Mt. Moosilauke (1888) - A Visit to the Ore Hill Mine
". . . Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12th and 13th, 1888, were clear, bright, beautiful, lovely days for mountain climbing and sightseeing with two preachers of New Hampshire, one a Congregationalist and the other a Methodist. The former, Mr. A.T. Hillman, is the state missionary of his order, and the latter, the writer, is the pastor of the society worshipping at Warren village. The former is from "the Pine Tree State" and the latter is from "the Empire State."
The first, a mineralogist, wished to procure some Warren specimens and make a still further acquaintance with his namesake. The writer was pleased with the purpose of his Christian brother and distant relative and soon with proper conveyance we are off for Ore Hill, in the northwest part of the town. Thousands of dollars have been spent mining for zinc, copper, lead, silver and gold, but though the mines are said to be rich enough, the processes of separation are so costly and difficult that it does not pay to work them. We secured a few good specimens of zinc and lead ores, some tremolite, and a few others of less value.
In the afternoon we visited the gold mine in the southeast part of the town. . . ."
From "Visits to Mounts Carr and Moosilauke" by J.H. Hillman, pp. 422-428, The Moosilaukee Reader (Vol.2). ©1999.
