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produce like rich ore in abundance
when the shafts are sunk to the level
of the ore zone. The mineral districts
surrounding Laramie show the richest
float and most extensive mineral de-
posits in the mountain regions.
Placer Mines.
The Douglas placers are situated in
the southern portion of Wyoming and
the northern portion of Colorado, be-
tween the North Platte and Laramie
rivers, in a very mountainous section
OF country, designated on the map
a. the Medicine Bow range" This
range of mountains is about 100 miles
in length, its ourse being a little west
of north and a little east of south. Its
elevation varies from 5000 to $4,000
feet above sea level. \ little north of
the center of this range Douglas
creek takes its rise. and after mean
dering in all directions for a distance
of thirty miles. its waters are discharg-
ed into the North Platte river some
sin miles north of the Colorado state
line.
The Douglas placer fields are located
along this creek and its tributaries. the
most important of which are Lake
creek, Muddy. Spring. Keystone. Beav.
er, Lone Gulch. Horse, Gold Run, Joe's
creek. Dawes creek. Ruth's creek. Bear
and Willow creeks. The district EN-
braces an area some fifteen miles in
length and ten miles In width. and is
about As miles due west of the city o
Laramie. A daily stage line runs from
Laramie to North park in Colorado. and
parties DESTROYS Of visiting the placer
fields would take this stage for a dis
lance of IS miles to Woods Landing.
at which point transportation can |
obtained to any point in this district
Keystone District.
Immediately connerVed with these
placers and situated in the surround
ing mountains of Douglas creek. arc
lead mines. more or less developed.
The people Of our own state have TAX
en- an interest in the Keystone and
Florence mines. and. as I understand,
there are now employed by the com
panies operating these mines about so
men. The assays of the ores from
these two mines are perfectly satisfac-
tory to the company operating them,
and it is proposed that the work Of
development shall be pushed so as to
make them productive in every re-
spect. Four miles from the mines
above designated. a recent discovery
has been made. denominated the
Rambler mine. The Rambler is, per-
haps one of the most wonderful discov-
cries in that section of the country. and
will outrank anything found in the
Grand Encampment. Since the great
strike In this mine. over 100 claims
have been located and recorded. This
mine is copper, carrying with it a GER
tain per centum of silver and gold.
The ledge proper. as now defined, is
over ten feet wide and the percentum
Of assays show not less Than "a per
cent copper. The owners of this val
liable discovery are Charles Richie, A.
T. Holmes and Charles Kuster, jr. !
only cite this as one among many dis
coveries along the Medicine Bow range
o: mountains as an incident of what
now exists and by further development
may be expected on further explora.
ton Of the grand mineral belt Of that
region Of the Rocky mountain range.
50 adjacent to the Colorado line.
Your limited space precludes me
from writing more extensively. !
would that l had your entire space. so
that l could give to the readers of your
valuable paper the information with
reference to the great possibilities in
mineral wealth of this section of coun-
try. partially covered by this article.
Yours very respectfully,
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