The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1897-03-05
Tie Mines.

Tie Mines.
Sunday evening after a drive
from Springfield, OF 35 miles south
west, over a smooth prairie road
and one mile over a rough stretch
we found ourselves in the Carriso
Mining Camp. The main camp
hes on the south bank OF west Car
riso creek. one and one half mile
from the forks or where 1t empties
into main Carrlso. Three camping
outfits at present constitute the in
habitants of this one point. at
the forks of the creek and scatter
ed along down it and up the canons
are to be found several more fam
lilies of miners and prospectors.
In tramping over the country we
found hundreds of stakes showing
that many miles of territory Is al
ready staked. The people who
imagine their fortunes are at hand
are many, judging from the loca-
ton stakes. Work on assessment
is gong rapidly on, and piles OF
blue and red stone can be seen IN
all directions. We find the differ
ent prospectors and miners have
different views as to value Of
stones and lay of leads, but they
all agree that there Is a fine pros
pect for a rich mining camp.
MANY say that the surface lndica
tons are much better than Grip
pie Creek ever were. The gold
belt seems to be distinct from the
copper belt, but the latter contains
gold. The gold leads are mostly a
mile or two west af the copper in
dlcations. but at the lower portion
of the district 1t branches, and one
of these branches crosses into the
copper.
We found on the ground at
worklthe Rouse, Cole & Rouse Co.
who are intending to deve!ope the
Gold Pick, Mayilower and The In
dependence; the latter is a copper
proposition and fine prospect.
After finishing assessment work
on some other locations they will
put their capital and labor On the
three mines mentioned.
Jessup e Sax have probably
done more work in the district
than any other firm. This compa.
ny intends to push development
work on the Hydra and Logan,
both gold prospects. MIR. Jessup
of this firm Is an intelligent pros.
pector who has spent the greater
part of his life in that line of work
He has done much to get the camp
started.
The Klowa County Co. is work
ing assessments on 5 or 6 CLAIMS,
and as soon as that work is done
they will turn their men and mon
ey on the Black Bear and Mineola
The last named Is in the copper
belt, and one among the many
fine prospects there. They intend
to at once do great amount OF
work.
A Colorado Springs Co. has To-
Gated one OF the best prospects in
the district calling it the Allen
Quartermaln lead. They will
spend considerable cash on this
mine, and will push work at once.
The Cripple Creek and Las An
imas Co. which has some fine To-
cations, will spend most of their
money on the Cactus and Tender
foot. This company contains some
Cripple Greek miners who assert
that the prospect is better than
that famous camp was.
The Augusta Co. has already
spent considerable money on the
August mine and intend to keep
on work there as we'll as devclope
their September lode. This com
pany with the Jessup and Sax Co.
and the Mesa Mining Co. have a
small prospectors' furnace on the
ground which will start to smelt-
ing ore next Monday, and grind
out five tons Of it per day. They