The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-04
RESULT OF CLAI,I-JUMPING
Bad Feeling and Guns Displayed at Grip
pie Creek.

| RESULT OF CLA1NI-JUMP1NG
! Bad feeling and Guns Displayed at Grip
| pie Greek.
Cripple Creek, Colo, Jan. 3.-Rumors
of serious trouble over the jumping o;
claims at midnight Tuesday night have
/ been circulated in the city all day. One
story was 20 the effect that two men
{ had been killed and one seriously
wounded on Nipple mountain, near VIII
bur, a man was reported killed near
Lawrence and still another on Tender
foot hill, but on investigation there was
found TO be no truth in the rumors. a
large number of claims on Mineral, Car
/ borate, Tenderfoot, Rhyolite, Cow and
in fact all the section of the country
north of the recognized rich belt for a
distance of five miles received careful
inspection from the claim hunters and
south Of Victor, as far as Nipple noun
tain all claims on which the legal as
sessment work was not done were re-
staked. Claim owners in many in
stances scamped on their territory last
night and were armed with Winches-
tiers TO keep off would-be jumpers. The
number of new locations made in the
past twenty-four hours is variously es-
timated at from 400 to 1000.
The Cardinal, located a short dis
lance south OF town, is to be equipped
with a new shaft house and steam
hosting plant. The property was re-
Gently purchased from j. T. iMcNeeley
and others. Byron Z. Shear is presi-
dent of the company. A good sized cash
payment was made on the mine and
the balance is distributed over a period
of one year.
The Ancfloria-Leland is soon to COM
nnence sinking a new three-compart-
ment working shaft. IT is going down
between the Chance and Hight and
Shape shafts.
]. J. Brown yesterday let contract
for 100 feet additional work on the
Reno. Mr.. Brown denies that a strike
has recently been made in his lease, as
reported about ten days ago.
Jud Green sold his perhaps lode, To-
Gated on Tenderfoot hill, today, for ST.
900 cash TO Mrs. Ida DeMond.
Good reports are coming in daily from
Cow and Trachyte mountains, Trach-
yte rises above Gillett a little to the
south and Cow mountain stands south
just across the Beaver. Both Of these
have an eruptive phonolite crest, with
a granite face. Some very rich float
has been found on these mountains and
the vigor with which the work is being
pushed makes it certain that some pay
ing mines will be opened up within the
next few months.
Ore that assays as high as $50 has
been found in the Smuggler at the
depth Of fifty-five feet This mine IS
located or Cow mountain.
The North Star, belonging to the
Gold Standard company, is shipping
steadily. The shaft is 100 feet deep and
drifts have been run north and south.
Sc. lid ~
are employed.
THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
The early history of the Golden
Fleece mine, now celebrated as a pro-
Queer, is exceedingly interesting as i'll
Ustrating some of the difficulties en-
countered in practical mining. and the
viccissitudes that often fall to the 10.
of some of the best miners. The mine
was discovered in the early '70s, the dis
covery showing a vein of mineral stand
ing several feet above 1.-THE surface.
Some time in 1876 it came into possess
sion Of o. p. Posey, now one of the fort
innate owners of the Tom Boy mine at
Telluride The vein matter found at
the surface was so thoroughly oxidized
by the action of the atmosphere that
nothing remained but the pure ore, and
in breaking it off for shipment 1t bent
like sheet lead. Mr.. Posey shipped it
to Philadelphia and went down on the
vein taking out some wonderfully rich
ore, until he had attained the depth of
forty feet. Here a table of solid rock
was found and it was supposed that the
vein was lost beyond recovery. The
property was then sold to Wilson &
Kennedy, who mined with more or less
success for a time and sold il to Charles
Davis. Mr.. Davis found some detach-
ed ore bodies from which he took out
a considerable quantity of good ore, but
as the expiration of his bond drew near
il became evident that he would be I'M
able to meet the payments, and w. H.
Yankee became interested. In speaking
of this period in the history of the mine
Mr.. Yankee says: 81 examined the Ia
ble of rock that had cut off the vein
and was satisfied that / could find the
vein again. Some of my associates
wondered why il was that I thought of
buying the property. and most mining
men were certain that 1 would meet
with failure. But I thought different
". 1 felt certain that the vein which
had been found at the surface must
have come from somewhere, and that
an intelligent observation of the sur
roundings would result in disclosing it.
/ found that the surface of this rock
was very much erOded, and from the
erosions felt satisfied that the surface
Of the hill had slid downward and that
the continuation of the vein would be
found further up the hill. Accordingly
I opened up a drift on the rock just
wide enough for one man to work in
the breast and began work. We found
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