Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-05-06
MINING MATTERS.
letter from George Srtpheu, formerly of
Mexico. Mo.
JAMESTOWN, BOULDER Co., COL, }
April goth, 1880. I

JAMESTOWN, BOULDER Co., COL,
April goth, 1880. !
Editor Mexico Ledger.
Dear Sir:-I have noticed several
articles in the LEDGER from the north
ern part of Colorado and from Lead
vile, but never anything about Boul-
der'or Griffin counties, while they arc
two Of the OLDEST and most reliable in
the State. Had | the ability to de-
scribe some of the rich mines OF this
county, l would do so, but rs have
not, will send You Boulder paper
ill which the mines are spoken of, the
Longieilow especially, which you may
copy if you wish, as some of your
readers are owners in the mine, and
to convince you oiour valuable mines
l will send you box of choice speci-
mems from my cabinet. The dark
colored ones are from tie LongIellow
mine, which is silver ore, the two light
colored ones are tcllurIum, or gold
ore, one of them being roasted, the
other is in the material state, valued
at about $4,000 per ton, and the
other two enclosed in paper are silver
ore from the Ophir, located in Gun
nison county. This mine is owned
by Wesley Humphrey q Co., and is
considered very valuable. NJ. f.
Simmons and Col. Chamberlin of
Springfield, ILL.,, are now in Colorado
! looking after their mining interests.
They will send four men TO the Gun
nison this season to prospect. Myself
;nd partner will also send four men
into companies ol two men each.
The excitement this spring seems
principally to be about the Gunnison
and Ute reservations.
TIE LoNGFELLow LODE
is owned by Il company in Mexico,
Mo-, Of which VI +. Simmons is Pres
ident. Mr. Simmons is editor of the
Illinois State journal. The produc-
ton of this mine has, been in the
nelghborhood of 5l3, 900. Three
! thousand having been taken out by
the discoveries and $4,000 by the
present owners. The main shaft l2O
feet deep, is covered by a substantial
shaft house 2Gxj0. the hoisting being
done by Il California whim. From 30
feet III depth levels have been run
east 20 feet and west 10 feet. These
levels have been Sloped to the surface.
At 80 feet in depth levels have been
run east SO feet and west 80 feet. .
The east level has been partially
SlOped out. A tunnel has been run
starting at a point $50 feet east of the
main shaft, which is now IN about 21j
feet. The streak throughout the tun-
ncl averages 10 inches Of low grade
ore, which mills SO. In the bottom
Of the shaft there is from l foot to IA
inches of ore, which Will mill from
$500 to 5000. The main feature of
the ore from this mine is that it runs
high in copper, the tirst-class milling
from $3.50 to 5000 in silver, and %
per cent. to 80 per cent. in copper.
\ test of ten tons Of the low grade
ore, run by Campbell over his Frue
vanners, gave very fair results. Run
ming six tons Of ore gave one ton OF
concentrates, milling SIlO in silver.
with per cent. of copper. Mr..
, Riley Sutphcn superintends The mine.
assisted by Mr.. Richard Ball, who
also sorts the ore. The vein Is very
strong, having good walls, the foot
wall being OF slickcnsidc. The Long
| fellow is one of the crack mines OF
Central Guich, and the steady IN
crease Of the body and richness of tn,
ore as depth is gained. is very en-
couragin9 to the owners.
Il When my subscription becomes
, due please notify me and | will senC
you the money, as your paper i:
f looked for each week with mucl
5 cagcrness. Respectfully yours,
X. q. SUTpHEN.