The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-04
FAIHBASK CORRESPONDENCE.

$3.50 -
this company is a matter Of Importance
to Cheyenne as well as to this immed-
late region, the figures obtained will be
of general interest. Considering the
circumstances attendinga new smelt-
ing enterprise in an unsettled section
n hundred miles from any railroad,
the report Is emiuently satisfactory,
showing a success rarely attained in
the first season of a smelling furnace.
On the Tth day Of December, 1892,
the dres were first started IN the fur
mace, Immediately producing a clear
Stag and a superior quality of copper
bullion running 81 dne. The ores
smelted were taken from the surface
workings Of the company's principal
mine, the "Sunrise, " ut that time only
q prospect" and now but partially
developed. About 1000 tons Of ore
averaging 10 per cent. have been
mined or quarried from these crop
pings, and $500 tons have been
smelted at the works In Fairbank.
The output OF copper bullion amounts
to something owe M million pounds.
worth On a low market, one hundred
thousand dollars. Eight hundred and
fifty tons, or one million and seven
hundred Thousand pounds of coke
and ten thousand bushels of charcoal
have been consumed.
The company has carried on its
labor rolls from seventy-ive to one
hundred employees, divided into the
mining, smelling and transportation
departments, and has Indirectly given
employment to many others in their
charcoal. wood, road and building con
tracts. The amount disbursed In
working the mine, establishing and
running the smelling works, and put
ting transportation on the road, has
had the effect of building up a series of
towns or camps which are now famil-
iarly known as Hsrtville, Fairbank,
Sunrise Park and Millersburg. Three
of these have ~postofices and daily
mail service, thanks to the efforts of
Delegate Post. All have good stores,
saloons and other necessary and I'M
necessary equipments of mining bergs.
Hartville has had a building boom
during the past six months, many of
the buildings erected being large and
commodious business stands which do
credit to the place. Many new cabins
are built or are In process at Sunrise
Park which is the headquarters of the
mining force. E. W. Hall, Esq, Of B.
A. Hart & Co.. has opened a full stock
Of general merchandise to supply the
camp, and Judge Hsuphof has shown
much enterprise in putting up good
buildings to meet the demands of busi-
ness and for residence purposes. Fair
bank is quiet and awaiting the starting
up Of the smelter, 1t being the policy of
the company to develop the Sunrise,
open new ore chutes and accumulate
reserves Of ore. In advance sufficient to
keep the works in permanent operation.
The company may well point with
pride to the results achieved so quickly,
starting as they did on the groupings Of
a rich prospect which now shows In its
development an immense amount of ore
in sight. and every evidence of a per-
manent and practically inexhaustable
supply for future operations on a large
scale, and it is now well understood
that the company contemplate a large
extension of operations in the spring.
Your correspondent had the pleasure
of visiting the Sunrise accompanied by
superintendent Whyte, and while not
very conversant with mining details,
drifts, inclines, wines, sumps, etc.
saw with his own eyes in n drift on
the first level an ore body Of 40 feet in
extent of high grade mineral, and solid
on all sides Of the cut. Other ore bod
les are penetrated by various openings,
but to what extent and how far con-
nected together can only be determined
by further development, which the
superintendent is now pushing forward
as rapidly as possible. There are good
copper properties in the vicinity of the
Sunrise, and indeed through the range
to Rawhide Buttes, and with the ad-
vent Of a railroad a magnificent copper
belt will be developed, second only to
the lake region of Michigan. This is
simply the verdict of practical copper
men OF national reputation, who have
critically traversed and examined the
resources of this section OF country.
At Muskrat canon but little is doing
except assessment work, pending the
sale OF the Michigan. 1t is understood
that negotiations are In progress on
that property, with every prospect Of q
sale at good figures, and the erection OF
the extensive smelling works proposed
will simply intensity the demand fol
railroad facilities, 80 much needed by
the Fairbank enterprise.
In addition to this, now comes the
Running Water silver boom-the estab.
lishment of a ten-stamp mill and tn,
immediate increase of working facili,
ties on the mine In machinery and labor.
The writer visited this remarkable mine
a few days ago and saw for the FIRST
time, under escort of the superintend
ent and engineer, Mr.. Fender, a mine
carrying free silver, running from CSC
to $3.50 per ton. Much Of the silver
can be seen with the naked eye In Hue
scales, distributed through the rock,
while In some black ore, which is the
richest, 1t is not thus visible. The