Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-22
THE COMING CAMP.

Although little notice has been taken
of this district through the state press it
is undoubtedly the coming camp. Its
large veins of low grade ores will in time
attract the attention of the capitalists
and metallurgists of the country and
mills will be built looking to the saving
of the values more than to try and see
how much ore can be pushed through in
day. Those who are heavily interested
in the mines here as well as those who
have made thorough examination of
different properties are firm i'll the belief
that many mines are to be opened here,
and day by day their faith in the district
is being proven. 1t seems to me that it
is the policy of certain papers to court
the reports of the finding of fabulous
rich ores away off some place, and i've a
few specimen assays as to the values,to be
found Such assays may be gotten nere
yet we do not publish them as the values
of the ore bodies as they are not. While
it may make one feel big to get $50 900
assay it is of no value to the miner out
side of the knowledge that he has vein
carrying gold in paying values if the body
is of any size. The ORC Verde people
are getting assays even higher than this
but Mr.. Goodier would not for moment
claim any body of ore of that value, in
fact he does not want it published that he
has had any such assays. In some of the
newer sections of the state such ASSAYS
are being published as the real values to
be expected in eight and ten foot veins,
and why papers like those of Denver
having circulation over the entire world
give credit to such reports is more than
a mule can understand.
The ore bodies here are in large fssure
veins, and while carrying rich values on
the foot wall generally, they are big free
milling propositions. The district has
heretofore been handicapped in many
ways, aud not the least of these has been
the work of knockers and takirs going
under the name of expect" However
the eastern capitalists are beginning to
realize that something more than a big
mouth and ignorance is needed in the
examination of mine. They are begin
ing to ask for the papers to show whether
the expert has a right to fleece him
for $25 per day. The true scientific man
detest these vultures as much as any one,
and they should advertise ever one accept
ing fees for the examination of mines as
fakirs, unless such parties are thoroughly
competent for such work.
mere can De no question as to our ore
bodies and the rich ore TO be found and
the real scientific man is as enthusiastic
as the prospector when they have exam
ined mines here. Their reports show
this to be true. Go ask any mining en-
gineer who has visited the district and
they will invariabe tell you that they
look for some big things here with great
er depth. One recently told me that he
looked for greater mines here than has
ever been found in either Leadville or
Aspen, where there are hundreds of mines
that have records of millions in ore pro-
ductious. II is the general belief amoug
engineers and mine managers that with
greater depth large bodies of very rich
ore will be found.
The late report of Mr.. Hook on the Orc
Verde is masterpiece. Mr.. Hook has
been the consulting engineer on the Orc
Verde for the past three years and has
studied the con, ions thoroughly and