The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-02
MINING BRIEFS.

Work will be commenced on the
Bullion King this week.
The Kent mine is looming up. The
owners struck a body of ore in the
tunnel the other day thar assayed
SAG ounces in silver, by Mr.. Shultz.
The Lead Chief is working a small
force OF men running a drift from the
shaft of the Lead Chief to that of the
Little Chief. Supt John Popham
was in town but Mr.. jenkins, the
efficient engineer showed the reporter
around. This mine will start in full
blast in short time.
The tunnel Of the Durango run to
strike that Of the Old Mexico is now
in about 40 feet. The breast of the
tunnel yesterday showed some fine
streaks of ruby silver. The reporter
followed Mr.. c. F. Yorke into the
tunnel, where George Salmon, Sam'l.
Powell and other acquaintances were
at work. From present indications,
the miners think that large body of
rich mineral is near at hand, that is,
not more than FIVE or six feet from
where they now work. Sup't Wilder
and Asst. Sup't. Bro. Goodwin filled
our reporter up to the eye brows with
a dinner prepared by one of the most
celebrated rAs1S de extsin Of the east.
When that body of mineral is struck
they have promised big "spread !"
for few friends. Mr.. Wilder showed
piles of ore which will mill run from
500 to 1 200 ounces in silver per ton.
Mr.. Ed. Leonard was found man.
aging the windlass at the shaft of the
Hopewell. Ed. can york as we'll as
"boss." He quit his job for few
Fmlnutes to show our reporter the lay
Of the vein. This monster streak of
quartz showing ruby and native silver
from five feet above the surface
through which it juts, down to an un-
known and UNEMPLOYED depth, yea,
even into the very bowels Of the earth.
is not less than IL feet wide. Mr..
Leonard knocked off a piece of the
top groupings and showed it. This
was we'll filled with Ruby and native
silver. Any of the top rock assays
from 900 to 300 ounces per ton. Mr..
Leonard has shaft down now about
22 feet, and this week will put on
three shifts, 50 as to make an average
gain in depth of two feet each "a
hours. The shaft is abont 1s feet
from the vein which dips at about an
angle of 70 degrees. Mr.. Leonard
says that he will strike it at about 20
or IS feet deep.
The Fairview, one and half miles
east of town, the dump Of which over
looks the Crested Butte road, is being
worked vigorously by Messrs. Drake
& King, its owners. They nave 81
foot shaft on the lead, but are now en-
gagged in running a tunnel on the
vein. This tunnel taken beneath the
spot where the shaft is sunk, will give
depth of three hundred feet, and the
face of the mountain will admit OF
three other tunnels being run about
$50 feet below each other, since the
mountain side here has a slope of
about 60 degrees. The tunnel Is
about 50 feet in length now, and
shows rapid approach to pay mineral
if not already in it. A mill run of
some of the ore from the shaft of this
claim returned 264 ounces to the ton
at depth of 90 feet. The character
of the ore is gray quartz with ruby,
native and wire silver impregnating it
all through. 1t has less base metal
than any mineral we have seen in
camp; in fact 1t is almost free milling.
When Mr.. Drake discovered the lead
it showed two inches wide at the sur
face, and in the bottom of the shaft
now shows over twelve inches in
width.