, 1896-08-20

ing Satisfactorily.
Cooper hill, or Bald mountain" as
it is sometimes called. on account OF
the fact that it is barren Of trees, is now
probably the mosi widely known min
eral section in the state, yet compare
lively few of the people of Laramie
have visited it. Standing out from the
mountain range solitary ard alone,
Cooper hill has served as a guide to
many a ranchman who had wandered
from ais way upon the trackless plains,
and to the 'i9ers it served as a long
Dale across the range at Tie Siding.
Little did they dream as they pushed
their way across the continent to the
land of gold that there was a mountain
just a little to the left of the old over
land trail covered with float and sur
face indications unexcelled even in the
Golden state. Occasional prospeCtOrs
would wander from the beaten path
and pick up pieces OF quartz and have
them assayed at the end Of their desti-
nation. Years after they would return
to search for the spot from which they
took the rich mineral. but the memory
is not good enough TO locate a small
spot like Cooper hill upon the map of a
continent, when it is Travelled owe with
,ynp ,pI n Inpr ,,n,n rF ,;n,a ,,nu,1al
fun of tragic events %intervenes. 1t re-
NAMED for the people of this valley to
discover again the rich prospects so
long known to exist.
The first Of the week, in company
with County Treasurer Mckee and
Foreman Spafford of the Republican
job rooms. the writer paid a visit to the
Fox camp and made a complete circuit
of the hill.
THE LITTLE ELLA.
AT the present time Messrs. Fox &
Mckee are working five men in their
development Of the Little Ella proper
ty. under the superintendent of Mr..
Dave Sarver. They are Samuel Cohen.
Fred Schaffer. Frank Vorpahl and Jed
Holcomb. The original shaft sunk on
the Little Ella is not now being used.
but the work is being performed in a
Senator Stewart mine. some little dis
lance below on the mountain side. This
tunnel is now 1875 feet below the sur
face and penetrates the earth to a depth
of 800 feet. 1t is now running through
a cyanide formation. but occasional
streaks of very rich mineral have been
encountered. The vein is still to be
discovered in the tunnel. but the min
ers are hoping to strike it every day.
A LONG WALK.
In company with the gentlemanly
miners at the Fox camp. the visiting
party started on Sunday morning to
make a tour on foot of the Cooper hill
prospects. being assured that it was
only a short distance around the hill
After walking a mile to the south
ward, the first cabin is encountered.
that of Dyer & Kelley, who are work
ing a prospect up on The main range.
From this point the Richmond is point
ed out to the visitors, and with bated
breath the sad story Of the death of
poor Charlie Bramel rs told again. 1t
was in the Richmond shaft that he was
struck with a bucket and killed. We
walk through the little valley, cross
button creek, climb over the north end
of the mountain and proceed along the
east side, every foot of the surface OIL
which is located. The first object Of
interest which meets the view is Nor.
ganville. nesting just above a clump oil
trees at the foot OF the hill below the
Croesus tunnel.
AT the mouth Of the tunnel the party
was provided with candles and pro
ceeded to examine the work within
1t penetrates the mountain to a depth
Of 600 feet. and is perfectly straight
At various points as we entered the
tunnel streaks of mineral were pointed
out to the visitors and just at the end
streak more han a foot in width was
encountered. This streak is a quartz
lite formation running diagonally
across the tunnel and is perfectly in
place.
The contract OF Mr.. Van Benthusen
Is now completed, but it is the inten-
ton of the Carbon County company to
push the tunnel deeper into the hill.
AS we proceed south along the noun
tain side, the tunnel and shaft Of the
Emma G. are pointed olt above. Here
Is where the first important discovery
Of the company was made. The party
passed down the south end Of the
mountain to Birmingham, where sew
eral cabins are located, and where Ed
Allen OF this city has opened a liquid
refreshment resort. with Ira CARING
ton as dispenser OF the beverages. Ira
told the party a pretty good story on
one OF the Kansas lady editors. She
had wandered way from the rest Of
the party and was doing some quiet in
v~estigating for herself. Darlington
had built a fire near the creek and was
roasting a piece Of beef on a stick, pre-
tending to be an old trapper.
T 1Nn N l1TH N M