The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-06-08
Our Mines.
LATEST REPORT FROM THE
PICK AND SHOVEL.

Scribner returned few days ago ane
we applied our gas pump attachment:
and cleaned the following: That the
distance from here to the point where
the discovery was made is about forty
miles nearly west and at the junction
OF Muddy and Clear creeks. There
are from forty to sixty people there
who have laid cut a town in a beautI
full valley bordering the stream. Wher
he left they were making sluice boxe:
and getting ready to wash. All along
the stream as far as prospected colers
could be found, but It is the opinion
OF those who examined the stream,
that they would have to get down to
bedrock ip the creek before the,
would come to good pay. Those who
are there prospecting are hopeful O
success and propose to work in gooc
earnest, some of them being backed
with plenty Of means.
Mr. Scribner came back down Rock
creek to Gothic, to convince himself
of the most available route to reach
there with supplies, and he says 1t i:
almost impossible to get there by thai
route with supplies and that wagon
road never could be got through, but
the route down Anthracite from here
could be made good wagon road.
o,-BE-JoYFUL MINING COMPANY.
Mr.. Samuel Geiselman. since his
return, has let contract on the Jaw
cracker to be sunk fifty feet. This
property is in Independence basin,
and at Its present depth shows brittle
silver and galena. This claim is
grouped with the Eclipse and Grown
Point lodes, situated in O, e-Joyflll
basin, and have been organized into
a stock company by Mr.. Geiselman,
under the name of the O,-Be- Joyful
silver mining company, with capital
stock of 81, 900, 600, shares at SIC
each non -assessable. The last two
named properties will be worked, but
more especially the Eclipse, which
gave assays last year at depth of 20
feet of o56 ounces silver and on mill
run from Hills works, Denver, he
obtained 146 ounces. This is very
promising for claim with no more
work done on it than has been and it
gives encouragement to develop.
lt.L TONE-Ol
The movements OF the Forest Queen
mine seems to effect the mining in
tercsts here about the same as jay
Gould effects the money market OF
New York. 1t is considered the stant .
ard bearer, and when it shows up all
right everybody seems to be encour-
aged, but if it looks mfavoraD!e the
camp seems to be depressed. Just at
this time Sup't. Brown SAYS it Is doing
better than ever before. The work Is
confined to the north and south drifts
running on the vein from the $50 foot
level. The south drift is fifty. feet
long and the north drift one hundred
feet long, showing tie vein to be
about twenty feet wide between walls
and pay streak two feet wide next to
the hanging wall OF rich ruby and
native silver, the base metal being
arsenical iron, and the vein through
ou. is impregna ed with mineral. At
present there are twenty-four men at
work and they are taking out twenty
tons per day Of the richest mineral
the mine has ever produced, averaging
say $50 ounces per ton.
Last week in speaking of the dump
ore from the upper workings we made
a very grave mistake in stating that it
only run SIS per ton. We have since
been informed by Mr.. Williamson,
who Is doing the sampling,that it will
average not less than seventy-hye
ounces per ton. Of this grade MIR.
Brown proposes to mill perhaps 1000
tons, which alone will keep the Pio-
neer stamp mill busy for some time.
THE BEESWAX.
A drift is being run on the VEIN and
is IN forty-hve feet. The vein is still
broken, but rockets Of rich mineral
are found at different intervals. Work
is also progressing on the tunnel.