The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-07-14
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a LandBea. Ngo., special 10 d.
6as Hork Times ssys: "a man Wh'
has inst arrived from tha sonih Pas
eonatry gives a0nas interesting detail
Of the gfsatgaId fnd made 81 E. O.
Bartlett. announcement Of which wa
made ii dispsich from Cheyenn-
printed IL tie 1Fmss last Saturday
morning.
Il going 10 tbe epot, after crossing
She Little Bearer, monntain spur
jnifiHg ont from the main range Of
Reckless ia ascended. Part 81 the way
Is . pine forest, on The upper edge Of
which Is a peculiar formation Of roek.
Tbecap rock Is ordinary sandstone,
aboai 40 feel ID thickness, and forms
" top Of The mountain The forma
llas Z. under The cap rock resembles tbs.
Lhnd MAJ known ID Chicago IS artificial
sy-niae. thlreept that many large and
Asnrns eiaia4es aFa scattered through il
'for II appeal feet down from the esr
Raid anIy gisseFiai ID of light color
l,y fofgAi "a ligas sandstone. while beloR
bef4es stratum several feet thick
.o,.aeh darker IA color; II "a The same
material, except that the second
styasnm il stained with iron. Bei0w
tbeseeond formation Is third STRATUM,
having more Of The iron red
There are miners who have known Of
this formation for years, bntit remain.
ca for E. G. Bartlett, known ID
Wyemipg Is tho sol King" 10
discover that the formation was rich
il gold. He waa familiar with the
Poaaaam semeatd deposits Of California,
which yielded 30 many millions Of
dollars. HIS attention Was called 70
this eonglOmoFate late last fall. Hs
kept the masier q secret Tunnels
were opened and specimens oftbeeoD.
glomorate sent to assayers The re-
turns showed from $40 10 $40 ton
10 gold The cBnglun0rale is easily
worked and still more easily mined.
Hts estimated thatmining and milling
viii NOT cost mere Than 81 aeon. Mr.
Bartlett is now erecting mill, which
vii be running BIZ June 10 Otbel
mills srs 10 be bulit.
Is ID certainly one Of the largest gold
deposits ever found 10 the Rocky mouu
tain region. There are at least 10. 600
QUO tons Of cement 10 sight, aud maj
APPLYING this BIZ the yield per Ton shows
that II IL literal mountain Of gold
This mountain must once have beer
the bed Of p forrest, by the fierce Of tb'
water Of which The gold from the higl
mountain WAS brought down wild
.cibeF debris.
Before midsummer thousands %
pT0speetoTs will make Their way int
these mountains, for It Is reported tbs
there are other deposits Of Iik
character il the locality, Dnrin
1861 there was large mlniDg pOpr
lagipn ID tbe South pass coaBtry. an
before 1879 over 81. 900. 0a0. had bep
taken ouL Bot ihe Indians 10 fig
years killed of over 100 miners an
the e0HHlry, for the most part, ge1
back into solitude. Here and there
miBer remained, ard mining 10 4 pfim
tive way has been carried on. Emil
6Fanier cleaned np, 10 1891, $1,000
from these ''diggings"
George Mckay, one Of the oldes
miners 10 that country, was asked b
opinion IS TO The outlook. He saie
u hsFe mined aud miiled for forl
years, and I Rnhesitatingly pronoupt
the bnBth pass The richest ID gold I
any 10 the Uniied States. There
gold enough 10 these camps 10 pay II
nalional debt hundred tunes over
The Soush pass gold fields are reno
from > railwsy. and can only be Eeacbt
By travelling $50 miles over mountain
i is reported that a FailEay is 10
bailt 10 them this season through Il
pass. II Il also likely that the Nori
western win extend rs road from O.
per- Wyoming. On toward 0gdeD, 81
itezpects 70 bnild 10 the east end
The SgaEh pass thia season.