Silver Mine in Pa. ??? True or Not

[simonds]

Roy,
That is true, I was born and raised around rattlesnakes.
Are you ready to go ? "Country Girl"

 

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[gods country girl]

crawling in caves i can handle , but snakes no way......lol.

I don't think there is as many snakes as people think.I have hiked and fished all over this area and never come across any rattlesnakes.

once while searching caves around rock run we found a garbage bag with shoes sticking out.needless to say we were quite freaked out, but it turned out to be a joke.it was old phone books and clothes stuffed in the bag with the shoes stuck out the end.

 

[simonds]

Gods Country Girl,
I have some information about silver in Watrous area, Marsh Land, Elk Run area. I don't remember where I got it from. May one of your posts.

 

[jkbell]

Yes there is a silver mine in Lancaster county, PA. There is also gold found not far from this site and nickel and chrome also.

http://www.wgal.com/video/23551684/index.html

http://community.lancasteronline.com/PequeaTwp/?page_id=40

 

[Oroblanco]

WELCOME TO TREASURENET jkbell!

Thank you for the links!
Oroblanco

 

[gods country girl]

this is from the history of elk run printed in 1929 .

it mentions a silver mine
it also mentions a mineral springs in Gardeau ( could it be the same as the one from the tale of the lost sillver?)

 

[Potter Poker]

Hi from Potter Poker, there was a gold mine near Coudersport, Pa., it was supposedly a comercial mine at one time (probably about 15 or so years ago, looking on line the source said it was near Sweden Valley, Pa., just off route 6).
There was also supposed to be silver found near the old Ice Mine in Sweden valley. The story says in the early 1900's a man of Indian descent used to bring in big hunks of raw silver to the local general store to pay for groceries, and when others tried to follow him to discover where the source was they would always loose him in the woods, but the info was he always went toward the mountain where the Ice Mine was discovered. That's the story!

 

[orion024]

TRUE

 

[gods country girl]

is it possible that the ice caves ( ice mine) may also be natural deposits of silver?? my step brother has an ice cave behind his house( near coudersport), not very large,it been a very long time since i been there, will have to try and get over there and check it out closer.

 

[orion024]

is it possible that the ice caves ( ice mine) may also be natural deposits of silver?? my step brother has an ice cave behind his house( near coudersport), not very large,it been a very long time since i been there, will have to try and get over there and check it out closer.

It is very well possible, usually where there's gold and gems, there's silver too! Silver is found around quartz, lead, and galena! Silver veins are made by hydrothermal activity, it takes a deep crack too the earth's crust, which is very hot, then there has to be a water source involved too, to fill the void of the crack, this all mixes together with the minerals present, and some how silver comes out, usually found with various other minerals bonded together!

 

[ginnysdaddy]

In 1845 an Indian from Wisconsin came hither to explore the mineral lands of which he heard the old men of his tribe speak. After a search of several weeks he returned disappointed. Some years before a white man was taken hither blindfolded, and the visor lowered to permit him to see the silver mines. In 1867 a Frenchman came hither from the west to search for the mysterious silver deposit, but was unsuccessful. Within a mile of the old Daniel Huddlestone farm, in Tionesta township, on warrant 2827, are the ditches of prehistoric miners, which were first explored by James Evans, of Franklin.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paforest/history/chapt1.htm

 

[RON (PA)]

Thanks for the info. Great info.

 

[silverfordinc]

To any and all who are interested in the topic of silver at the old Pequea silver mine in Lancaster County Pa. I am Christopher L. Haefner. When I was only 13 I worked at the mine when it was preparing to become "Silverford" a new tourist place. I was their first tour guide. The mine had been abandoned by then for 99 years, when silver was being taken. Inadvertently workers broke into the water table down a 100-foot shaft. Back then there was no electricity to run pumps so the mining stopped. We drained the shafts and I went down on a 100-foot bull rope. I rediscovered the thick veins of silver again (argentiferous galena) The owner, a millionaire, went on a 14-year quest to get at the silver by trying to get permission to quarry there. He was not allowed. But he put up a permit which he hoped would scare away adjacent landowners in the hopes he would someday get permission. This, too, failed. He did turn the property into a huge entertainment place by bringing country-music stars there to perform. In all, 700,000 people came. In 2009 I wrote an extensive book detailing this secret effort the millionaire made to get the silver. He died in 1989 and his quest died along with hime - true story. The book is titled,"The Silver! Mine! by Christopher L. Haefner... I have over 3,000 pieces of silver I took from the mine from 1973 to 1976. Anyone can buy a piece from me. Prices range mostly from $4 to $20 each. Just e-mail me at [email protected]
Chris Haefner

