Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-22
Mr.. LovELL's RKPoRf.

DENVER, COL, Nov. 5, 1873.
John T. Dresc. Esq, President Of The Sun
shine Mining and Reduction Company:
DKAR SIR AT YOUR request. l went. in
company of Mr.. E. r. Elliot. OF Vermont.
and Mr.. II. II. Smith, of Sunshine, Colo
RADIO. to examine the Lafayette. Ohio and
Junists Mines. recently purchased BY the
Sunshine Mining and Reduction Company
Of Connecticut. We found the Lafayette
and Ohio lodes nearly adj lining each other
on Q mountain slope. sbout two miles from
Sunshine. Col, mining town Of three or
four hundred inhabitants, eight miles from
Boulder. From Boslder to this town an
excellent and well-grsded wagon road leads
and thence continues to the base OF this
mountain and beyond From the shafts of
these mines to the road the ore can be taken
BY means of pack-mules or jacks" and re-
loaded into wagons. or better still it could
be loaded direct into wagons by means of Q
trsmway and car,ed to Boulder.
These two lodes or veins run nearly
parallel in a northessterly and Southwestern
ly direction and are distant from each other
on the same slope only about two hundred
feet, the Lafayette being the higher OF the
two Hence, from the nesrness OF each and
their admirable location relatively TO each
other, thew can both be worked at the same
time with but little increased expense.
At the present time. the developments on
these properties consist IT shafts Although
the iodes are admirably located Tor tunnel
ling, yet nothing of that description has yet
been undertaken. On the Lafayette Lode.
besides tho discovery sbsf, OF 10 feet, there
are three other shafts sunk. one Of n feet IN
the main lode. one OF is ieet on the same lode
about thirty feet along the vein, and
below these, on spur OF the main lead, IL
a shaft of 80 feet. These tso main shafts
OF 60 and q feet are heavily timbered. and
the work carefully and substantially done.
the dimensions OF each being eight feet by
three and one-hslf
On the OHIO lode below, besides the dis
covery shaft OF 10 feet there l. a shalt tn
the east about 25 test in depth. A. sub-tan
italy numbered rs those OF the Lafayette.
This lode, though little developed ~ COM
pared with the Lafayette and Juniata, still
promises well. and think will prove quite
a. valuable a. either.
o. descending the ,hafts we were enabled
to see tie pay streaks. which had uI1th
OF 20 inches and over, and have DIP at the
suri~ce OF about 6o degrees, gradually
straIghtenIng A. you go down These veins
can be followed for distance Of $40 feet
or more on the surface. ! am told that
mill returns have heen had from the Liiay-
cite as high as 800 and s. 70 to the TN.
But in order to assure ourselves that the
mine would yield richly. Mr. E lint, my
Companion, selected random specimen,
which we had assayed by j. Alden Smith.
State GsolopIst, which resulted in 1896 "a
gold, and a 95 silver, TO the ton Of : 200
pounds. THIS believe must be aboat the
average yield of the Lafayette at it, present
depth, which any one will admit very pay
ing and indicative Of increased richness rs
greater depth IL obtained.
The work might be continued. AZ COM
meme d. by sinking the snaits. but should
advise running a tunnel in connection with
them. A tunnel commenced near the base
of the mountain would strike tho upper OF
Lafayette lode nearly at right angles. with
in 800 f,et from the mouth of the tunnel,
and the Ohio lode of curse considerably
nearer. BY running q tunnel you are NOT
only sure OF striking the two main lodes.
but there is every probability OF strigIng
and cutting several other lodes of ore
which can be readily stopped out and pay
we'll. The mountain 10 steep and well
adapted to tunnelling. Lott Hand Greek
runs alonk near the base Of the mountain,
and on the bill slopes are any Quantities OF
growing timber Offering essential facilities
for WORKING the mlnes
The Juniata lode 10 a. argentiferous lode
in coptrsdistinction to the Lafayette and
Ohio, which are t. Tellurides" or gold boar