Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-19
VIRGINIA COPPER MINES
Norfolk Enterprise Helping to
Develop Our Copper Wealth.
The Wall and Other Mines In Halifax Coun-
ty-lncreasins Interest in the Great
Copper Deposits. rhcre-Incrcasc in the
Amount of Copper Ore smeltcd at West
Norfolk.

Virsinian-Pilot representative yes
terday met a Norfolk business man
who had just returned from the Wiz
ginia copper belt. in Halifax county.
He had some handsome specimens of
orc that he said would run fifty per
cent pure copper. These were from
the Wall mine. a new property of 1875
acres. They had one shaft down GO feet
yesterday and have discovered veins on
the property These run from three to
! fourteen feet in width and are of un-
known depth.
Other mines in this vicinity have
| shafts down 800 feet. and in all of them
| thus far the ore increases in richness
| as the mines go farther down. The
work of Development is going steadily
| forward in this rich district. and last
! year ono of the mines yielded 100000
worth OF ore.
The ores vary in purity from four to
/ seventy per cent. y syndicate of cap
/ talistS are now Investigating the Wall
| mine and they are highly pleased at
| the S,-mpleS Of ore submitted TO them.
! H. on Investigation, the orc body is
| found 10 grade up the samples. 1t is
/ understood they viii purchase the
/ property az 100000.
| The Halifax county mines are no.
| new. although they have attracted
/ great prominence but recently. Several
! of them We're in operation forty years
! ago. They We're worked exclusively by
| hand. The ore al That time was Gle
| waited by horse power and conveyed in
! wagons twenty-five miles to shipping
! point. The price then was seven and
! eight cents Il pound.
Now the railroad penctrates this sec
| ton, improved methods ana machinery
| have vastly lessencd the cost of pro-
! ducton. and copper is selling between
i In. 81
| these facts before the reader and the
! tendency TO increase in price. because
| of enlarged consumption. !; will be seen
| that this State has a vast copper
| wealth that viii greatly enrich those
! connected with the mining industry
y norton OF the product Of the mines
! of This section comes by rail 10 West
/ Norfoik where ii is smelted and ship
/ ned by water Tho better grades are
| shipped direct to the smeltcrs North.
THE BY-PRODUCTs.
These mines. like the general run of
! mines everywhere. also give valuable
| bN-products. At the depth Of - feet
| the Wall mine shows by assay 70 pre-
! cont copper and 5000 per ton in gold
and silNer At n depth Of 80 feet the
/ Gre ass8yed u per cent. copper and
| Sl.CJ per ton in gold and silver While
the returns Of gold and silver do not
seem heavy the aggregate in a years
| work presents n very satisfactory add
| non 10 the sum received for the copper.
| The same parties handling the Wall
| mine have another property that will
1 be developed later and placed in the
market
INTERESTING MINING FIGURES.
As 10 the producing mines Of various
minerals. includ:nG COPPER, the Engi-
| neering ana Mining Journal says:
| The total dividends disbursed by
| the various companies identified with
the mineral Industry OF the United
! states IA the eleven months ending No
/ vemter 80 SO far as reported to the
| Engineering and Mining Journal.
| Amounted 20 $ll4.5G7 i52, paid by two
! hurCreu companies. OF the total, the
! gold. silver, copper. lead. zinc and
/ qNicksuver mines contributed $4S,75O
/ 52. or 800 per cent. while the re-
! mtinlmS $'5S!o SO or 575 per cent,
| was pa.a hy tie petroleum. coal and
! coke, iron ana stecl ard other com
Corner mines paid $50 .4so SIC. or
| 90 per cont OF the total mining divi-
| Ger ds The Amalramated Copper Com
rt,uy paid our 81 o0J.0co. or per cent.
| On us capital. This was derived from
! dividends of tho companies controlled
| by IT, inCiudine lhe Boston. and Mon
| tana which paid $G45o oo0 or 172 per
cent. ror annum OF its share capital:
| AnaOanda, SiS00 COO. or l6 per cent per
| annum, and Parrot Sl.379l00 or GO per
| cent. The Calumet ana Hecla, in
| Michigan, paid $4,000 COO OF 200 per cent.
pcr nnum on it's capital stock. TIE
| Quincy also OF Michigan maid $o0000O.
| or 35 per cent. on its capital OF 50. 800