, 1891-04-21

stopped there were good indications of
silver. 1t looks as though c~arbonates
might be found on the lower levels.
There may be a cessation of work on this
claim for a while, for it is reported that
Chase, one OF the original locators. has
parted with his interest to l.. G. DAVIS,
who has been a large investor here.
Chase is known to have been in negotia
ton with people who have been i'm
pressed by the good showing made by the
Leviathan the deeper the shaft was sunk.
This these folks saw for themselves. The
Otras Mining Company also has a con
ditional interest in the claim. BY the
terms of the bargain made with this com
pany it will be required to prosecute the
development work theoretically and pro-
vide a mill for the treatment of the ore.
PRACTICAL TESTS To BE MADE.
Interest therefore, is naturally centcre1
in the Leviathan, because whatever the
development company propose to do will
be dependent largely on the report here
after to be made by practical men, who
will make it their business TO canvass the
chances of good returns to be made on the
investment necessary. Ali that the brave
fellows want who have pinned their faith
on the future importance OF tins camp is
to have the leads worked honestly. If
there is any borrowing done to expose ore
bodies to bull the price Of claims. it will
be by spectators who have been able to
get a ioothold here when necessity forced
l~ocators to part with an interest to keep
themselves a%-going.
This early no predictions ought to be
hazarded as to the probable character OF
the camp. But with indications SO en-
couragiug as those found in the Leviathan
it would be reckless on the part of the
owners to ignore them or to delay for long
its development The approaching sea-
son will, under the most favorable condi
tions, be a short one for the sort of work
requisite in determining whether gold or
silver will be the predominating mineral
to be extracted from the hills. When
proper provision has been made for it the
mines that may be developed can be
worked all the year around. But what
the owners should first salty themselves
about is as to the kind of workings they
have to deal with so that machinery can
be brought in before it is too late.
While the Leviathan promises much in
the way of solving vexed problems the
natural location of the Little Giant or Le-
vIathan No. . NAV afford means for an
earlier determination of the extent and
character of the ore bodies in that neigh.
borhood. The Little Giant now has
merely a prospect hole On 1t, ten feet deep.
Rock taken out at that depth shows more
than a trace Of silver. 1t panned out well
IN gold from the grass roots down. If re-
turns on the rock are not misleading there
is assuredly gold III paving quantities. As
for the Leviathan No. ., that possesses
some special advantages for prospect worh.
Some 300 feet from the shaft house of the
Leviathan a tunnel has been driven. The
men went 10 with 1t TWENTY-FIVE feet on a
northeast aud southwesterly course and
the appearance constantly improved.
They rave been encouraged to continue
the work and will undoubtedly devote
their attention to it when they are free to
suspend prospecting on the Leviathan.
ANOTHER TREASURE HOUSE.
Another group OF claims that shows up
well lie on the hill above the postoffice.
The Laramie has a sixty-foot tunnel which
shows up a four-foot lead. The farther it
has been driven the more encouraging
have been the indications. Work on the
Laramie has been Systematically done.
The claim extends 500 feet east and 900
feet west from where prospecting began.
About one hundred feet beyond the
mouth OF the tunnel a shaft has been put
down ten feet. The work turned out so
well that the tunnel was started and when
they are joined there will be a good OPP
%pOFtuniiy afforded for rapid development
work.
North of the Laramie tunnel, 200 feet,
is the Little Bonanza, aad parallel to it.
That has a fifty foot shaft with a twelve
or thirteen-iOUt lead. Good prospects
have been had all the way down and now
the rock looks better than it has at any
previous time. The Gold Hill, south OF
the tunnel, has only been ~prosDected to a
depth of ten or twelve feet. At the surface
it looked so well that its development
would have been pushed could provisions
Tor that work have been made. But the
l~Ocators had to quit work on n seven-foot
lead without getting one wall. There is a
cross lead known as the Jack Pine, located
500 feet west of the Laramie tunnel. Sui
ficIent work has not been done on the
Jack Pine to properly estimate the value
of the claim, although copper c%arbonates
are said to have been found in the pros,
pect shaft. Parallel to the Little Bonanza
is the Snow Flake, which in a twenty-toot
shaft, showed up promisingly and from
which rich rock was taken out.
All of these claims were located by
Alex Lutte, DONNA Poutre and f. j.
Lewis. They sold the Snow Flake to l..
G.. Davis, Carbon county's representative
in the state legislature. Laramie people
have purchased an interest in the Little
Bonanza and are waiting to make a mill
run on the ore before deciding to what ex
tent its development will be carried. In
the Jack Pine, V. c. Ferguson. who runs
the stage line from Saratoga to Gold Hill,
has acquired an interest He is so san
guine as to its ultimate high commercial
value that he has refused a sum which
might be regarded as excessive for a mere
prospect. But he did not act on his own
judgment as to the desirability of holding
onto it, being guided by the advice OF an
experienced milling man.
In the neighbOrhood of Greene's camp,
which is the present terminus OF the stage
! line, are several promising claims. The