The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-12-01

The Venango is taking out some
rich ore now.
Three hundred feet of rubber hose
and blow pipe has been received for
the Belmont tunrel. This tunnel is
now in 31s feet.
The contractors on the Lead Chief
are making better progress than here
tofore. They are sinking now at the
rate of one foot per day.
| DR.. Cornell has let a contract to
sink the shaft of the Little Frank lode
twenty feet deeper, which will make it
sixty feet deep. At that depth he
proposes to cross-cut to cut the vein,
as the vein dips out Of the shaft, which
is perpendicular.
| The Wine in the Durango Is being
sunk, but no Ore is being taken out at
present except what can't be helped.
Water is beginning to bother them SO
that not much more work can be done
until {, pump is procured. Mr.. Wilder
is now employing about twenty men.
EDITOR PILOT: A few notes from
| Redwell basin may be interesting to
the readers of your paper: The as
sessments have just been completed
OH the Denver City, Early Bird and
Colorado State properties. They are
owned by Brennand, ..Deffebaugh,
Yule and others. All Of these claims
were located in the summer of 1874,
and consequently are the pioneer dis
coverles of this district.
! The Denver City is a very large
vein fully fifty feet between walls, its
outcrop is larger than any other vein
in Ruby district. Its ore is compos-
ed of galena, zinc blendc, iron ard
copper pyrites which assays IS OF.
to the ton and is developed by a tun-
mel 65 feet long.
The Early Bird is smaller than the
former but better defined, shows four
feet OF white quartz carrying galena,
zinc blende and copcrite or oxide OF
copper that assays IS OF. to the ton,
and is developed by tunnel 20 feet
long and by shaft 10 feet deep.
The Colorado State lode Isl a cross
vein twenty feet wide, which shows
white quartz similar to the vein mat
ter in most of the mines around Ruby.
1t is developed By tunnel IS feet
long assays out of which 81 OF. in
silver. to the ton.has BEEN taken. H..
The July Bird, an extension of the
Early Bird is a very promising prop
erty that was discovered last summer
and shows three feet Of solid mineral,
! The vein matter being argcntiferous
galena, Iron pyrltes and native cop,
per that will assay 6 OF. IN silver to
the ton. Tliis vein is one of the best
. properties in the basin with we'll de-
fined walls, and with development
will become paying mine. There is
several tons Of low grade ore on the
dump. It is developed by shaft II
feet deep. and will Be worked rigor-
ously next summer. Owned by John
W. Fass, Mckay, ShurtleF & Co. and
others. The owners refused flatter-
Ing offer for this mine.
( The Robert Burns, Robert Emmett,
I Wheel Of Fortune and Grand Union
We're located in May 1879, and are
developed BY three annual assessments
and shows galena, native and oxide
of copper and silver glance in large
quantities that assays 25G OF. in silver
to the ton; Owned by Fitzgerald and
eastern parties and will be worked
cnergetically next summer. There
are several other fine properties in
this basin. which will surprise the
knowing ones when developed, nota-
fbly among them being the Dark Horse
of which We will speak hereafter. * x
Our mail system is out of whack
again. Heretofore Mr.. Hammond