New-York tribune., 1879-05-24
COLORADO'S NEW WEALTH.
SILVER CLIFF AND RosITA.

former letter from this point described briefly the
marvellous development Of Leadyille IL Is now my
purpose todescribe gion stu wonderfulin prom
1se At silver Cliff and ROsta mines that astonish the
scientific and metallurgical world There Is not
the sameues here that exists at great sand carbon
ate camp In chloride OF silver (horn silver OF mineis
ores no other mining camp OF earth equaed silver
Cliff in many particulars. 1t is greater IN popnauoh
and number buildings and production by BOO per
cent than even was Leadye tor the same time after
shipped its first June, 1877. The ssOOO car
load of ore from Bay mine al Silver Gin was
loaded into wagons sunday september To- 1873
Three weeks later the re made known, ana
rush began. I find an Incorporated city, with mayor
and trustees. between 4,500 and 5000 busy people,
sampllng works OF fifty daily capacity. which nave
been running day and night for three months "hole
sale and retail stores twenty saloons the largest dhce
housein Colorado theatres other reduction WORKS
started and rchestpaying mines at the surface OF
which we have any history IN mining. during these
Winter months, In a camp, 100000 worth OF ore
has mined, sent of by wagon and rail- anu ho'
six great stages come into silver Clih daily, Loaded
crowded, with speculaOrs and men Of large ana sinai
means seeking investments.
Rosta and silver Clif are SIX miles apart yet wholly
tied together by mines. All the ground lnterVenhg'
and for miles around EACH is vast. astonish-
ingly rich precious metal field. Five stages wei
loaded, arrive Rosa daily this, too, at ume oi
year when is hardly expected. Never before In MN
ing have such vast number OF mines SHOWN
at grass roots (mlners' paFlance, meaning
paying ore that commences at the exact sur
face Of the ground) have been opened
during the last seven months In Custer County Many
OF the ores sent to MILL aud at large profit are en-
tangled with grass roots and roots OF SHRUBS ana Wee
AT Leadville have to dig from % To 20 ieet az
heavy expense before striking ore. Here you stumble
,er ores carrying both silver and gold while walking on
the seeming prairies the hlsides. The oulA Oh
silver Cliff and Rosita ores IL free milling, consequently
worked at little expense and the silver and gold produet
ia not only cheaply but quickly produced ore COM
menepg at the surface increases body and richness,
with depth There Is abundance OF timber throughout
the country to be had for the cutting and hauling.
Fresh meats are to 12ls cents per pound In
Custer County, ham and bacon are 10 to IL
cents, hay is $50 per ton. At Leadvllie
IL is selling at cents per pound S120 per ton Po-
tatoes are 80 cents per busne here and - go at Lead
Vile. Both Rosita and silver Clif are twenty-eight
miles from Canon City where terminates at present the
Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Pueblo IS iorty-
nine miles due east. Daily stages leave Pueblo for
Rosita The ride found TO be OF the most pictur-
esoue and fascinating in our whole country Nine miles
of the route is through the wicrd and grand Hard
scrabble Caon. which is also the course OF the river
bearing the same Mines appear Immediately al
ter coming of this great cafon ExMayor souther'
OF Pueblo Colonel Carter, Of St. Louis, are WORKING
twenty men on their famed silver Hill galena mine' one
mile this side Of the canon. Richard Irwin and his Pha-
delpha partners working the White Horse gold lode
two miles south OF Silver Hill in the Gold Hill camp
Two miles still further south Saul WILSON and Edward
Esgestone have the Eclipse mine which has fory-two
inches of copper gold and silver ORE Dihle Eg2les-
tones well known Bertha Baker copper mneis two miles
southwest OF Gold Hill in Junlnns' Park. They have
near it the Dinner and Emma Dinner galena
veins and Warner Gillham Eggestone own also the
Fillmore lode in Junkins' Park This is red hematite
ORE twenty inches Of metal carrying S22 70 in gold and
IL ounces in silver depth OF eighteen feet Nearer
RosIta the route are the scottsd-
dons Plata Dura, Leonard scolay May McHugh Matte
Bruce and Tecumseh Horn silver claims. The TIE"
cumseh is bonded to Silver. Curtis & Anthony
Qroher Of Susan &. Anthony OF Denver, e eE IoE
$4,000 IL Is owned ox H. r. austen, m t nside 81
limits are the Virginia Humboldt and Pocahontss
ali the ores on exhibition at the Centennial Exposition
Van Buren, Hoyt and Others own the Lucille also inside
working on It, 1t has veins One Is gray cop
per, which mills 400 ounces 10 the ton, and one
the ton Hoyt E Esgestone's Wait Lode, Hoyt Co.'S
senator the Blue O DSnaDe usne s
tin Dihe Co.. Celeste Wnans, silver Glance Henry
Hanna & Co.; Young America, slavlck q Coz senator
Ext nson schoofeld IL Co.; Leviathan, Mattice q Co.;
Alabama, LOwther * Carter; Victoria, Melvin * Co;
stevens, YOrke o. Co., are all Inside VI hosi'a tO"n
limits.
