The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-08-07
A RICH VEIN OF GOLD
FOUND IN GEORGIA
Gold Beariug Soil That Gxcceds
the Mines of California or the
Klordilxc
Klordike.

The Atlanta Constitution says that
mining company of that city Las
struck Il Vein OF goli.heariug soil
which rivals II richness and pa ity the
best ever discovered i'm California or
the klondikc. The VEN is located in
Wilkes E0Wnty, Ga, and the story of
It's discovery IS as follows
From :, single ton Of carih taken
from thi, ucwy discovered nine,
which is known as the Laiimcr miGc.
Hon. J." W. l.0umcr being the rO.ncr
owner of he land, gold To The amount
of So GAO was recently gotten This,
| ii is claimed By the owncis Of the mine,
is the richest yield ever known to be
taken from Il single ton OF earth, Ihc
nearest approach to it being the cole
bratCd COOuStock mine of CulOraiu,
which asSayCd $4,000 to q ton Of lhc
gold bearing soil. The currcctncss OF
these figures is attcSrcd by the ullidn.
Wits of those by VIII ~ the iiyurcs were
obiamud. The yield OF The latimcy
mine IS all the more remarkable from
the fact that tue dir, and rock from
which tho orc was taken included parts
Of the Eoot-wali and haucing-wal Of
the pure N"in, and dld not r"prr5. .nl
The best part o! the lead. This rcSul,
is VouChCd for in the alli Iavit of W. u.
Eiuhcr, who, undcr oath, swCars that he
carefully sampled the vein of gold ore
on the latlmcr mine in Wilkes County,
Georgia, In the presence Of l.. w. !.nti-
mcr, and that the average sample was
taken from the cltirC vein as EXPOSED
The dcpOnCht further Swcars that lie
made true and careful assay Of the
foregoing sample, and it showed value
OF SD $40 per ton.
Mr.. ODucnhcim has IN his oossrssiou
IA lump Of gold weighing ,7S5 penny
weights. This was millcd out of ,lO7
pounds Of yold orc taken bv Walter u
storey from the I.atlmcr mine and
mlllcd on the mill of The Columbia
Mining Company. This single lump
of yold is worth Il 700.
Thoro oro ~ eirh, so r.,r :, uho ,oi,,
| inc, ,,,on,.,,nl ,;oi,, , VIZ ,', III
'nt ;,,,n ,',,,a a,oII t,' p,,, p.';'0,
nns+ nhor, oIoS1n, ,a,s nr nor,h wi"',
tho ,,old - ,oLon rrnn, INA nr, ;, y,;,;
o,nTov,n.t. vc,.v cInso ,n coon nnn ;,,
,,ni,o NM, = l,u 10 ato,,,,, -
worI Of nnnor,rin,, ,hn r,il Loros;, -
tho nrcc,nns mct,I Thn rmll nrtoni ,,r
thc rninn,. wo,l,h ., nI,rsn ~ ~ .
nioc,urn hut rron, oo,I,. ,y,la,n"' :,
!. nnt ,n,nroLahln thot !, n,n,, i,u ,,,n
boo;nning nf . nooL nr tron"yro Fam
u,o hnson, orCenr,,io ri,,oiir,, i, o,.,,,,,
AMI ru,,;,y .n,,n ~ No '';c,99 ,ha W"n,
has made 70 ,hr rnric6 non, or ,na m
wnrld,s treasury
mis- onII l,,nd has hcon tho ,ro,,ort, ,
,f fJnn w I.,;n,nr o;,n, iccd
i'm, an ORIGINAL Grant from ,hn ,n,,
nrnn,rnt r.. T,Iin,,r ., o,,n ,T
was q member of thr IIou.n If Rnn,o.
sn,iotivns rnr l,, ,;,,
hccn aware of ,h. ovis,nmno W cnI,
mon this land thc srnr"GciaI nv;Jonon,
Of i, upou The surface nf thn cor,h coS,
nm bv hidden veins hring nronf sr,li,.i
emf 10 warrant thn conGInnnn ~ a.,
. bclicf ,hol cold cyistcd hrlow ,hn .wnr w
face locked II, tbr cmbrocc IF ,hn inai
5 ous soil '''
+ The story of tbc discovory of ii,
I mine and liz nrosncct, nr nnJolJ hiJ
I den wealth was tod by MIR, Onnrnhrin,