The silver lance., 1899-03-10
nENTION OF THE MINES,
what the Weeks Work Has Developed In the
Properties Of the District.

Properties Of the District.
Messrs. Dempke & Tischauser have
been making preparations. to begin work
at once on the Spar lode on the south
side Of Sheep Mountain, which they will
work under lease.
At the Burt the upraise connecting the
middle and upper tunnel is being driven
under contract, while work in the other
portions Of the property is being carried
forward by the company men.
In the Inez the power drills and hand
steel are opening up new ground and
carrying work forward in a satisfactory
manner. Only slight changes have taken
place IN the force employed recently.
Some good mineral has been opened
at the Lead King the past week report
says, and the property is looking well.
Work is being pushed right along and
the force is the same as for the past two
months.
AT the Crystal Mountain Mine there Is
no new strike reported, but the tunnel is
being extended, while prospecting work
is also undor way. Some changes have
been made IN the force lately, though
none Of particular note.
Crystal Basin is just now buried under
good many feet of snow, but within
three months more there will be such
activity as is entirely unprecedented in
that section. Interested parties have
been incubating plans which will hatch
IN the shape OF mining enterprises for
that section.
There will be considerable activity at
both Scofield and Snow Mass as soon as
the snow goes, which shows promise OF
being unusually early this year. There
will be an unusual amount Of leasing, the
usual amount OF assessment work and
a number OF properties will be patented
during the year.
An assay made by Leadville essayer
within few days indicates that a very
remarkable strike Of gold ore has recent
ly been made in the Crystal river coun-
try. The ore runs OC0 in gold and is
something entirely new in the Crystal
river region which has heretofore been
known chiefly as silver district. The
name of the claim and owner is not made
public, but authentic information guar
antees the find to be bona fide, Leadville
parties being interested in properties
near the one in which the strike was
made. The ore is OF quartz and ebert.
sprinkled with free gold. A number Of
rather good sized specimens were sent
for test and assaying, and the letter ac
companyiDg them stated that the streak
was a pretty fair one. We're it not for
the deep snow the strike would start a
rush to the Crystal river country, as the
Leadville persons having knowledge Of
the strike would at once go over to the
scene of it and prospect the locality. The
snow, according to advices, is unusually
deep this winter in the Crystal river
country. and prospecting or stalking
would be out of the question now. The
strike is said to not be far from either
Marble or Crystal and it has caused a
good deal OF excitement among the min
ers and prospectors alternating on the
Crystal river and its tributaries.-Rocky
Mountain Neus.
The LANCE must deny knowledge
Of the late gold strike reported by the
Leadville and Denver papers, but we
can show assay returns from a piece Of
black quartz taken from a prospect
within five miles Of Crystal which gave a
return of fue thousand ounces in gold
and fortgfoe hundred ounces silrer to
the ton. This find is absolutely genuine,
and were we at liberty to name the as
sayer who attests the value Of the find
it would be accepted as sufficient guar
antee of reliability by every mining man
OF the section. Tho man who owns the
claim and made the strike is miner OF
unquestionable integrity and assured the
writer more Of the same kind OF ore can
be produced--and will be. The claim
where the strike vas made and the sur
rounding hills will be closely prospected
in short time. The reported strike has
not created excitement here tor the rea-
son that it was not publicly known that
such strike had been maze until the
outside papers so announced. Gold has
been fou nd in all the mines OF the camp
and several OF the shippers have realized
upon gold values, hence it is not strange
that rich ore has been found carrying
high values.
Tbo Crvafel SILVER LANCE has put IN