The Cherokee advance. (Canton, Ga.) 1880-19??, November 05, 1915, Image 3
THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE, CANTON. GEORGIA. vMHP FINE GOLD MINE PROSPECT CLAIMS. Eighty Acres in the entire tract, located only two miles from Holly Springs and railroad in Cherokee County, Georgia. 1 have had a reliable prospector and miner to thoroughly test this claim, and he reports a large vein of gold ore exposed by an open cut six feet deep, the ore being free milling and can be mined and milled very cheap—probably less than one dollar per ton will cover all such expense; only about two and one-half feet on foot wall appears to be a paying grade on my claim where ex posed, but further investigation would probably show more, as on an adjacent claim the same vein is over twenty feet wide, and the ore taken therefrom is said to be worth about three dollars per ton. _The vein is known as a large pocket vein, and the method advisable would be a mill of considerable size so as to mill the ore as sheap as possible. There is nearly three fourths of a mile of strike of vein on the claim, the entire eighty acres is in original forest, and is well timbered. There is no running water on this eighty acres, but there is on property adjoining it, which could be easily secured. 1 do not understand mining and although I have had this proposition investigated by experts and they have conservatively estimated the value of the property at Ten Thousand Dollars I would be willing to sell for less than this price. The claim lies about one thousand feet above sea level, and the fact that free gold can be panned along the strike of the vein at several different points shows that careful and systamatic development work might show the existance of a very rich and large deposit of gold ore. 1 am willing to sell a bargain in this piece of property. E. L. FAW, Marietta, Georgia. RICHEST GOLD PROSPECT CLAIM IN GEORGIA If you. want the richest gold prospect claim in Georgia, per haps my 40 acre claim is the one for you to examine. It is only one mile from Railroad at Holly Springs, Ga. Plenty of water on claim, giving excellent mining facilities. I have vein exposed by shaft, which is 65 feet deep, vein is 7 feet wide assays show the ore worth from three dollars a ton to over $1000.00 a ton, for select parts. A reputable resident miner who is familiar with it says this claim is worth fifty thousand dollars but I am not at all excitable and would price much cheaper to a reliable man. As deep as this claim has been developed the gold is free and can be seen in the quartz. This is undoubtedly an extension of the famous old Franklin, which has been developed down over 1000 feet deep, with the ore bodies larger and richer than at the surface. There is timber on this claim with which to timber the mine, to be brief, this is an “Ideal Claim” if you care to investigate write me direct as 1 will sell a bargain. This claim has been test ed with a free gold mill test plant, and the average of the values recovered has been above 40 dollars a ton. The 40 acre claim, yet nearly 1-2 mile of the strike of vein, as it runs through the lot nearly northeast from southwest, gold can be paned all along the vein, showing good continuity, the ore can be mined and mill ed at less than one dollar a ton. Claim lies about 1000 feet above sea and indications justify a miner in anticipating a great future. Write ZED SUMMEROUR, Mining Engineer, Holly Springs, Georgia. TO FRIENDS AND CORRESPONDENT To those who may receive a sample copy of this paper with a few mining claims briefly described—I wish to say this is an effort to encourage direct dealing with owners. All interested parties are requested to write these owners for more information if desired. To all my friends and correspondeents I say I am glad they now have the opportunity of dealing direct with owners of deeds. I have no apologies to offer, I feel like I am calling attention to one of the most profitable industries known to man, I am not ask ing men to come to Georgia to spend millions, but I am inviting their attention seriously to the gold fields and other minerals of the state, as an honest legitimate business. If a man buys a claim at twenty five hundred dollars—does not over $500.00 worth of work and in less than six months sells claim for ten thousand dollars—is not his profits better than appears possible in the or dinary channels and I am told this has recently been done with a Cherokee county gold prospect and refer to it as a sample of the bargains possible for a little money combined, with skilled management. If a man takes $800.00 to test a claim, and pays $275.00 for a plant and before spending all the $800.00 has cleaned up and sold over fifteen hundred dollars worth of gold, is it not strong evidence that gold could be produced at good pro fits, and I done this work under a disadvantage of a very small and almost worn out test mill, but it is postive evidence that some profits were made. Ask a man to invest his good money in a Cherokee county gold claim, and he naturally asks the question, (How do you account for the failures that have been made?) I briefly reply and say that nearly every so called failure I have ever examined into was due to bad management. If reasonable men will come here and study attending conditions closely and impartially, I do not fear any disagreement with them for they will find the evidence. Much of the mining has been done under the direction of mine foremen, who were not able to distinguish Iron from Copper, Pyrites from Gold. Where hand selecting of ores has been done it has happened, that ore worth not over 5 dollars a ton was saved for the mill, when ore worth over $1000.