The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-04-26

An OLD prospectOr named Wilder,
who was "staked" by a Pittsburgh
Company, located some extremely rich
mines in this park. Among his best
selections may be mentioned the Cham
bers and the San Miguel Chief-an ex-
tension of the B. H. Bayles.
The crevice of the San Miguel Chief
is IS feet wide, cut by large number
of pay streaks. The ore is gray cop
per and galena carrying brittle silver,
estimated from various essays at over
900 ounces per ton. The Chambers is
about 50 feet wide, and the ore OF about
the same character as the San Miguel
Chief. just south of this mine is the
Crescent, having 3O-foot crevice, car
rying large amounts of fine galena, rich
IN silver, and assaying about $50 ounces.
The Gundecker, an extension of the
Crescent, shows some very rich ore in
a 27foot crevice. The Broken Hatchet
lode averages 100 feet in width, and
carries large numbers of pay streaks
from to 20 inches wide. The Triple
lode, the N. w. extension of the San
Miguel, showed on the completion of
the assessment work, crevice of feet
wide of solid galena, assaying 230
ounces per ton. The Union, located by
the Burns boys of Burns's Gulch, near
Howardsville, is remarkably promis-
ing mine. The Ansbury is in reality an
extension of the B. e. Bayles, though
mile and half away. 1t is looking
well and promises finely. Space for
bids my mentioning all the valuable
mines in this rich t'sllver nest," but the
Washington Haven, the Santa Maria,
the Gertrude, the Victor Hugo, the Vas
sar, the Brown Diamond, the King Bee,
and others, upon which work will COM
menced early this spring, have large
and well-defined crevices, and give evi-
dences of being enormously rich in
silver-bearing galena and gray copper,
while some of their pay-streaks are
black with native silver. Two very
rich "free gold " leads were located
by two young men whose names | did
not learn. Mr. C. II. Carpenter the
well-known operator of Silverton, pur-
chased both of the leads before assess
ment work had been completed. Mr..
Carpenter has had assays and mills run
from these mines which are as high as
S. per pound Mr.. Carpenter is max
ing extensive preparations to develop
his valuable property this year. 1t is
supposed that this is q portion of the
gold belt that forms the rich placer de-
posits on the San Miguel River, a few
miles below the Park. All the lodes in
this incomparably rich basin which
have any surface indications were cover
ed with locations before the advent of
the fall SHOWS, and the fortunate own
ers are to be congratulated on their
good fortune in securing such bonazas.
Ingraham Park is adjacent to the rich
mining districts of Eureka and Animas,
and is in the Uncompahgre District.
This silver basin, will, it is believed,
exceed in richness any group of silver
mines yet discovered in the San Juan.
No section of the San Juan in my es-
timation offers such unparalleled in
ducements to capitalists as Ingraham
Park-the fountain-head of the great
silver lodes, which are phenomenal
even in the rich mineral region sur
rounding it. Some OF the mines in the
park are owned by men of little or no
means, who are also interested in mines
in other sections. From such parties |
have learned mines can be purchased in
whole or in part at very modest price
and at q tithe of their probable worth
the parties needing money badly.
There is some talk of constructing q
wagon road over the divide and down
to the low n1esas along the River San
Miguel, where are found unequaled
sites for smelling and concentration
works. Such works are greatly needed
to develop the enormous mineral wealth
of this region, and they could not fail
if judiciously run, to pay heavy per.
centage on the cost of construction and
operation.
THE SAN JUAN COUNTRY.
This region is on the Pacific slope o.
that enormous group of mountains con
stituting the San Juan Country, an6
hence has much milder elm ate thar
the section so or IS miles to the east
ward, when it is extremely rigorous
and when snow-storms occur in August
Where mining must be carried on at ar
elevation of 10000 to $4,000 feet the
question of climate is highly important
one.
Below the Park some 5000 feet, or
the sunny naesas of the San Migue
Valley, flourish abundance of rich and
nutritious grasses, affording subsistence
second TO nothing on the continent fol
stock of all kinds. The rich loamy sol
of the valleys under the genial rays O
the sun of the Pacific slope makes agri
culture both pleasant and profitable
Wild fruits and berries are found il
rank profusion, and the fertile soil i
susceptible of almost any degree o
cultivation. There is no finer spot fo
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