The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-22
CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD.

The Richest Region In the Wurld-Thp
Production or Gold Averages Million
Month.
CuloAGo, Now 9l.-ThO Times. Herald
this morning deVotes two columns TO u
carefully prepared report on Cripple
Creek and the gold fields Of Colorado,
1t says in part;
"a million q month" This Is the
precious metal Woduct Of tho Cripple
Creek district And this figure, big as
it seems, il inside rather than beyond
tho monthly gold output, conservative
rather than liberal statement, The
shipments for October were 1850 tons
Of smelling ora Of an average value Of
sos, and 5000 tons Of milling orc rang.
ing from s. TO SS5 pOr ton, with an
average Of $40, The total value OF high
grade ores for October was 500, 900, and
Of the low grade ores $4,000, This
grand total OF tho product reaches
$I,OG4,001 The record for November
Willtshow au increase. For the first
fifteen days OF November, the ship.
mSuts Of high grade ores to the smellerI
have averaged $50 tons daily over the
Colorado Midland, and $50 tons daily
over the Denver & Rio GrARde railroad.
TheIe ores hold up TO tho October aver.
age Of SOS per ton, and returned 10 the
ShippeAs in gross SjS6.0O0. The low
grade ores averaged higher, Figuring
lreighIs, milling fees and mining, the
extraction Of gold from IS ore means
loss Of 50 to 50 per ton 10 the producer.
November low grade orc has averaged
SO TO tho ton. OF this class 26j tons
daily have been moved, making for the
first halt Of the month value OF $780,
0O0. II the tonnage continues Tor the
remainder oil tho month tue gross pro-
duct will DO 81 100000.
The original discovery Of gold In
Cripple Creek, or perhaps the discover
les which led to the present develop.
ment would tit the case better, were
made In 1890. Tho creek country was
then known as fiSgah Park, aud was 70.
gardel rs fitted for stock raising pur-
poses only. II Is asserted by the min
ors that this country, containing TWEEN
IYiiour square miles, CONTAINS more
riches than any other region oil the
world. There 10 some basis for this
assertion. OF tho many claims staked
out, hundreds arc held BY the assesa'
msnt work only. The owners lack
funds to develop or hold their claims
Tor speculative purposes.
1t IL probable that fewer than ono
hundred mines are regular shippers OF
ore. and perhaps half the number are
dividend payers. Ono may count on
bis fingers tho companies and private
owners whose shafts and tunnels are
deeper than 200 leeL The production
thus far has been wholly superficial,
aud incidental only TO the search for
the principal vein. As the work on the
leads progresses the orc becomes richer
The value is almost susceptible OF exact
calculation when tho original ASSAY on
the surface and the depth Of the shalt IL
known.
Senator Teller, who was here last
week, left his indorsOment on the
Cripple Creek country. As 10 known,
ha is an ancient and practical miner
His views on tree silver do not seem to
bias or warp his Judgment on gold ores.
at Is the greatest gold producing sec.
ton in the world, no said. ~ am glad
Colorado has 1t, and | hope her cApI-
taliSts will be able to retain it.
The golden wealth Of this part Of
Colorado iS not limited TO tho Cripple
Creek. Prospects at West Creek, about
twenty miles from Colorado Springs,
show heavy gold deposits, aud there 10
rush OF miners to that territory. The
population Of Cripple Creek has 10.
erased in proportion to tho develop.
ment OF wealth. Four yeAr' ago tho
dwellers 10 the section numbered fewer
than fifty at the two or three stock
camps In the came territory there is
now population OF 5000. OF this
number 10000 are men.