The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-08

Chief, another mine In the immediate neigh
borhood, was bought about year ago by Mr.
Letter, OF Chicago, for $3.50 900. He has taker
tnah Una at q money out q y
ity that ne has now ~ 100000 worth OF ore II
sight which any smeter will measure anc
pay for, less the cost OF taking 1t out OF the
mine. me Duncan mine, Ike the Fender,
mine, 1s above and outside the cup, and yet II
10 very rich mine, for which $4,000 have
been refused. The, Iron mine. unlike the
others nave ment1oned, is true assure
vein, ana 10 supposed 70 % Inc only one "a
tnls camp. IL belongs 70 Two men, stevens
ana Letter, VINO were originally placer miners
70 tne camp. ahey nave peeh oiiered S3oo,ooO
LOT tne mine. ana refused IL.
ne Lltt,e F!ttsDurR - near we Ll 1ll
Ghlef and, llKe II, on Freyer Hill. The Little
fitlspuTg opmDlnatlon Is composed OF tne
Little flttspITg, the Wlnnemuck anu New
d discovery COY Ihey nave been stocked Tor $50,
month has not been lass Than s1oo DO and
often more. Within the last month or two.
Chaffee d Moffatt paid Lieut.. Gov. Tabor 81,
100000 for his Interest, which was sc per cent
In this mine, limerick was struck at depth
OF two to three hundred feet, which had been
regarded as bedrock, or STOPPING place. They
have gone through this bedrock and struck
another contact OF porphyry. They have gone
through the porphyry and iron and struck
another body Of galena richer than was the
first contact, which has established beyond
doubt the permanence OF the camp, and that
the deposits Lie like deposits OIL coal. one layer
under another, and that the deeper you go
down the better your ore: This discovery
forty days ago. Nearly adjoining the Little
Pittsburg are the mines constituting the
Chrysolite Consolidated. They consist OF
CarboniferOus. Chrysolite, Little Eva, Kit
Carson, Fair View, Vulture and Pendora.
These mines, understand, since / returned
An
ex. Senator Dorsey and others for -$2500.000,
and have been stocked In New York for So 000,-
600. They are valuable mines, and are likely
TO yield largely for the capital invested. Gov.
Tabor, believe, retains one-fourth interest.
These are some Of the principal mines In the
Leadvlle Camp. In and around Leadvlle
there are not less than one to two Thousand
locations, varying in value from the high
prices have mentioned In connection with
these leading mines down to as low as 500.
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TIE "ohNlsoN COUNTRY.
pald more particular attention to the
mines at Leadvile, and didn't examine with
the same degree Of care the other mining re-
IN what is known as the Gunnison country
winch you reach by following the same belt
from Leadvllle southwest about seventy
miles; Two or three town cities have already
been lald on Ia the neighborhood OF the Tin
Cup and Quartz River camps and the proba-
bilty is that the present little town Of Pitkin,
WITH one or two hundred inhabitants, will
swell toa place OF several thousand next
spring and summer. The camp Is scarcely
developed at al yet, during the summer,
S S,lo were paid for tue Fairylew mine, near
Pitkin, 10 the Quartz River camp, and the
purchaser OF that mine proposes to put up
smelling works early In the spring. Other
mines have been located, but the camp has not
yet heen sufficiently developed to show what
lt viii 90, though Il bids fair to be very rich
tE ~ hpr ri III wv lY
which run Into anthracite coal, have been
discovered IN this GuEnison country, cover
ing an area OF ten miles In width by forty In
length. Continuing about two hundred and
seventy i've miles southwest from GunnlsOn
you reach the San Juan mines, which are re-
lgarded by Senator Jones, Of Nevada, Gov.
Tabor and others as exceedingly rlch There
are flch mines or gold and silver at Idaho
springs. Inc Freedlan mine there L. owned
oy q California comp any, and stocked for sev-
:, Inc Silver Clih Mining Company own the
IsaGine BOY, which was purchased by Cash
WliueT, OF CallIOrnta, VINO ADDED 70 10 the Sll-
yer GIN ana west Mountain mines, and paid
lor tnem s25o,Ooo, ana they have since been
stocked by the company for S5,o0o,o00. did
not see these mines, but they are considered
u lrsI elass properly. Inc Carrlboo mine, 10
Jarrlooo county, was originally owned by MIR.
6reed, % this CITY. 10 connection with others.
ne sold 70 lor s3eooooo 70 German COM
Eheoratinai than nraotioaI Reaoni, s IN ~
yolved In debt, they allowed the nine to be
sold at sheriff g sale, and 1t was bought by
* Senator Chaffee for $4,000. and Il now
paying from ten to forty thousand dollars per
month. In this neghborhood la the Snow
Flake, owned by T. NJ. Stone, ESQ, COL
Weitzel and others. They have dug u tunnel
of about hundred feet, and claim to nave
struck rich ore The mines In Boulder and
Clear Creek are assure veins, and are said to
81 very rich. The Bassic mine at Rosita fir
teen miles west of Silver creek, is O very be-
,ular mine. made up OF boulders coated with
silver and gold, which coating Is rubbed from
The boulder. This mine was sold for a mil
ion and half dollars, and d yielding as
much as $4,000 per ton. The mines at
Georgetown, which YOU reach by narrow
gauge road from Denver, have been worked
or some time and are very rich. The Boulder
mines are about thirtv-tiye miles southeast
rom Denver. The Melyina mine. situated
here, Is a rich gold mine and paws large divi-
lends, as does also the Terrible mine. In this
are also found what are called
'Tellurian" mines. These mines have small
7eins OF silvanlte and tellurite ores very
ich, but very hard, and very hard to work.
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