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chiefly galena and zinc blende. The quartz is ‘‘comby,” carrying much gossan; and 
the walls, which near the surface are very rotten, become hard and quartzose several 
feet down, and well charged with iron pyrites. Several assays of the different galenas 
have been made by Dr. Torrey, and the results tabulated as follows. He supposes the 
galena to contain only 80 per cent. of pure lead, allowing for impurities; and the ton is 
taken at its full value of 2,240 pounds. 
Ounces | Ounces | Value of | Value of 
of of silver gold Total. 
silver. gold. in coin, | in cvin, 
In 1 ton of galena from 
West lode—dark........ccescescececasccatcesnscssengeees 581877 | seeesaurses! $7224 | seaewaxees $180.00 
se Tig Wits cerersravenncspgayaresanavsen aie ata rasintaearanalieritemeyerenacereiayete Ren 7EO: jl seretataeraents 46:28: lecomeccms| —ES4eGO 
Mean Of West Lode ii wraueniprw sedan weminieaaaiienemanieerens AS FOS). Voreeetizveisiste BO.2r - eyes wenn 167.00 
Orchard: Veit esas seessenatngenean semana cena n wees S85 51.027 0.9014 65.98 $18.63 192.50 
Mean of the threes cncesesinnasansatins dare auiensmesten 47-540 wNhacibedeteraee Gras |ewecesesi 175.50 
An adit has been driven 300 feet into the hill to drain the west lodes. 
Argentiferous galena has recently been discovered by Capt. F. Ben- 
nett, superintendent of the Paddock mines, at both the 6o- and 120-feet 
levels, and from the shaft to the end of the drift, a distance of some 60 
feet. It occurs continuously along the foot-wall of the copper beds in 
considerable amount. The best assays show the presence of 89 ounces 
of silver to the ton, worth $89.73 at present prices. The value of this 
discovery consists in the fact that all the silver and lead found will be 
put to the account of profit, as the copper will meet the expenses of 
mining. 
The Stevens copper mine in Bath has a vein of argentiferous galena 
upon it, separate from the copper, about 18 inches wide. It is said to 
carry fifty dollars’ worth of silver to the ton. I do not know of any 
other instances of silver in the Gardner Mountain range; but its impor- 
tance will lead the proprietors of the other mines to search for it. The 
facts stated about its occurrence are sufficient to justify further explora~ 
tion; and it will not be strange if the further developments would make 
the silver business more prominent than the copper mining. 
Farther east in Lyman, mention has already been made of galena in 
the gold mines. That from the Bedell mine is said to yield thirty-three 
dollars’ worth of silver to the ton. In the Dodge, Hartford, and Titus 
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