The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-12-08
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calling on DR.. e. w. Cornell, at his
Office on upper 9th street, and having
a conversation with him concerning
mines and mining in general, and the
present and future out look of this
mining camp. We found the Doctor
a pleasant and agreeable gentleman
and we'll informed in mining matters.
He has been in the mining camps of
Colorado for number Of years and
in Ruby Camp since the spring of'So.
He is experimenting the development
Of valuable mining property in and
near this camp, in which he is person
ally interested. During his residence
here he has shown himself gentle
man, an energetic and reliable bust
ness man. In addition to his general
business tact and push, he is practl-
cal assayer, mineralogist and geolo-
sist, all of which renders him remark
ably we'll fitted to conduct mining
successfully. We learn from him that
he and his associates own FIVE pieces
of mining property, all situated with
IN a radius of three miles of Ruby
Camp. These lodes we're all located,
assessments worked. surveyed and re-
corded in the year 1850. The annual
assessment of one hundred dollars for
the year 1881 finished and labor afh-
davits recorded for each claim. The
names Of the lodes are Little Frank,
Silver Belle, Red Stone, J. Lewis and
Jackie c. Little Frank is on Ruby
Hill, about one mile from the Samp-
ling works. This lode has been ex-
posed az various points through the
whole length (1,soo feet) and the
quartz and vein matter assayed. The
different assays giving from Is to 3o5
ounces of silver to the ton of ore. The
discovery shaft sunk on the lead in
1880 shows that it is between five and
six feet in width, with solid quartz
eighteen inches wide, carrying ruby,
native and silver glance. Owing to
the slight inclination of the lead from
yertlcal line, the permanent or work
shaft was opened some Is or 20
from the vein at the surface, cal
ing to cut it at depth of 90 to
|et from the surface. The shaft
feetin the Clear and substan-
nbered. The shaft has reach,
sd.Eg, sNd.hisE, feet. a. W. Aa-a
II haNbeen erected, and fur
with furnace and air pipes
Tor htilating the shaft. A house
for the accommodation of the work.
men has been built near by. The
Doctor will continue the work on the
shaft all winter. In the spring he
will run a tunnel to connect with the
shaft, the tunnel will be driven along
the vein from the side OF the noun
tain. With shaft 200 feet deep and
tunnel connecting with the bottom
of the shaft, the Doctor will have, to
all appearance, we'll developed and
paying mine. An offer of $4,000
was recently made for the property
but promptly declined. The Doctor
has developed the Little Frank sufici-
emily to know he has a real good
thing and with the expenditure of a
few thousand dollars more it Will be
a paying mine, and consequently ne
has no notion of disposing of his en-
tire interest for what it will bring in
its undeveloped state. He has three
very promising claims on Mineral
creek, about two and half miles from
Irwin and half mile from the Irwin
and Crested Butte toll road. They
are the Silver Bell, Red Stone and T.
Lewis. Two years assessment work
finished on each. A cross cut on the
Silver Belle, cutting the lead at a
depth of eighteen feet, shows we'll
defined walls. The vein matter and
quartz is four feet in width, assays
from this lead gives from $ to II ozs.
silver to the ton of ore. Higher up
this stream the Red Stone lode is sit
uated, this lead runs northeast ard
southwest, nearly at right angles with
the Silver Belle. The decomposed