The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-14

ors 10 locate claims for him. IN an inter.
view Mr.. Weston said: 81 do not believe
that the ore will pinch out with depth in
the new district, as many experienced
miners claim that il will / cannot see
how a district with such wonderful sur
face indications as this can ever fail TO pro
duce great mines. IL every man in Wyom
ipc and Colorado were to oppose me in
this opinion, think should still mani
fest my faith in the Grand Encampment
gold belt by spending money in having
the thing demonstrated, as now am.
have just visited a prospect hole in Pur-
gatory gulch, where n depth has been
gained of is feet | took a large sample
of about so pounds, some being from the
surface and some from the bottom Of the
hole About IL pounds of this yielded by
assay 3. 40 ounces of gold. Some OF the
smaller pieces of rock remaining from my
sample were nfterward PANIED in my pres
ence at Bankers cabin and yielded in tho
pan fine stringcrs of gold. Mr. Sachs also
took a sample Of the finds from my sam
pie of Che mine, and IL yielded by assay
$S7. 20 ina gold. A depth of 300 feet could
be gained on this vein by drifting on IL
from the gulch. The character of the ore
is simply white quartz, more or less
stained with iron oxide, and containing
pockets of honeycombed cavities in tho
vein, full of iron oxide, some of its pockets
containing visible free gold. The yield OF
this ore leads me to suppose that with
depth it will show the iron sulphides. At
present, however, the gold Is free. "
Not alone on gold depends the future of
the camp, for in the district have been dis
covered some very remarkable copper and
silver leads. At Battle Lake, IL miles fro:3
.he new town of Grand Encampment, are
peing opened up half dozen or more
copper veins that give returns Of moro than
90 per cent pure copper, the assays in many
instances running as high as 80 and 30 per
cent, or practically pure copper.
To the south and west of the Grand En-
oampment is what has within the last SIX
months become known as great silver
and gold belt. This Ii the Whisky Park
district. 1t Is Is miles from the new camp
md lies almost directly between Grand
Encampment and the Hahn's peak Colo
rado) gold belt. In this district alone there
aee said to be more than 500 men engaged
In mining, mostly on silver veins. A ship
ment from this district of IA tons, after
having been hauled by wagons 140 miles
to the smelters, yielded O net profit of
more than 800 to the ton.
There is another class Of mines In the
district which shows both copper and gold
in great quantities. These are in the Bat
tie Lake district. Here the assays run on
an average three ounces in gold and 40
per cent copper to the ton. This mine is a
peculiar proposition to the mining experts.
A vein Of one-half copper and still bearing
In the neighborhsod of 500 of gold to the
ton is something decidedly new.
Mining men say that with treatment
and transportation facilities the new dis
trict will open out into a mineral belt Sec
ond to none on the continent. At present
the nearest railroad on the south is the
Rio Grande, at Wolcott, Colo, 100 miles
away On the north is Rawlins, 60 miles
away, and here the Union Pacific runs
This is the nearest railroad point aecessi
BILE for shipment of ore.
The Union Pacific, which is the nearest
road to Encampment, is, 1t is understood
sending out a corps of surveyors for the
purpose of building q road into the district
to be completed within six or eight
months. When this is onsummated and
shelters and reduction works have beer
established, the new district may add very
materially 10 the worlds mineral wealth
st Louis Globe Democrat.