A COLORADO BONANZA.
The Bassck Bonanza, now bonded to General Mar
shall q Davis for Sl2jO0OO, Is two miles north OF
Rosita on Tynda Mountain, and is the richest chimney
Of ore known. Its fame in every mining Office OF the
continent Its formation up TO The 18th Of March was
uondescrpt. No other mine has been known to yield
rre same ore I'D TO the discovery Of the Derey Lode
Iron Mountain, two miles OF Tyndal Mountain and
two miles northwest OF ROsa. Basslcks shaft is 22O
feet deep 1t began yielding 192Ounce ore at the very
surface and was about twelve feet diameter. The
ore then was rounded Douders OF pOrphyrtc rachyte
coated with mere stain and hornstone associa-
.,,..n A hard uat uufi
at depth 100 feet, 1t solid metal, yielding from
S6OO 10 $1,000 10 the IN gold and silver
The chimney enarges II goes down. until
now at 900 feet 1t is about go feet IN diameter
Charcoal In large pieces found among these boulders
The formation is evidently Of atriton that IS hot
water force melted the ores rounded the bouders or
county rock brought metal from great depth up
among these boulders in semqud state and on cool
ing it formed this rich coating This single shaft in
twenty months has mIlled S65OOOO of frstclass
ores 5000 tons OF seeondclass on the dumps
worth on an average 800 per ton. The mine has been
partially FOR nine months while huge rooms inside
OF the mountain being eXcavated To make place
Tor steam hosting machinery. Experts say that by
June 1. when these engines begin TO hoist this bo-
nnnza will yield $4,000 per day at expense OF 5000
Each orbreaker keeps five TO ten ore sorters at work
THE DERBY LODE
Th lode has an east and trend covering the apex
OF Iron Mountain. The outward sigus are huge red
henattic iron bouders This float covered the slope on
the south side the mountain March 13 ProspectOr
Edward Eggestone claimed tue Derby, and taat same
day assigned interests 1t TO ID. W. Samuel, an iron
rolling operator OF Pennsylvania, aud ~ Barker late
| Chef Of Police OF Pueblo. IheY began on the Vtn
OF April o. legal assessment work for then interests
That same day regular chimney Was uncovered, the
ore OF which assayed Dy sack fun sN.7s4 III gold and
SILVER. Eggestone laid shafts on tne VEN
| and a tunnel the east end Of the claim Three
shifts OF eight hours put the tun-
mel and of hours eacn on the shafts. large,
fssure vein was soon uncovered III hrTe places
o. L. nperry NJ D., Virginia, Colonel A j. Dyer Of
Il Louis ana Professor Hnry r. Martin, OF Allentown,
Peun inventor diamond drils bought fractional in
ferssts IN Derby the l6CI Instant Mr. bassiek
saws that tins Derby II extension Of the vein upon
which his chimney Is and that apparently is worth
/ many tunes his mine IL held at.