The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
WYOMING'S ELD0RADo.
GREAT GOLD FINDS IN GRAND EN-
CAMPMENT DIsTRTOE
Many Assays Average $50 to the Tou ana Ton
show an Average OF over sAo1-The Di--
trict 40 Miies LonE and 8 to no wide
Hundreds or Cininnn stakea-Ftno Chances.

SAAaA Hb-eSh average tSb 70 tuo huu IN hch
show an Average OF over sAo1-The Dis
trict 90 Miies Long and 8 TO no wide
hundreds or Claims stahed-Ftnc Chnncea.
RAwIINs. wy. Dec. 2.-The now mining dis
trict OF Grand E~ncampment, In the southern
portion OF Carbon county, Wyoming, Is at pres
ont attracting widespread attention throughout
the United States, and the question naturally
arises whether the reports of wonderfully rich
discoveries are warranted.
Is Wyoming destined to develop ono of tho
greatest Rold.producing camps In Tho Rocky
Mountains, or arc all these Grand Encampment
enthusiasts deluded7 These arc the questions
that are now being debated by tho people Of
wyoming and adjacent States.
Every mining expert who hos visited the new
camp has pronounced It's surface indications to
be richer than those OF Ieadville or Cripple
Crock, but still there are persons, cvon In
wyoming, who shake their heads and stoutly
maintain that Grand Encampment will
never stand the test of powder and pick.
These are tho persons. however. who said
that Cripple Creek would never mako a mining
camp. and rs for Wyoming producing q roul
shipping gold mine. why tho idea was too alb
surd to talk about. Gold assays from tho sur
face running up into tho thousands Of dollars
utterly fail to convince these ~skoptics.
general assay average Of every ~ten.foot hold
In the camp, made by Mr.. Claude Sachs, editor
Of tho Mining Investor Of Colorado Springs,
gave o yield Of tho yellow metal of moro
than S26 to the ton; q long report by
w. Wos on, Q mining engineer Of high
standing both In this and foreign coun-
tries, q man who stood alone In advocating
Cripple Creek a few years ago. In which he
speaks very highly Of tho prospects Of tho new
camp; a comprehensive report by Mr.. J. p.
Murray of tho Midland Sample Works of
T-irp1a Trnalr rwhN aava. ct ronatdar thA
surface indications at Grand ~Encampment
far superior to the surface indications
In tho Cripple Crock district these and q dozen
others from mining men Of recognized standing,
such as John Dern Of the Murcur Mining and
Milling Company. So, who have visited Grand
~Encampment during the past few months, have
apparently failed to convince tho skeptical of
the mineral wealth of the new district.
1t is the purpose Of your correspondent in this
article to give the facts as he knows them to be,
without exaggcration. Ono noteworthy fact
about tho new district is it's wide area, in
length extending for over forty miles along the
eastern slope of the Sierra Madre range. and In
width from fvo to ten miles. and extending
over into Colorado an indefinite distance.
The Medicine Bow range of mountains. q spur
of the Sierra Madre, forms q half circle Just over
the southern limo Of Wyoming. inclosing .
beautiful valley Of about sixty square miles,
generously watered and susceptible of great
possibilities under irrigation.
This valley is a veritable paradise for tho
small ranchman, and being situated right in
the mining district 1t Is a most advantageous
situation to furnish a demand for the ranch
mans products and convenient supplies for
the miner. Two colonies of Dunkards
have been farming in this valley for
fourteen years. Tho streams which water
tho valley and along which the copper
and gold leads have been discovered arc the
North and South forks of the Grand Encamp-
ment River, Purgatory Cullen, a tributary of
the North Fork, Calf. Cow, Spring. and Jack
creeks. A. II. Huston, one of the discoverers Of
the Golden Eagle. the first mine in the Grand
Encampment mining district. is the owner Of q
ranch of / 400 acres in the valley.
The Golden Eagle. which is believed to DO one
OF the richest prospect holes in the United
States, has Just been sold to Sir H. Seton
Knrr of London. who is tho President of the
Charter Oak Mining Company. The bond was
given on a basis OF $4,000, as the purchase
balance to be paid in six. months. In this
deal the original owners retain y fve;twelfths
crty has a Observation-Disclosures vein Of ore
aysrsging $3.50 In gold per ton; ne vein is
sale OF this property was made last week a force
mel in Shape for active development. Three
The Charter Oak Mining, Company is also tho
owner q the Charter Oak Mine In another por-
a copper proposition. The company began
developing this property about sixty days
s sSS' M Thfy b have GOING 4 e0f{6 oPMsSd hG %i.s t Plsn.
incline i95 feet, The width Of the vein Is
four and one half feet, and the ore averages 25
per cent. copper andi$S in sold per ton. The
gold values are increasing "s depth is reached.
Experienced Colorado miners are employed.
and the company has unlimited financial back
ing. Mr.. James Conan, the superintendent.
aseertained what tho property is worth as an
Beyond the Charter Oak to the south and
west is The famous Battle Lake copper district.
In which is situated t.3 Rambler or Doane cop
per mine. which has boon a shipper for the past
two years. although TN ore has to b. hauled a
distance OF seventy miles IN wagons to .he
nearest railroad uoint.
w. L. Hehthcote. 1t is 10 miles from tho town
of Grand Encampmont, near the summit of
5000 feet. TO show the enormous profits
th.6 mine is returning its owners. the
returns from the List car of ore SHIPPED
are given. There were 44.2l3, pounds OF orc.
which was shipped on Oct. 2 last; The gross
portGtion charges the net returns were ii ,s0s.47
or about 800 per ton. The percentage of copper
The development work on The Rambler Mine
consists OF n shalt 200 feet deep. and 100 ieet
connect with the shaft. Steam hosting and
pumping machinery has been put in, but this
Is to be enlarged another wear in order to in
crease the output Of the mine.
The vein Is four and one'half feet wide tho
entire distance, and the ore Is in chutcs which
have widened with increasing Gepth. AT first
II was n red oxide of copper, associated with q
blue and green carbonate Of copper. AS depth
is gained the orc is running into copper pyrite3
Tho Battle Lake district contains several
other fine prospects. which are now being devel-
oped with promise of becoming shippers at an
early date.
a syndicate of Cleveland. o., capitalists,
known ns the Grand Encampment. Mining and
Milling Company, has purchased, thirty claims
n the district. anon. them the Morning Glory.
Monitor, and Blue Bell. The company now
has a largo number Of men employed developing
its properties. w. W. McGill of Cleveland is
personally experimenting the work., and the
statement Is made that he and his associates are
prepared to spend $50, 600. and more If neces-
Bary, to develop n producing mine. One of tho
| properties owned by this company is the Blue
Bell, from which ore running as high as $500 in
copper per ton has been taken. or course this is
not Il general assay.
Four miles distant from tho Blue Bell is tho
Morning Star mine, owned by kurtZ e. Chatter
ton of kawlins. This property has more extern
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