, 1884-10-25
The Mines.

duty bound to report proceedings in
that locality as they are handed in.
Our people have no correct idea OF
the number Of people already hold.
ing claims nor the extent of the
travel in that direction. Ithas every
appearance of IA mining boom, with.
out the loud and exaggerated reports
that usually accompany such excite
ments. 1t may be that the scores OF
old practical quartz miners now IN
the diggings may be labOring under
a gigantic mistake and wasting time,
labor and money on mineral that
will not'pay the working, but such a
case would hardly be probable. The
lateness of the season is a drawback
that will prevent any great develop
ment, but so long as the weather will
permit of outdoor work, just so long
will the men prospect and push the
researches upon the claims they hold.
Very large bodies Of ore are in sight
and should it only prove low grade,
there is sufficient of it to make big
fortunes for the holders. This is no
season for man to start for the
mines, unless he has plenty Of means
to carry him through long winter,
and 1t is not poor mans country,
anyhow, for it will require capital to
work all the claims. One day this
week we had call from A. L. Ben
oist, Henry F. Hess and Chas. Nc
MILAN, who are interested in the
mines, and who were in the city for
the purpose of laying in supplies.
Quite a large colony has located
claims in a section of country some
three;miles east OF Clewelah, and i'm
mediately in the vicinity of Doc.
TOmlinsOn's saw mill, an institution
that comes in handy in furnishing
lumber for the camp. Among the
locations already made are following:
w. G. Emby, John Wagner and Mr..
Forester own the Silver Gem, Ona,
Eclipse, Monitor and Muldoon, only
One-half to three-quarters Of a mile
from the saw mill, some of the claims
extending to the mill. Another
group, two and One-half miles north
Of the mill, are owned by Joe. Will
liams, John MacantOck, Fred Rice
and A. Herzog, including five claims,
among which are the Bear, Copper
Queen and Toughnut. These parties
are old Colorado miners, and have
had years Of experience handling
rock. They are perfectly satisfied
with the appearance Of the lodges
they are working and express them
selves as preferring the claims to
anything they ever saw in Colorado,
where every thing is mines and
everybody miners or interested in
mines Some half mile north Of the
mill another lot Of claims have been
staked out, the locators being A. f.
Benoist, Chas Mcmillan, A. NJ.
Baldwin and Lee Carman, and are
known as the Florence, Iron Duke,
Lucky Boy and Last Hope. Mr. Be-
moist is also Interested with P. ].
Kearney and Messrs Mcmillan and
Baldwin in the Mamluke, Bonanza
Chief and Yukon. Hank Hurst and
Joe Kaufman, two Colorado miners,
have two large claims in the same
neighborhood. Albert Minke is
working the Elna lode and Garfield
ledge. j. +. Friend also has a
neighboring claim. Henry F. Hess,
Andrew Robb and J. A. Kaufman
are joint owners of the Daylight,
Silver King and Visitor, in the same
locality. Mr.. f nbry was the first
man to take up claims in the vicin-
ity Of the mill. He has been on the
ground some five months and has
had several men at work. His
claims at present are the Ona,
Eclipse, Silver Gem, Elna and Bo-
nanza Chief. All show wonderful
bodies of mineral. Well defined
lodges Of great width have been un-
covered, and the appearance of the
rock is such as to justify the owners
in Clinging close to their property
with a great big fortune looking
them in the face. The nucleus OF
promising town has already sprung
up. A townsite with a main street
80 feet wide and two cross streets
has been plated. The great city in
embryo is situated on the Florence
and Iron Duke claims. Two build
ings have already been constructed,
three more are under way and the
mill is turning out lumber for five
others. Tomlison has opened a sa-
loon, that supposed essential adjunct
to all mining camps, and a shoema-
ker shop, blacksmith shop, a drug
store and a restaurant will be
among the business places as soon as
men can nail the lumber together.
When the boys left camp there
were eighteen men hard at work,
picking, drilling and blasting, and
that number has been largely in
creased during the past week. 1t is
evident from the outlook that every
man who has personally inspected
the country and knows anything
about mines is confident that for
quartz mining this new field of oper-
ations promises to surpass in produc-
Ing capacity the best silver mining
region Of America. They. may be in
error. Such a thing is possible, but
there is large body Of ore in sight
In the scores of claims being opened. |
The quantity seems inexnaustible |
and it is said that that already un-
covered is sufficient to keep the |
mines running for years to come.
Those who have made locations de-
sire no notoriety and are very anx-