Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-09-15

iFpa- TistS8eN- Tue tASssboe govern
aent geola0,cal Surveyor. wkase re-
port on Colorado Is sdmired ~ oae
ut the grestess en9snsersRg teass "a
record, sp,ke Of the carbonAae DIS
tr,ct around the mead Of Taylor
IN Gunn,son county as s.msisr IN sts
character,stlcs 10 the leadyIile dss-
tract. with the same lime formstions
and bearing the same sand carbon
stes. As IN other cases. Prof Hay
den pFedlction has proved absolute
ly correct. The sand carboaate-
were foaad and f35.up worth
shipped from shallow workings on
the Ball-Iom,ngo. 80 far ss pros
pecting has demonstrated the ground,
there are vast bodies Of carbonate
and salphlde minerals lying near
the surface which only await the sys-
temat,c development Of capital TO
yield their wealth.
In recent trip 30 Italian peaks
the writer paid a personal visit 10
most Of the working prospects and
mines of the district and was sur
prised at the mineral bodies exposed
and the indications for enduring
mines which were presented TAX
ing for this week some account of
Italian basin, we reserve for future
articles description of the head OF
Tavlor river, Roval Oak basin.
Spring creek and Cement creek.
The Lme contact here exposed is
continuous through from Leadville,
Aspen and Ashcraft. and extends on
down Spring creek TO the Doctor
mine, from there running toward
Cross mountain. Tin Cup and the
Continental divide around Monu-
mental peak, Pitkin and White Pine
Crossing Taylor range, where the
Antimony mine has been developed
it narrows to . few hundred feet in
width betwsea middle and north
italian peaks and again broadens 10
a mile in width at the head of
Italian creek. The familiar blue
and brown lime shows bold outcrop-
pings while diorite and other por-
phyry rocks, intrusive granite and
quartzite, extend through and sur
round the lime, furnishing innumer-
able contacts where lead and silver
are deposited A feature of the bas-
ins are the large depressions, some
of them filled with small lakes simi-
lar to those at Park City, Utah. One
theory as to their formation is that
water action has disintegrated the
lime and allowed a drop Of the sur
face. Another is that faulting of
the surface made innumerable crew
ices and caves, IN which water ac-
tion afterwards deposited minerals.
Early in - and 80 prospectors
from Leadville and the Roaring Fork
overran the country, among them
AL Eppeson, Dick Fallet, Alec Bea-
ton, Phil Keith, Heading Savage,
L. c. Briscoe, Mr. Norris, Chas.
Hubbard, John McManus and Sandy
Haynes Most Of them stayed two or
three years and then went out, but
Hubbard, HAYNES and McManus
have stuck to the camp for 26 wears
and own some Of its best prope.y.
In 1898, 1899 and 1900, Senator
5. l. liallett of Aspen secured lease
on the Bull-D1mingo and commenced
shipping gray carbonate sand from
the surface \ tunnel some 300 feet
developed only go feet of depth but
5000 tons were taken out, valued al
from S3j,Oo0 TO $4,000, and
shipped by pack tram over the low
divide down Spring creek to Taylor
river and from there to Jack 5 cabin.
Just why this long % mile route
was taken in preference 10 one Of
but ! ! miles down Cement creek O.
Glacier siding is a mystery to one
who looks at the country from the
top of Italian mountain. At any
rate the mine paid big money aud
large known bodies Of sulphide and
carbonate still exist Just below the
surface
At this time litigation Lopelssslv
involved the Ball Domingo. which
has since lain idle. The lawsuit
was based on the fact that a forfei-
ture notice had been Published at
Pitkin. while the law required 1t to
be published in the paper nearest
the claim. Triangulati0n from mid
de Italian peak proved Crested
Butte to be much nearer. only l0i
miles away, and let former owners
back ia the claims. Present owners
are HAYNES and GcHanus of the
camp G c. Bricoe. Smith and
O'Donnell Of Denver. and A. y
Perreault Of Tin Cup. The ore runs
approximately IL ounces in silver