The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-10-27
RICH STRIKE!
THE DURANGO TO THE FRONT.
II Large Body of Brittle
Silrez ut u Depth of
13Ofeet, Gray Cop
Der Discovered.

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icle another rich strike, indeed one
that gives really more encouragement
than any in this camp, because ii
comes from depth that gives positive
proof that the deeper you 90 the
stronger and richer the veins get, not
withstanding the wiseacre at the Pic.
neer mill says these are all surface
veins here, caused by that I" mud vol
cano' that he operated in at Silver
Cliff some time ago.
This time We are happy to announce
that it is the Durango, under the per-
severlng and energetic management Of
v. A. Wilder. e..
During the summer several drifts
have been run and winze sunk from
the level of the tunnel to a depth Of
13o feet under ground, more or less
fife ruby mineral has been taken out
from above the level of the tunnel,
but in sinking the shaft, though the
vein was II to15 feet wide all the
way down, the mineral was very lean
and scattering. A solid wall had been
struck on the level OF the tunnel, and
in stoping up on the mineral the wall
continued as far as the work has been
driven, in going down tn shat: the
wall is also solid and the vein very
strong Mr.. Wilder, having faith
that ruby mineral was not all We have
in our veins here. continued sinking,
even after " Professor" Jacobs had
issued his now somewhat famous bull
against the comet" The first indica.
tons Of something below was struck
some days since, in a solid streak OF
quartz, having some mineral but not
in body. On Saturday last, the
foreman was picking in the bottom OF
the shaft and found streak of gray
copper, shot was put in and it open
ed up quite body of almost solid
brittle silver, and to-day it has widen
Cd and will no doubt continue to do
SO as the quartz is about 3 feet wide.
The mineral has changed from that
60 feet above and IS now all brittle
silver and gray copper. A few days
Will fully expose the body Of ore, but
sufficient IS known to pronounce ii
extremely rich. This mineral is found
after going through the cap or rather
the intervening portion of the vein,
that lies between the ruby minera
and the more continuous and solic
brittle silver aud gray copper below
This strike at the depth of 13o fee>
should encourage every mine owner
IN the camp to 60 down, for below
their ruby lies the greater and more
permanent bodies of ore. Ruby camI
has not been fairly prospected yet
and we have only the CLEAN Of it
coming wealth revealed to us in ou
rich surface minerals. A great reward
awaits the man who will 60 down int
the depths of mother earth in thes
mountains about us.
-. . The Durango was purchased yea
ago this October, by V. A. Wilde
and his brother-in law, Mel Macdon
aid. Operations were commenced a
once, and a tunnel was run on The
lead about 100 feet during the winter
in running this tunnel good bodies 0
ruby mineral were found. The min,
was stocked in the spring of 1881, ant
it mas since been worked under tn
organization known as the Ruby Dnr
ango mining co. The owners are Geo
A. Evans, President; C. Lawrence
Perkins, Secretary ; VIM. T. Pratt, Q
Baker, Pratt & Co, Geo. Martin, c
David Dows & Co., Mr.. Moore, G
the New York Lighter Co., Geo. 2
Sheldon, VIM. S. Goodwin, C. S. D
Hahn, Neil Macdonald and V. A
Wilder, manager, all of New York.
The Standard mining co. has be
come somewhat financially embarras
sed, we are sorry to learn. We wer