 

[silverfordinc]

The book I wrote and recently released "The Silver! Mine!" by Christopher L. Haefner identifies the off-property area where the new silver was found. It is a case where I knew where it was before I actually could prove it. It took me 30 years to come to it. Anyone who purchases a copy of the book can contact me about coming to the new silver site in southern Pa. but it will have to be at a convenient time for me, though, I am there quite often. My personal e-mail is [email protected].

 

[silverfordinc]

More silver has been discovered near this site! In 2011, I discovered another nearby silver site just off-property from the main mine. Two exploratory holes have yielded a significant amout of silver ore so far! This silver appears to be richer than what was previously taken from the main mine. A 2013 operation is planned to plunge into the contact-zone formation and get the ore!

 

[FinderKeeper]

We have a lot of pictures of caves and mines posted here but what does the silver look like or what should we be looking for . Does anyone have pictures of silver ore Thank You

 

[silverfordinc]

We have a lot of pictures of caves and mines posted here but what does the silver look like or what should we be looking for . Does anyone have pictures of silver ore Thank You

Here is my profile picture - Chris Haefner - I am holding a 50-pound piece of formation rock which has in it about 1-pound of silver ore. This is from the Pequea Silver Mine in Lancaster County Pa.
Chris Haefner

 

[FinderKeeper]

Hay Chris, Thanks for the photo, Good job. So silver ore will look like silver or something that when we see it we should know it could be silver ore. I was told silver turned black in time so I thought I would be looking for something black.
One question, what kind of stone is that you have in the picture and has silver ore been found in sand stone . We have a site were the clay went from a light and dark brown to a light gray and dark gray with some black streaks in it. DCNR said we could be close to pig iron. Iron and steel give off a redish brown rust but pig iron turns black. Pig iron can date back to 1500's. We have a site in sand stone were we have silver readings down under and we can't pin point it to just one spot its just all over a 12' x 12' area. So it has to be smaller coins, or chunks of silver ore, or smaller bars of silver. My GPL says its there but to small to pin point it.

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

So silver ore will look like silver or something that when we see it we should know it could be silver ore.


No, silver ore can be black or brownish. Here in our area of South Dakota, most of the silver ore is in black rock.

Beth

 

[silverfordinc]

Hay Chris, Thanks for the photo, Good job. So silver ore will look like silver or something that when we see it we should know it could be silver ore. I was told silver turned black in time so I thought I would be looking for something black.
One question, what kind of stone is that you have in the picture and has silver ore been found in sand stone . We have a site were the clay went from a light and dark brown to a light gray and dark gray with some black streaks in it. DCNR said we could be close to pig iron. Iron and steel give off a redish brown rust but pig iron turns black. Pig iron can date back to 1500's. We have a site in sand stone were we have silver readings down under and we can't pin point it to just one spot its just all over a 12' x 12' area. So it has to be smaller coins, or chunks of silver ore, or smaller bars of silver. My GPL says its there but to small to pin point it.

In this case - the case of our Pennsylvania silver mine - the silver ore is an argentiferous galena - that's a silver-bearing lead sulfide. Because the silver atoms were associated with lead it allows for a lusterous display; a shiny surface. The trick to telling just how much silver is present in the ore is A) the level of luster... and B) the cubit of galena - the host mineral - gets warped and looks less like a cubit. The formation is vintage dolomite that is crusted over, Then there's quartz which holds the silver ore; there because of hydrothermal leaching - the whole reason for having the presence of silver possible. It is usually at these 'contact zones' that the silver ore is found.