New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05

by the DAILY shaft, tho finest piece of workmanship
Of its kind in the vicinity of Loadville Two large
cages operated by fine engines, were used to raise
the cars loaded with and waste, and portion oil
The shaft ID partltioned off for q Underway, by
which the men could enter and leave the mine
when the cages were IN use. Five hundred tons oil
ore could easily be raised in day through the Daily
shaft and in case OF an emergency, the amount
rould be increased temporarily even beyond THIS
The building which covers the shaft Is IN many re
sects the best that has been erected for IKE pur
pose III the camp Every convenience for operating
tne nine was provided and tho only unfortunate CIT
cumStance III connection with IL IS that very soon
,ffcr the DAILY shaft was completed and was IN
order for immense production no ore was lett ID
the mine to be raised through TO-
The ground winch lay above the orc in the Lit-
e Chief mine Vas generally Of a loose ana move
able character winch made II worry diiicult 10 Keep
he drifts ana Slopes open by any ordinary timber
ng. never have seen in any mine the evidences
such enormous pressure both downward and lateral
except IN old workings that have been abandoned
Tor years, ms witnessed in the Little Chief mine
| Jaw stick of timber lying on the top OF post
nat was originally fourteen inches thick. but. by
me weight that had c0re upon it, it had been con-
res, cd into n thickness of only three inches. Nj
mcroJts beams three feet thick and than SIX
Get long had been snapped IN two IN the middle Us
though they had been nothing but pipe-stems. ~
spit" Of the reacherous character OF the ground and
lhe Difficult of keeping II IN place. the Little me
mine Is to-day one OF the best opened on FRYER
Hi. II cro is part of it except some OF the Old
workings, from wnl"h the ore was taken at before
the present company owned the mine, into which y
il not safe 10 go Every part Of the nine IL so open
rh.f II cau he exam with great and II "a 81
course unnecessary sav that the report, when /
have beard has been circulated IN New-lork lately,
shat ore has covered M or hidden ~ the MN"
for the purpose of depressing the stock, Is rdicn-
lousy absurd.
Inc LIZ lie Chef mine has, AZ present. no apparent
tuIurr one man ca, see rs faI beyond the end OF
pick, the miners say, another hut n seems W.
NE that there ~ haTdly one chance IN hundred
that any lar.c bodies ot e Will be found az
been taken Inc ground north and south # the
great shut,s, which has not been explored III thr
Lutte Chef OkIngs, has been cafeluiy
pr0sprctcd III adjoining claims without success'
.nl IL Their fore thu dig ncnt OF the DeN'
mining experts IA camp that L would be worse than
folly t. spend money IN driving DRIFTS into 1t. No
COMPANY mas vet put "a shaft down through the
formations OF + yer Hill until the primitive rock
has ben found. There is possibility, hardly
prob lb ty, that there may he SILVER ana lead ore
brnpaih the mass of OXldr OF IRON, pOrphyry ana
guaIlzirc IN winch Fryer Hill miners have Oeen at
work but # there rs not, then the present
value oi the LIitlc Chef mine is about what the
machinery aud ma erla on hand will sell for.