The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-04-07
MONTGOMERY'S MINES.
Commissioner NJ. F. Locke Writes About
the Mining Interest.
The Einora, Situated Near Silver City a
Very Valuable Mine-Many
Others Being Worked.

communication. signed bv several gentle.
men from Silver CITY. MONTGOMERY eountv
setting forth in strour terms their import.
| ant interests. which they considered had
been overlooked. stating among other
| THINGS that several mineral oneninos or
! shafts. had been SINK in that vicinity
that valuable ores had been found tbat
specimens of the same had been assaved,
| the Weld of which. in some cases. was
valued at hundreds az dollars nor Ton tbat
NOT less than ffteen of the mines had bean
onened and worked since 1883 when pro.
fessor Comstock. assistant geoloeist, the
last and only state oeolooist or other off
Ger authorized to examine mineral deposits.
visited that section. though he remained
only Some ten or a dozen hours. In com.
nlianee with the reouest To visit that
section of the state. and feeling anxions
to know the state Of DEVELOPMENT of said
mines. together with that of those of tbe
country between Hot Springs and Silver
Citv. on Wednesday of last week took tbe
Hot Springs train and Thursday night ar
rived in Silver CITY. about thirty-fiye miles
distant from Hot Springs. where | found
some twenty four openings in the oround
which were called mining interests some
of which showed that considerable work
had been done. and II was onite apparent
that the present inhabitants of Silver Citv
are men Of good stayine qualities. of strone
faith in their ultimate snccess. and AZ tbe
same time men whose ENERGIES and means
have been well nigh exhausted. found
specimens Of yery rich ore imbedded in tbe
strangest combination Of deposits I ever
saw. showing plainly quartz. CRYSTALS with
galena, zinc. gray copper, and small
particles cf gold in the same
formation. One Of these mines in particu-
lar. called the Elnora. and situated about
one mile east of Silver CITY. and owned. as
| learned by Gen. Sbeaser. of Bear and
Mr.. ish. of Silver City. deserves prominent
notice. In speaking With certain GENTLE.
men at Hot Springs who knew this mine
and had tested the value of its ore. heard
II remarked more than once thai If tbe
Elnora mine was situated in Colorado Il
would command $lOo. 600 in less than
twenty-four hours. and | am inclined To
believe the remark was true. Other
shafts at Silver Citv Weld ores Of n similar
character and perhaps eoual value bnt not
in such abundance. though none have gone
80 deep.
At CRYSTAL Springs. east of Silver CITY
twelve miles. Col. Moffitt from LeadyiIle.
Mo. has done very considerable work has
shipped a number of tons of ore.
received remunerative prices and
TO use his own expression. s1knows he's got
IL, for he has the GOLD bnttons in his
pocket. and if | remember correctly he
stated 10 me that certain ores he had as
saved welded $500 10 tbe ton Az Rear
generally called Bear Mountain or Bear
CITY. there is reduction mill recently
fitted mn with very considerable machinery
hut perbaps a larger norton Of which has
vet TO arrive from CHICAGO. met two dis
tineuished gentlemen and. as Understood.
CAPITALISTS at Hot Strings. one of whom a
MIR. Chapin. told me. as did other. he
was president of the Lost Jouisiana
mine at Bear. which mine
| is Welding thousands of TONS
OF ore. said to contain am average per cent.
of SIS. .65 per ton. Mr.. Chapin's COMPANY
| furnishes this ore to the company of which
Mr.. Underwood is president. the bushes Of
the latter company being to reduce
| and concentrate this gold ore for
! the Lost Louisiana Mining Company. In
conversation with President Underwood, a
gentleman who is ostensibly capable of
managing large interests and of wide ex-
perience, he remarked in my presence that
| he was not here to experiment; that his
company had passed the experimental
stage, and he could not afford to spend his
time making experiments, but said be
| knew just what he could do, and came here
for the express purpose of turning out gold
| bullion. He and others informed me that
in making dozen tests from the Lest
Louisiana ore the percentage had ranged
| from $3.50 to $ll0 per ton, and these gen
tlemen were satisfied that if no unforeseen
| casualty prevented they would be turning
out bullion in thirty days at the
furthest. The character aseribed
| to these gentlemen and the
very high reputation of Professor Barn
hart, who directs the whole movement, to-
| gether with assurances that the combina-