Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-24
SILVER CLIFF.
A New and Attractive Mining Re-
giOn
Graphically Described by a Led
ser Correspondent.
SILVER CLIFF, Col,
IN 1907

of (this) Custer county, about seven
over the hills; Dora (the town,
of course, being a married mani,
about six miles in another directian,
and Titusville, about ten miles beyond
Dora; and have also been down in
some mines, seen many promising
prospects" and been through n of
the best silver" mills in the State or
elsewhere. Rosita, the county seat,
is n of the ancient cities of this Sec
ton, being about ten years old. Many
mines of established value, and more
of rich promise are located in its i'm
mediate vicinity, in the surrounding
hills and mountains, and it is a live
little town, but / observe that many
of the managers Of these mines have
their homes in Silver Cliff, which, by
reason Of its much greater population +,
and comforts and conveniences incl
dent thereto, including schools,
churches, railway communication,
theater, telephone, waterworks, etc..
is much more desirable as a place OF
residence. Dora sprung into exist
ence about a year since, why, no one
seems to know, and now that it has
almost disappeared, no one seems to
care. 1t appears to have been born
without sufficient cause, and has prac
tically died of inanition, as nearly all
of the late habitations of the Doraites
have been reduced to lumber and
carted to other more rational locations,
principally to this city, | presume.
Titusville is not yet a yearling, and
it is therefore premature to judge
of what it may be. 1t now
counts some twenty odd houses of the
shanghai pattern, made o boardS Meth
err planed, washed, nor painted, stand
ing principally in one row. 1t has sew
eral stores of the general variety order,
and a couple Of saloons 1t owes its
origin to some rich mineral discov-
cries in the neighborhoOd, notably the
Sem" and Lookout mines. The
former is said by old miners to be
unique in the respect that all known
minerals of value have been found IN
it-especially nickel and cobalt. The
percentage of nickel is saidto be great
en- than that of any other mine in the
world. The different samples of the
ore from this mine are the most beau
tiiul | have yet seen. Arrangements
are in progress to work it on a large
scale, and it seems conclusive that the
owners have passed far beyond the
anxious point and have their fortunes
well assured. The Lookout" pro-
duces ore very similar in appearance
to that oil the Robert Il. Lee mine, Of
Leadville, which has run as high as
81 600 to- the ton, principally gold. To
the uninitiated it would seem entire
ly worthless, being apparently nothing
more than sandy loan stained by the
waters flowing through some iron for
nation to a rudy and brown orange
color. Yet appearances were never
more deceptive as $E 600 to the ton
of earth fully testiies. OF a similar
character to the Lookout, and about
half a mile distant from it, is located
the Quincy" which is only slightly
developed, but shows from three OF
four ounces of gold to the ton within
ten feet of the surface. The vein is
large and we'll deinei and the yield is
said by experts to be very unusual al
this depth, an ounce Of gold being
worth twenty dollars.
All OF these mines aud many Others
of great value are within fifteen miles
of this place, notably, the Bull .Domin'
20, within sight; the Bassick, about
five miles; the Pocahontas, twenty.
six: Leviathan, Ben. Franklin, Sons
Bird, Milk Maid, King of the Car.
donates, Good Hope, Great Western
and many Others rich in product OIL
promise the Racine Bay
and Silver Cliff almost within thu
town. These two mines are consoli.
dated under name of the Silver Cliff
Mining and Milling Company, arr
stocked at ten millions, and are prob
ably paying dividends on that amour.
as they have one of the most perfec
mills known, and arc shipping bullion
to the value Of $4,000 or $l4,0Ot
weekly and continuously. The mil
seems to run almost automatically, II
every part from the roof to the ground
and its forty ponderous stamps re
duce the ore to powder at the rate Q
100 tons per day. The ore body in thi
chloride belt is practically inexhauati
Bile, and principally what is called fire.
milling ore. The silver not taken "
by the quicksilver in the amalgamatin
watts, owing to its combination witt
manganese, is called tailings, and be
ing run off in long board sluices
caught and sold at 80 per cent Of. II
: assay value, and is said to pay al
mining aud milling expenses Of til,
f Company. thereby netting thepi an an
nual profit Of about 100000. Tn
} cost of mining and milling this CHA
. ride ore is said to be less than $.5
/ per ton to this company, which woul
G seem to mark this as one Of the fe'
very great mining centers-within
{ very few years when the facts becom
/ fully known. A number OF other mill
5 are projected, Que other. very neArl
/ compiled, for the treatment Of all kind
3 Of ores, chlorides, carbonate, galen
and others. In addition to the "a
mineral wealth lying exposed at il
very doors, Silver Olif is one the "eS
e ceeding few mining towns which ha
. room to grow, being, although euciT