The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-10

lord, End make what should be a hong story
very short. Evidence WINS ri. cod befure mo thai
the uwuer NJ the mine In the hninas had re-
GENTLY wAroned 81 vcral TONS Of his ore u IrO,
hills works at Blnckhawk, distance of 100
miles, At q cost OF fiS tn, aud there rec we'd
600 ton for the IRE. examine a sample
from "a huge edge In the Elk h.ouutair sttict,
worth. acc, rding 10 the assay made at Denver,
two dull rs puund-roasted ROCK that pas
Of gold
A Iesoonsiblc miner In the room told me that
he W lked on one lode In the tncOtnpaRre,
trur nssure vein 100 feet vide. for i've NIL =.
wbich aksaycu ON the surfNe ED ounces OF all
vel To the ton of rockl do not feel at liberty
to introduce the names Of any Of the gentlemen
present at this eIposition oil tho mineral from
The recently developed lOdts In southeastern
Colorado. hut the man who made the follow
inR statement to the IL well known to all the
iron and steel manufacturers In the United
states TO be wholly trustworthy and veracious.
"Sume time since, :" he said, "an number Of gentle
men here ocated 10 purchase The silver
WING. lroperl In tue Animas district, consist
tunnel was run INTO the mountain to inter acct
them. Before the first loue was reached a btind
fur her ON second blind lode was struck of
like thickness. hese VEINS are Of gray copper
assaying over 500 Of silver to the ton. The en-
the nountaln II apparently mass Of rich SILVER
ore"
TONS or SILVER AND GOLD.
Caut. Kline Of Uncompaete, who was in the
room, authorized me to publicly state that he
stood ready To conir ct with any party VINO
would put up smelling works VI lis mines 70
run over SEQ to the ton. As a measure OF
these vaiu lions OF the new CnlpTauO miner II,
remember that tue ore VI the wonderful Ne
vada mines, out Of which the Superintendent ~
the United States tint says {4OJ,OOO month
Is now taken, tuns only from nfty TO sixtY
dollars u toul sciec. ed specimen, OF course
the very best IN the neap, OF golu ore from sun
shine was shown 10 me ia I Welded under the
Denver sSay at the rate Of fSOUlO to the ton.
was assur, d 10y men VINO had examined the
region. inV ,udiuV the 4, ven al We Daneu min
erai districts, tuat tue entne area. over twenty
thousand square miles. w.s "Eridiruned " WIN
silver ludes. Any one 4 which, sir. yes, sir, any
one Il wuich can pay our national deb." Toe
Quaker cavalry Major III saving THE look Il Us
honest and earnest ~ he uid when he sat on his
horse In the hgat ~ Stone river.
We'll, | ut course cannot know about that, for
l have not seen. Hut know OF the large move
ment Of supplies and miners tn this region; and
l know that the ores | siw re Of astonishing
richness. and Auow from years Of acquaint-
unce that some Of the uen talked with RS in
capable Of wing and / know that all through
eastern Colorado thcic - - disturbing telief
that II enormously big thins has been struck
over IN san Juan, lncompagie. INA Anmas (;
and know that STAN EIDE To these uiscove-
RES "a uetukened til 4 will he an epOch In mining
excitement. II were twenty i've wears old, IN
stead OF nftv nine, would hot Oniy know more
than thi~, nut would have house In Uncom-
pagre built VI silver Dri Ks.