, 1890-05-24
VISITED THE CROWN.
Inspection Of the Contiguous Mining
Camp by Mr.. King.
The SmeIter Man Plea sed With It's
Appearance.
An Important Meeting to Be Held
This Afternoon.

Nj. X. King, secretary OF the Chlck
New Process Smelling company OF Kan
sas City, visited Silver Crown yesterday
and examined the most prominent mines
of the camp. He was escorted to the dls-
tr:ct and shown about by Secretary
Glafcke of the Real Estate Exchange.
Secretary Jeffrey Of the Board of Trade,
Isaac Greentree, chairman of the board
committee on mines, G. G. Coutant, who
has acted as Cheyenne's agent in interest
ing the smelter people. and j. w. Stley.
a Kansas City Journal correspondent
A start was made early in the morning
and the ride was a rush trip to allow all
time possible for viewing. The party re-
NAMED in the district until nearly dusk.
All claims that have been sufficiently de-
voloped to show ore bodies Of any size
were critically inspected. Messrs.
Glafcke, jeffrey and Greentree are inter
ested in several promising properties and
were just the men to facilitate the work
Of toe visiting expert.
At the Board Of Trade Office last even
ing the gentlemen who made the trip,
with several citizens, assembled to discuss
the situation and recount the days incl
dents.
Mr.. King talked freely and 10 a most
gratifying strain. He said his observa
tons were in the nature OF a most agreea-
BILE surprise. There is in the camp, he
noted, immense bodies of ore. 1t occurs
in true veins without evidences Of pocket
deposits. At the surface the ore is low
grade, but improves with depth. The
quantity is simply astounding.
The smelter man spoke as though the
placing OF q reduction and refining es-
Enlistment here wa a %foregone conclus-
ion. He thinks the ores shonld be con-
centrated on the ground, being by nature
intended for this process. The pull
v%erizer and co~ncentrator he would l1cate
on the Jeffrey properly near the Ingot,
Mint, Exchange. and Silver Brick
mines. Water in quantity can be brought
from Grow Creek cheaply and a
flow which can be utilized after awhile
comes from one of the tunnels. favoring
the setting of the concentration at this
group. Twenty tons Of ore will be di-
minished to one for smelter treatment in
Cheyenne. Mr.. King appeared well
satisfied with the quality Of the ore he
examined.
The Metcalf, and Fairview, claims
of Nj nlocaLa and th. nninau Of
the jeffrey syndicate we're all pronounced
good properties, as well as the King
David, on which Mr.. Fergus IN has per
formed much work.
On the Fairview the main shaft is 100
feet and on the Silver Brick of the jeffrey
group the drive is l26 feet When THE
| LEADER was agitating for the develop
ment of Silver Crown a year ago Maj.
| Glafcke offered the Board of Trade
clear title to the Pairview if the organize
ton would deepen the shaft 200 feet. He
said last evening the proposition held
good. except that ne would retain a quar-
ter interest.
1t was agreed by the practical men who
attended last evenings informal meeting
that the first thing to be done in the
opening wide of Silver Crown was to fol-
low a vein 300 to 500 feet, demonstrating
beyond question the extent Of the ore
body and the quality at hat depth. Mr..
King heartily Endorsed this idea, but Of
course did not withdraw his statement of
the belief that the deposit aver now
known to exist was vast in its dimensions.
This forenoon Mr.. King will be shown
a dozen or so pieces Of ground available as
smelter sites, and a selection will be made
later.
A joint meeting of the Board Of Trade
and Exchange trustees will be held at 2
today at the Office of the former. Others
interested in mining are invited to be
present. Mr.. King was unable to state
last evening whether or no he would sub
init a proposition this afternoon. 1t Is
more than likely that he will
II the pending smelter negotiations
reach a satisfactory conclusion work will
commence Immediately on the Cheyenne
plant of the Chick company. The con
contractor will be placed at the Crown
without delay and the camp will hum.
Since the organization OF the Silver
Crown district $40 claims have been re
corded. Many were abandoned, but the
assessment work is upto date on at least
fifty and on several development is being
conducted on quite a %pretentious scale.