Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-09
H0PEWELL GOLD DISTRICT
The Red Contact Vein Traced by Its
P0rphyry Dikes for a Distance
of Nine Miles.
A VERY PROMISING MINING CENTER
A List of Energetic Prospecrors Who
Will Spend the Summer at the New
Wonder Striving to Develop
Their Gold Properties.

Special Correspondence of New Mexican.
Alamosa, Colo, April IAN inquire
writes me for more information as to tn
large contact vein in Hopewell gold camp
and also asks that give the extent of tn
mineral belt.
IwQcld say that prospeotors have beel
over the grounds from. Ojo Oaliente t.
the Colorado line, north, distance of 81
miles, and good float has been found al
along. The veins and groupings shov
good grounds the entire distance and sew
eral rich camps may be established in thu
immediate future.
THE RED CONTACT.
The main contact vein or "Red Con
tact" as it is called in the camp, is nearl.
mile south of Hopewell town. 1t crosses
the Eureka gulch, which runs from nortl
to south, nearly at right angle and runs
Is degrees south of east and north oi
west. The rocks at contact are pretty
we'll shaken up and at places the lighter
rock is mlneralized to width of 400 feet
1t has been traced for distance of nine
miles. In following the contact the pros
pector will encounter red porphyrica
generiess and many white porphyry dikes
On the southwest side is the quartsite dis
trict of the camp. On the northeast are
the porphyry, granite schist and other
rocks varying as you follow the contact
vein.
OLD TIME PRosPEoToRs.
As mentioned in my first article, con.
siderable placer work has been done on
the Eureka. In 1880, John Cornville,
T. M. Bennett, and Messrs Field, Morgan
and Whitmore took out $4,000 in the
latter part of the season. McClannen,
Marcil, Bonnett and others washed $l2,-
900 from the Eureka gulch. s. W. Gun
niugham and others came in 1883, and, it
is said, they psuned out $4,000 from the
same gulch. Every year since that time
from $4,000 to $4,000 have been CLEANED
from worked and many times reworked
harvest field.
Among those who have prospected in
this camp, in times past, are Joseph
Rinker, j. T. Long, s. w. Cummings, E.
s. Sterling, j. A.. Roy and Messrs. Mo-
Reeves, Field, Morgan, Bonnett, Whit
more, Connerville, McClannen, Heming-
way, MARCEL, Hurd, and others.
THE SNOW FIGHTERS.
The snow in the camp is as deep as the
prospectors are tall, but Notwithstanding
this drawback, many prospeotors have
remained in the camp all winter, going
to and from their mines on snow shoes.
Frank Blake and his La Jara friends have
been working on the Freeport and CHINA
bar claims and they grow in faith as they
sink down the shafts.
N. T. Hall, of Trenton, Neb., is tunnel
ling on the Burlington group. These
claims are owned by the Burlington d.
Quincy railroad officials. Last year the
general manager, attorney and other off
cials of that road visited the camp. They
were pleased with the prospects, took up
a group of claims and placed Mr.. Hall in
charge to develop the properties. A tun-
mel starts from the Burlington lode and
runs north to cut the "Red Contact" vein
in either that claim, Gold Grown, Good
Hope or other claim. The tunnel is 327
feet long and has cut two very good veins.
they will continue, however, until they
reach the objective point, "Red Con-
tact"
Miller and Thomas, of Philadelphia,
Pa, are running three shifts in tunnel
starting from the Little Alice to cut the
vein in Mineral Point lode. Joseph P.
Rlnker found good vein of rich ore in
an assessment hole of Mineral Point and
the tunnel will cut the vein at consider
able depth.
E. 8. Sterling and A. Hotchison are
pushing tunnel under the O'Leary shaft
aid will ship ore as soon as the roads
will permit hauling. This is patented
property.
The Iron Mountain company, under
John Pace, Of Las Vegas, is running a
force of men in a tunnel at their claims
north of town. The owners of these
claims are Las Vegas parties and they
have an abiding faith in that portion of
the camp.
Fred Erb is pushing on the Little
Mary; the Altmont tunnel ia going ahead
Lee Shaw keeps at work; J W. Wood
hangs on with growing faith; and there are
others, whose names can not recall, who
give willing hands to develop the re.
sources Of the camp: