The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15
Mining Mention

The Little Alice, on Copper hill!
mo, Be Joyful basin, has 12tt adj
on vein 10 # wide. The indication:
are very good.
The vein of the Little Schuylkill, il
ODE Joyful basin, has been discover
ed and located in Poverty Gulch b.
slatterly and Carney, last Saturday.
The Elva lode near the Burlington
HIS let contract to have about s25e
worth of work done it. This claim
has a 25 # shaft and shows wei
for that depth.
August Shuman is running tunne
on the Indian lode, in Swan basin
and is now in 3 # on vein II fl
wide, which has 90 inch pay streak
The mineral looks very nice.
An as~ay from the Eclipse in o.
Joyful, owned by Conroy, Nelson and
Leibcndofer, showed $50 ounces pei
ton. A shaft IS feet deep has been
sunk on the vein which is # wide.
The miners have made good trail
from here to 0, BE Joyful basin via
the Hopewell mine and the head oi
Ruby BASIN. Pack animals can travel
this trail without trouble.
c. F. Biggs has finished the assess
ment work on the Buckeye State lode
on Elk creek. The claim has vein
20 inches wide at the bottom of the
open cut and contains some brittle
silver.
The Red Cloud, in O, Be Joyful
basin, has an adit with 15ft face on
a vein E # wide with mineral streak
8 or 10 inches wide, carrying galena,
IRON and copper. Jones, Gregory &
robey, owners.
The Privateer. on Copper hill, IN
0, -Be-Joyful basin, has 2o-ft shaft
on 5-ft vein, 3 # of which contains
mineral bearing rock carrying wire
silver and sulphurets. Owned by Jones,
Gregory & Tobey,
The Crown Point, in O, Re Joyful
basin, has 15-ft lead containing ga
lena, copper and pyrires of iron. An
open cut IS # long showing a loft
face, has been worked on the vein.
Bentz, Conroy and Nelson, owners.
The Sunny Side. in O, -Be-Joyful,
owned by J. w. Owens and Henry
Rhebund, has 12-tt vein with 12-
inch pay streak, which shows we'll in
galena, pyrites and copper. A 12-ft
face has been worked on the claim.
The boarding and shaft houses OF
the Bullion King are both under cover
and will be completed in two weeks.
The shaft is being parti,ioned, plat
formed and Il ladder placed. The
to sink 50 # on the shaft has
been let and work begun on it.
Two shafts, each IS # deep, haze
been sunk on the Ute lode, on Copper
hill, in 0, 3e-Joyful basin. The vein
is 7 # wide. There are seven veins
in one Of the shafts. The
mineral runs in chlorides and gray
copper.
The Weldon, on Mt. Garfield,
owned by F. w. Campbell and others,
has vein two feet wide carving
ruby and native silver, assays from
which showed 500 and $50 ounces
silver per ton. An inclined tunnel
has been run in on the vein 78 feet.
The north cross-cut in the Hope
we'll is in distance OF q feet and in
good mineral which is getting better
The DRIFT running west
is in IS feet on vein Of rich mineral
10 inches wide. The buildings are
all finished and ready for occupation.
Sixteen men are at work in the mine.
Work on the Lee Taylor, in Estes
basin, is progressing finely. The
gouge isturning in:o crystalized quartz
very rapidly and the mineral looking
richer with every foot Of depth gained
upon it. The claim will eventually
prove one of the bonanzas of the
camp.
Jacob Pressler, who has a contract
for running a tunnel on the Forest
Queen, reports that it is now in soc
# and thinks that it will strike the