- 00 a ton was sent to the waste heap, for the lack of mining know ledge, but the claim was not to blame. -Much of the gold, in Georgia is covered by a very thin film of iron, through which the gold will shine, yet the coating is thick enough to prevent amalgamation, but persons who were not competent miners and not familiar with the true nature of the ores have advised large amalgamation plants on such ores, to find out that the plant was not adapted to the ores, and would not save the gold. Then the parties financing, would very naturally grow skeptical and slow about putting up more experimental funds, and in many such cases the so called miners would condemn the mine and abandon it when the real fault was with the men—-often companies have organized with intention of mining practically—but about the first thing they do, is to employ a costly expert, or geologist, or some man perhaps at a cost of $500.00 a day and expenses to get up a plan of advertisment. Do not the investors know that God has some ways past finding out, and that the only possible accurate way to determine the amount of ore on a claim is by actual development, work that will permit of measurements, and that no man is in possession of such knowledge as to enable him to say in advance of work how many tons of ore exist, then why pay enormous fees for information that is not possessed as to whether volcanic action, or percolation, or some other force brought our vein matter into existence. _I do know on these delicate non-essential points, our most eminent geologist differ, I think for the reason that nobody knows and my study has been as to how to most cheaply break down the veins and put them in to the mill-house for treatment, and not waste money on theor ies that can never be reduced on a science and regardless of what may have been the force or agent that produced our vein matter, they exist just as they are and if the matter could be determined it still would not be of practical benefit to the miner. -Hence the only practical test must come by actual labor and work that al lows measurements in prospecting I have learned that the south west slope of a hill is better than a northeast slope, but I can not tell why. I have learned that our best veins are those with mica schists and porphyry wall matter, but I could not give a scientific reason why. Just so with many points, some miners put interrogations about, investors would naturally wish to know about how much would be required to start production. To this question, I would answer that $1000.00 would put in a small plant of about 5 tons daily capacity, to save about 80 per cent, of the assay values, where the gold could be recovered by the simple free milling process, but if chemical treatment is required which it would be on sulphurated ores, it would take near $5,000 on the same size plant, but in either case a plant should be select ed according to the known supply of ore, and so placed in as to allow additions from time to time, as developments would justi fy in a belt or lead passing through the state nearly northeast from southwest and generally about 7 miles wide. We have a variety of minerals—gold, aned poper, mica, asbestos, iron, mar ble, pyrites—We have a mild climate that permits of mining work 365 days in a year. Our laws are very well made and per mit* of such emergency work on Sunday as may be required for drainage etc. The people as a rule are honest and intelligent. Labor is cheap for the reason that the great resources are lying dormant, undeveloped mining facilities are excellent—hte two essentials are—a little money to start production and good man agement to keep it coming at fair profit. -Most of the Cherokee county, Georgia, gold claims are 100 feet above sea level and down to that, depth can be worked cheap, compared with min ing expenses in other countries, where the formation is hard and costly to break. It is not my intention to make this as a miners report, covering all points, but interested persons can write the owners direct and let them give through a reliable miner, the in formation desired and in this way the deals would be more direct than old time optionist double pricing method. -1 firmly believe that investors will appreciate the opportunity direct dealing with owners of deeds and that is why I am suggesing that any one desiring to watch things, might do well to send the Editor a dollar and have his paper come regularly, giving mining news and brief descriptions of properties from time to time. Those with idle money can find a profitable field for invest ment here if they will only take the carefulness to properly in vestigate. I am not endeavoring to create an impression that 1 am the only miner that could succeed here, but 1 do say to invest ors, to look well after the man who directs how their money is spent, for on the miners judgement, depends success or failure. Yet any good careful miner ought to be able to succeed now with the history of the past and modern inventions to guide him. Any interested person wishing more information could write these owners direct and I am satisfied they would be given truth ful and honest replies promptly. Respectfully, S. M. HILLHOUSE, P. O. Box 23, Canton, Georgia. - I / \ The Post Park Mineral Spring that is creating so much ex citement in curing chronic diseases of the liver and kidneys and stomach has been tested by the State Chemist, who says, “It con tains Carbonates, Sulphates, Chloride of Potash, Sodium, Lime, Magnesia, Iron and Sylica, and is quite pure. The daily flow of 200 thousand gallons, could cheaply be piped into Atlanta and Canton. This 5 acre tract with spring, and park I will sell at less than half its real value, as I am getting too old to properly de- velope it as is deserving. P. D. POST, Holly Springs, Georgia. Gold, Pyrites, Mica, Kaolin, Soapstone, all of these on one 246 acre claim in one mile of Railroad, wood on claim to supply boiler. Little river runs through claim giving excellent mining facilities. Experts say there is a fortune in this claim. But I have no experience in mining and would like to sell to some good man who would take up claim on its true merits after examina tion. Respt. B. D. HAUSE, f Lebanon, Georgia. _ ■ 40 acre claim 4 miles, of Railroad in Cherokee County, Ga., one of the richest places of the state. Large gold vein 5 feet wide at 30 feet depth assayed 72 dollars a ten on other large sand stone vein on claim assays 2 to 4 dollars a ton. I am a widow and not able to give this claim the attention it deserves, iso have decided to sell it and in order to hasten a sale I will make deeds at a low valuation. Mrs. M. M. COWAN, In care of S. M. Hillhouse, Canton, Georgia, P. O. Box 23. ■■ o o