, 1896-08-27
LATEST MINING news.
LONE TREE CLAIM AT GRANITE
SOLD TO OUTSIDE
MEN.
Reported That the Outlook Gets Better
and Better as Development Work
Proceeds-Othar Mining News
From This Immediate Vicinity of
Interest.

The excitement over the recent
showings made at the Granite Canon
prospects appears to be growing.
Yesterday the Lone Tree claim own
ed by A. W. Haygood was sold. Tho
purchasers are said to be Denver par
ties and while the figures of the sale
are not given publicity. it is known
that a good price was obtained. Three
representatives of outside parties who
wanted an option on the property
made a fruitless trip to Granite.
Two assays on the claim ran SIS and
$37 respectively. The vein already ex-
posed shows a width of four feet.
Reports received from the new find
today say that the body of ore shown
up in the past As hours make it almost
a certainty that the Lone Tree will
prove a shipper before snow falls.
Interest in the mining industries of
southern Wyoming is on the increase
and not a week passes that something
new and important does not come to
the surface.
The latest information is to the eff
| feet that a contract is about to be let to
construct a ditch on Rock creek for
the purpose of working he placer
completed will be nine miles in length.
eight feet wide on the bottom with a
gradual slope to the top. 1t is reported
that a careful and exhaustive examina-
ton of the gravel there has been made
and that the lowest average Vas over
so cents per cubic yard. Thus far bed
rock has not been reached, SO that it
is impossible to give a correct estimate
of the number Of cubic yards to the
acre, but it is known to be very deep.
The company building the ditch hope
to have the same completed In time
to make a short run the present season.
MI. Crysler having completed ar
rangements for a lease of the Keystone
plant. will start it up on the Virginius
u At IL PooSiOiC
There are at present nine men at work
On the Virginius and 1t is reported that
the ore body is showing up in a salts
factory tanner.
Some very fine samples Of mica have
lately been received at the mining ex-
change. One sample is from Laramie
peak, in this county. 1t Is perfectly
free from iron stains, has a good cleav-
age and the sender states that sheets
l2x12 are easily obtained. Another
sample is from Battle lake, in Carbon
county, and is similar in all respects to
the above. There is no reason why
these mica properties should not be
developed and the product put upon
the market. as the article is used ex-
tensively and is in good demand at
prices that will warrant its shipment
from western points.
The exchange is also in receipt Of
some fine samples OF asbestos from the
vicinity of Battle lake that are super
ior to any yet discovered in this state.
The owners OF both the mica and as
bestos in Carbon county report that ar
engagements have been made for the
development Of the properties and the
disposal Of the products to eastern par
ties.
1t is reported that Mr.. Douglas has
purchased a Crawford mill for his
property on Sandstone creek in the
Slavery district in Carbon county. This
property consists of 10 claims. The
principal work has been done on the
Northern Belle. The company has run
a tunnel in on this property a distance
of 240 feet, reaching a depth Of 14s feet
below the surface. At this point the
ore body is four and one-hah feet wide
and an average of the assays made
give $40 gold per on. There is suf-
ficient timber and water in the district
for all practical purposes.
Not n complaint has ever been
made by those using Ayers Sarsapa-