
or a time about 80 years ago and
haft was sunk to a depth of IS feet.
IRE of a fine grade was found. but
he price of copper going down, min
1g was suspended. This mine, like
hat adjoining it, can be developed for
comparatively low sum, the ore first
cached being of fine grade and rich
l copper so that its sale would from
he first place the mine very nearly,
not quite, upon paying basis. The
tuation is such that the owners
Ould combine with the Reynolds
omDanV and save the cost Of ona