The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-11
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their gold mining propcrirs ~ the west,
wrote lcttcr giving AN interesting
description oi the country To NJ III.
Moriarty, through the courtesy oi
whom, we ARE allowed Go publish t
BREcRENmnGE, CoLo., JuNE /, '9S
have not made close inspection Of
the mines ia and about Breckenridge aud
cannot make an accurate report but
from what can gather from the best
posted people hcre--I DO nDt mean
expert gooloPisfs or minert,logists, but
good practical miners, men wlu have
done actul work aud hnve a tliprDngh
knowledge Of the country nrourl here
there Is an unlimited amount oi
wv stored - tie hills il aud around
IN enridge. They have taken and hre
still taking out some ~ the finest gold
specimens thnt have bcen produced IN
the world. Alaska not excepted hear
of one piece OF gold twenty pounds IN
weight aud you can find excellent dis
plays of gold dinalm,,st all places ~ busi-
ness in town One mountain here,
Farnicon hill, is especially noted Tor it's
richness in this kind ol gold ! doubt #
there is u shaft ia the whole mountain
100 feet deep | would say there are
thousands Of acres here covered by wash
or slides from this aud adjoining noun
tains that is rich IN gold, which would
have 10 be- extracted by placer mining
A. -
great deal OF attention just now. The
land is principally taken up hy poor
men, who have not the means TO get the
proper facilities. water, t0 do the wash
ing, aud il is hard To get enough Of them
of the same mind, who have adjoining
Chains, 10 make II IN object for Il man
with capital 90 get the water | would
sny you can pan gold almost anywhere
in the valley from Breckenridge to
Middle Park distance Of sixty miles.
There Is no doubt but that there are
hundreds Of millions ~ dollars worth Of
gold in this valley The land is owned
by II class ui people who will not work
il themselves but lease it out To poor
men and take a certain per cent royalty
The work is generally done from a
zRll tunnel ia the hillside. IL looks To
w. NJ though they had great dread
|s.aatcr. The mine that Am at is the
only one that IL sunk below water level
There nrc mines here that have gon,
down and taken out lots Of orr, but
through mismanagemcnt IN nearly
every case, they have been abandoned
and allowed TO an with water. II tisnot
because there is not ore enou.h, but
because they are not properly handled
that has closed them down.
will give you an idea of how d
ieaecr works those cluims in the noun
tains. lie starts out from his home oi
cabin about or 9 O'Clock in the morn
iug and leaves work about 3 OF O'Clock
in the afternoon. When he has gotter
out IA car OF ore which will net him S7Ot
nr $500 he stops work aud goes IN for d
good time. In most cases merchant
will have 10 supply him until lac make
another stake Themcn here are urarlN
have been in, and the merchants hay,
unboundcd confidence in their honesty
aud will trust them Tor any amount
believe that money iadieiouSly spcn
IN and around Breckenridge would hrin
in handsome returns 10 the investor
Iwill tell you bow We mincrvlye. Gu
mine is not much different iron
most well equipped mines in the noun
tains. No man has To work for lcs
than three dollars per day Of eight hour
md four dollars for ten hours aud a
they have TO work every day, includin
Aday, they make good wages. They q
t'l Ut what j. known us the Con
pgDy Boarding Hogscp and pny OH
dolIar pr day. The coWpuny hn
nothing t0 do with the house which
generally run by some lady who Is
good manager and who sometimes run
houses for two or three camps We "
all kinds OF fresh meat three times da
and all kinds OF fresh and carned itu
and vegetables, IN fact, a boardiu
house is like small store We hay
what il known "a "a bunk house and I'll
company furnishes beds aud beddi
This IL what the men call home. w
baye NO piano, but almost every 9th,
Kind oi musicpI instrument fheinstr,
u,ental AMI vocal music emanating iroi
the bunk house j. sonnet mes varied, BY
ul MI times pleasing would Sly di
- )r,Hnce oi the pence Is cguiyqIent.to
dIpcharee There are bat two ladies
camp aud they use thor winning Smil
on the boys just the same M IL done
other places.
G. r. RoBERrs