The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
PROPOSITION.
sINoN PURE SCIENTIFIC oALoULA-
TION BACK ED By MILLIONS.
More Than o.. 900, 900 Spent In pttEinE Tor
the Hurled volcano rrou which silver CHE
IL Supposed to Have Been PREDICTED Ages
L. Z. AaLll a.AInn IN

Ing propositions In history is AT present unuo'
development In this State. For boldnesS IL Is
without a parallel. and for the implicit conn
dcnco u number of capitalists place In the ouds'
mont OF a single man II towers ABOVE hhytnins
else on record. Tho company Is the aeyser
Mining and Milling Company. with Its princi-
pal offices In Boston, and the scene OF its opera
tons Is near Silver Clin, Col.
James w. CARTWRIGHT anu d. H. NorVoh u
Boston are ut the eau OF tue synuica'o 'haC nus
invested some SZ,ooo,ooo IN hihe years WIN
out tho return OF a penny una tney eApecC u
spend as much moro ana perhaps tMice InaI
amount before thcy VIII quit WORK iney nave
been ADVISED by mining men OF tna'
hey are taking tremendous hahces' that every
thing Is against them, that mih'ons Will DO
necessary 10 carry out 'ne Bisahlic pi"hs U '"o
company, and that there are hihoty-nme chahces
In a hundred mat they VIII lose IN tho enu' out
their superintendent' on whose knowledge inc
company Is paying out SO nuch money, is con-
nueht' anu "hiio ho ID oohhuent tno hnoney
hows IN q stream from 'bostoh 10 SILVER ohn'
and inc citizens OF the little Colorado COM
muhity re'oice as dratt aiter drait Is PAID.
IN oruer 10 appreciate the MAGNITUDE OF the
proPosit'on' 1 IL heceesary 10 20 pack 70 loo".
III tnaI year Two nunters' "hiie resting. pickea
up souo oe"u''ui specimens ot shVer -aiiios'
puie Iao'u' .hr'. mieS soutn ot onhoh wy
Soi. ihey stakeu inc ground, ana from the
grass roots TOOK out q fortune every few feet.
IL was WONDERFUL. IL was a perfect CHI OF
silver ana the mine was named siivcr Chh.
Two ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dollars worm OF the
"hite p'etai was taken out Oh tho srouhu' n
railroad was quit from canon CITY TO accomnio-
date the business OF the mine.. a town grew
up ana .eieeraph wires were strung. men, IN
the twlnkling OF an eye almost the ore gave
OUT Inc one mine Sccfncu 10 DC u pocket, Al
most round surrounded by volcano mud. Ii!
TINS thme thero were thousands OF men In the
helGhoorhood, prospect holes had been driven
everywhere ana at "a distance soinc mines were
iouhu' out me ore was not SO rlch' nor was IL
OF the same KIND. Miles OF trenches ana bitches
were dug. Inc hills were explored with drifts
ana tunnels, IN the vain search Tor the lost
lead More money than was taken out of the
mine was expended in the effort to locate the
source from which the silver came, but 1t could
not be found.
In 1887 Caleb Ii. Johnson. a mining man OF
California repute, who had passed Judgment
upon a number OF properties for Boston capt.
talists, paid a visit to Silver Cliff. He heard the
story OF the lost lend and made an cx,uina
ton covering several weeks of the mine work
ings. He did not use u pick or a shovel, did
not r.o dvn.n,i,a -, - ,our,o, = .,
y . u vi gum po"uet' y go q
the expense OF n single penny, but he did torn
a most remarkable theory in reference to the
81 .No .'e =" ntno' IL
from mo seoioslcal conditions that inc silver
Cliff pocket came from a distance, that 1t was
burled from tho cortb tbr,uyb tbo r,, bot
800 - o. io"sn III i'N,No
throat OF a volcano in active eruption ages ago,
to the south. settIed in ,bc warm now yo,capic
ma ,nd Wa $500 ans 80 49,
,nr ia. ana noti wa" s,. covered ana mo so SOL remained hmni 'o1 w cen.
