, 1897-11-05
WYOM|NGP[AT|NUM
SOME SAY 1T ONLY CARRIES A
TRACE, OTHERS THAT 1T
WILL GO $25,O 0
Exhaustive Tests by a French Syndi-
cate Will Determine the Real Truth
Some Other Good Mining Prop
erty-Mail Line Established to
Morgan.


is being made public concerning min
ing matters in this district, still there
is much activity and all parties are
hard at work developing their several
sink deep shafts on several Of the more
important properties. and it looks as
though practical mining would be the
watchword from this time on. There
is no question as to there being good
paying mines in these mountains, and
had the money that has already been
spent there been expended under the
direction of a practical and judicious
mining man the camp would have been
on a dividend paying basis at the pres.
ent time.
Considerable excitement has been
created within the past two weeks over
the platinum ores thai are reported to
abound in the camp owing to several
parties having visited the district in
the interests Of foreign syndicates try
ing to lease and bond the properties
and carrying away large samples OF
ore from the various claims.
While the owners Of these properties
feel confident that they hav large ore
bodies that will run from $4,000 to $685.
900 per o. in platinum and its associ>
ate metals, the concensus Of opinion
among practical m%etallurgists and
chemists is that there is but a rae OF
these metals carried in the ore. The
question will, however. be settled pre-
m%anently in a very short time as a
commercial test is now being made or
the ore by one of the largest and most
responsible. syndicates in Paris.
During the past season considerable
prospect work has been done on the
mountain just south of Cooper hill and
several large bodies of low grade ore
have been discovered and located.
Among them may be mentioned a
group Of five claims located by Messrs
Greenfield and Van Ben Thusen. There
distinct veins running through this
group of claims so, 20 and 4 feet wide,
respectively. Two tunnels have been
run in on the ore body and two shafts
have been sunk to quite a depth. Coop,
er creek. carrying a good supply OF
water. passed through the property. on
which are good and convenient mill
sites, while timber in abundance is to
be had for all purposes.
John Malloney owns several claims
on Eldorado mountain. on which some
shafts have been sunk from rs to 80
feet in depth. While these are in the
platinum belt, they assay well in gold
and are being developed for that metal
only.
The Little Johnnie company own.
three properties on the north end Of
Cooper hill adjoining the North Star
on the north and the Smuggler and Rir
Van Wrinkle on the south. The com.
pany has started a tunnel at the base
Of the hill for the prpose Of tapping
the several bodies that are known tc
exist, as well as any blind bodies that
may be met with. 1t is now in $50 feel
and expects to reach the center of the
hill, some 1900 feet distant, during the
coming year.
One of the best properties yet dis.
covered on Cooper hill is owned by Mr.
G. w. McFadden. Considerable prac.
tical and systematic work has beer
done on this property and the results
are already being made manifest. Con.
siderable native copper is being found
in the ~crevices in the shaft as depth II
attained and several very fine specl.
mems have been taken from the bottom
of the shaft.
A semi weekly mail line has jus,
beent put on between this place and
Laramie. The contract for carrying
the mail has been awarded to Mr.. Terry
Fee. an old-time ranchman on the
plains. who lives about equal distance
between this place and Laramie. Mr.
Fee will run a stage and express line IN
connection with the mail, so that par,
ties DESTROYS Of visiting this place will
in the future have good facilities fol
doing so.-Denver Republican.