The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

''"''' "eh nave uOZen Offhese claims
or even more. but claims are oenerall,
held by several men, some having on,
share'and some more. and some less /
=. l-6'nnd so on. as the case NAV be
Silver il found in what is called Car
donates. which varies verv much. but 4,
. rule looks like red rusty iron ore NM
In fact Is more iron ore than anvfhin.
else. They were first found here IN mi
form. not having been known 10 exis
any place before. or rather silver VA.
not known to be in such stuff before Il
was found ont here. Some iron ort
looking stuff, cropping ont on the side
OF the mountain. on California gulch
ATTRACTED the attention first Of man
who had the curiosity to have II assaved
to see what was in II, and found II "a N
very rich silver mine then seeing /,
pitched in the mountain. he commenced
as many Others did, to sink deem sbaf,s
through porphyry rock. 70 como dowr
to the ore. which many did with success,
Inen The excitement commenced that
led to the development Of this. the rich.
est silver mines on The face o: tho whole
earth, the wonder of the world. The
famons mines Of Peru are hosh to them.
The famous mines Of Nevada are babies
to these vast beds Of Carbonates. now
being unfolded here everv dav. II
seems that manv places on these mounf-
aims, at a depth of from 60 to 300 feet.
are underlaid with bed of these car.
Donates running from 80 10 500 onnces
Of silver to the ton. something like beds
Of stone coal lays. only pitching always
into the mountains, and VARYING ~
thickness from few feet to as much AZ
30 feet. ! went 200 feet down A shaft
into mine where the bed averaged 25
feet thick, and carried 200 ounces Of sill
YER to the ton. The superintendent. who
81 owed me aronnd in drifts which would
ne mile in length If Strengthened out
told me that he had showed me several
million dollars worth of ore in sight ne
we passed. just think OF the immense
wealth and how lucky are some devils
no better BY nature than We A.. nor
half as good by practice. They are
ln"t,ing down shafts s BY 10 feet and
timbering them up on all the claims
over these mountains. and claim is
Iabont 10 acres or little over. nearly II
! believe Generally they 90 80 TO 100
feet through what they call aWashr.
which Is loose boulder rocks and dirt
and then come 20 solid rock. generally
|porphyry. which must BE- blasted AZ 4
general thing. and drawn M by hand
windlass or by steam, till thev come 10
the ore. Often they have air tnbes do wn
10 give the miners fresh air. Water IN
often TO be drawn ont oft wav too
which multiplies the difficulties OF thei,.
getting down so deep. Ofrours there
will be many totally barren places but
as rule about here think II will be
generally ONLY matter of depth about
striking rich Carbonates. A hole down
200 feet will cost a25C0 or $4,000. Miners
get from 50 50 10 So so per day and 4
cnssed hard life ii is too. II takes 4
great deal of whisky to do man who
mines here. and IL soon coils him M too.
This city Of 10000 Inhabitants Is = r.
nous place for whisky and beer. and the
fastest growing town ever saw, having
SO changed since I got here AZ to be
hardly the same place in appearance.
In day time II is generally about like
April at home. hnr after and before sum
shine man needs an overcoat. Iwear
nv woolen winter clothes all the time.
In the shade any time of dav IL Il too
cool TO be without common winter
coat. Snow mountains are in sight In \
every direction from this city, which is
on the head Of Arkansas river, that here
forms park. and Leadville Is on the
north side ofthe park, up on beautiful
slope. can walk from town M TO the
snow in hours-can ride to il in an
hour.
No vegetables can be raised here 10
eat. This place is built up Of CHEAP
houses excepting on two streets. "A
honsc Of = rooms rents for $40: one Of
rooms $50; ofonc room SIS per month,
and mostly log houses.
Bnt then you don't care ANYTHING
about mines now any more. Well. /
Frank, am sorry that the noble game. (
The Mountain Bison, the elk. the goat
md sheep, and antelope and deer are
about oil gone. When I was here, at \
his very place, 10 years ago this summer, i
could see the little paths all over the
made by these noble animals.
md cal the meat Of all OF them. But
where are they now? On nearly every
ten acre lot on the mountains near this
place is 10 be found three to ten men max II
Ing great hole for ore, and the game IL
killed. Nineteen years ago saw all Il
sbout these canons and parks heads and |,
horns Of all these animals. but now l see Il
but few left, and them old and rotten.
Even the fine forests are mostly burned,
md all the nice little parks, where we II
hen could freely Craze our stock. are
,ow fenced up, and II you Craze there
ron must pay for II. Some how re- II
!ret % see all the fine country between