The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-25
MARYLAND COPPER MINE
Syndicate Preparing to Develop
tae Bare Hill Property.
Veins That Were Abandoned in 1864
Believed to Contain Rich Deposits
OF the Valuable oFe-yyater to BE
Pumped Cat and Modern Machin-
cry Installed as Soon as Possible.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 25.-The announce
ment that the Bare Hill copper mines. near
Mount Washington, Baltimore county, will
be reopened has aroused considerable in
terest in a properly which had been work
ed in a small way before the civil war, but
long since has Iapsed into inactivity Bids
for installing the pumping and other ma
chinery TO be erected have been invited by
the syndicate which has now taken hold of
the property.
The representatives of this syndicate are
William Crosbie Eakins and James V Dig
nowity. Mr.. Eakins is secretary of the
Arlington Copper Company, of Arlington
y. J.. and Mr.. Dignowity, who will manage
the Bare Hill property has spent twenty
eight years in Mexico looking after copper
mining properties. He was called from
Mexico to take charge OF the work OF the
syndicate at the Bare Hill property Those
Interested in the syndicate are Boston and
New York parties who have copper prop
critics in Mexico Utah. Colorado, British
Columbia, and New Jersey.
Mr. Eakins said yesterday, when asked
about the plan of his associates:
We found that the Bare Hill mine
closed down about 1864 when a numer OF
other copper mines were also shut down.
The cause of this was the high wages de-
manded by labor then because of the scar
city OF men and the fact that the market
for copper then would not stand prices that
would have TO be gotten for the copper 10
make the mine profitable
We have an gVTiDQ m the pTo0Prty
six months ana are prepared to advance
all The capital that Will be required Il is
the intention to spend at once from $4,000
TO $4,000 10 get water out OF the mine.
which is filled nearly to the surface, and
10 install hosting machinery, compressed
air drills. and erect a smelter, Our plans
provide for taking out ana treating 100
tons Of ore a day. Charles L. Dignowity,
OF Boston, who was the expert Of the
Boston Exploration Company, made a thor
ough examination OF the records and his
tory or the property. as We'll as its loca-
tion- In his report he stated that the ge-
illogical formation was such as 10 give alb
solute evidence Of the presence of two ifs
sure veins carrying copper in highly remu-
neTatiVe quantities. The uutCrOp and char
acter OF the veins. he said would compare
faYorably with any on this continent. The
situation he considered ideal fSr efficient
and economical working with proper equip
ment
1T seems that the mines have under
gone investigation by a number of ergi-
neers of standing and experience Thorn
as Petherick. Of New York, in 1865. made
q report which said
. Geological formation most favorable.
Vein 10 which mining has been hitherto
confined runs from several inches to seven
feet in thickness. with decided tendency
20 increase in size as depth is attained.
Everything indicated that with proper ex-
ploratioR there would be developed enor-
nous ore bodies
Thomas PaYnter in 1864 made report
which said:
BY actual measurement there is ex-
posed and in sight S12S. eco Of ore and by
extending levels east and west from L. 900
to 10000 tons of ore could be raised 10 the
surface and marketed every month
Eugene Caussoin. q Baltimore engi-
neeT. examined the property just before it
was shut Gown in 1854, His inspection
of the books showed that all the ores
shipped from the property averaged Il IL
per cent in metallic copper in carload lots
at tie sms!ter. The average width he
stated. of the lode then exposed was five
feet at the C00-fcot level He found that
the veins were genuine assures and said
that his experience was that 4 mine of
this character would not reach its high
est stage OF production until the 1,G00-fcot
level was reached
The method OF mining and treating
ores has been revolutionized since the
Bare Hill mine shut down. When it was
running the reports show that the engi-
neers estimated it cost one-haIf of the
value of the product to pay the expenses
OF mining and treating the ores. Now it
can be done for one-tenth. Twenty years
ago a copper mine was not considered val
liable unless the ore average 10 TO - per
cent copper. Today some of the most val
liable mines IN the world are treating
ores that only have per cent of copper.
The Rio Tinto mines Of Spain. which were
bought some time ago by an English syn
dicate. are working on ores running from
IL Of / per cent to 2 per cent in copper
The Atlantic Copper Company last year
treated rock that averaged SO of 1 per
cent in copper, or us pounds to every
ton of ore mined and milled. The Ana
conda Company Of Butte. Mont, mills
rock that averages 4 per cent copper. and
the Quincy and Tamarack companies mill
rock averaging lfty-two pounds Of copper
to the ton.
'-The increased consumption Of copper
due to the multiplicity Of new uses found
for it in late years has kept far ahead of
the production. Figures for the first six
months of this year snow that despite the
enormous investment of new capital in
copper mining the production increased
only per cent as against an increase in
consumption of 50 per cent
A Mysterious MURDER.