Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-11-28


thought that in his weak state on
Tuesday he was seized with a
fainting spell and fell off into the
water.
| A Million a Month.
Chicago, Nov. 21.-The Times
Herald today devote two columns
to carefully prepared report on
Cripple Greek and the gold fields
OF Colorado. 1t says in part:
"A million d month. This is
the precious product of Cripple
Creek district, big as it seems,
is inside rather than beyond the
monthly gold output, a conser~
vative rather than liberal
statement The shipment for
October were IA, 800 tons of
smelling ore of an average value
of S65, and 6,Q0O tons of milling
ore ranging from So to S35 per
ton, with an average Of So. The
total value of high grade ores
for October was 1862, 900, and of
the low grade ores S1O2 900. The
grand total of the product
reaches 81 O64, 900. The No
vember product will show an in>
crease.
For the first fifteen days Of
November the shipments Of high
grade ore to the smelters have
averaged $50 tons daily over the
| Colorado Midland and $50 daily
over the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad. These ores held up to
the October average of S65 per
ton and returned TO the shippers
in gross $685., 900 The low
grade ores averaged higher
Figuring freights, milling fees
and mining. the extraction Of
gold from S8 ore means a loss cf
50 to IS per ton to the producer
November's low grade ore has
averaged $40 to the ton.
''Of this class 265 tons daily
have been moved, making for
the first half of the month a value
Of S159, 600. If the tonnage con-
tlnueS for the remainer Of the
month tie gross product will be
81, 329, ,00G.
The original discovery Of gold
in Cripple Creek, or, perhaps.
the discoveries which led to the
present development, would fit
the case better were made in
1890. The Creek country was
then known as Pisgah Park, an
was regarded as fitted for stocks
raising purposes only. It is as
serted by the miners that this
country containing twenty ~four
square miles, holds more riches
than any other region Of the
world There is some basis for
this assertion. Of the many
claims staked out, hundreds are
held by the assessment work
only. The owners lack funds to
develop or hold their claims for
| speculative purposes.
1T is probable that fewer
than 100 mines are the regular
) shippers of ore, and perhaps
half the number are dividend
: payers. One may count on his
: fingers the companies and pri-
vate aWners whose shafts and
tunnels are deeper than 200 feet.
The production thus far has been
wholly superficial and incidental
only to the search for the prin-
ciple vein. AS to the work on
| the leads progresses tie ore bes
; comes richer. The value is al.
: most susceptible Of exact calcu-
latlon when the original assay al
} the surface and the depth OF the
: shaft are known.
Harrison's Daily Levees.
New York, Noy. 21.-Senato1
Sherman left for Washington to-
day. There was considerable
talk among the politicians gath
cred at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
concerning the Senator's state
: ment in his book regarding the
attitude of the New York delega-
ton atthe convention of 1888.
Ex-President Harrison is Still
holding his daily levees in his
, room in the Fifth Avenne Ho-
tel. Ex-Secretary Noble, Cor
: nelius n. Bliss and Ex~ Minister
: Charles Emory Smith, of Phila-
delphia, were the most conspic,
uous of his many callers.
General Harrison hopes te
/ q L