Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-25
HopEwELL GOLD CAMP
A General Idea OF the Present Devci'
opment and Ore Values of the
Principal Mines.

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returned from a weeks visit 10 tht
Hopewell gold minisg camp, an Optic
reporter obtained the following inter
esting and carefully considered inter
view from the gentleman
s.Yes, l am delighted with the ener'
getic showing made by the camp sincs
my last visit" responded the ex'
mayor. .'Hopewell has passed the ex-
detrimental stage. both In exploiting
the mines and Ia the sdetermin alton q
the proper treatment Of the ores. Deep
mining has demonstrated 10 a mos,
satisfactory manner that the ore
bodies and values increase with depth,
without a single exception. and the
electro. cyanide mill recently erected,
and now in almost constant and sue
cessful operation, has proved, beyond
q doubt, that more than 80 per
cen. of the values of the precious
metals, are beng saved. These two
most important facts having been es-
tablished, what is now n eded to make
Hopewell the prominent gold producer
In the entire Rocky mountain range, is
a large custom mill and sampling
works, where the needy prospector and
miner can get quick returns from his
ore. This is the great need Of the
camp, and as soon as these industries
are put in operation, nothing II pre-
vent Hopewell from enjoying a vigor-
GUS and healthy boom. The gold is
there, and in paying quantities both
in the quartz and 10 the placers. In my
humble judgment, it is the greatest
kind If folly to risk the uncertainties
of far away gold fields, though they
may be reported enormously rich, in
preference TO the slower, but almost
certain returns that such camps as
Hopswell will yield.
"Can you give the readers OF THE
OPTIC a general idea OF the present
development and ora values OF the
principal properties being worked in
the campp"
..The orc values can only be ascer
tanned from assays and shipments
Assays frequently indicate only the
values of picked specimens, or of rich
seams il the leads. However, an
assay OF average rock taken with an
assay OF rich streaks may give a pretty
good idea of thu value OF the general
gre body ia a lead. / will give you i
information I obtained on that
while in camp. The truth OF c
he statements is vouched for and they t
ire identical with facts and figures ac- Q
an exhibition Of the ores p
IT the camp now at the headquarters d
If the Miners national bureau Of in D
ormation in Denver. Besides, the
tatements can be corroborated on the O
Here is what | have learned a
a round numbers:
"Cinnabar":-shaft, $50 feet; vein, k
hree feet; assays, $500 to $1,000; Of
mill run. $37 per on. W
tJaw Bone'';-ahaft, ninety feet; h
VEN, thirty inches; highest assay, .
81 900; shipments Of two carloads.
s20 per tor.
..Enerald": shaft. sixty feet;
assay, $500; VEN, twelve inches; no
.H.dden Treasure":-shaft, fifty
Ieet; vein of porpbyritic quartz, seven
Ieet; assay, 5000; ore shipped, SIS
Der ION.
..Croesus'':-tunnel, 400 feet shaft,
100 feet; assay, 500; saipmepts. car
|oad lots, $52 per ton: vein, ore chute,
Eve feet. J
Observation-Disclosures, 100 feet
assay, 5000; mill run, $50 per ton {
vein, three feet. |
s.Snow-Shoe":- shaft, thirty feet; +;
vein po:phyritic quartz, seven feet; /
average assay, $8 per ton. t
..Horse- Shoe' fourteen feet; I
and lowest assays, So and ,
1880.
cred Jacketn:-shaft, 106 feet; (:
vtin, four feet; assay. $1,000; mill /,
run, $38 per ton. This nine is now :
and operated by the of
The Cyanide mill and furnishes all the ri
pre- being treated by that plant. !
s.Freeport'':-shaft, 1b0 feet; vein
three feet; assay, $500; no shipments.
"LeaGville':-shaft, ten, twelve
and fourteen feet; assays, SD and n
$3.50. b
"Good. Hope":-iunDel, 450 feet \
assay, $3.50; vein, one foot; no ship q
K
.Mlneral Point":-tunnel, $50 feet N
vein, four feet; assay. $240; no ship '
h
.Altamont :''-shaft thirty five feet; 0
tunnel 400 feet. SIX hundred feet more t
In the tunnel will cut the vein, which !.
il about three feet wide. A gold mug i
get valued at $2.5 30 was taken from this i
vein. y
..Rear Mountain :"-tunnel 225 feet q
vein four feet assays sos, average SAL I
per ton no shipment. :
: isLiule Nary shaft thirty.fve !
feet, DRIFT eighty-iv feet and winze a
thirty feet. This lead has shown up a
considerable tree gold in agate qrar'z J
s.Sickle and Sheaf:"-shaft twenty $
one feet; vein Eve feet; assays $50; 20 a
shipment. Owned by Henry & Hutch !
SOD. 3
.Golden Web:n-the latest rich /
discovery 10 the camp, now being '
opened up by c. 0 Roberts. rich pay .
sEreak, one foot, assays s 5 and 81 ,8Q0.
.sIron Mountain ;~''-tunnel 9A0 feet
Il ls estimated that the first Of several !
strong leads showing or the surface :
will be cut by the tnnnel In about
thirty feet more. Work was suspended
80 80 -.n~ ~ ho |