, 1886-04-29

pie should begin TO wake up TO the lInpOr-
tant fact that mines of almost inexhausti-
bic wealth lie close to our doors. Not
that great bonanzas and fabulous wealth
have been discovered, but that good mines
in which there are to-day millions of
wealth, are close at hand and that the
time has come when our people should
turn their attention to them. for in these
mines lie the future great industry of this
portion Of the territory at least. A brief
survey of the field will not be inappropri-
ate at this time.
TIL GILCHRIsr.
Twelve miles from Cheyenne, on the
way to the foothills, thu IN, -la- observes,
a short distance from the road, a sma2
butte or hill surmounted with white and
red rock, rising some thirty feet in the
air. He inquiries what this is and what
there is beyond. He is told hat this is
the entrance to or beginning of the ex-
tensiye lead and silver mines OF the Gil
christ mining district, and that the butte
anu ~ Idlnlu VI ioch Nlltu has ditldcttu
his attention are on the Bob Lincoln lode,
in the new district. Passing on, he is
soon in the midst of claim after claim sim
liar to the one first mentioned, on each of
which there is virtually in sight lO0,O 600
tons of ore, which the assay thus far)
shows 400 pounds of lead to the ton be-
sides some silver. Work has already
commenced in this district and is to be
pushed until these mines are fully tested.
SILVER CROWN.
Some miles further on the traveller is in
the Silver Crown mining district (formerly
the Metcalf) Here he will find mine
after mine and lode after lode being held
and to some extent worked by miners on
the ground, and he soon hears from those
on the ground and from other old and
experienced miners that the indications
and prospects for gold, silver and cop
per all through this great mining district
are better thar those of any other in
which his informers have had any ex-
ptTltuce. mere ne VIII unu u SlnelleI
with a second one in prospect-and here
he will find such lodes as the Fairview,
King David, King Solomon, Silver
Trumpet and others, which show such
unmistakable signs of richness that in
some cases at least he would have to talk
away up into the fifty or one hundred
thousands, and perhaps more, if he wants
to purchase.
THE TELLURIuM FIND.
Proceeding from Silver Crown in a
southwesterly direction the traveller enters
the extensive telluriun felds-or more
properly speaking-formation, which ex-
tends almost to the Twin buttes, on the
line between Wyoming and Colorado.
Through this extensive tract mineral
wealth is found in veins, which will be
rich here and almost valuelcss there, but
on the whole containing vast mineral
deposits which, in time, if the pre-
dictons of old miners are correct, are
destined to make many a poor man rich.
No attempt is made TO explain from
a scientific standpoint the specific diff
ference between the formation here found
and that of the Silver Crown proper. 1t
is sufficient to say hat one is tellurium
and the other a galena formation and
that both are extensive and will be found
rich in the future.
THE NORTH GROW.
Retracing his footsteps, let the pilgrim
now turn his face n%orthward until he
comes to what is perhaps somewhat indel-
initely called the Grow creek headwater
region" Here it is said on the authority
of all miners, hat gold is or will be found
almost anywhere, and that eventually it
will become a placer mining region. Not
only '%'eolors,' but gold has been found
there, and there are men in Cheyenne to-
day who, if they were to tell all they have
good reason to believe land what they
know also), in regard to that locality,
would very nearly create a stampede to
that point. 1t is sufficient regarding this,
to say that several months ago s7.l5 in
pure gold was found and taken out
of one pocket in that local
ity. and certain clothing dealer in Chey-
n n could name the man who found it.
THE IRON MOUNTAIN
Proceeding farther north the traveller,
at a distance Of fifty miles from Cheyenne.
reaches the Iron mountain mountain
twice as large as the world renowned Iron
mountain OF Missouri, which was the
wonder Of the world for halfa century. All
that need be said in regard to the noun
tain ofironof which mention is now made
is that it averages 81 per cent iron and
there is enough to supply all America for
half century to ONE.
The foregoing in reference to the mines
hat lie at our very doors are but the sim
pie facts, and again it IL insisted that the
time is at hand when our people should
wake up to the fact that this is now our
greatest industry.
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25 cents.