, 1900-05-04
BRIGHT MINING OUTLOOK.

Indications point to a great deal of
mining activity in the mountains east
OF the city. Prospects are being de
veloped all along the range. South of
Tie Siding, Colorado parties are work
ing an old claim and express themselves
as entirely satisfied with what they
are getting. 1t will be remembered
that a couple of tons of almost, pure
copper were taken from this locality
many years ago. A little farther to the
east another Colorado party, for whom
State Auditor Leroy Grant is man
ager, is working away with consider
able energy and bright prospects. Just
north of Sherman, Messrs. Carpenter,
Grant and Atherly have struck in their
shaft a body of mineral which is con-
sidered very valuable. Still to the
north, on Horse creek, DR.. Swigart and
others have a copper lead from which
they have received high assays. In
Plumbago and Halleck canons re-
markable prospects are being develop
ed and in the vicinity of Laramie peak
miners are constantly employed in de-
velopment work. 1t will be strange in
deed IL some of these men do not strike
a rich vein of copper, gold or silver.
But hope is not restricted to the
mountains east Of us. Near Jelm
work is being pushed. General John
Charles Thompson has men employed
upon the work he is managing and the
American mine is to be worked all
summer. The property near Mountain
Home, work upon which is being d.
rected by Mr.. A. T. Holmes, is also
showing up to good advantage and the
owners are sanguine of the future sue
cess of the property.
At Cooper Hill, Gold Hill and Big
Creek there is also much activity and
the present year will in all probability
see the development of many rich prop
critics. The Republican is more sanguine
than heretofore for the reason that
We have a greater number of expert
eheeu men AT WIN III MINING the
same rule applies as in other business
you must have men who understand
the business or failure is certain.
The Denver Republican has an inter-
view with J. A. Leonard. who proposes
to establish himself in the Big creek
section of Wyoming. near the Cox
mine, a few miles north of Larimer
county, and says that all the indica-
lions point to an active season in that
district this year. He says that the
district is entirely clear of snow and
prospecting is now in active progress
and that new discoveries are reported
every day. Most of the prospecting is
toward that portion of the belt which
extends into Colorado, and the prob
abilities are that the northern part Of
Larimer county will be quite active be-
fore the end of the season.
The Cox mine, which has been closed
for several months, on account of Diff
ferences between the stockholders, is
to resume operations at once. A. II.
Poor, Superintendent of the company,
recently arrived from Boston and is
now arranging for an early resumption
of work. The general manager will be
on the ground in a few days. when a
general plan of operations will be de-
cided upon and the mine will be work
ed to its full capacity. The company
proposes to build a dam on Big creek
and put in IN electric plant to light the
mine and operate the air compressors
The Black Cat group, two miles from
the Cox, will also be in operation this
season. The property has been bonded
to Henry Cole for $4,000 and work is
to be begun at once. The mine is de-
veloped with a 25-foot shaft which has
exposed a fine body of copper oxides
and glance, the average assay OF which
Is about ~ per cent copper. The pres
emit operations will be confined to sink
ing the shaft to a depth of from $50 to
200 feet, when drifts will be run on the
vein. 1t is believed that the ore taken
out In development will more than pay
the expenses Of operation.