New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-21

tions until the bedrock is found in order to prove
that the deposit already dissolved is in well-de-
fined VEN and to vndcate the right of the com
pany TO follow that vein into the mountain, ana es
pecaly to stop the owners of other mines IRON TAP
ping it. At the same time. he SAID. he saw no
reason to suppose that paying ores would be 10unH
below those already beng worked although. OF
course. that could only be determined by actual e&
OTHER MINrs on FRYER hill.
The other mines on Fryer Hill that most devel-
opel are the Little Chief, Vulture, Crysohte and
Carboniferous, all of which resemble the Little
Pittsburg group though in none of them have any
such large bodies of ore been uncovered. SeVerai
of these mines owned by Borden, Tabor N Co..
have put out large quantity of very rich ore dur
ing the past week and all are undoubtedly valuable
properties The mines on Fryer Hill are undoubt-
edy the bOnauzas of this camp; but they are bonan-
gas the vaue Of which. ~ far IA they have been
explored, can easily be estimated; Future develop
ments may increase or diminish thoir PROMISE.
The Evans Hills, lying north OF Fryer M are
the latest to have been prospeced, ana mo GscoV-
cries thus far made have not been OF such charac
ter as TO make 1t possible 10 express an intelligent
opinion of the value of their mineral deposits.
Numerous shafts beng sunk over there aud tui-
nels driven and every day there are reports OF rch
strikes having been made, hut there are no deVel-
Oped mines there as yet. Some OF the most expert
enced and successful men IN LeadVile have great
confidence that rich will be found in large guam
titles the Evans Hills, and have invested money
in prospect holes there. A few weeks OF months
will determine their value.
FORTUNATE SHOT.
The only remaining hill which any paying
mines have been opened is Long and Derry Hill, on
the extreme south, as the Evans Hills form the
northern limit of prospecting. The distance from
Leadyille TO the Long and Derry Mine is seven or
eight miles and the opening OF the mine Is near the
top Of The mountain almost at timber-line. The
story Of the discovery of this mine told by resi-
dents of Leadyille is very interesting. The Long
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kansas Valley for several wears Mr. Derry kept
little wavsde hotel below here, in the valley, and
had been very kind 20 these young men. When they
had money they paid for their entertainment ~ ms
house. and when thcy bad none hey were inst as
welcome A year or fifteen months ago the Longs
were i'm as Strengthened circumstances as ever ana
of them said. they had 10 shoot their break
fast before thev could eat IT, Ohe uaV one OF t1eW
wa hunting upon the mountains and shOt Ceer
which, in ITS death struggles kicked mp the earth
and disclosed some peculiar rocks. Inc eNclte-
ment the discovery of carbonate ores had then
begun, and Mr. Long caused the, stones he mad
found to be aSSaycd. They turned out to be very
rich IN silver ore The two brothers then located
their claims. calling them the J. ID. Dana the
Porphvry aud the Faint Hope, and having decided
one-thrd Of their property to MI Derry IN recogn-
ton of ms kindness when they were needy, began
to develop their mine.
CHARACTER OF THF LONG AND DERRY ORE.
The Long and Derry vein, If IT is a vein, is above
all of those have previously described. II seems
10 pitch into the hill as about the same angle and in
substantially the same dlTecuon, 4 explored NnIy
one Of their iuclnes aud that only for about fifty
feet a very little care has been taken IN opening
the mine and il Is difficult and somewhat dangerous
10 get aaput in. BY low shopping, for the roof of
the incline is not more than four and half Iive
feet above The floor, and by clngng to the side
timhers 10 keen our footing for the floor GOV.
cred with ice. we examined several chambers from
which the ore had been partially taken out. and
followed one Of the levels as far our guide
Thought n was safe TO venture The
were chiefly hard gray caTbonates Of very high
grade. and there seemed to be "a considerable mass
of them I'm sight The vein itself did not seem to he
very well defined. ] saw in some places, above the
mineral rock which ! supposed to he pOTphyTy,
and the limestone was very plentiful. have since
been told by mining expert that there is no vein
been IN pockets I'm the limestone. This theory is
not generally accepted IN Lcadville
Some idea of the richness of the ores in these
mines may be gathered from the fact that some of
them have been sold for - a pound, aud that a
single load brought $4,000. Ore OF this quality -,
of cour~a, not very plenty, but nearly all that the
MessrS. Long and Derry have taken out has been of
high grade.
The number Of mines in this immediate district
In which the mineral has actually been struck
is now not far from sixty and new discoveries are
made almost every day. During the week have
been here | have heard of many important OPEN
ings. and DEVELOPMENT will probably c0ntnue for
months TO come. The MINES have described are
representatives Of groups, and have been selected
nation of them Civ q clearer idea of the character
of all. The silver deposits here certainly
derfu iu their character and extent, and the pro
duct of the Lesdvil lie mines. although II has been
greatly exaggerated, viii be very large during the
coming year. T. W.