Daily National Intelligencer

BALTIMORE, AUG. 2.

The writer of the following communication has left his name at the Federal Gazette Office, to be made known to any respectable enquirer who may feel interested in the subject, and wish to obtain farther or more particular information.

COMMUNICATION.

A Silver Mine.—The following information respecting a silver mine somewhere in the neighborhood of Baltimore, was verbally communicated by a person who, it is believed, knew the facts. From his representations to the writer, it is supposed to lie to the eastward of this city, not farther distant than 20 miles, but probably within 10 or 12 miles. It is stated, that ore had been found 5 or 6 years ago, at the side of a hill, in an opening from which a small spring of water issued, which has since been nearly closed up by an old stump or piece of wood, to prevent any person discovering the ore. That, in August 1817, at the time of the great rain and wind, an old tree blew down on the hill above the spring, at the roots of which there were found some pieces of nearly pure virgin silver; and there were evident symptoms that the hill contained a great quantity of ore. The rocks or stones on the hill are flinty, mixed with some crystallizations. The hill is partially covered with whortleberry bushes and other small shrubbery, and a few old very crooked chestnut or chestnut oaks. The old tree which blew down is still lying on the hill. The gentleman upon whose estate the ore was found, is a very old man, whose hair is white, of considerable wealth; he is unacquainted with the fact that any ore has been found on his land—he has (or had not long since) five children; one of his sons has been married and has lost his wife. The hill is supposed to lie near the road, in an open, poor, rocky part of the country, near a run which would answer for a small mill seat during a part of the year. Some of the ore has been sent to the mint at Philadelphia, and it is said, would yield seventy-five per cent. If such a mine exists, the discovery of it at this time would be a benefit to the nation as well as to the individual owner, who may probably ascertain its situation from the above description.
L.