The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18

IeTS IN LOuQOH, LUZ 81 SV,VOO- iNc |-ioUS
and dollars was paid in cash, another
payment is due in February. and the
balance will have to be paid on or De-
fore the 9th OF the same month. Inc
mine is located on the south slope OF
Bull Hill and is bounded on the nortn
by tine Orphan May, one OF the Union
properties, and on the south by the
Lafayette. which was secured ABOUT ten
months ago by Estey & Muod, Inc
well known Leadville mine operators
under a 800. 600 bond and lease from the
Wilson Creek Consolidated company.
The bond is due on the oath OF February
next Estey & Mudd have suo-leased
the ground 10 Archer, Crow and others,
who discovered pay ore last August
The lease was recently transferred 10
Berry, Vordan4an Sc Crow, and the
present output is in the nelgnDornooo
of twenty tons per day. The proper
ty is known to contain other veins be-
sides the one from which the ore is be-
ing extracted and mining men who
know the territory say the price was
very reasonable. Z. A. Walton, the
consulting engineer Of the English syn
dictate that has secured the claim, is
confident that the bond will be paid
when due The Exploitation syndicate
have a number Of other good claims and
mines under option, on which a small
payment has been made and the indic3-
tons are that the first English company
TO take hold in the district will have
choice selection of good properties
before many months. The Wilson
Creek Consolidated company, the own
ers Of the Lucky Guss, is one of the
first companies in the district, and the
shares are held by Buena Vista citizens
exclusively.
Baron Won Richthofen has secured
another group of properties for his En-
glish syndicate. This time il is the
FL Reno group, situated in the east
slope of Gold Hill. They are Com
stock, Worlds Fair and FL Reno, and
contain about eighteen acres Of pat
ented ground. A small payment was
made and the balance of the $4,000 is
due in one year. He also bought the
Miller & Lambert lease. Good ore has
been mined on all three of these pro-
perties. but owing to trouble with water
the ground has not been properly work
ed
President Ripley, Vice-President Rob
inson and other officers Of the Santa Fe
system came in this morning on their
private car and made a casual inspec-
ton Of the camp. They leave tonight.
The Woods lease on the Sacramento
made a siX-ton shipment in the early
part Of the week, which gave returns Of
$1l5 per ton.
The Crozier lease on the Law Bell To-
Gated just north of Goldfeld, on Bull
Hill, have their ore bins full Of ore and
are preparing to make a good sized
shipment. The ore carries considerable
sylvanite.
A new thirty-five horse power engine
and a sfxty-horse power boiler has
been ordered for the Gold King mine,
on Gold Hill. which was recently sold
to E. Porter Of Joliet, Ill. The improve
ment and machinerys will cost about
81. 500.
The Housier. located on Tenderfoot
Hill, IS down sixty feet and some ore
was sent last week to the cyanide mills.
The property is looking better as depth
is gained and regular shipments will
soon be in order
The Smith lease. on the Longfellow
No. l. have their hosting plant COM
pleted and yesterday began the work
of pumping water from the shaft. A
body of ore has been found at the bot
tom of the workings.
The new shaft house on the Dandy, on
Bull Hill, is about completed and a
steam hoist will arrive in a few days.
Three veins have been opened up on this
property within the past few months
and they will all be worked from the
main shaft.
A one-sixth interest in the Short
for g, 300.
One Of the most brilliant newspaper
correspondents in the world has been
sent to Cripple Creek by one Of the
papers which has been most persistent
in denouncing the merits of the camp.
James Creelman, the correspondent to
whom was entrusted the duty of fol-
lowing UP the Chinese-Japanese war
for the New York World, and whose
in ia1I of ord
entities him to occupy the front rank
of the profession, passed through Dem
Yer Friday and is now sending out ar
ticles on the best gold camp in the world
For months the World has persistent
ly fought the camp, especially the spec
ulative feature attached to 1t, and
would not believe that there was any
basis of gold output to warrant the no.
toriety which was given to Cripple
Creek. Suddenly they decided to as
sign the duty of writing UP the camp
TO the very best man on the paper and
the result is apparent. Creelman has
come. He will see and Cripple Creek
will conquer even many fold the victory
of the Japs over the Johns, from which
conquest he is but fresh.
The simple Interpretation Of the adj
vent Of this man into the camp is that
the proud and mighty paper will hence
forth be an advocate of the gold camp.
The power of gold caught them. Had
| Cripple Creek been shipping a million
| ounces of silver every day Of the year
and had the ore been as rich as coined
dollars covered with dust this recogni-
ton would never have come. But the
/ World is not alone in the field. The
roster of journalists in camp is a sign
OF mighty hosts of readers all over the
civilized globe. Harper'S Weekly has
Snyder at work in the field; the Times
I Herald Of Chicago has W. p. Lewis;
/ William Fl. GrosvenoT, a son of the
! manager, represents the New York Tri-
bune; +. K. Bertrand sends TO the ChiCa
go Tribune; c. W. Donnell 10 the Chi
cago Dispatch. and Henry N. Neill
r-.r.r.oe-r, .hn Nnr,- Nnr-l- NInsl and L.