The silver lance., 1897-07-23
OUR SALTED PLACER.
Washed From the Rich Deposits ON The Lance
Exchange Table.

Washed From the Rich Deposits ON The Lance
Exchange Table.
In answer to the question What be-
comes of the pins?" it might not be amiss
to say that most of them that are retired
from use may be found in the bicycle
tire.-Orange's Rustler.
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notwithstanding the excessive heat,
only few prostrations occurred in Cres-
ted Butte during the week, and they are
accounted for by the going down of beer
instead of the rise of the thermometer
Elk Mountain Pilot.
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| We understand that if the CRYSTAL
River Railway is finished to Legget's this
season, it is the intention of the company
to assist in changing the wagon road from
here to Crystal by building one higher
on the side of the mountain SO as to
avoid the snow slides that cause SO much
trouble to wagon travel now. BY doing
this ore can be hauled out of the camp
at any season of the year.-MdrJle Times.
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The CRYSTAL Mountain Mine is again
in operation and the stockholders are
daily expecting the prospector's rich
strike. The four Californians who Wis
ing OF the company, are home and are
plumb" full of confidence in the claim.
so confident, in fact, that each one
bought large additions of stock. The
Californians were A. B. Crook and G. j.
Mcbride of Lincoln, DR.. Melton and
Miron Luce of Wheatland and L. J.
Mead of Gilroy.- Wheatiand, California,
-Four Corners.
Several Aspenites are looking over the
ground in the neighborhood of Scofeld,
few miles south of Crystal, with view
of LEASING and operating some of the min
ing properties of that section. A Colo
rado company recently leased group of
claims in that vicinity, as well as the
large concentrator at Scofeld, which has
been idle for number Of years, and are
preparing to commence work at once.
New machinery for the mill has already
been ordered from Denver and as soon
as the mill is in operation the company
will handle the ores OF the neighborhood
as well as its own, As there are a num-
Der of idle properties near the mill that
contain large quantities of concentrating
ore the Aspen men think they see an
opening for fair profit and will in all
probability go into the dfstrict in short
! time prepared for summers campaign.
Aspen Sun.
The last reports from Alaska would
Indicate that Humboldt was shrewd in
| his conclusions that possibly the real
fountain head of the continents gold
treasures would be found in far northern
British Columbia. The Yukon promises
to become more famous for its gold than
ever was the Yuba. That north country
must have been fashioned when the yell
low Saturn was in full evidence in the
ether. The account will chill the hearts
ST the eastern money y-changers: the fear
will steal over them that possibly the
wrong metal was demonetized: that if
Alaska is such country, then in little
while gold will not be worth two bits a
bushel and some other substance will
have to be made standard of value, lest
men will be able to pay their debts, to
educate their children, and there will be
no chance to finally reduce them to serf
dom. Still we believe they may be com
forted. In Montana, from one little
gulch, s11 100000 in placer gold was
taken, but all Montana was not that way.
So it will be in the far North, There
will be rich deposits found here and
there, but the inexorable rule will pre-
vail, nevertheless; and not enough OF
both gold and silver will be found to
serve the worlds uses as moey.--!SdH
Lake Tribune.