Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-05-10
INVESTIGATING RED RIVER
Supt. Burns, of the d. g. r. G.. Rail-
road, and Party Of Capital
lists in the Camp.
Great Good Expected to Result From
This Visit to This Rich Mineral
Section of the Territory.

uperintendent j. Burns of the Den
yer and Rio Grande road, wi th headquar
ters at Pueblo, at the head of party O
capitalists, is in the Red River mining
camp. Reports of growing pros
perity in the camp and stories
of practical mining men who
have lately returned from an examination
of the district, interested Mr.. Burns and
others to such an extent that it was
decided at headquarters of the rail.
way company to institute immediate
inquiry as to the resources of the district
Invitations were extended to mining
men of the city who have been
looking toward the border of the state
for the next mining boom. The party
will make through examination of the
probabilities across the line in New
Mexico.
The Eastern men who are members
of the party have all had experience in
mining investments and if the chances are
half as favorable as have been set forth
by enthusiastic prospectors, liberal in.
vestments will be made in the Red River
district within the next few days. This
is what the camp needs, as the early ar.
rivals are strapped"
fit is found that the situation has been
exaggerated, the probabilities are that the
Den yer and Rio Grande management will
go slow in recommending the expected
rush into the new camp. The immediate
future of the camp depends, therefore, in
great measure, upon the impression
which is made upon the minds Of this
party.
According to reports of returning pros.
pectors and visitors in the camp, outsid.
ers are going in at the rate Of twenty
daily and the movement into the region
from Cripple Greek is especially notice
able. Specimens of ore are brought out
ranging into the thousands Of dollars to
the ton in assay value, but the chief re-
liance of old-time prospectors is in the
large lead and copper veins which have
been uncovered. Samples of lead are un
usually fine and the copper values are said
to be as high as any found in the older
districts of this state. The gold is found
in the upper belt of the district, where
placer mining has been in progress for
many years. The lead and copper are
found lower down and evidences are pre-
sented of silver values in number of
the leads.
Up to the present time there has been
no large shipment from the new camp,
the estimatas being founded mainly on
assays.
N. E. Guyot, we'll known Cripple
Greek mining man, who spent three weeks
in the camp, has this to say, concerning
it:
"The country, is just like section of
the San Juan broken off and the forma-
tion is granite, porphiry. ouartzite and
blue shale. There must be 500 men at work /
on prospects around Red River City, and
the movement inward is increasing every
day. The camp is tunnel proposition,
as the mountains are very steep and very
high and there is plenty OF timber and
water. brought out samples of lead
ore running 65 per cent lead and the cop
per discoveries are remarkably promising.
l opened the first assay office in Cripple
Creek and will Immediately return to Red
River to 20 into business in that camp.
Practical Cripple Greek men arriving in
the camp are astonished at the opportu-
mites and several hundred Cripple Greek
miners have made the trip by wagon
across the country and have cast their
fortunes with the new CAMP"