Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-18

fill up with thrifty, energetic popula
tion. Those portions of the GunnisOr
country that are now claiming specia
attention, and which prospeCtors say
will astOnish the world with theil
riches, are mainly situated on Eagle
river, Roaring Fork, Elk Mountain,
Tumichi, etc They lie on the western
slope of the Rocky Mountains, west and
southwest from LeadVille. The section
thus far prOspeCted lies along the east
ern boundary of Gunnison county, ex-
tending westward twenty-five miles,
and from the northern to the southern
boundary of the county.
The Eagle river section commences
about fifteen miles north from Lead
vile, and extends for ten miles down
the Eagle river, the lower end embrace
ing what is known as Battle Mountain.
Carbonate ores are the kind found in
the district, and are said to be found in
large deposits, the ore averaging over
$500 to the ton. In this section the
ground is pretty well covered, and little
room, comparatively, is left for pros
pecting, although, like the older Sec
tious, new finds will be made continu-
ally. The Eagleriver country is reached
by way of Lake creek, across the Con-
tinental divide, where the first mining
camps are struck. A railroad has al
ready been projected into this country
via independence Gulch.
over the mountains, beyond Indepen-
dence Gulch, is the next place of inn
portance-ROaring Fork. In this Sec
ton the principal camp is Ute City,
which is sixty miles from Leadville,
via Independence Pass. 1t is located
at a point near where Maroon, Castle
and Hunter creeks empty into the Roar
ing Fork. This is one Of the most inn
Dortant of the new mining camps, and |
Is only partially prospected. The mines
here show sulphurets, galena, chlorides
and CarbOnates. A number of rich
mines have already been opened. Fine
mines are found in every direction from
Roaring Fork, and several important
ales have already been effected,
The Elk Mountain district comes
lext, and is about seventy miles south
vest from LeadVille. The principal
developments, so far, have been made
n Washington Gulch, which, twenty
ears ago, was famous for its placer
lines. This camp is about six miles in
ength, and its formation is similar to
hat at Leadville.
West of these camps stretches large
ection of territory, on Taylor river
nd along other streams, where inn
lensely rich placer diggings are said
exist. Miners who have risked their
,alps by working in them last summer
9porT that they have made from ten to -
fly dollars day, working with pan.
his country is now open to prospect l
IS, and will undoubtedly receive this \
lmmer its share of the hardy miners b,
no are, in this country, the avant c0ar- is
rs of civilization. These mines are C
the Ute reservation, and for this rea- M NJ
n remain undeveloped. 81
To those of your readers who think
coming to this country would say,
mt start until May. Living is ex- \
nsiye here, and nothing can be done l
It'll the snow is off the mountains.
In my next letter wilr devote more hhf
-ention to the description of other as Pl
mps, and to the characteristics and III
culiarities of the different formations be
d ores. GAMMA. 20 20