Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-09-08
THE HOPEWELL BUDGET.
Some Interesting Items in Regard tS
What is Being Done in the
Great Gold Camp,
VERY RICH STRIKES REPORTED.

To the Editor of the Optic.
HONEYWELL, N NJ, August 4th.-Lo.
cal Recorder Edwin b. Seward informs
The Optic representative that up to
date about 100 mine prospects have
been worked, surveyed and recorded 10
this district this season, and there are
many more on which assessment work
has not yet been completed. This fair
showing of work is ap irt from the five
patented mines, and continued work on
the old producing mines of the camp.
Most Of the old mines are on what is
known as the contact and are strung
out to a length Of over seven miles.
E. E. Burlingame, the Denver assay
err, when here recently sampled the
ores along the entire line of contact
and pronounced them all paying prop
critics. He was SO favorably impressed
that he made a good offer for the pur-
chase Of one Of the properties, but
other wealthy Coloradoans stepped 10
with a higher bid and captured the
s.Freeport." The OPTIC representa-
tive knows from private information
that Mr.. ~Burlingame is now considering
the purchase of another piece Of prop.
erty in the camp, and there are many
old timers who would like 10 see him
become interested here. Several COL
orado capitalists have turned their at
tention this way, and the latest to be-
come interested in one of the most
promising mines of the camp is Cover
nor A. w. Mcintyre, of that state.
The "Good Hope" tunnel will strike
the contact before many days and some
rich developments are anticipated. A
change In formation was encountered
to-day. This is one of the properties
owned by magnates of the e.. B. & @
railroad system, Banker Tidhall, of
Colorado, and other capitalists. N. T..
Hall, the local manager, is an expert
enced miner, and is full of vim and
push.
j. P. Rinker and his interesting fam
lily have returned from a trip to Taos
and other points Of interest, taken with
the view of showing Miss R~eisinger-
sister of Mrs. Rinker-some of the
wild and woolly west before returning
to Freeport, Illinois, TO teach the
young idea how to shoot.
The OPTIC purported to give .sthe
biggest eaten Of the season." the other
day, but it would not stand comparison
with the effort Of Chas. Berry, OF this
place, a few days ago, when he caught
400 trout, measuring from six to twelve
from 6 o'clock in the morning
to A o'clock In the afternoon, and did
not consider 1t q good day for trout eith-
err. There is fishing here in Eureka
that runs through the town, and
10 the Vallecito, one mile distant, but
best fishing is IL the Brazce, seven
across the range. /.
Several important strikes have been
made in the past few days. Wednes-
"O!d Reliable" Ike VIM opened
an unexpected vein of rich quartz,
q the open cut of the IroE. mountain {
unnel. The vein measures fourteen !
inches and is a surprise, all around.
And yesterday, lucky Robert Shrum !
truck an eight inch lead Of panning ]
,old quartz, while doing the assessment I
york on the "Grand View" mine, an
'ther of the properties owned by the
ron mountain company. {
James Ewing aud Jasper McKewen 8
ave opened up a fine body Of Jasper 8
nartz 10 the "Victor'' mine, on which :
he town postotice is located, No as
az tests have yet been made, but there
no doubt that the ore will run we'll.
+. L. Brinegar has pushed the assess.
lent work on half-a-dczen of claims
Or his company, and his modesty pro-
ents him from saying much about
lem, but The OPTIC man has been
round enough to know that he has an
x~cellent showing of ore Ia some OF
is properties. :
The Kansas City girl with q ere >
heart" may yet prove 2
onanza to the editors OF The OPrIc. I
he incident led to naming q CLAIM i,
10 sKansas City Girl, ard a few Il
ours work on the property to-day :;
to light q good streak OF quartz n
lovely in the eyes az q miner as any n
the charming beauties on the Kaw ,
,uld be. The "Hopewell bachelor'' y
ay not like this comparison, but it is !
so let it go. '
Superintendent r. O.. Erh refurnad e