The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-01
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1 Robert j. Mckay, a P1ttSburg expert
arrived from the east yesterday after
noon and went to the Brown Palace no.
tel. The entire afternoon was occupied
in purchasing the property. The party
barely had time to eat their suppers
and catch the 7:45 o'clock train for Du-
range. from which place they will go to
Saw Pit gulch. Only the names of Mr.
Crawford and Mr.. Mckay were found
on the register, the other men preferrins
not to be known. They refused to state
their names at this time.
Mr.. Crawford, who figures chiefly as
the representative of the New York cap
ital, is well known to mining men all
over the state. Although his home is in
New York, he spends much of his time
in Colorado and thoroughly believes in
the Centennial state. He was largely
interested in silver mining a number of
years ago, and when the white metal
was legiSlated against, it put him in a
hole But he still pinned his faith to
Colorado and after toiling among the
investors and other cities of the east he
finally induced a number Of them to
take hold Of the famous Enterprise and
Yankee Girl mines. He was instrument
al in securing the purchase of the Belle
Champion yesterday. In speaking of
the purchase at the Brown Palace last
evening he said:
Yes, it is quite true that the Belle
Champion has been purchased by New
York parties. / have but small inter
est in the mine, financially, but 1 shall
have charge of the operating. Four of
the heaviest purchasers are with me,
and We have tonight to examine the
property. There is any amount of
money back of US, and we intend to run
the mine on an extensive scale. New
machinery will be added at once and a
mill put up. The Belle Champion is at
present producinb ore that runs four
and one-half ounces in gold, 81 per cent
in copper and 100 ounces in silver. Our
company, which will be incorporated in
a few days, means business, and we in
tend TO push the Belle Champion to the
front.
Mr.. Mckay. our expert, has very
carefully examined the ore of Saw Pit
gulch, and if only half of our hopes are
realized that country will turn out to
be a second Cripple Creek before spring.
THE reason that we were anxious to
close the deal today was in order to
prevent any chance of the property Slip
ping away from us. We intended to
Iayed in New York for a day"
reach Saw Pit in person, but Were de-
The Belle Champion is not an old
mine, it having sprung into existence
during September last, when it was dis
CONVTtu ny A -. BldhS, d DldChSI1lLu
in the Syndicate mine at Rico.
1t is in a group of five mines bearing the
same name, of which the Belle Cham
piOn Is the largest and richest producer.
The group is located in Saw Pit gulch,
about 100 yards from Saw Pit station,
on the Rio Grande Southern, and about
twelve miles to the west of Telluride.
There has been shipped from the Belle
Champion to the Durango smelterS a
e
car. The ore is Of a clear carbonate,
and has been pronounced by smelling
men as fine smelling ore.
Many men have made money in min
ing, but it is not very often. that poor
or a poor blacksmith comes
in possession of a fortune by rich
strikes. w. S. Stratton of Cripple
Creek and a. S. Blake of Saw Pit gulch
are two examples. Although the lat
ter's fortune may not yet begin to COM
pare with the formers, yet Mr.. Blake
may be one of the coming millionaires
of Colorado.
The history of the mine is interesting.
Blake, while working at his trade at
Rico one day hit upon an idea that has
now placed him in control of the best
properties in Saw Pit.
He was we'll aware of the existence Of
the fiat or blank formation in the silver
y
Boomerang mines at the town of Tellu
ride The territory has been hacked at
by proSpectors ever since 1878 in search
of fisSure veins. The ore is in chambers
of alternating size, resting on quartZite
of lime, which is found to be decom-
posed where the ore is the richest. 1t
struck Blake that no one had ever
searched for the ore in the right way.
He went to Campbell and Carter. lead
ing merchants Of Rico. and told them of
his plan. 1t was for him TO go To the
Saw Pit country and prospect for veins,
they TO furnish the grub and take for
their pay an interest in what he might
discover. They agreed to this and Blake
struck out in the latter part of August.
He had made up his mind 10 prospect
on the proposition that the fiSsure
veins were running horizontally and his
Judgment proved 10 be correct. He had
not been prospecting long before he had
made several strikes and before the first
day of October got around, Blake had
group of five mines producing paying
ore.
His latest strike is the Commercial
mine. which together with the Belle
Champion group, he bonded and leased
before the news Of the find spread.
Blake owns about ten claims in the
gulch. and ne is prospecting and driving
tunnels and holes on each one of them.
The Commercial mine is turning out 10
be a bonanza and money is rolling 70
the owners of mines in the comparative
~ new mining camp. From a grub
stake TO $780, GOO is already the fortune
of the lucky blacksmith.
Mr.. Blake has been operating his
mines with three shifts OF men. paying
them So a day. Recently the Durango
shelters raised the price Of smelling
Saw Pit ore to s. a ton. Blake was
forced to comply with the raise and i'm
mediately divided his men up into two
shifts. leaving their wages remaining
the same.
HUBBs-"Dubbs doesn't look quite so
lofty as he cid during the war" rubbs-
mo: he went into matrinony as lieuter-
ant and he neversgot promoted. Louis
vile Courisr-sournal.
SORROW has hot been given TO US for sor-
rows sake, but as a lesson which we are 10
learn somewhat, which once learned it
ceases to be sorrow.-Carlyle
THE opinions of the nisanthropical rest
upon this very positive basis, that they
adopt the bad faith of few as evidence OF
the wOrIhlessness CT aI--Bovee-
do voU remember. Julian. why they shot
poor Saint Sebastian so full of arrowsFi
: 'Ca2se they hadn't any gun. Life.
II I might control the literature Of the
would guarantee the well-being
Of the church and state--Bacon.
4 QUESTION IN geoCraphv-Are the Scot
dsh lochs fitted with quays. - Boston
transcript.
TIE man who upset his bicycIe the other
lay was SO severely Injured that he had 20
DC taken home IN Quadracycle-
Children Cry 70
Pitchers CaStoria.