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The Silver Since the discove ,.jvofthe silver mine near Zanesville (an ac count of which was published in a late n umber of the Register) expectation has b* i 0nthe tip-toe,’ among* the salt-borei r,f tbjs neighborhood. We have beards *yeral ac. counts of their having* passed thr tnig*b hard metallic substances, h- retofore, a Certaindistance from the surface of the earth corresponding* with that disc ^vercd by Mr Chandler in Ohio—but tlv y never once thought of having their 60 ri»gS examined. It is expected however, that they will hereafter be on the ah *rt—ami very im-portant discoveries m: ,y be made. If Char.dler hus actually f .found the precioua metal, as represented ;s and we can see no reason to doubt it; t\le probability is, that the country abound? j with it. A few years ago, the man who ild have undertaken to bore for salt wa*j, r*m this neighborhood, would have been, considered insane; but now almost eve/fy farmer can find it; a few years hence, sil.ver ore may be found in as great abundance as that of iron.—Since silver mines luaye become the topic of the day, we have. Ward the following fact re* lated by a rjT-ntleman of veracity, wl cli goes to est ablTsh the idea that there is silver ore in I'ayette county. “ About fourteen vcarsj since, a bov living in Urion-Town, discovered somewhere on the Laurel I*i!l% within 7 or 8 miles of Union, a large quantity of ore; fVom its peculiar anpc'irance, he formed the determ'nation, of ha.ving it tested; and took a small piece (the sisre of a hickory nut) to an ingenious b]ar.!c5nfitb for tfcat purpose, who extracted from it to* the value of 67 cents of pure silver. lie then proposed to the black* stfdth, tiiat the thing should be kept a secret, and that if he would purchase the land on which it had been found, be should receive one half the products—which wa9' agreed to—and they set out together to give t’»e place a thorough examination. On their wav, the bov was seized with a violent headache and lever, which compelled them to return: he took his bed im mediately, became delirious, and died in a few days. This cnsmUv prevented the blacksmith, who had not been particularly informed, from ascertaining the spot where the valuable discovery had been made.—jYut. Intelligencer.
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Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Gazette
Augusta, Georgia, US
Sat, Mar 04, 1820
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