Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-12
Immense Vein of Gold and Copper
Ore.
RICHEST IN TIE WORLD
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Raleigh, N. c., April lift reports
from Union Mine. near Salisbury, are
to be believed. it is the richest deposit
of copper IN the world.
An immense vein of gold and copper
bearing ore runs through the mine
property for over half mile. The ore
ut the surface runs about per cent.
copper, at water-level 1t is per cent.
at about 600 feet 10 per cent. and still
deeper it reaches from 10 to 40 per cent.
copper until at the bottom there are
large sheets of native copper.
From n report made by Mr.. J. J.
Newman, mining engineer, the fol-
lowing is taken:
ESTIMATING this vein thirty feet
thick, 5000 feet long on this property,
5000 feet deep. would make 27O,000,000
per ton, would make 27,000 900 tons of
ore; estimate only 10 per cent ere
would make 5,40O,OOO,00O pounds of cop
per, and this at Is cents per pound,
would be $4,000, 900 alone for the cop
per in the one vein. Working 200 tons
per day for 300 days per year would
take $50 years to work the ore out.
Calumet anu Hecla is down 1000 feet
and more This mine is n baby by the
side of this one vein. There are seve-
raj other veins of copper on the mine
besides there are two or three silver
veins that from the top of the ground
down will pay to work for the silver
alone. as some OF the ore runs as high
nS 500 ounces of silver per ton, and
there is native silver at the bottom of
the 10 foot silver shaft on the mine,
and This VpiO nlDna ON mil 10
through the property. There are also
some 10 or more gold veins on the pro-
perty that run the whole length of
the property. In all there are not less
than 10 to IL miles of copper, gold and
silver veins on the property. every foot
OF which will pay to work for the can
fonts of the veins.
There is enough vein matter on this
one mine for 20 large companies to
work for more than n century.
THE question naturally resolves tt
self in the question: Why has this
peoperty been permitted to lay idle
since 1861? 1t is answered by the fact
that the miners were old men, did not
know what they had, were tied up by
minor heirs and did not have any one
they could trust to work the mine for
them, and did not care to put the
money in to work it, and have been
holding the property as an investment
1 CT cnelF nelrS.
TRINITY BALL TEAM.
The Trinity College baseball team
passed here Sunday afternoon on their
way South to play series of games.
The men are in fine trim, having had
several weeks practice with the Bos-
ton League team, and are pretty con-
fident of victory
Mr.. Marion Cobb is the manager of
n ,Sesf
is, too-and Mr.. w. w. Card is captain.
The team played Monday and to-day
at the University of Georgia. at Athens,
anu Is scheduled as follows for the re-
mainder of the week:
Wednesday. School of Technology, at
Atlanta
Thursday and Friday, Mercer Uni
Versity, at Macon.
Saturday, the y. NJ. c. A. at Angus
ia.
The batting order of the team is as
follows: Smith, catch; Jordan, third
base; Lambert, short stop: Card centre
field; Person. right field and pitch: An
derson, second base; Nicholson, first
base; Minis, left field; McAtee, pitch
and right field
THE GOVERNORS FUTURE PLANS
AS has previously been stated in these
columns Governor Russell expects. at
the expiration of his term of Office. to
go to New York to practice law. This
was the primary purpose of his trim
North last week. He will, if the pres
ent arrangement is carried out. take
the late Sol Wells place in the firm