Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-06-15
] FROM eoLeRlDo.
Correspondence of the Ledger.

and undeveloped mining camp exists
during the long and tedious winter months,
TIN Cup comes once more to the front,
smiling with the rosy flush of prosperity |
Daily is the census increased by the ar
rival of more miners, 'tenderfeet" and
dogs, the latter of which Tin Cup has a
good supply. The road over the Alpine |
pass from St. Elmo, the terminus of the |
South Peak R. R., distance of IA saniles,a
! is in fair condition, aad ffeight for Ashaa
| craft, Alpine and other points north of US
now comes via St. Elmo and the Alpine
pass. The snowis fast disappearing from
| the mountains and hills, and prospecting
and work has began in good earnest and
with good results, as the recent rich
strike reported sIew. All branches of
business are reviving with an activity
heretofore unknown. At last the world
at large begins to give proper recognition
to the, undeveloped wealth ana won
derfm resources of the s'Gunuison lCounG
try" and more particularly to the Tin
Cup mining district. The coming year
will prove prosperous and successful
one for Tin Cup "A boom for Tim Cup
has not the insignificant meaning it has
had for so many presumption mining
camps. On the contrary, it is the fore
runner of a lasting prosperity. Tin Cup
is beginning to gain recognition as sub
stantial mining camp. Already she has
added tosthe bullion product of Colorado
upward of half million dollars, and with
what is now piled up on the dumps of the
various mines and slowed in the ore
houses and smelter, will double that
anlo,1nt--in fact, the output from the Tin
Cup mine exceeded one-half the amount
accredited to the whole Gunnison country,
and the output the coming season will
far exceed that of any previous. A tele-
graph line is now being being run from
St. Elmo to this point, and will be COM
/ pleted in d short time. Two railroads
are projected here, and probably one, at
least, will reach here the. coming fall.
Another bank, with $4,000 capital, will
soon be in operation, Mr.. Hetzell, of
Northern Illinois, being cashier. The
smelter will ''blow in'' about the middle
OF the month, as soon as a sufficient
amount Of fuel and lead ore are obtained
Tin Cup is fast getting control Of the sup
, ply trade of Aspen, Ashcraft, Bowman,
I Texas Greek and numerous other points
! The merchants here are alive to. the fact
, that quite a wholesale trade canbe worked
up. Two newspapers are published here
the Banner and Record Democratic.
Tin Cup is taking great interest in the
Denver Mining Exposition. Two mass
, meetings have already been held, and a
q committee with forty members appointed.
The committee IS working energetically
collecting ores for exhibition Tin Cup
7 will undoubtedly secure the credit OF
having the best exhibit of gold and silver
= bearing ores. - fr0
j THE hlISEs.~S -
The records of the County Recorders
9 Office show that over 5000 places and
> lode locations have been made, nearly al
a. since January.'79 To give description
of tenth part of them would require toe
much time and space. Therefore, a brie1
: description of few of the most promi-
e nent will suffice.
G THE GOLD CUP MINE
r was dicovered and located late in tht
Il summer or fall of rs, and is now owned
9 by the Gold Cup Mining and Smelling
! Company cf New York. 1t is one of tn,
best properties in the State. On act o
l. litigation the mine was closed for severa
o months, but matters were adjusted abou
- two months ago, since which time Capt
If T. G. Hall has had charge as mana ger
with w. F. Hansling as superintendent
Work has been pushed vigorously sine
% the first of March, and about $25,000 o
100000 worth of ore taken out and store,
II in the ore house awaiting the starting Q
lie the smelter, the amount taken out bein
,r from work, Httle or NO stop
ping having been done as yet. The prop
erty originally Gn 1880 was sold TO
$685., 200. Since its first sale the propert
% has produced more than The original pur
a chase price.
THE TIN CUP NINE
=, owned by John j. Mastin & Co., is tn
: : extension of the Gold Cup Mine or groul
[a Quite an amount has been spent in th
ia development of this property, and a lare
is amount of ore has been shipped, nettin
q a handsome profit above mining an
Ia smelling. One small shipment was mad
I of high grade (picked ore, which re
e. turned over s5 per pound. g.
THE JIMMY MACK MINE
,r is owned by E. C. Stoddard & Co. Abo,
:, $4,000 has been expended in developer
and improvements On this property.
~ large amount of good ore has been shil
Oe ped from this mine, and it is pronounce
ut by experts to be a true tissure vein.
In THE Ell CAPTAIN MINE,
4 about one mile north of the Jimmy MAJ
:, and on the same hill, was recently pu
" chased fromJ r. Mead by former res
'lo dent of Mexico, together with an Illino
ny Company. Recent developments sho
ks that it Is second to none in. the cam
tv very rich ore being found quite near t
!, surface sfrer glance, sulphurstts, so
slverandchloride oreswas found o1ly
~ fewsfeet fom Che surface.H Work il bel
ne pushed, and quite force aresaf 20
ret pushing development work night and ola
lat THE DREW MINE
VS. adjeils the Tin Cup, and is"0wned 8
nh Faco & Co.. About Acton of ore has be
shipped, running $3.50 per ton.
~ :. The foregoing are but small part
oil the mines,- and~the~ coming season W
,g, see score more at least of paying mir
Mt, opened up. Besides there are some
ity or eight places claims are. being work
a. with good results, one of them havi
been sold the lst Of June last forr
" modest sum of $50 geo. '3Beshles the
'ur and silver wealth Of TinA cup, hands6
We fortunes are to be made out of the enc
ith nous deposits of magnetic iron 0
u.s. lnother years del elopncaf, and hebu
INV ion preduct VIII speak forstseM SBes
- all our mineral wealth, We have. m
magnificent scenery, hardly to be 81
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