The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-14

have been erected here since. COM
mencing with the first day of last Septem-
Der or in IS days. Two saw-miIls, Epp-
stems " Hagers having capacity Of 80,
600 feet daily have no lumber left at the
end Of each days saw and besides some so
houses have been taken down out of Rosi-
ia and rebuilt at this place within the SS
days mentioned. Fifteen thousand feet of
shaftiug on assessment work of ten to
twelve feet to the claim have been sunken
s;nce July Both. There are 500 men here
occupying tents, shafts, tunnels and the
bare ground. Yet building and mining
has but just commenced. all the lots are
taken up on 60 acres Of ground This ground
too is upon mining claims owned by Norris,
Gillian, French. Spencer and Webb.
One hundred tons of ores are being ship
ped daily giving employment to rs trains
and 800 men. Yeteonly Ave windlasses
are up IN the entire camp for the rich ores
found are SO nearEthe surface, beginning
there and even above grass roots" that
all is shipped, SAVING the use Of hosting
ores until ten feet or more are taken of
and milled
H SILVER CLIFF
was so named by request of Messrs. Ed
wards. Powell & Hafford the pioneers
who made the discoveries here. and though
poor prospectors delved against and into
the rocky cliff which holds so much wealth
for them and others who have rushed in
to capture valuable mining ground after
these three men alone, demonstrated the
great richness aud quantity of the ores.
The town and richest mines so far as de-
veloped are situated in section, % Town
ship % Range 70 west in Custar County,
Colorado. They are near gigantic, insu-
lated extinct volcano named Round Noun
tain which appears grander because rising
alone out of an uudulating table land
which has a south and west slope towards
the massive backbone aud divide of the
contiuent-the SAhgre de Christie Range.
The base of the ASange il immediately
across Wet Mountain Valley which fol-
lows its head for ninety miles in q north
and south course and contains about $780,
600 acres of the best agriculture and graz
ing lands on our continent.
The Cliff is 20 miles from tho A. I. &
S. f. r. r. being built from Pueblo to
Leady:lle and % miles from Canon City
where terminates the d. Il r. g. narrow
guage r. II. so miles west of Pueblo, three
from Ula and 60 from Colorado Springs.
Spreading out north. west and south is
Wet Mountain Valley, Grape Greek.
Texas Greek, the Antelope and other
streams which afford all the water required.
The climate at this altitude of about 1000
feet is as near ideal perfection as can be
had at any spot on the continent.
MINES AND OWNERS
The pioneers here began work in earnest
early in June. In July they had ore
which assayed 500 up 60 $4,000 per ton,
These owners are Robert Powell, John
Edwards and Lewis Hafford, three in
dustrious, hard working, poor men. Yet
to day they rank with the very wealthiest
men of the whole world hal ing each daily
income of 81, 900 which can be easily in
crease to $4,000 to $25, 900. They own
the only mines of the world which have no
dumps. That is everything extracted
from their mines is milled at large profit.
1t is an odd sight to the old prospeetor and
mine owner to walk up to mine and find
no dump that is no waste earth or rock be-
side shaft or at the mouth of tunnel
These gentlemen own the Racine Boy and
Silver Gift lode claims joining side lines
mailing a p -alleloc-am of 1.500x 800 feet
or 203 acres which is sold quarry Of
ore. They have bonded the Racine Boy
ana Silver Clif-all of the former and one
half of the lattei for large sum to Messrs
B-.iley, Jurti,s, Beck. Taylor and Snyder
Capitalists of Sen F.ancisco and Denver
Their other claims ae the Horn
Silver, Chlor Silver. Bob Powell. Wet
Mountain, Belfast, Agate and Columb.a
| Edward Norris owns the next
m les adjoining the richest show
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