The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-10

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or so, that the matter may be fully
talked up. Citizens. shall it be done !?
Mining items.
ID. b. Powers, Esq, General Mama
ger of Ruby 4 Treasury Mountain
Mining Company, returned from the
mines on Tuesday night, and the
JOURNAL reporter, knowing the anx-
iety OF stock holders to hear some re-
liable mining news quick from head
quarters, called upon Mr.. Powers, at
the Office of the company, on Seventh
street; he found the General Manager
looking somewhat thin from his sum-
mer's work, but in much better APP
parent health than he expected to find
him.
After hearty hand shake your re-
porter suggested the object of his visit,
| and said,
"NOw tell us all you know" 80
"Well, replied our general niansges,
I know a good deal of climbing hills
and wading through snow; this
weather you are having in Salina is
delightful. l have been putting on.
lighter clothes every hour since / re-
turned. One week ago l was going on
snow shoes over the mountains, and
now am luxuriating in delightful fall
weather. You can scarcely realize the
change. have beeh getting better
every mile have Travelled this side of
Denver. But suppose You want TO
know something about our mine? =.
That's it. Tell us just exactly what
kind of property you have and what
you are doing to develope it. Most Of
the stock holders both here and in the
east, take the JOURNAL, which by the
way gives all mining news of a reliable
character it can get hold Of What
about the Virginia Belle ." -
As q rule Mr.. Powers is not very en-.
thusiastic, hut mt the name Virginia
Belle, a confident. happy smile illu-
mined his good looking face as he said,
"She is darling, / tell you, and if
she don't prove to he one of the best
mines in Colorado, am no judge of
mining property"
Remember, my friend" said your
reporter, that there are such mines i'm
Colorado as the Forest Queen, Sylvan
lite, Lead Chief, and several others of
like characterized enough to make .
thousand reporters happy for life.'
"Yes, they are good mines; I know
all of them and have examined them
carefully. Not one of them had as
good indications as the Virginia Belle
on the surface, and every blast
has improved her. 1 tell you now that
within year from this time she will
be known as one of the best mines i'm
Colorado"
How are you working her? l am
not well up in these matters, but give
me some idea Of your plan of work"
1--WE commenced running a tunnel
i'm the mountain 125 feet down the
mountain from the groupings and run
in on level li3 feet before reaching
the contact, which gave us depth of
100 feet from surface. The contact is
eight feet four inches wide, laying ut
an angle of about $50. Here We conf
menced an incline, following the pitch
of the vein, and when I left was down
80 feet. the vein having Strengthened
up to about 6O0 with fine Indications OF
q true fissure vein. The front wall is
blue limestone, and the hanging wall
porphryated granite. Thu, incline
shelf goes from wall to wall. The
mineral lays in . strata in bqfb walls
and IL brittle and native liver, with a
sprinkling Of hrUmide, and Improving
every Sbot. When I len ~ were
layinga an iron track for convsnienee n
handling ore from the incline. y I |
stopped In Denver and ordered follow
ers-" r-E..E
"Hold on . minute; What ths deuce |
are folIowers?"
"Iron wheels for car bsxes-and you
bet we will need them"
Have you had any assays lately"
AYES. had assays from first cut of |
the contact, running from seven hun
dred to fifteen hundred ounces. have
four hundred pounds of ore on the way |
TO Salina; samples ffon all our prop |
erty. Come in again In few days
and will make you smils.p
"What about your other mines"
1--WE have several other good mines,
some Of them will make rich ones.
will say that the Plume and Ohio Boy
are among the best of them. l think
the Plume will almost equal the Vir-
GINA Belle. Next sunnanef's work will
develop them. have stopped work
for the winter on all our mines except
ing the Belle" ri
At this point the attention Of Mr..
Powers was engaged by several Anlha
stock holders and your reporter onUkE
his leave. e-rTr~-s