The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-18
TELLER CITY.
No Interruptioa Fren sasw-MaIis
Very Regular.
How The Mines are Being Developed
some Big Assays.

0Otc@ L60. H.
Winter in the North Park is not
what the residents have supposed it
would be when they determined to
make Teller their home for one winter
at least. This a of the year has been
pictured severity cold, and snow so deep
upon the ground that it would be ut
terly impossible to move about during
the month OF December, January and
February. Residents, however, have
found TO their qualification, that this is
an exceptional year, or that the reports
of the inclement weather were exag-
gerated in the extreme. The only real
cold weather that we have had thus
far was during the month 81 Eovember,
with not more than I'VE or six inches of
snow upon the ground. Since that
time the weather has been very moder-
ate. The reverse, however, seems to
have been true in the east and south,
as we learn from the LEADER, which,
by the way, is the only paper that cir
culates to any extent in this mining
camp. Teams moderately loaded have
been coming into, and going from the
Park all winter, and very little diff
Guilty has been experienced in that di-
rection. The mail is now being
brought into Teller on Tuesdays and
Fridays. On Mondays it leaves Lara
mic City on wheels, and is brought to
the Laramie river or Corlett post office,
and from thence to Teller ON runners.
The other service once per week is per-
formed on horse back. The depth Of
the snow is only about twelve inches
with every indication that it will en-
tirely disappear by the middle of March
or April.
Thus far every opportunity the season
has afforded, has been improved by the
miners and others, who have pushed
their enterprises with vigor and de-
termination that will surely rebound to
to their interest and that Of the camp
in the coming spring. The prominent
mines have been worked all winter and
each foot sunk upon the respective
claims, gives additional evidences OF
their permanency and the vast wealth
that still lies hidden in the crevices of
the great mountain ranges, which al
most circumscribe the little city OF
Teller; the greater portion of which
territory has never been visited by the
tenacious miner. Indeed, only surface
prospecting has been done in this camp
this year. Men who have ~prospected
have not been possessed of sufficient
means to run tunnels or sink deep
shafts to discover what are called
"blind leads, !" consequently it is reason
able to believe that there are many rich
veins yet to be discovered by this
method that the INDECENT ~prospector
has passed over for want of money to
prosecute his search.
The Gaslight mine, owned by Chas.
E. Adams Sc Co., has been worked all
winter with a force of men varying
from twelve to twenty. The discovery
shaft has been sunk sixty-live feet deep,
and at the present time a large force
of men is employed running two levels.
The writer Of this visited the mine the
other day. Some of the finest specimens
Of ore were taken out that it has eve r
been our fortune to see. On Saturday
last, the miners struck q new vein of
ore which is richer than any thing yet
taken from this mine. While this very
rich vein is only about two inches thick
it will more than pay the entire work
ing expenses of the mine. An assay
from this strike gives the satisfactory
result Of two thousand, four hundred
and ten ounces to the ton. The main
vein Of the lode still maintains uniform
thickness of about eighteen inches. and
has no indications of pinching out. Mr..
Chas. E. Adams, superintendent of the
mine, is in high spirits over the bright
outlook, and says that he intends to
push the work as fast as money and ex-
perienced means can.
The Ell Dorado mine, owned by Isaac
Burton & Co., is another one of the
bright lights in this camp. Mr.. Burton
has, with a few men, been hard at work
on this mine during the winter, and
has the main shaft sunk about fifty
feet. The character of work in this
mine is similar to the Gaslight, and
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