Delta chief., 1883-11-07
The Red Mountains,

From the Red Mountain Review.
Red Mountains first season n mining
camp has been decided success, although
there has been no boom and no excitement.
Most of the development work has been done
by prospectors, but the little that has been
done proves the country to be possessed of
almost unlimited resources as a producer of
rich ore. For several months the daily ship
ments have averaged 100 tons, every pound
of which was pay mineral, and mineral in
the San Juan country must be high grade or
1t will not bear the present heavy expense of
transportation and still leave a margin of
profit to the mine owner. The mine owners
of this district have shown their perfect faith
in the permanent value of their properties by
steady persistent work, and the results have
been tlattering indeed. The Mears toll road
has been completed to within a few miles of
this town, at an expense of $4,000, fair
wagon road connects us with Silverton, and
a new road will doubtless be constructed in
the spring, the solid men of the town are
awakening TO the fact that they must build
a good wagon road or the Red Mountain
trade and ore shipments will all go to Ouray
"h-'h iVib- nave pttll bullt W lilt luuhtt
Girl, National Belle and Congress mines
and with the increased facilities we now pos
sess it \ more than probable the output next
season will be quadrupled. The mines
which have produced this season are the
Yankee Girl, National Belle, Congress, Hud
son, Treasure Trove, Grand Exchange, Car
Donate King, Robinson, Custom, Grand
priza Tittla A Apni. Maud EauSa1pp,
Jed, Mountain Lion, Sailor Boy, Daniel
Webster, Tin Cup, Little Prince, Galena,
Mineral King, Galena Queen, Blackstone
Silver Ledge and Turkois, and the most of
these properties will be worked steadily this
winter. The discovery of free gold in the
Sampson, Paul and Bonanza near Gladstone,
has aroused considerable local excitement
and it is not reasonable to suppose that capital
will hold aloof from a country which is almost
daily surprising ''the oldest inhabitanr' with
fresh discoveries of marvellous mineral
wealth. The Red Mountain may truihfully
be styled a self made district for capital has
done little or nothing to develop its resources
and this fact alone is one which will COM
mand the attention of capital seeking invest
ment in mines.
The San Juan country has for many years
been an almost inaccessible region, although
known TO possess some of the richest veins of
mineral in the world, but the advent of the
railroad, the completion of wagon roads, and
last but not least, the discoveries of upparal-
leled richness which have been made in the
Red Mountain district the past season, are
but the advance agents Of boom leading on
to an era of prosperity, such as this country
has never known. The dark days in the
history of San Juan are past. a new star
has arisen whose light will lead hundreds to
wealth and fortune. The Red Mountain
district has redeemed the San Juan from the
obscurity in which it has lain so long, and
will bring the long looked for reward to the
faithful few who have stood by these grand
old silver scanned hills, firm in the belief that
here was the Mecca of the pilgrim seeking
the shrine of fortune.