The state herald., 1890-03-07
MINING MATTERS.

A lot Of placer ground Ia being patented
over about the head Of Muddy Creek. 1t
is the placer ground that has been taken
up and worked at different times, during
tho past ten years by different parties, now
owned by DIR. Paul Of Aspen. aud some
| New York parties.-Crcstcd Butte Pilot.
Mr.. Sam Barnes this morning handed y
reporter Of the Register Cdl y piece Of ore
from tho FREQ Trade lode, discovery
made by him In Upper Iowa district, near
Silver City, Clear Greek County. The
| specimen shows gold visible to the naked
eye. Mr.. Barnes is Interested In several
promising prospects in that locality which
arc being developed as rapidly US possible.
Central GUY Register Cdu.
Mr.. j. p. Osborne Of Ouray, has oponcd
| up marble quarry on the right hand side
| of tho Cascade Falls which promises to be
| ON industry OF no small proportions as de-
velopment progresses. The marble so far
extracted has been pronounced by Nj.
Rauh of Denver, proprietor of the River
best 1talian. This marble lies in stratas
and is Of the vargated kind,:t first strata
being twelve feet in thickness, the second
about eight feet. Verify, the Gold Belt Is
a wonder.-SOlid lf,tltiOOl.
Tho Aspen Mining and Smelling Com.
pany. are shipping 1000 tons of ore u
month. Much of its product is low grade
in silver, carrying enough lead TO mako 1t
profitable, but the high grade shipments
are very numerous and the general aver
age is thus maintained at u high figure.
Like all other properties In tho camp, this
one has immense orc bodies that will not
bear shipment at all Some Of this ore
carries lead, and experiments In concen-
trating II have been tried ut the Mollic
Gibson mill. The results havo been fair
but not altogether satisfactory Aspen
Times.
DR.. Paul, manager Of the Aspen mine,
reports that more orc is now being broken
for each day'sework than ever before. The
average shipments for the month have
been lCi tons per day. The product Ii not
quite so high grade as it has been at other
times but still maintains n good figure. DR..
Paul further states that the mine never
looked so well rs it now does, and that Its
future never appeared brighter. Although
it has been such heavy producer for
nearly two years since it started up under
the compromise, it to-day makes better
showing, probably, than any other mine in
the State.-Aspcn Times.
Last evening u representative OF tho
Rcyfstcr-CuU was shown-in fact, wit
nessed-thc panning Of the quart. and dirt
OF prospect from the new find of "Uncle',
John Mccormick, on Silver Creek. Tho
gold, saved without the aid of quicksilver,
by the panning process, weighed seven
grains. The quartz and dirt is said TO have
been the average of an eighteen-inch pay
streak which the crcviee matter carries.
II the test to be made in the stamp mill
proves one half us rich Us the prospect
that the panning prospect gave, there's
fortune In store for "Unclc'' John.-Ccn
,rdi CiiD RoJistcr-Cdu.
Manager Charles Fore of the Little Rule
brought down some very fine specimens OF
ore from that property. The mineral was
brought down for assay and six tests
ranged from ~ TO IL, ounces per ton. The
ore comes from -0,inch streak that has
Just been opened. 1t is found at point
80 feet in the tunnel and iaj feet from the
surface. The discovery was in the floor Of
the old stope. A little prospecting showed
MIR. Fore that there was ore under foot
aud he went TO work to open 1t up. In
few days he has developed the present
streak and Is now following it southwark.
The main tunnel will be driven forward
and .toping ground opened above it.-As
pen Times.
From Jamestown, BOULDER County, to
Rico, in the San Juan, as the crow flies, Ia
distance Of 100 miles Take u map Of
Colorado, place pin In these two points
isld stretch thread from one 70 tho other
and then observe the line so indicated. II
may be called the course OF the great ore
vein of the State. Every mining camp In
Colorado OF any note excepting Rosita is
either directly on this line or within few
miles Of 1t. The line has n direction Of
about twenty degrees L OF North true,
which is the general trend OF all the large
iissurc veins OF the State. and from ono
extreme 10 the other II passes over either
n granite or eruptivc rock formation cx.
ccp,iug at Leadvillc, where for compare.
lively brief distance II intersccts some OF
of the older sedmentary strata. The small
patch OF water formations ut White Pine
is hardly extensive enough 10 be considered
as an exception. Moreover, II the line IL
prolonged TO the northeast or southwest as
far us one may choose, nothing In the way
OF n continuation Of the same belt can be
found ut either extremity. Within . few
miles north OF jamestown the mines end
and the line passes out on the plains. BE-
yond ST. Vrain the most diligcnt prospect
ing has as yet failed TO display my prec.
ious metal ores In paying quantity And
south OF Rico the same observation holds
good. Again, with the exception OF As
pen, which lies about twelve miles west OF
the line under consideration not mineral
dis,ric, Is found further than ten miles on
either side. In fact u the nNi, selected Ia
slightly curved here and there and more
particularly along Its middle distance II
would indicate strip of country 20 miles
long. mud not over fifteen miles wide with
In which would be found every mining
town In Colorado with ono exception Of
the two little hamlet. 81 the Green.
horn range, d,osi,a anj s..fef Si!nl
The very rare element TcllurIum which
has been found In such notable quantities
n, the northern end OF the vein Ia BOULDER
County, has loen recognized In small
quantities ~ number of other points. for