, 1873-03-01

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Monntnin ID :aaotha1' funrBhntiforouH ga- |
Iona. Notwithstanding nyAlpA aro appar- |
entity very rfcli, no wo{ b9ing done On
s ora An on ont1Ipr tGpa ~ ue iii on-
lven ths aoStion md bfin bsSk to Its former mo-;
old mills, built by Eaatop. capitalists, and
ninos On which thoao mills utoniod gaining thoir
slpp'si liz minor r' to ' hail It Siti, tsams .
Black Hswk, wl!ero Il ia reduced by Prof. nill'
aud cannot DO reduced without desulphurizing
or oh@lorodlssin2gR @ IL proceas Georgetown. the
inhabitants, and Ia callod tho stlvor Quoon being
aithated In tho central portion Of tho most OK
tonaiyo mining district In Colorado. Republican
and Doocrat Mountains on the vest sna ar,f
erablo yons, nlany being very valuable, gonerally
containing sulphurot, running, In many IN
| atauoes, al to fho pound. These high-grade
ores aro not regular, ns tho low-grado, and, oor-
| On Sherman Mountain wo find tho Pelican vein,
owned by McCunniM & Co., who have takon outl
| within the last year. over $10o, 900 above all
Drift, Hercules, sovon-Thirty, and Silver Plume.
At tho foot of Sherman Mountain, q small yil;
lago, or mining has boen startod, called
inas IN tEss aaR1s 1ssosty If % noTa Mountain
| adjoining Sherman, is tho Terrible lead, worked
by an English company, which IL Bccmingly do,
ing we'll. It has a worry heavy wire s'1sponale,a l.,
wiro is large bhaket, or tub, which carries the
orc to the foot Of tho hill, saving tho cost Of
pack-nulen. Among tho other mines worthy Of
mention on this mountain, arc tho Brown and
orc as is produced in any section Of the Tori
tory ofton running as high do O., 900 to the ton.
Among tho most valuable mines on thls hill are
E9antor seeo Jehny Bull 1pdlgo ool0Tsdo ssH
9nd'lt,, erai tunnels ire now bong run Into tho
hill, to tap tho vnrious volnB Tho
Marshall tunnel outs the Equator nt
good aoph while tho burlington aa tunnel on
tain. At tie head Of Cloar Crock, We tlnd rome
OF tho most extensive veins in the country. at
m altitude Of $4,000 feet. Tue Belmont Is
which produced good-payina orc; and to Frank a,s
Dibbor, who made the tcat, tho silver interests
Of Colorado are indebted for its earliest history
This mino is located amid perpetual SNOW, and
solid as at tho surface; yot 1t is boing worked
night and day, summer and winter, and haB
never ceased to produce Its owners handsome
revenue. What rctards the progress Of George
tho oros, or facilities Of transporting them. The
Colorado Central Railroad, almost completed
to Georgetown, and the Denver, Georgetown d
Utah Railroaa, which will DO completed WITHIN
year will do much to improve tho mines 10 this
district. Chicago Crock LAS been doing little or
nothing for several years.
IN SUMMIT COUNTY,
on tho chihuahua Greek, the chihuahua mine
Ia IN immense vein Of argontitorous Ralena, b'lt
has neyor becn worked to any great oxtent: THO
samo may DO said Of the Maltbor, which has
voin Of feet, near Poru. At tho head ct the
Platte River, 9. Mi]ner discoyerod, iaat fan, .Mo
lodes. Tho surface Of the Inter has been tested
for 400 feet, proving tho vein to be 15 inches,
and a8saying In each instance 100 OUNCES to tho
tsG Sn Ts Tah ahff rom haf o 81 To o e Ses
seyon tons Of this ore was taken out last tssu,
which averaged 40 ouncos to tho ton, 9alHlng MAJ M
one Of tho best mines in the country. Not far
from this is the Loyain lode, discovered l. BY
Hooper Blair; 1t contains tho same matorlal,
with carbonate Of copper. They have also dis
covered an immense vein Of galcna, averag..
Ing 100 ounces to the to9 3,vlo ~ sliyeri ao9 %nu
mining town hns boen restored as tho head Of
tho Platte, called Geneva, which will no doubt
rank With other mining camps IN the mountains
mine, silvor- Wing, stands at tho head Of al
minob in this diatriot for rich orc. This # mine
has comparatively boon failure until tho \, isst
brittle silver, worth 81 60o ton, md sonsdera-
bio quantities Of ruby, being 76 per cent metallic
silver. Native silver ia very common, generally a.
continued succession OF veins OF argentlterons
orc. covering space Of country eight milea In
width, which extends to tho east over the range,
to Tue ead Of ot d. h0 Rse ha bes
". ' Here wo havo no more rough
and rugged peaks, peculiar to the :, , .stlve1
districts but gently slopn8 mountains olothoo foE
csts. nore wo; arc in tho midst Of tho gold
mining suction Of Summit County. Those ricl
: pockets Of bullion. whloh, produced e1ddel q
wealth In 1860 and o. arc about exhausted nn
> Run. French, Iowa, Illinois, Galenn, nroNulta
5 and other gulchoB, aro now being estonsivol,
worked, and yield handsome income M to tn n
gathered on the monnsain~sldee, and then dis
2 charged In sudden heads, sWeeping everything
r before It, carrying tho earth through hume
containing rifles whore IL tho gGa5 is anosata rafs
! docs not employ as many men, but is mucl
a moro profitable to the undertaker8.
/ IN LAKE COUNTY
a NO tlud tho Homostalo, silver Lode, owned D
a Mossrs Archer 4; McFaddon, which haa beel
i yielding very good ore, and will undoubtedly q
= much toward opening other minos in this aeotio
l., Of tho country.
!, Mounts Lincoln, Cameron. and Dross, in
a PARK COUNTY,
= are probably threo of the riohost mountains +
= the world. Tho oro takon out Of di1eront mine
i. during this Inst yoar has amounted to eve
I $500, ,6O0 apoye all expenses. The Moore Min:
n on Mount Cameron, loads the other mines Il
= tons OF orc within tho laat 100 days; averagln
= about e375 to tho ton. The Lincoln Min'
IL during Tho samo time, yielded 75 tons OF or
), averaging s225 to tho ton. Ths Montez9n "
Il Of Denver. is destined to become OF
"a Of tho most valuable mlnos on Moul
": Lincoln,-tho GRO being very y, RIG
q and from oil appearances, will
1t grand sucocas, Among other prominent min nj
al on Lincoln aud BrosB nre the millionaire Man
al moth LodeB discovered last snmnori tue ht
" Bird, and tho Cameron. Fair Play, town
"a about 600 inhnbitanta, 10 miles from Lincoln,
In the principal mining town in this aoction 1T su
~ =. rluinn all fba mipns In and nrnuud Park Count