The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-19

Slate Creek, q tributary Of the East River
Ike fingers. oneof the main lodes Is thu
Forest Queen. II was discovered by ont
Fisher, formerly in the government EN-
ploy as o mule packer, aud called the "bosl
sincher," west Of the Rockies. He fount
ruby silver cropping 10 the surface In 4
basin cut by q creek now known as Silver
Creek, a branch OF Coal Greek thai
empties into Che East River. he located
his claim on July s, running north from
Silver Creek.
On July 8, one Mace, an old miner from
Q farm in Nebraska, located the Ruby
King. 1t is the.southern extension OF the
Forest Queen, cut off by Silver Creek.
The vein in both locations is9 feet be.
tween the walls, with q pay streak OF ruby
ore OF IS inches on each side. It is posi-.
lively asserted that picked ore has assayed
$4,000 to the ton. "A mill run OF selected
surface ore at Hills reduction works in
Denver showed 217 ounces to the ton.
All the lodes carry gold. The claims are
1000 by 800 feet. A second location on
tho northern extension OF the Forest
Queen is the Mountain Gem, now owned
by two boys from New York, named
Cornwall. Fisher has sold q controlling
interest in the Forest Queen to parties in
Denver for 100000. Orders have been
forwarded TO carry on the work OF deyel.
opment with two shifts, night and day.
Provisions are backed to the mine at a
cost OF fifty cents q pound. The ruby
crystals glisten in the ore like the sheen
OF a poplin dress. Ore has been found
that carries Us per cent Of silver. Solid
nuggets have been unearthed, and there
Is some brittle ore. 1t run from one TO
six ounce Of pure gold TO the ton. The
Forest Queen vein is the main ruby vein
in the camp.
The Lead Chief is said to be next in
importance to these locations. It Is open
at four points, and is fairly developed,
showing steady Improvement. II those
who ought 10 know are TO be believed,
the ore runs from 500 to 1000 ounces to
the ton. The mine was located by A. F.
Gilkison and others, who say they have
sold a controlling interest within the last
three weeks for 100000.
The only ga~lena-bearing lode In Ruby
Camp is the Independence, discovered on
July 3, in Independence basin. 1t is said
to be the mother vein OF the district. II
has been bonded by o. ?. Chisholm, q
brother OF one OF the original owners OF
the Little Emma mine OF Utah. The
shaft Is down thirty.seyen feet, and II is
probably the best developed mine in the
district. The Monte Christie, Bullion
King, Lead Chief, Independent, Fourth OF
July, and Little Elsie arc all located on
the same lode, which has been traced more
than three miles. There are gaps in sew
eral places where the lode seems to be
covered with loose wash, but the ore crops
TO the surface in one OF tho basins for a
mile and a half. Edward Leonard, Of
Leadville expresses the opinion that the
vein is from twenty to thirty feet wide, and
thinks that with but q few months work
$1,000 tons OF ore are now in sight.
AN L MINERS EAGERNESs.
J. W. Grant, an old Washoe aud Black
Hills miner, has discovered five rich lodes
on and about Ruby mountain, half a mile
from the Forest Queen. They run in all
directions, and are chucked together like
loose shingles. This fact has drawn from
j. L. Burdick, a minerSsf twenty years
experience, the opinion that Grant has
discovered the Pixies Peak or head centre
OF all the fissure veins in the Ruby mining
district. O. s. Boucher, Of Easton, Pa,
and P. NJ. Hayerly Of Haverly's Theatre in
this city, are interested in the Monte
Christie and Bullion King. Boucher de-
clares that he would not take S350,0O0 in
cash for his interest. The reports from
the district have been so attractive that an
old miner went from Gunnison City on
snow shoes, in the dead OF winter, dug
down through eight feet Of snow, found
his mineral and staked his claim. He left
his notice Of finding in an old tomato can,
and buried the can under the snow. This
information has been cleaned from a letter
written by Richard Irwin, OF Irwin City,
to q personal friend now at the Sturtevant
House. The old fellow froze his feet be-
fore he got back to Gunnison City.
Irwin, the only p~ostoffice in the district,
contains about 100 log cabins. There is q
good wagon road to Gunnison City, but it
Is barricaded with snow, and cannot be
used before April or May. The finest
quality OF timber is found at Ruby Camp.
The mountain streams are filed with
trout. There arc no farming lands in the
district. A large field OF bituminous coal
has been discovered seven miles south OF
the camp. 1t is said to be fine coking coal.
A party from RHby Camp and Gothic
City are now at the Sturtevant House.
Their statements have created considera-
bic excitement among the forty.seven
miners from Utah, Colorado, Montana,
and California, o guests at that hotel.
Lewis Leland has become so absorbed that
he threatens to open q hotel and start a
milk route in Ruby Camp with the open
ing of spring.