, 1891-04-21
THE HILL1N DETAIL
Some of the Work Which Has
Already Been Done.
Good Character of the Owners
of the Leading Claims.
Prospects That Gold Hill May
Contain Much Silver.

[Stafi Correspondence Omaha Bee.l
GOLD HILL, Carbon county, Wyo.,
April l5.-Howevcr c-onscientiously a dis
interested person might prosecute an in
vestigatioD of this new mining district,
only a partial description Of a rev OF the
claims already located can be attempted at
this time. 1t would seem like doing an
injustice to the owners of rich prospects
to single out particular properties as
specimens o: the camp. Some OF those
which must be dismissed with a mere
mention or ignored altogether may yet
turn out to be more valuable than others
which are now much discussed here aud
have obtained a certain reputation or
notorIety outside the camp.
Only such persons as have visited Gold
Hill during the winter-and it must be
borne in mind that that season or the
effects of it still fingers on. here-can
appreciate the disadvantages in trying to
measure the importance OF the mineral
discoveries that have been made. To say
that everything is showed under gives but
a faint idea o. the extent to which the
elements have contributed towards the
justification of those who have tried to
study the camp, and bow effectually the
snow king has guarded the treasures
which are confidently believed to be locked
in these hills. But there is a duty which
the representative of a newspaper Is obi
gated to perform for the public in the
way of a PLAIN statement of all that can
be seen here. At the risk of depreciating
the importance OF rich prospects by with
holding publicity as to their worth as
estimated by others. all that can be ex
pected of a visitor here now is to talk
about what has come under his personal
observation.
ONLY LooKE FOL GoLD.
There is no discredit attached 10 a state
ment of facts. Some of the early pros
pectors here had not had the benefit of
much experience IN locating leads. In
some instances they had never seen prac-
teal service in the development of mineral
finds. That these men recognized the
value OF the surface indications is but an.
other proof of the richness of their finds.
Every one in the party appears to have
been impressed by the belief that if they
found any leads worth locating they must
be gold-bearing. Gold aud gold alone
they expected to find. So when a piece
OF float was picked uD that returned 1000
ounces to the ton in silver they took il for
granted that that 1t came from somewhere
else. They hunted for lodges that would
prospect for gold and when such were
found they were satisfied. That is only
one incident of many that forms part OF
the history of the campaign which resulted
in the establishment OF this district.
One of the most notable of the early
locations, judged by the showing 80 far
made, was that of the Levlathan. 1t was
struck well up toward the crest of a high
hill in the last days of July of last year.
The location was made by l.. ID. Chase,
W. |. Frank and p. F. Woods. They
staked off l,l5O feet in a northeasterlv di-
rection from rich o~uto7oppings and fifty
feet to the southwest. The reason they
did not take the full l, 500 feet to which
they were entitled was because they subse-
quently followed up the lead and traced it
along so that they were able to locate an
other claim adjoining the Leyiathan on
the northeast end. This is a full claim
600 by I,5OO feet. The name, Little
Giant. was given to it and the ~locatOrs
were Woods. Drake and p. B. Arendell.
Afterwards the Leviathan No. > was 10
Gated to the southwest of the original Lee
viathan and beginning at a point fifty feet
from the first strike extends 1900 feet to
the southwest.
LIKELY TO FIN SILVER THERE.
These claims are important for the
reason that there are evidences that rich
silver deposits are likely to be found IN
DERIVING the hill. Although they pros
pect high up in silver, although little
work has been done on any of the claims,
except in the case of the Leviathan No.
l.. On that a shalt has been sunk to a
depth of 100 feet. On the surface this
showed a well defined ledge, fully sixteen
feet wide. The owners went down on
the lead, leaving a streak OF quartz four
or five feet wide to one side. They tim
bered down to a depth of twenty feet,
packing in pay dirt back of the shaft,
which is Ak feet. Going down on the
ledge matter till they had sunk seventy
feet, they struck another streak of quartz.
Leaving that to one side, they continued
down on an incline with a slope of two
feet IN ten, When they reached a depth
of 100 feet they began prospecting for the
lead. They are now engaged in cross
cutting, to find out the width of the
ore body between both walls. Several
good veins have been found. One that
varied from one to two and nearly three
feet was followed for upwards of sixty
feet as the shaft was SINK. Other we'll
defined veins from two inches to a foot or
more were struck.
Save tor a short distance all the rock
taken out of the Loviathan shaft shows