The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-12
NEWSoF THE MINING WORLD,
IIlLF THE PEOPLE OF CREEDE
NAVE GONE TO BEAR CREEK.

L<-nfncn I'm mexico That FrOmtre hfE.
DENVER June 7.-There Is no mistake about
the HndinR OF gold on Boar Creek. and about
onn.half OF tho population OF Creole has gone
TO the new camp on the head waters OF the
RIO Grande TO stake of some claims In the
newest gold discovery. The camp Is called
do1d Run. Bear Creek. or Hines Fork. heads
upfn the Needle Mountains. Tho new gold
flndfs in the basin ut timber line and tho FOR
maton Ia auartZito with contact OF hard
shale. Apparently true assure veins have
been discovered. In August Of last year tho
6rst location was made but deveopmo nts
made BIZ o few projectors did not result In
any profit Early this spring. howovcr word
wss quietly passed that something good would
como from that new ind, and the prospectors
slowly wandered into the heavily snow. buried
diatttct
DoEenB OF assaya have huen obtained from
thu :prst two discoveries. tho Good Hope and
the Sylvanite. which return from . to 1856
OUNCES Of gold and 20 to 175 ounces OF silver
to thS ton. The o~ners OF the Good Hope say
thatthey reoeiv cd $l75 from two tons OF ore
taken out late last fall
The Sylv.nite has a breast In an open cut
twelve foot deep showing three feet OF an ore
vein with pay streak fourteen inches wide.
LAsf week In this city mill run Of 400 pounds
oiore from this vein returned S243 net Tho
Lead on which tho Good Hope is located has
been; traced for three miles. and locations
haxebeon staked out for the entire distance.
The Little Giant ut q depth OF ten feet gives
return OF 100 ounces by assay. four-foot
vein of gray copper has been located in an ex.
tension OF the Good Hone.
Across the range. on the San Juan side. SOW
erstffch veins OF gray copper have been To-
Gated, but not In quantity to pay for treat
menET stage and freight limos are run over
~ NJ Grail f,i M inn Of -
g, Pole Creek. and then across country to Bear
Creek at point seven miles from the camp.
which is hfty-flve miles from Creole. This
new strike may yet prove to DO uuartzite
dikes, In which event these assays and large
mill rTn tests will lie OF little value. Applica-
tioD for Post Onico has been made.
y A strike is reported in tho Black Flag. in the
Alma district OF free Milling ore yielding $50
IN gold to tho ton. This mine Is at an altitude
of 1900 feet and has a very large quantity
OF fow-grade ore. The Vermont people are
tearing down the hillside with their new mon
'itors. and the plncer workings that yielded so
generously years aGo are expected to give
handsome returns again. The Orphan Boy
and tho Mascotte are reliable properties'in the
same gold camp
Z. Boulder district never was moro prosperous
than this yeur. Tho plussian mine. shut down
years ago. is now being opened by MINNEAPOLIS
people who. recently purchased the mine.
Several other mines. after several years OF
idleness. are to DO worked this year
~ In Chicago Park, Pitkin camp district. the
cleopatra. owned by Cudahy. the Chicago pork
spaeker, shipped three car loads OF ore last
week worth $1,000 to the car. Tho Red Jacket
~ now able to ship three ears u week during
the Summer strike In the New Dollar
tunnel last week gives fifty eight ounces OF
silver to the ton.
During the month Of May tho Amethyst at
Creede. shipped 4.1l5 tons OF ore On May l
tDe New York. at Creede. paid in dividends
S15O,OO0 and on Mny IL. 100000 more. The
Ridge mine has so much ore that 1t is in the
way q the men working ON the timbering OF
1.-The property o, the Rollins Gold and Silver
IN ss hrS Sa
IA @ aGS ae 81 Rs.esd a % d5o
been worked since 1862. Yielding in that time
S2gsSD IS AZ IN gold The price paid is said to
Denver Is the mining centre OF the Rocky
Mountain country. Nonrly MI Of tho new prop
eas dsns WIZ benSer as or sf thrours
DsH9hvsr G 1gens,tes ,,,,,, =, p,,o g., no,.o,
p have made strik" Of huge proportions re-
gently The ore body runs from t" 3 iret in
I'm snd Ph ram ast - rom oO to t' to
6ambo Is showing immense bod.ss OF good
The Lendyllle ore basin has heon found to
extend much further t" tho north by a strike
mado on Decor alton Day in the clipper. Two
deep shat. believing In ills theory. Alter
sinking 800 feet drill hole Was started, and in
continued and on tie holiday the orc body WAS
opened; u Is VI excellont quality. and fills the
SILVER CRY. n. NJ, June Ga largely In
:efeased flow OF water Inns Teen encountered In
the Montana tunnel OF the Manhattan Gold
This y regarded as n good Indication that thu
end Of the tunnel Is not far from the.ven The
the Hompany's twenty STAMP mill with water.
hut there 70 any considerable incl ease IN the
,WAtor enough to supply tho mill, which will De
:@9ysh fr2m nix IiaGs to ihy minsr Ihs t1n.
MaTsns. VIM in the hs and Iew ne
yesfsd that ths two veins which have been
worried from ON, the surface down to eonsidera,
!vsi1, ~ they were constantly approaching
ss4gh other from the SURFACE.
ID fhe San Mateo Mountuius In the southern
part 81 Soc,nrro county IL being watched with
mines, but the develop m ent has not Yet pro.
6tessed Tar enough TO determine the extent OF
t bond Of OF ns syo
proves THAT the rich ore eXiets in considerable
quantities, this gold region is likely to prove
psrth Of The Hiiisboroueh gold district. and
About seyenty-fve miles east OF the Silver
Greek district.
Tho smelter at Kingston has closed down
temporarily on account Of the failure OF the
41Anakers to get ore enough to keep it going.
tphuRets haL been made for = large amount
Of ore. but II WAS not delivered.
The mines In the Organ Mountains are look
Ink letter than they ever did before, and the
this sumner Large bodies OF hig-grade ore
have been recently opene1 IN the Bennett
Stephenson and IN the Modoc mines. and the
ore from both these properties will te concen-
tratod and shipped to meters.
The output OF tho Hiilsborough gold mines
has reached nearly u hundred tons a day. and
u steadily increasing. New ground ID icing
oPened In the mines as rapidly az possible.
!. Snms rich silver ore has been found ut Lake
VALLEY. near tho Lake Valley Silver Company'a
Intnen The ore has been found only In small
quantities 80 fur, but AS the deposits Of ore In
thAt camp are very irree uar. the strike may
prove to DO very valuable one.
ttThelroduction Of silver In this Territory this
Teht he's been smalle than ever before. and II
fhe prodpStion for the remaining months Is
not eonsideraby more than 1t has been up to
this tine tho production for the year will be
fhe smallest known here for ten years.
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