The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-10-20

them, should have advised Com.
Webb SO; bat no, We suppose if he
had been sent here to, build ship
above timber line he would have done
It.
We have been told by r,;nc owners
that Jacobs has never been in single
mine in this camp; and yet he ven
lures the assertion that there is, no ore
here, in the article he had published
OF the 9Th Of this month.
I Again. in the Denver Nf0s, of
March 2nd, 81, where he is inter-
viewed in that city and makes this
! statement:
"In the Ruby district there are at
present probably over one thousand
locations of mines. The majority OF
these are as vet merely pro p cts, nany
of which, however, will no doubt be
opened up and developed as soon as
; the season will permit. Developments
have shown the district to be immense
ly rich and at the present moment
there are several hundred tons of high
grade ore now ling on the dumps.
With spring it may be expected that
large quantities of ore, averaging from
200 to 500 ounces per ton will be
ready for the 2o-stamp mill which is
row in course of erection anj Which
will be in working order shortly. 1t
may therefore be expected that large
shipments of silver may be looked for
from this section of the New Eldorado
in the Elk mountains. At the present,
moment no camp in Gunnison coun-
ty has 50 bright a prospect.
Now here are two conflicting re-
ports; which one is to be believed by
stranger? On this occasion he staid
here one night only and yet he speak:
in positive manner as though he ex-
amined the mines.
On the question Of the formation OF
this country we interviewed Mr.. O.
C.. Schultz, who is graduate of Frei-
berg, Saxony, and who has lived here
for two years, and has made the geo.
logical formation of this section 6
careful study BY almost daily personal
examinations in the different mines.
Mr.. Schultz is now superintendent fer
the Standard Company, and is no.
ashamed of his record in Leadvillc
and otter places. He says:
"rhe statement that the mines o.
prospects or holes are located in
volcanic deposit only needs visual
investigation to prove its untruth
Oae only needs to know of the erudit
Professors famed learning to Under
stand the proposition so Interestingly,
maintained by hiu,-anent the grca'
mud volcano. l would merely re-
mark that it was my belief that the
afore mentioned mud volcano W.
first sighted in the latitude of Silve
Cliff, but am grateful to the 'Protes
sor' for his kindl,. information of tn
existence of said mud volcanos, geysei
or ie ne sais quoi, here in Ruby camp
This fact, incontestible since asserted
by him, will be another advertisement
IF the wonderful natural products o!
this camp.
The statement that there is not
primitive wall or rock. showing i,
any portion Of the camp. is disprovet
utterly by the lower workings of tn.
Venango and other mines, which hav-
ing passed through the Gaping Ct
sand stone, that overlies this cam,
in which mines true wall can b.
seen and the mineral exists not Ii
small streaks or punches but in un-
broken continuity. 1t is my BELIEF,
judging from the article referred to
that the Professor is not cognizant Of
what he himself means by the term
primitive rock 1t only needs a few
moments Of personal investigation to
discover specimens of several varieties
of rock, in and about our camp
Hayden's report Of 1874 will corrob-
crate this asee-.io-.
WHAT ZxLE. P/LOT WOULD
LIKE TO KNOIX