The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-07-15
MINING NE us.

the vein better than ever, and a new
shaft is being sunk where the open cut
has caught the vein The mine is ap-
propriately named.
From Capt. Townsend, Of the
Good, Enough Mining and Milling
company, we learn that their mill will
be in full operation by the first of
September, and will have treating
capacity Of thirty tons per day. Their
process is roasting and chlorodlzing
Capt. J. w. Grant is ripping up the
country east Of here in search of vein.
When We came across the spot, last
Sunday, we thought herd of wild
elephants had been cleaning their
worries there preparatory to fight. If
the Captain don't catch that lead
there is no use for any one else to
look tor it.
The Denver lode, an extension of
the Sunshine, is looking tiptop at 4
depth Of thirty feet. 1t has a well
defined quartz vein that carries arseni-
cal iron, brittle and wire silver. The
owners are Messrs. Spencer, Baxter 6.
Hawley, who are row working two
shifts on the mine and developing it
as fast as possible.
Our friend Mr.. Fluke, one Of the
owners of the Keystone, promising
claim located three quarters of mile
northwest Of here, has presented us
with handsome piece of quartz from
the same The quartz carries pyrites
and arsenical iron as we'll as ruby sill
yer. The lead is five feet wide and
shows twenty inches of fine quartz.
1t is ruhored that the Ruby Chief
mine has been bonded to the Good
Enough Mining and Milling. company
for the sum of s9o, 900, $4,000 of said
sum being paid as a forfeit The
G. E. company are very fortunate In
securing such valuable property as the
above mine, as it is considered one Of
the most promising claims in the dis
trict.
The Lead Chief and Little Chief
mining company have determined on
putting up extensive hosting and
pumping apparatus over the valuable
mines at once. Col. Jacobson has
gone to Denver to purchase the ma
chinery, and in 40 days we hope to
chronicle daily shipments of ten to
twenty tons of their usual grade-4oo
ounce ore.
The Howard Extension of the Du-
rango and Old Sheik mines, is now
classed as the equal, ifnot the superior
of the Forest Queen mine, both as to
quantity and quality of ore taken out
The Homestake No. 10 also has de-
veloped into 2-toot vein of heavy
high grade argentiferous ore. IT'S
thus, from day to day, new bonanzas
become established facts, and our dis
trict looms up.
There has been shipped from the
Forest Queen mine 10 Hills works,
Denver, thirty tons of ore within the
past week They have over one hun
dred tons of ore on the dump ready
for Shipment and are loading teams
just as fast as they can procure them.
There are eighteen men employed in
sorting ore, and altogether there are
forty men employed on the mine, and
the force is being increased all the
time. The output from this mine this
summer will be enormous.
One. Of the finest looking and most
promising prospects in the camp, is
the Ella, lying. northeast from the
Forest Queen. The vein runs the en-
tire length of the claim, and has been
uncovered in three or four places at
intervals of about thirty feet. The
vein, as uncovered, shows width of
three feet. The dump is covered with
ruby, native and brittle silver, which
is quite discernlble to the naked eye,
and would pay big to sack and ship.
The claim, as it stands,.is supposed to
be worth $40, 900. 1t is the property
OF Charley Nelson and t. Peterson.
The man now incarcerated in the