The Lamar register., 1894-10-27

Noble added, ''exceeding that amount.
The second grade ore runs from 81;
10 SIS and there Is n special elass
caused by porphyry Intrusion which
runs from Sl2 TO SIS.
The following statement, while no,
official. Is from good authority:
The gold bearing ores OF Breeze
hill are decidedly different in charac-
ter from the lcad-silver ores that have
heretofore characterized Ieadville.
The l.sid-silver ORES are limestone re
placements and occur In general. ut or
near the contact Of the upper portion
OF the blue iimeSstou. with the overly
Ing porphyry. or at some point In that
limestone. These ores carry lead and
silver with occasional small amounts
OF gold and usually show an excess of
lime and iron over silica, making them
very desirable for fiuxIng.
The ores % the Breece hill gold
belt are not. in general. limestone re-
placemcnts In origin they are gen
crally altered porphyris=s. carrying
about 90 per cent. In eNc,ss In silica,
little lead. and have their chief value
In gold and silver.
In the case OF the lbex or Little
Johnny Ors the greatest value Is in
the gold. the ratio between gold and
silver varying considerably according
to locality.
THE geological horizon occupied by
The Ibcx ore bodies Is considerably
higher than that In which the silver
lead bodies occur. From 4 large
amount ~ prospecting by u.Lm1ud
drill and otherWis~e Il IS found that the
ors-h-,artns. horizon OF this vicinity Il
SEVERAL hundred feet above the plane
OF the top OF the blue limestone. at
which the Sliycr-lead ORES are found
and thai this distance Is Increasing as
Developments proc-,ds south. In 9th
- words the lbaX gold i found above
the limestone r-prphyry contact. which
a diamond drill sank 800 feet below
the pu-~,nt greatest depth OF the Little
Johnny has not touched
The hex ore Is probably a replace
mcnt OF pyritiferous porphyry, al
though the rock Is - much decom-
posed II Il difficult To be- c,.rtsiin OF the
kind. rs there are several porphyries
occurring on this hill.
The ore do-= not occur IN one con
tinpous sheet but as a ssries OF gen
orally Irregular masses scattering
along somewhat less disconnected
The everything rock Is usually gray
rcsphyry aud at intervals tongues OF
this cilf across the ore bodies and tenn
porarily interrupt them. The mineral
lkatioa. however. Is - strong that even
ths--s Interruptions carry from sl2 to
SIS per ton in value
While shafts are going down AZ
shaft hou<.- are going up In all r<sSs
OF the I.eadville district from sixth
street to beyond Ball mountain and
the extreme boundary OF Iowa guich
10 Mosquito pass. interest centers just
now on Breeze hill and the line run
uins through the Lillian. Antioch. Lit
tie Johnny. Resurrection aud over
Evans gulch To and beyond Birdseye
ON the northeast the prolongation OF
this line passes through Breckenridge
and on the southwest 1t penetrates
the San Juan country.
In all tht1re are over 30 new shafts
going down In the district
In In. language ~ DR. Dougan: III
two or three shafts on Breeze hill
strike IL as the Little Johnny did
,h.ren be a bigger rush here next
summer than in 1873.
The rush there has already begun.
tudgin. from the crowded condition or
The Vendome. Two and three pages
Of the register there are. frequently
flied In one day with the names OF
guests