The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-14

of John w. Bull, head timbelman of the
mia
Operations at both mine and smelter are
beign vigorously prosecuted out at Ingot.
The installation OF steam air-com-
press or plant at the mine Is being rushed
pending the arrival OF a Westinghouse
! motor, which has been delayed in ship
ment At the smeter one mile down the
creek from the mine, the furnace proper
has been erected, the inclosing structure
will soon be in position, and the minor
buildings will follow, such as the power
| house, sampling mill, machine shop, etc.
A fine bridge, consisting Of one fifty-four
/ foot span and one fortytWo loot span,
/ has Just been built across Cow Creek Tor
/ the private use of the company, which,
i together with the approaches, constitutes
! one Of the most creditable bridge struc-
| lures of its size in the country While in
itself a mere side issue, yet it is in keep
| ing with the thorough and up-todate
methods shown by the management of the
company in all that is being undertaken
and accomplished.
| The Northern California power line is
now complete between Delamar and Ingot,
and will soon be complete to Kilarc-The
Free Press, Redding, Cal, Thursday even
! ing December "a, 1903.
Read what Judge Henry Rickel, Cedar
| Rapids, Iowa, has to say. He has visited
! the property and is one of the most prom
inent men of his State:
Cedar Rapids Iowa. Dec. s. 1908.
w. P. Fife, Thomasvlle, n. c.
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cevied and contents noted. Since I saw
you l have visited the Afterthought group
of mines in California. I have been there
twice now, and my candid judgment,
Brother Fife, is we have very great
mine / regard Mr.. Dittmar as standing
at the head of the mining business in Cal
ifornia AS you know, he stands officially
very high in Mining circles, and has had
rare opportunities of investigating mines.
He has investigated the Afterthought
property very carefully, and he tells me
he has no doubt that it is the third richest
mine in California He further tells me
that with the character of the ore and the
quality, that he thinks there will be no
trouble when the smelter gets in opera
ton to produce at least $4,000 per month
in bullion. l went through numerous tun-
nels in these Mines and as you know, l
am large stakeholder, and had an inter
est in carefully examining them, and /
was amazed at the vast quantity OF ore
in sight. The deeper we have gone the
wider seem to be the veins and the rich
en- l saw some ore just before l lett in
November, taken from the deepest depths,
that was estimated from $50 to SIS per ton.
Now when you take into consideration
the large quantities of ore you can see
the great richness of this mine The Al
terthought mines have been fully paid
for and the deeds recorded. The 75-ton
smelter was going UP very rapidly when
| was there The ninety-horse power all
compressor has just been put in. Build
ings are going up and a vast amount Of
work being done. Mr.. Scott, the superin
, tendent, is in all respects first-class man
The company could not have done better
in my Judgment, and to have secured
him Everything seems to be running al
right, and have no doubt of the success
t, Of the Great Western.
(Signed) HENRY RICKEL+
Read what NJ E. Decker, Brazil, Ind.
has to say. Another stockholder:
Brazil, Ind, Dee. 81 1903
Mr. w. P Fife, BROWNSVILLE n. G.
Dear Sir: Replying in your favor Of the
29th inst, concerning the Afterthought
property of the Great Western, beg tC
say 1 le1t the property on December LIST
i. l will now give you "a brief outline o.
what 1 learned while there.
, 1 believe Mr.. Scott, the superintendent
J is as good man as the company would
likely get to manage affairs at that EN-
of the line. AS to the value of the prop
erty, judging from the amount OF ore
saw and of the assays had made, Their
can be no mistake as to the property
Every one was busy pushing the comblna
ton OF matters along, looking towar'
J the reduction of ore; which will probabl
be five or SIX months, the boarding hous
with capacity of serving sixty men hat
just been compelled. The carpenters wer
working on the assays office and building
: which by this time, I would judge, is com
plete. There were 10000 of good trad
: red brick burned and ready for use within
a stones throw oft he furnace, all tn
heavy timber of the shelter building wa
framed and ready to be installed, all tn
smelter machinery was on the ground, an
2 most of the furnace was in place. Til
Ok CJlIplSoSOA WdS III WdlIllS the COL
nection of the Northern California Powe
Company, which was just above the hi
from the building, and suppose ere thi
: has been set in operation. l took man
7 pains in going through the many tunnels
| and took a number of samples which
later had assayed by the most able as
z aver | could get in San Francisco, and tn
average of the test was very satisfactory
$24.44 plus, total, per ton. was very care
| Jul to go into details on many things an
sincerely believe with the successful treat
} ment of the ore we will have propert
? that will return many times the presen
| price OF the stock. / believe we can e2
pect returns in eight or ten months. Wit
the compliments of the season. 1 am, your
> truly, M. E. DECKER.
Read what NJ. L. Hissem, another stock
3 holder, of Highee, Mo-, has to say:
/ Vevay, Ind, Dec. 81, 1903.
w. P. Fife, brownsville, N c.
: Dear Sir: visited the mines last weel
: in November. I saw plenty Of ore. Tn
erecting of ne wsmelter, and men work