tame line and trans;t no measured ,b. noorot
-" y ~. na aa ne NHs II poohe,'
caught its mcmahon and as best he could cal
culatcd the arc the ore body had taken to reach
the spot in which 1t was found. Then he spent
considerable time in the field, and finally placed
his foot upon the mountain, seven miles away,
from which. he f-u-ed. the mass Of silver had
- -, 60" '' {, Va " n""
been hurled BY the volcano. But there was
no crater to be seen. He examined every inch
of the ground, which was badly broken. in
$50 49, "N' '"N' "'A'' ~
chaotic granite a mighty eonsiomeration of
the conc,u s;o, that tho cr,tor md hr-;od tel,
N". ~ 'l"s :. '"u ou''o" i'soH'
having IN the course OF time thrown out noun
Conr,eti,g hi. ne,r.s ho Won, n no.,on
and laid before his frfiends the rrop".ltion n''T19hn s;
1J, Johnson wa. earme.t de n ,nmIFI bo MAS raTni
The ionpor he iaikci The rnnre IA rnr' Ih; Nv
pressed they became. In spuakips TO Mr. Cart Cart
beso me w mna Sca nhV the 70 m so q nl III ,h INTO pd me .ed Ground nnd
whom Nyn do wa will find thut II. ,vnils ,-n
coatnd with s;, we u. INV " 'm", ni "n III nFc
after we strike the ore. but IL is |, rhnnr oa' II
NAV t"Ec miiiIcn.. Wc uoy fe;I az. n ,n ~
Win .T,o rhanrnI ,rc +hn, no. -, ~ ~, {" H'"'
60 thc cnnranv nInso ~, ~ $500,
orJop;,nd anh tranI "a ~ utbo'ntioh' WIS
rado Vii So,,o mo 70 rs ornSi, ~ w. ! o.o,
nrosnect for The T"proDo nS Gninr q ~ H. n"nn, 10
an whore vJbS no srn nUo"mo' no ON % hod nbbou Jun
buried. he cut N tunnel. Il INV 'f f"et w HhI s eH%
eit.nt f,nt hirh " THE rnck was boJIv LTor ~
AMI nj nSin.erci crnShnd 1'H NV daS nnntS 9'ohvn
Iboro iy,.ro soa,,s amd 10 |mm ~ ont
cvcry ono ~ Ihan,' W., Jn1 faa, ,ne hp 9i
no ,}otHa ~ ~, ~ - m,n ~ w. v l. NJ .ht mn
pern9pS I'm ounce, anu almost pure. lie com
per arifs MIMI MINI 'pnrG n ~ wn,,I tII hnv ,ne 0pigih IA. II T.
hoL I'm INNS. onc Moaiu NAYS sworn nat II
20 Si Iv SiHit, H. ,mn. SLofern;r nv Icopie
onhn5 q, ~ ~ i"S,'a nn', ..tLr lJaus
euhpiclously. Ml1h ne round ms, noIuie OF
ssnnryceer ne suspented az operations, dismissed his
noSvie "u , t,hiic hofnro Na.sr 20 II ~ sLvoT
NNouttn o H. s .dI. oeiofo Hiossis. CARTWRIGHT ana
NooggrrHHii ., Il . saiu' h, ,u .,.,.
NO h ms proiis ma i I'm righ!; no" we can
S 81 Hnu n ~ ior .ne nline'
ING DOORS VI rue company were produced.
oU inns u III Spemt Oyer StoV,oHV in nhu'nS an
o VIZ VI n,,oii moIIn AZ .ha t'lue anoui 81.
sh Pruhusod Il piot OF INC inouhtaih ana
snoWeu WnGre ne Wouid s!art lhe smart II his
tfieh1s would put up the Gash' ana eslimeted
tnat ~ YOU'D nhu lhnlSatiohs OF ore NJ 200
l v ~ ltsDu 4 uIi lDC lDlt III I.sptfD ~ " III