Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-03-23

SIMILARITY Between the frtnefpei
Properties Of Colorado and Ne
vnda.

vada.
General Ed. Brown. the Nevsds mining
man Of the Aspen mining disirict. 10 visit
ing Denver. There has been . eonhies Of
opinion between The mining men OF Ne
vads and Colorado ever since the miners
OF the former State began 10 dock into
Colorado in The seventies. They generally
differ in their theories as 10 the develop
ment necessary 10 develop . vein or ore
body. The ore bodies Of the Virginia
and Eureka Districts gave The praeuch
mining men Of this country something
new so think about. Every mining man
has some precedent 10 govern his peculiar
theory about mining. He has been In .
true 6ssure or = contact district. and his
idea 10 accordingly 6xsd. lie may have
been In sons camp like Rico, which has
puzzled all the experts and practical
miners. General Brown, Who has spent .
number OF years 10 the mines OF Nevada.
has q theory which 10 in Q measure
governed b. HE experiences 10 the mines
OF virginis City and Eureka
my idea Of the As.en ode" be said
" 10 that 10 10 an contact VEN,
with Q hanging wall Of shAle and Q foot
wall Of qusrtzite, and that the vein on
Aspen mountain, over which the great
legal eight has come up between the side
line and apex theories. 10 that 10 is 90 wide
that 4, is beyond the conception OF the
Colorado miuing man, from the fact that
be has not seen these wide veins. Aspen
has the same character Of veins in shale.
lines and spar except that 10 has not 90
much spar or baryta Is Nevada. which is
9 certain indication OF lead 81 greater
depth, and In Aspen depth will develop
a. great II not greater value 10 lead than
10 developed in the Nevada districts,
which is already proven BY obtaining
depth there. The lead 10 there. Develop
ment in Aspen shows further that where
there IL 81 In Eureka there 10 500 si
Aspen.
Developments 81 Hunter Park during
the last few days show conclusively thai
there is . minerslized section extending II
miles from Hunters Park on the north Il
| Tourteiotte Park on the south, which
shows up larger territory Of pay lodeI
than has ever been discovered in the Eu
reka District, which is Others Use similal
in its character.
As spar ia q surface indie stion Of ih'
lead value. with present Developments, th'
future OF lead in Aspen Is 9 problem
which must be solved BY development.
when the railroad came to Aspen
said the district would ship $50 tons. The,
shipped 400 tons.
"As for silver value Aspen can turn on
more silver than any camp in th'
world. The Comstock mines had % gres
q value 10 gold as in silver, but Aspen !
more essentially 9 silver camp.
"In Aspen shere is from 300 to 400 fee
Of magnetism lime. The Dursnt has vor
8 great lawsuit or the theory that the foo
wall is blue lime. and the hanging wal
brown lime. and the Donnybel has Won
lawsuit by proving that Q streak OF or
which was independent Of the Durani an
200 feet below them run into and unde
their vein. l simply connect these thing
by claiming that al OF the magnetism linn
in the Aspen district is vein matter. an,
that there il no foot will or any oihei
wall, but that ore can be found all through
this brown lime.
aspen is. no doubt, the greatest silve
camp in the world. ADD l. will prove th'
assertion during the coming year"
DENVER, Col, March l6. 1889.