The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT
New Gold and Silver Camp in South
ern Colorado.

The Colorado papers are having a
great deal to say of late regarding a
new gold and silver mining cana
which is located between Red river and
Moreno valley, in Laos county.
The district, which is prolific in its
wealth of gold and silver, the gold
| predominating, is situated four miles
west of Elizabethtown, two miles south
of Hematite and six miles southeast
of Red River City. The camp is still
in its infancy, but if the reports from
there can be relied upon it gives prom
Use of outstripping Cripple Creek as a
rich producer of the precious metals,
and already the district is having quite
a boom, which is likely to develop into
mad rush with the coming of spring.
In yesterdays issue of The Herald
mention was made of this promising
camp, and from a recent copy of the
Denver Post more details are CLEANED
concerning il. as follows:
Jack Young, one of the best known
and most experienced mining men in
Colorado and New Mexico, visited the
Red River mining district this week in
the interests of prominent syndicate,
whose mode OF operation will soon de-
clare their personality. He says that
never within the range of his expert
ence has he visited more varied and
diversified mineral outlook and crop
ping. The country is one in which the
geolOgiSt would revel, and where the
uenderfoot can as easily locate claim
as the most bewhiskered prospector.
Great dykes of porphyry cross the
county, showing schist, granite and
slate contact, wherein, nesting close to
the assures, are the streaks which
gladden. and make rich the efforts of
the miners.
Mr.. Young will soon publish an elab-
crate report upon this section for his
syndicate
The Victoria Gold Mining company,
owner of the Spencer lode, is about to
resume active operations upon that
most promising property about half
mile above Red River City. The pay
streak shows magnificent specimens of
manganese, associated with oxides, and
the entire streak, SO far as shown, has
been carried away by excited mineral
specimen hunters. The ore hereafter
will be carefully housed in the COM
pany's Office.
A Post representative was shown the
returns from the latest strike in the
Red River district. and runs 235 ounces
in gold and II ounces in silver, value
S4731 per ton..
The new shaft house at the Midnight
mine is now completed, and the hoist
ing engine Will be put in operation next
week. The work of building the shaft
house and hauling the engine to the
mine has been rendered quite difficult
by the continued succession of storms
and wind, but every possible effort has
been made to hasten the work SO as to
resume the sinking of the large two
compartment shaft, now between 120
and $50 feet deep, ana undoubtedly the
finest timbered and most practically
arranged shaft in the district. The
shaft house is a large, substantial
building 30x45 feet in size, covered
with corrugated iron, and for the pres
ent viii be large enough for engine
house, blacksmith shop and an apart
ment for the assaying and chemical
laboratory, in charge of Mr.. a. h.
Robinson.
The era of progress has set in in
earnest. The snow storms have been
frequent and the wind continuous for
the past month, but nevertheless cap
italists. II both tthe none. ed and
blanket variety, business men, miners
and prospectors are coming in by stage,
on horseback and on foot.
Neal Garner has returned to Red
River, having just returned from Colo
RADIO Springs, where he completed ar
rangements TO stock his mine at $780,
600. Colorado Springs parties will hold
one-third of the stock and Mr.. Garner
and his partner the other two-thirds.
All differences and conflicting claimA
have been amicably adjusted. 1t ap-
pears that the ore is even richer than
at first reported. Mr.. Garner showed
your correspondent piece of ore which
he calls his second-class ore, together
with the asSayer's certificate, which
shows the almost incredible returns of
s139. 800 per ton in gold, and several
thousand ounces of silver. Also a piece
of his best ore which he did not have
assayed, but which was estimated by
specific gravity to contain the enormous
value of
-272,O0O PER TON IN GOLD,
besides a large amount of silver. The
ore ran more than half it's weight in
gold.