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

HIauu hlNbr. II Lncluuea uVe or mo
mining camps, under such names as ID
Tin Cup, Roaring Fork, Pitkin, Gothic
Ruby Camp, and others. Over 1000 loci
tons have been made in the district
named since Jan. ], 1879. Three mimi
cities have sprung up within a year
Gothic City, containing about 800 inhat
. itants; Crested Buttes, with about 600,an,
Irwin, in the Ruby Camp District, wher
. nlty OF more miners are wintering in To-
huts, and where q post Office has been es
tablished. Real estate is rapidly rising Ii
value. Lots in Irwin that sold in 0Ctobe
for from 81 S. apiece, are now sellini
from $500 to $500. There are report
nearly as marvellous from Gothic City ant
Crested Buttes. There is a good Wagon
road TO Gothic City from Gunnison Cit,
at the junction OF the Gunnison AMI
Tomidghi. Gothic City contains q bank
two hotels, six or seven stores, as man,
dance halls and faro banks, and NJ
churches.
The ore carries galena, gray copper
%chlorides, sulphurets, and horn, wire, ruby
and native silver, with a small percentage
Of gold. at is very similar to the ore II
the Pelican, Terrible and Pocahontai
mines in the Georgetown District" say
an interested party, shut it is ten times al
rich. The range in Central is small, buI
in this district it is no uncommon thing
to find true tissure veins from seven Ia
fourteen feet wide. The highest assay oil
picked ore has run $4,000 ounces OF silver
to the ton, aud ore has already been ship.
ped from: Ruby Camp TO Prof. Hills
works at Denver that has milled 5000
ounces"
A popularity OF the Gothic and adjoin.
ing districts, with the exception OF the
Ruby Camp, is the fact that the mining is
done by tunnelling. The veins run
straight through the hills. Whopper
Mountain has already been tunnelled a
hundred feet near its top, and a second
tunnel has been begun on the same vein
GOO feet lower down. The vein ia cut by a
creek, and is found In the next hill, where
1t is called the Index lode.
soME OF THE MINES.
With GOO feet ON the lower tunnel OF
Whopper Mountain, the miners will get a
depth of 1,lOO feet on the vein. The
Whopper, Index, and Teller lodes' are still
owned by the two Yankees. They say
they have declined an offer of $450,0OO for
the Whopper alone, and declare that they
have on the dumps and in sight, by actual
measurement, over 100000 worth OF ore.
They claim that 1t is a true assure vein,
from eight 10 ten feet wide, and that the
ore will average $l25 to the ton. It carries
an ounce OF gold to a hundred ounces OF
silver. These mines are in what is known
as the Up-Mountain District, formerly the
Lake City District. The ore carries sui.
phurets, galena, copper, and gold. Tho
vein cuts a granite formation, indicative
OF true tissure. The Empire Smelling
Company are erecting reduction works
within 800 yards OF the Whopper. The
main stockholders OF this company are
Mr.. Harris, a well-known tobacco manu-
facturer; Judge Schoield OF Colorado, and
Judge Edmunds, a wealthy railroad con-
tractor. These companies are to miners
what grist mills are to wheat growers.
They smelt the ore, and take toll for smelt-
ing. If mills are scarce, the tolls are ex-
cessive, and eat the profits OF mining.
Preference is generally given to the mines
in which the directors are interested, and
in time the directors become the lords OF
mining districts. The miners are abso.
lutely at their mercy. Similar mills once
made two United States Senators virtually
owners Of the rich State OF Nevada.
The Teller lode is located on Marion
Greek, three miles from the Whopper and
Index. Maroon Creek sends its water into
the Roaring Fork, the northern branch OF
the Grand River. The Teller lacks the de-
vClopment Of the Whooper. Its ore car
ries galena with a fine steel grain, said TO
be the finest galena ever discovered. The
galena, it is averred, enhances instead OF
detracts from the value OF the ore, as 1t is
used in huxing.
The most noted lodes, all located last
year, are the Crystal Mountain, Kansas,
High Tide, Silver Reef, Jerry Murphy,
Revenue, Iron, Cameron, Crown Point and
Geneva They are all within two miles
OF the original discovery made by the ten
der-footed Yankees. Developments indi-
cate unusual richness. 1t is said that a
quarter interest in the Silver Reef has
been sold to parties in st. Louis for $780,
600. Harry Hunt, Of Philadelphia, and
Messrs. Dodge and Borst, the General
Freight Agent and Superintendent Of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, hold a
large interestin the Silver Reef. The Jer.
ry Murphy and Revenue are owned by J.
w. Skies and Joseph Thomas, Philadel-
phians by birth, and lately Of Denver.
The owners OF the Kansas, High Tide, and
Crystal Mountain are the Empire Smelt-
ing Company. The Cameron is owned by
Sheriff Youel, OF Gunnison County, and
his brother, both early settlers in Colora.
do. Baker & Slosson, bankers, OF Gothic
City, formerly Of Alamosa, have bought
and are working the Grown Point. All
these mines are being developed by their
owners, who show no disposition to place
them on the market.
OTHER RICH DISCOVERIES.
The new prospectors last summer did
not content themselves with stalking
claims near those Of the original discover
crs. They made some very rich discover
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