The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-01
CAMERON SAYS
HE OWNS GOLD
Alexander City Man In
Montgomery.
TALKS OF HIS MINES
Declares NewYOrk Dispatches
Referred TO HIS Property.
Is Enthusiastic Over Mineral Possi'
bilities of Tallapoosa, Clay and
Cleburne Counties and Pre-
diets Glowing Future.

DR.. II. John Cameron Of Alexander City,
President and General Manager Of tho
Hillabee Mining Company. operating In
the gold fields of Tallapoosa, Clay and
Cleburne Counties. was in Montgomery
last night in the interest of his company.
Yesterday The Advertiser published an
Associated Press account OK a furry In
Wall Street caused by the refusal Of an
Alabama mining company to sell stock,
and rumors of big yields coming from
these fields DR.. Cameron says that his
company and his fields are the ones refer
red to in the Associated Press dispatches.
DIR. Cameron said last night:
1T is TACT that about six miles to the
northeast Of Alexander City. we are OPP
Grating 20-stamp min and q modern
chlorinating plant. This work has been
going on for two years with a 10stamp
mill and gold ore has been mined in pay
ing quantities all Of this time.
with the exception Of reports made
by DR.. Tuomey of the State University
in 1868 and later reports made by DR.. Eu-
gene A. Smith. State Geologist. no mem
tfon has been made of these gold fields
in Alabama papers. or geological papers
throughout the country, ana the general
public would be surprised to see the work
we are doing In Tallapoosa County.
Previous TO the Civil War, large
amounts Of gold and copper ore
were found throughout the counties
of Tallapoosa, Clay and Cleburns, Most
Of the work was done ON gold ores. work.
ed on the water level and treated on
copper plates. The place mentioned In
the Associated Press account Is q part
of this series Of mines. where cur mill
and alternating plant now stands. 1t
was discovered many years ago by a
nr Lob, = wxtr, Adj IL
he was exeavating for wine cellars. He
found two veins OF oriferous sulphidas
and shipped about twenty tons Of " 10
Montgomery, thinking II was copper, In
one of these veins, an oriferous pyrits Of
gold bearing ore was found. Three old
fashioned wood stamps with iron shoes
were erected and afterwards two more
were added and the mines were worked
In heller SHELTER way with water power
at what Is known as Dutch Bend on
Hillabee Creek. The fortunes Of DE-.
Ulrich were broken by the war and the
mining was suspended. In later years
it was tried again by miners, but the
fabulous tales from California took them
all to that part of the country.
Through DR.. George Little of Tus-
caloosa. 1 learned of this gold belt In
1895 and on investigation found it worth
thorough examination. The property
was bought from Colonel B. L. Dean. A
1O-stamp mill was erected, which was
worked for one year and eighteen months.
Only surface ore was mined, that IL
oxidized or free milling ore, which on
some veins reached to depth OF rs to
100 feet"
DR.. Cameron says that there are sew
eral thousand acres Of land in these coun-
ties that can be mined with good nnan-
cial results He says that hundreds of
assays have been made and the gold gen.
orally averages over So a ton, and in some
instances the gold that could be secured
by proper mining would reach 8. 600 q ton.
Graphite, mica, corundum and other
metals exist in that country. says DR..
Cameron, and 1t would be a paying busi-
ness to mine them. He declares that Il
would surprise the average Alabamian
to see the number of mills there are for
the mining Of these metals, and a big
future for the country Ia predicted by
him.
DR.. Cameron Is himself q mining en-
gineer. having worked in Mexico, France
and other foreign countries. He declares
the Alabama fields second to none In the
world. The mining up to this time, he
AYERS, has been crude, but he propheaes
a big boom in that country shortly. The
people of the counties mentioned are
deeply interest in the success of the en-
terprises and are aiding the miners in
every possible way
Referring to the statements from New
York, DR.. Cameron said they were evil