The Clifton clarion., 1889-04-19
MINING NEWS.
About Future Bonanxas and Prospective
 M!liionaires.

Interest in the mines at that place ', He reportseverything moving along s nicely as could be expected. Tht company own several mines close tt : Clifton and they have most all beer
 prospected lately and good orc ha' been gotten out. Last Friday there
 was prospect hole started about one
 mile from town when pocket of very
 rich silver ore was found, which
 weighs heavy and is estimated to be
 worth from eight to fourteen thousand
 dollars per ton, when the pure metal is
 taken out. The gold mines are situ-
 ated some five miles from Clifton,
 among which are the St. George and
 the Merrimac mines. A road has
 been built to this place, but on account
 of the high water and the very swift
 current of tie San Francisco river,
 which is between the town and the
 mines, the machinery cannot be gotten
 to them, nor can the material for
 building the Hume be transported. It
 was utterly impossible for horse to
 wade it, and thIs state of things will
 continue for month or more yet on
 account of the snow melting, which is
 feeder to the mountain streams,
 keeping them swollen. Mir. Allison
 brought several fine looking specimens
 from the mines. The one which has
 been worked the most is the Merrimac
 and it will be developed further as it
 promises well. Captain Friend is
 building a house, and George Hor- meyer has bought mine which bids fair to bring him good returns. MT. Allison is satisfied with the looks of things out west. and believes that it will only be a matter of time until every thing will be in good running order. The Democrat hopes that the investment in the Gold Mountain Company will prove to be a good one and that rich finds will reward the owncrs.-Henry County (Mo.) Demo- crat.
 Just across .he eastern line of the Territory. next to the Mayflower dis trict, is the steeple rock district, in which is the celebrated Carlisle mine Three miles beyond is East Camp: and there is located mine. recorded as the Mitchell, which in geology and and minerology is phenomena fro om the fact that gold is found, and in pay ing quantities too, in sandstone. The i ledge is large, from 30 to 60 feet wide. and the formation is porphyry. The property is situated on the Carlisle | ledge, and there las been three shafts sunk on it, to-wit: One down 100 feet: another down 50 and the other 30 feet; | besides good deal of surface pros pect work has been done. There is plenty of water on it to run a large stamp mill The mine is owned by a named George D. Mac 
 Another sale of mining properties will probably take place during the next few days, reference being had to the exceedingly rich gold properties of Campbell, Muir and others in Gold Gulch, mention of which has frequent ly been made in the columns of this paper. As we understand it. the papers are all ready to sign and the delay is caused by the absence of Mir. Muir, who has been telegraphed for and who will undoubtedly shortly ar rive and affix his signature to the nec- essary documents.
 Hiram J. Preble, president of the Copper King company, left for Ban gor, Maine, last Monday. He will probably return during the next month. Marion Mitchell has been placed in charge of the Copper King group mines and has six men at work developing. Unless copper goes en- tirely out of sight as regards prices, much larger force of men will shortly , be put. at work. The mines are report ed by MT. Mitchell to be looking 'plendidly.
 The Aspen Times refer to the recent great strike in the Little Rule mine. at Aspen, as an illustration of the impor- ance of following the orc in the devel- ,pment of mines. A little stringer of ,re, at times not more than an inch hick was followed a long distance and inally opened up into four-foot body :, of orc which averages POO ounces.
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