, 1879-08-13
SILVER CLlFF.
Tho Principal Mines In That sec'
ton of Colorado.
Thrae Of. Them Already Stocked for
Ten Milton Dollars Each.
Experts Estimate ns High as
Eighty Million Dollars IN
O Cinif,.
oh,oagoans in tho Valley and Vi1lags-A
Trip to the Lake Of tho Clouds
sr.rft1 Cc.~rsrondfnts " 1Ae 7Fihnt1e.

Trip to the Lake 81 Inc olouos'
sr.rte1 cc,vrsrnndfnes VI 1He 7rihnte.
s,.ytn C,.,rr, Colo. AnE. 2-f first visited
th, CHE carly In March laat, I spent threo
rtes. hero Ii, Aprt1, and have been hero no"
at,,,,t three weeks. In Mnreh and Aprii the
cn,np was very lively, everybody ~as bul'dlhR
hy,,scs, and large untt,tcrs ~ prnspeetors were
fitting oul for Lhrfr suulfncrtampa'Eu a'nonV
t,c ,ncuns stpt. New everything Ia ~ qu'ct Us
Sunday IN ihu town; hut every Mountaln' hsl''
AM, valley lot many mica around hhs It's tent or
cabin. n,,t, mxny busy workers ars either prof.
,sx,i,g or Developing claims. In Tie Rt'stta a1''i
Silyur Cliff nhtrtets alono arc i'rohab'5 4."n
c1a,n&, every ono hnvinK sevtn ttaaes.-fous
cnrncr, iw0 etntfI site. and uno tilseoyerv'-'hta
n SHIFT fous feet hy si1 tsct.. and at least ten
feet t,scn. A very frw Of uhrso shafts hare
hcrn sunk eighty Ia 100 'est derp' md nellfso
cverv olio umt ueer has reyesscd run n'nera!'
The Rassicx or Main Nine-just cnanRea nahas
for rerT large amount,
auevx sl,ooo. .oao- ..,.......
n down 2s0 fcet, revealing onc of the richest
bottles Of Rold and silver orc eTcr Uncovered. i
asw nIecr Of tellnriuup, The fseccst discovered,
weighing tor.y.tbsec p.unds, taken from Tic
lower 1epths OF the mtno, which would yleld
0fGT &lU,lNV ~ t4S |NNN
The King Of tho Valley, c'oso to tho Radns
Dor and CliG Mine, mas a phaf. iSo feek deep.
II scpms 'tu ho IN the srlItre 1T chtunnY or
volcano, md In tail; mud nshes, with how'dera
,n,ermtYrd, a11 coated With hlyer. They expect
to 1ud rich hod}es Of orc under tie talk, ~ wss
tho cnso In tAc. Dakasck Niue. The Rambler
Mine has ashaft 1o5 fcet deep, the last tl!ty
feet rassf,,E through mixture OF Quartz md
urCeutiferoua gslcna- No deep shaft has been
sunk on the great 11aclne Roy and Clit1 al!ue,
hut It has bcen sbafted, tupntled, and cut sim
Ilar to ra'road.cuL uniil more than 1000
tons Of silver. bcnrluE rock arc exposed. Tho
Horu.Sflvcr, riatA Vertla. and Richmond Htnes
have the eame Kind Of freo-mi.ltng chloride ores.
10 tho Racino Boz, and ars beirg developed iu
the same way.
There ara probably fifty rn,ues hers which Mil
par 10 work AZ soon M mills and sDc1ters are In
operation, and probably 200 coul,l take OUT ore
to Rell 10 the mills or smelierA' 4 dozen or
more will no Doubt
BECOME u1sToH1o-
The Basalck ia atoclcd for 10000, ,o0l Frank
G. brown and other Neu-Yorke1s arc tho pur-
ehasers.
TIE Gilt ard Racine Bow property. purchased
hy Senator Jnnes. James K Keane, and other
fewYork capitalists, is stocked for s'u,ooo. 600.
The ,Plata Vsrla, purchased by John X Bart
lett nud George II. sselnrr.tf New York, and
Others is stncked for sly, ,ooo.
The Horu.Sllver, purchased BY Ruins Hatch
and other .Ncw-Yorkers, may Or may not be
1tuekrd.
The Richmond. on Round Mountain, nnsr the
Plata Vertin, and the Domingo, an tmn c,1su lo1e
or chimney Of arrentiferous Eaicna. cnrrying
guild, are not for sale, aud are bang worked hT
1.uA =.