, 1902-11-11
RAMBLER
NINE ENTERTAINMENT WRITTEN
OF BY CORRESPONDENT OF
ORES AND METALS.
History of the Discovery and Develop
ment Of the Property and Its Rich,
ness in Copper and the Rare Metals
-Scepticism Of Mining Men Shown
When It Was First Opened.

W HA' ~ 80
Der number of that excellent publica-
ton.
The New Rambler mine is located at
the head of Douglas creek. Medicine
Bow range, at about $500 feet eleva-
ton. The nearest railroad point is Lar
annie, Wyo., on the Union Pacific line.
forty miles east. A company known as
the Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific
railroad has nearly completed the grad
ing of a line from Laramie to Centen-
NAL. and is o distributing ties along
the grade. so there are good prospects
OF the railroad terminus being brought
to within fifteen miles of the mine.
and the road may be pushed clear
through to the property and beyond to
E~ncampment.
The New Rambler, supposed to have
been located for gold, in 1870, but gen
orally regarded as valueless, passed in
to the hands of the Rambler Copper
company about September |. 1900.
when the old shaft had only reached
a depth of forty feet. Mr.. A. T. Holmes.
as general manager for the company.
began sinking the old shaft in the lat
ter part of October. 1900, and after
sinking a few feet, and running an in
cline about twenty feet. encountered
an enormous body of very rich copper
ore. from which the first shipment was
made January - 1901, yielding TWEEN
ty-eight per cent in copper and GA
nee in silver to the ton. The first
carload Melted s1,O79.S3 after paying
all charges. and up to January -. 1902,
ST. ,622.25 worth of ore vas marketed.
Notwithstanding a great portion of this
time was taken up in making much
needed surface improvements.
After disclosing ore from the incline
workings. a main shaft 600 feet east)
was projected. and has been sunk to
a depth of IT'S feet. connecting with
the second and third levels at ninety
five and 1913 feet respectively. 1t is well
timbered and equipped with a age. a
80 H. P. friction hoist and a 35 H. P.
boiler.
Up to the time of this wonderful
strike in the New Rambler mine, little
attention had been given this district
as regards the copper deposits, and
practically speaking. the mountain lion.
deer and elk had full sway in
this vast wilderness of the grand old
Rockies. However, such phenomenal
strikes rs this are not made. once in
five, twenty-five or eve fifty years,
and no sooner was the report circulat-
ed than prospectors began pouring in
to the camp. at first a little skeptical,
and wondering if this was one more
of the many fairy tales SO often cred
tied to the western mining man, but
as there were no keep out signs at
the entrance of the shaft, and the a
ager being a very genial gentleman. all
Corners. even "Missourians." had the
privilege of seeing for themselves. One
look was enough for the most conserv-
active, and the result vas that within a
very short time the whole country for
miles around and in all directions
from the New Rambler mine was
staked. development work commenced
in earnest and a town site laid off,
named Holmes. in honor of Mr.. Holmes,
the manager of the New Rambler Cop
per company.
During the past year unusual inter-
est has been conferred in the New
Rambler mine from the fact that in
addition to the enormous returns from
the copper ore, the discovery has been
made. through numerous assays. by
E. E. Burlingame of Denver. McVick-
err Of Salt Lake. the Chicago Copper
Refining company. and several noted
New Jersey firms. that the ore carries
appreciate quantities Of platinum. pal
ladium. iridium and osmium. and on
this account the mine has been visited
by a great many of the state geolo-
gists. and most eminent scientific men
of the world, Samples of the ore are
being exhibited at Yale. Harvard and
many other state universities. capitol
buildings, mining bureaus. etc. all over
the entire country. 1t is also being
arranged through the authorities of
the St. Louis Exposition dhey paying
all costs) to place a large amount of
this ore on exhibition.
1t is said by many Of the scientific
men, that this is the only mine in the
world producing both platinum and
copper, and no wonder it is creating
such widespread excitement, II one
shops to think and will take into con
sideration that the great Calumet ant
Hecla which has paid SIS. 900. 900 ir
dividends, only runs about five pei
cent copper: the Anaconda, having
paid $40, O0O, 900 in dividends. run.
about eight per cent copper and there
are dozens Of others which have pait
millions Of dividends only carrying
from three to ten per cent copper