Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-03
RICH GOLD STRIKES.
Excitement in Colorado Over a Num-
Der Of Recent Good Finds.
SILVER AND LEAD ABUNDANT ALSO
Old Mines Looking Up Since the New
Developments.
SILVER AND LEAD ABUNDANT ALSO
INCREASE IN THE COPPER OUTPUT
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l !


Collins over a recent strike in the Elkhorn
mine. Six retorts were taken on Monday
from 10 tons of ore by the new German pro-
cess. The retorts weighed about three
pounds each, and are valued at over s., 900.
The owners of the Elkhorn are st. Louis
people. Another strike has been made at
Tin Cup, which promises to develop into
one Of the most important in the history OF
the camp. The fud was made in the Sylvan
Dell, which adioins Gold Cup, the $50, ,OOO,-
600 purchase. The mineral found is a very
high grade lead ore, running high in silver,
with some traces OF zinc and copper.
The richest ore received by the Denver
mint comes from the Sheridan, Mendothe,
Smuggler and Union in the San Miguel
country and the Yankee Girl and Guston,
in the San Juan. Some of the ore runs
from !. 500 to ,, 500 ounces in silver. A won-
derful body OF ore, carrying ruby and brittle
silver, has just been struck in the Yankee
Boy mine, on Mount Sneflias near Ouray.
The ore is apparently a solid body OF four
inches, and tests made run as high as 81. 500
TO the ton. In addition there are three feet
of milling ore. The Yankee Boy group is
owned Dv a New York syndicate.
This seems to have been a week for strikes
all over Colorado. The most interesting an
nouncement, however, comes from Boulder,
where a wonderful strike was made on Sun.
day night in the St Joe mine. The ore
chute was encountered in the 22O-foot level.
The lode is described as being about three
feet between the walls. In this min
eraIized matter are two distinct ore
strcaks, one carrying mareasite of
iron and regular pyrites of iron,
about six inches lighter, literally covered
with free gold. The second streak is run
ming bars OF streaks OF solid telluride OF
gold, some two or three inches wide The
property is owned bv St. Louis company
The Sovereign Pacific mine, which adjoins,
has struck 4 fOur-iOot vein and an eight
inch streak of silver ore that tmills from SlOO
TO $500 per ton. The NcAllister mine, at
Central City, has been sold to the Paul
Gold Mining Company, OF Council Bluffs
Iowa, for $50 600.
The large increase in the output of the
Leadville mines ior the month OF September
gave renewed energy to all, and if the
month OF October doesn't equal the previous
month II will be a genuine surprise. A
new strike has been made in the Burdilla.
]. T. Barnum, during his recent visit to
Colorado, invested over $500, 600 in real es-
tate AMI mining. The outlook in Tourte-
-otte Park was never 20 bright as it is to-
dav. At all points the old mines are looking
well. aud a number OF new strikes have been
made recently that will prove OF great i'm
portance \ rich strike is reported in the
Silent Friend at Pitkin. In the Wine. al
2 depth of 400 eet, the men uncovered a
large quantity of carbonate ore, which is at
present over ten feet wide. Assays run over
100 ounces to the ton.
Increase in Copper Output.
SILVER CITY-The output OF copper in
this section Is still rapidly increasing, and
several prospects are being developed with
q view TO still further increase the produc-
ton of copper here. 4 b tier grade of ore
has been struck In the Anson ). mine, and
the smelter is producing about three tons of
copper yer day, which is shipped to New
York. Work has been commenced on the
Hughes and Shannon mine at Clifton,
which is the most promising undeveloped
property In the Southwest. An immense
body Of copper is exposed, although the
workings extend bat few feet from the sur
face Considerable ore is being taken out
o. the Copper Dick mine at Hachita, but
most Of it Is being piled up on the dump for
the present. The Humboldt Company at
Shakespeare Is working a large force Of men,
and the output is being steadily increased.
STEMS Pass, is down 100 feet, and cross
cutting has been commenced at that depth
The vein already shows a width of Is feet.
and neither the foo: nor hanging wall has
vet been found
Drl ting has also been commenced, and
the ore is said to be of 4 much better quality
IL depth OF 100 feet than it was nearer the
surface. Fifty tons of ore can be taken out
per day without difficulty, and 1t will
average i to Is per cent in copper and
about two ounces in gold per ton. Some
work Is being done in copper prospects in
The BUrro Mountains, but the production so
FAR Is insignificant Some very fine speci-
mems OF copper ore have been brought in
from that distance, but nothing OF
Importance has been done there
since the Sierra Verde Company
closed down some years ago Although
il has been reported several times that the
Santa Rita Copper Company would start up
again soon, there has been nothing done vet
which looks like a resumption of operations.
The mine is nearly full of water, and extern
siye repairs Will have to be made bv the
company before anything can be done in
the mine. The Santa Rita is one of the old
est mines in Grant county, having been
worked by Nexicans more than 100 wears
ago. The ruins Of their old adobe smelters
work O. reducing copper ore was carried on
IN the most primitive fashion. The produc-
ton Of zinc at Hanover is about five tons
per day all of which is manufactured into
zinc paInt
Good Chances for Investments i'm Idaho,
IDAHO CITY-Mining capitalists ought
to know that Idaho offers the most extensive
field in the West for profitable Investments.
We have copper, lead, gold and silver mines
IN abundance, and as hundreds of them are
owned by prospectors who are unable to
work them, they can be purchased at reason
able prices. Now is the time to buy, while
they can be had cheap. After a mining
section becomes the scene of boom, pros
pectors very naturally become excited and
ask unreasonable prices Tor their properties,
There are many pretty well developed mines
for sale now much below what they are
really worth, and at half what thev could
be got tor were they in the hands of men
with sufficient means to erect works for re-
ducing the ores.
There is considerable activity amonq the
mining men OF 0wvhee county at present
Captain De Lamar is working his usuaI
crew, about 80 men, and his clean-ups
amount to about S65 OO0 per month. The
Stoddard employs about a dozen men,
Thirteen men are at work at the Phillips
and Sullivan on FLORIDA Mountain. The
mill is yielding 81 900 per day. The Idaho
and Pittsburg Company are pushing their
mill to completion, with SO men employed,
Their tunnel is in over 900 feet, and will
soon tap the Empire State and Black Jack
mines. The Stevens Brothers have a SpIep-
did showing in their mine in Long Gulch.
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