The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-23
TINE MINES AT HAaryIILE.


About five miles northwest of Cop
peropolis, where the Green Mountain
Boy lode, owned BY Messrs. Dickson,
Miller, Allen a MeGregor, is located,
are found the new mines Of Hartyille.
In May last, oon after the first discoy-
cry Of the copper ore in these hills,
Messrs. London q Eaton, of Fort
Laramie, opened out a deposit of NAL
aehite on the top of the main range,
four miles west of the Platte. These
gentlemen have kept two experienced
miners at work on their mine during
the last two months, and they have to-
day a fine body Of copper and silver
bearing ore, many specimens showing
silver in its native state. Early in
June, and throughout that month,
p~rospectors swarmed oyer the hills in
the vicinity Of the ''Sunrise" lode, the
name given to their mine by Messrs.
London and Eaton. No important
discoveries were made, however, until
the oath of June, when Mr.. J.W. STRAIT
ton located the now celebrated EN-
pire" lode, ION what is now known as
Mineral Hill, for himself and Messrs.
John and Thomas Sparks and W. L.
Seeley, all of this city. The Empire"
lode is a true vein carrying a fine body
of copper and silver ore, of which there
is a large quantity on the dump ready
for the smelter. The ore assays about
$S5 from the grass roots down, and will
undoubtedly greatly increase in value
at a greater depth than attained at
present.
The Empire was the first lode dis
covered on Mineral Hill, but soon addi-
tional discoveries were made on this
mountain. Messrs. Coleman, Hass Il
Glafcke located the Empire No. 2, the
Jessamine lode and the Eureka lode, all
of them showing fine mineral from the
surface. Mr.. Olmsted discovered and
located for himself and partners, all of
them employees of the Union Pacific
railroad in this city, the tom Shanks"
lode, on the southern slope of Mineral
Hill. This Is also a promising mine.
The Victorine Consolidated Mining
company has located on the south end
Of Mineral Hill, the "Victorinen lode,
and the Cosmopolitan lode, on the
western slope; here also was located the
"Croesus" lode, by Messrs. Stacy,
johnson and Smalley; and on the
northern slope, Col. Hart and Mr.. ].
Eames have located the Keystone lode,
an extension of the latter being taken
by Messrs. Thomas, Rodda and Dema-
sy. These ten claims take up the
whole Of Mineral Hill, and from p
ances this hill is a mountain OF miner
al indeed, as outcroppings of rich sill
yer and copper bearing pres are found
on all the claims above mentioned.
Several other rich discoveries have
been made in the adjacent mountains,
the principal one being the "yillage
Belle" by Messrs. Moore, Young and
Stacy; the Leader" lode and the
''Shady Side" lode by the Victorine
Consolidated Mining Co.; the martha
Washington lode, by Mrs. Dickson,
Mrs. Miller and Mrs. ". T. Glafcke.
The mineral found on these claims is
similar to the rich ores of the "Green
Mountain Boy" and it needs only the
strong arm Of the miner aided by giant
powder, to bring it to the surface in
abundant quantities. The prospectors
have now become miners, and the field
is open to new arrivals, who will un.
doubleday be equally successful in
making good locations. From morning
till night, blasting is going on in these
mountains; giant powder is doing its
gigantic work, and the noise it makes
at intervals is pleasing to the hardy
miners, who, without it, would be un-
able to uncover the untold riches lying
hidden in these mountains.