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Thomas Clark Durant correspondence with his brother, William F. Durant, regarding operation and expenses of the Monroe and Marion mines, Union County, North Carolina, 1854-1855

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Monroe Mine April 17 /55
The shop vein is not as regular as I expected to find it. we lost the vein in driving south but came in again in about 11 feet looks well if is impossible to drive on the shop vein as we are now without takeing out the ore I have put the men yesterday on some other work for two or three days I would like to have Capt Palmer see the vein as it now is but if he does not come this week I shall go on again, I expect to find it not regular all the way. In your letter you say that you was in hopes that the big vein would have been opened so that we could drive 50 or 100 feet each way. we can do it at any time the vein is open and all ready to drive on each way, and we can make our drive without a ? but as I said before in my last letter if we go any deeper we must put up a ?. When Mr. Palmer comes I will tell him all my plans and I will write you all the particulars, (I am bound to see the cabbin vein this spring or summer) when you write me let me know if you got all my letters
Yours affectanatly
Wm F. Durant

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Monroe Mine April 17 /55 The shop vein is not as regular as I expected to find it. we lost the vein in driving south but came in again in about 11 feet looks well if is impossible to drive on the shop vein as we are now without takeing out the ore I have put the men yesterday on some other work for two or three days I would like to have Capt Palmer see the vein as it now is but if he does not come this week I shall go on again, I expect to find it not regular all the way. In your letter you say that you was in hopes that the big vein would have been opened so that we could drive 50 or 100 feet each way. we can do it at any time the vein is open and all ready to drive on each way, and we can make our drive without a ? but as I said before in my last letter if we go any deeper we must put up a ?. When Mr. Palmer comes I will tell him all my plans and I will write you all the particulars, (I am bound to see the cabbin vein this spring or summer) when you write me let me know if you got all my letters Yours affectanatly Wm F. Durant