The indicator., 1897-05-01
NEWEST GOLD FIND.
SKETCH OF NELSON. MEAD
OWS AND BADGER.


Surface Assays From 81 to sIOO-Pros-
pectors Working Like Beavers to Open
Their Properties - Shipping Proposi-
tions In Sight
The new mineral section which is at
tracing so much attention lately, and
of which Salda. in Chaffce county. is
at present the storm center" is n
strip of country of undetermined width
extending from the famous Calumet
IRON mine eastcrly and nortlieasterly
10 Gribble park, n distance of about
twelve miles. The territory includes
the camps Of Nelson ,Starr =. %, Hay
Meadows and Badger tSkinner p. o.
Some time during the winter tie
choppers in the hills north and east of
sallda were attracted b ythc peculiar
appearance of particles of float cling
ing to the matted roots Of trees that
ma been blown over. and were consid-
cfably surprised on having them as
shyed to secure substantial values
ranging from 81 to 500 per ton. They
Immediately begun work and trcnching
from the pit made by the nprooted
Tree, soon cut the vein, which was
clristencd the Independence The
showing, before the assessment work
was finished. attracted the attention of
y. l.. Preston. who secured the claim
an bond and lease for eighteen
months on basis of SIOOo0-ccrtainly
n remarkable price for Il tcn-fOot hole.
i ne shaft is now down seventy feet
and it is the intention of the lcssces to
put it down 300 feet. They have al
ready begun 10 sack ore for shipment
which averages about $40 in gold. The
extension of this vein, owned by DR.. f.
Mcclure and others, also makes an
equally fine showing.
y large number of prosprctors-
iously estimated at from 100 TO 300
are Mt work in this new camp of Mel
son. in which the Independence is To-
Gated, and others are going in daily
The prospecting area thus far Gov
crs II territory of about eight or ten
miles.
Nelson. Starr postoiiicc is but short
distance from the Calumet iron mine
aud about midway between Salida and
BADGER. and is connected with the for
iHcr by II daily stage line In an air
line it is about six miles from Nelson
and Badgcr. The country is covered
with "ruptivc rock which pans well af-
ter rolsting. though in some cases free
gold can be detected with The naked
eye. The ore is an iron-stnincd quartz,
iut"rmiNed with tale and decom-
posed porphyry. The surface is Gov
cred with from two to ten feet OF de
briS, and consequently prospecting for
veins Is done entirely by trrnching. as
very few outcrups are visible. Cam
cron peak seems to he the mineral cen
ter of the veins uncovered. and the cN-
ccllcut results obtained from surface
work has stimulated development.
Blhgcr Camp
Has Il population of over 400 and is
rapidly increasing. The daily stagc
line from Salidn is well patronizcd not
witbStanding the unfavorable weather
that has prevailed for some two week
or more. About seventy houses have
been built and a large amount Of de
vclopmcnt and prospect work is going
on. The snow is rapidly disappearing
and by, or soon after the first of May
the hills will be bare.
Mr.. Warner, of the firm of Sanford Il
Warner. who spent II week in camp
lhtely, WAS very much pleased with the
result of the tests of ores made by him
out of twenty or thirty assays he did
not have II single blank from surface
rock. and values ranged from sc to $50
and makes it reasonable to suppose
that development will uncover some
great ore shoots.
The Burton mine has II shaft 100 feet
deep, with drifts at fifty and 1OO-foot
levels. showing ore running twenty
nine per cent. copper and $500 gold
About twenty tons of this ore is ready
for shipment. This is the first big ore
shoot in copper that has been uncov-
cred. but Indications are good for 9TH
er discoveries in the same formation.
Among the prominent prospects
around Badger working three shifts.
50 Il day, eight hours, are the Maid. In
dependence and Pioneer. all of which
show good veins assayng from 81 to
S2:}, with every indication of making
II shipper of the Maid. now down about
twenty feet The Independence is
down forty feet and the Pioneer forty
five The Little Jessie at eighteen feet
makes n wonderful showing. 1t is To-
Gated two miles southwest of Badger;
shows Il wcll-defincd vein in solid for
nation of over six feet wide. asSaying
$50. The formation is auartzitc and
red granite. The Badgcr shows Il big
copper vein two feet wide. assayin% 81
TO SO gold and twelve to thirty per
cent. copper Though the shaft is but
ten feet deep, the showing is most en-
couraging for n big mine witn devel-
opmCnt. IT is owned by Patna X
Grant.
In both Nelson and Badger the show
Ing is quite similar except that in the
former there appears to he opened in
the Independence and Independence
ENtensiou Il stronger shoot than has
yet been found elsewhere. This is
probably due 10 greater development,
as tile work done on surface is not
usually sufficient TO prove the extent
of values in the veins. Hay Meadows
is more of Il slycr-lead proposition. Ii
lies ut one arm of triangle between
Nelson and Badger. and was the seen"
of considerable development years ago
by Eddy brothers, the well known cat
tlcmcn. who own n fine ranch in the
vicinity. On the Last Chance mine
shaft WAS sunk l3o feet aud about 900
feet of other workings on the contact
between lime and quartzitc. AS long
1902 tinrp "a shiptnppt pf