The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-05-18
Our Mines.
LATEST REPORT FROM THE
PICK AND SHOVEL.

ent mines that has been considered
heretofore no more nor less than waste
rock, from the very fact that there has
been no market for it, the
grade being so low that it would not
pay to ship. and yet this ore will run
all the way from IS to 50 ounces per
ton The quartzite veins in this camp
are immense in size, and outside Of
the usual pay shoot or streak, mineral
is found thoroughly disseminated a!
through the vein matter. lust as soon
as tA.s grade Of ore car be treated
here at reasonable or small prcfit, it
will be one of the grandest things for
Ruby camp.
TIE LITTLE Oracle LODE.
The Texas Co., uader the marage-
ment of John W. Sayles, have let a
contract to James c. Rogers for driv-
ing 200 foot tunnel to cut the vein
Of the Little Oracle, an extension OF
the Gen. sayles. Rogers has COM
mehced work and viii put on a large
force as soon as the snow goes off.
The president of the company, Col.
E. II. Fordtran is man of ability
and energy and intends to fully de-
velop his property in Silver basin this
summer.
THE MONITOR CON. MINING CO.
H. F. Richardson, representing the
Monitor Consolidated mining COM
pany, returned from O,-Be- Joyful
gulch Saturday night, where he went
to let contracts on the Monitor and
O, Be-Joyful lodes; work has COM
menced on both and ore hundred feet
will be run on the tunnels as soon as
possible, the Monitor tunnel will run
on the vein which is of spar, the o.
Be Joyful is cross-cut. They pro-
pose to show up their property this
season. The company own a group
of six mines. Among the number is
the Neptune which has assayed 1888
ounces. As the SEASON advances the
company propose to sink it down and
also develop the other properties that
they own. He reports great deal
Of snow, but it is melting very fast,
and the miners are coming in very
rapidly and the prospect for good
amount of work being done in the
gulch this season is very flattering.
The BOSTON AND COLORADO COAL AND
OIL COMPANY.
1t is with pleasure that We announce
the return to our camp of Mr.. E.
vonJeinsen by whose order last sum-
mer Mr.. F-ank Woodard, practical
oil operator OF Pennsylvania, erected
an oil boring rig here, for the purpose
Of drilling for lubr;csting oil, the sur
face indications of which Mr.. Wood
ard considered the best he had ever
seen. The machinery arrived so late,
that actual boring did not commence
before December 1st, 1881. After
reaching a depth Of $50 feet, the work
was closed down until this spring.
During the course of boring this we'll
has shown some oil in the pulp and
at the depth Of $40 feet emitted gas
which burned. On his arrival Mr..
vonJ Jensen examined the machinery,
etc, and finding everything il good
order, he Immediately commenced
boring with day and night shifts. On
our visit to the we'll yesterday, the
18th, We found the!.boring to be 400
feet deep, passing at present through
slate strata and freely emitting gas,
which on being lighted one can tell that
it has strong petroleum smell. This
we'll will be sunk to the depth of
1000 feet, and four pore wells in
different localities will be started,
should this one prove successful, Of
which, judging from present indica-
tions there is no doubt in our mind.
The property on which the oil in
dicatlons are found, embraces 1,2oo
acres, and is the property Of the Bos-
ton and Colorado Oil and Coal Com
pany, Of which Mr.. vonJeinsen is the
general manager.
This is new enterprise for. Gunni-
son county and If it should prove a
success we have no doubt but what it