The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

PicPoo'tipu ny WHICH 't VIII ne
personally informed as to the con-
diiions and probabilities that are
found at this place. 1t is consider
ed that the same formation are
found here AS at Aspen which is
only n short distance across the
mountain from this basin and
which camp was for many years
nonprcductive for lack Of develop
ment and did not nmonnt to much
until the biz Cowanhoven tunnel
was driven 10y which the ore bodies
were open I'd up and the camp then
began to boom and several hun
dred million dollars have already
been produced with every prospect
OF many hundreds to come to the
surface yet from the discovery of
new veins aud ore bodies by uu-
other tunnel now being projected
Max Boehman, the Leadville
veteran mining expert, spent sever.
al days at the Augusta properties
lnst week making examinations
aud taking samples from workings
OF the mines composing that group
Of claims. This is the second visit
made by this gentleman to the com
pany's mines. 1t is hoped that
some real benefits may be derived
from the numerous exporting had
by the company and that they will
soon get down to doing some sys-
tematic mining by which means
only can any permanent results
be anticipated. OF the half dozen
or more reputable consulting en-
giueers that have been called upon
to pass upon the possibilities OF
this property, none have handed
satisfactory reports and all have
been conflicting. There is much
the old ndage, One man
can see into the ground about rs
another" and that the Augusta
proposition has thus far proved
the correctness of this theory ad-
vanced. 1t is known that in some
of the examinations the parties
employed have depended largely
for their information and made re-
potts according to statements ob-
tain ID from those employed at the
mine who did know something
about it. /, is said that in many
cases where the niue was being
sampled for ore values that many
of these were tuken clear outside
the vein and contained nothing
but country rock. The Augusta
company spent over hundred
thousand dollars in running n tun-
mel to open up the vein at n thous.
and or more feet oeluw its outcrop
upon the mountain crest ard the
vein was cut according to the sur
vry of ep queer Whithorn and
body of ore discovered similar to
that exposed in the upper work
ings of the property. 1t is now
going on five years since this vein
was opened anl there has not yet
been sufficient development done
to demonstrate what there is to it
There has been enough money eX-
pended during the past four years
to have driven tunnels on the vein
through the mountain into Dark
canon and through Mineral peak
to east Poverty basin. 1t is n fact
that ia the thousand feet of Jude
veloped vein ahead, the drifts
are likely to carry fully if
not greater and richer ore than
has yet been found in the workings
1t is noticeable fact that many OF
our best mines have been among
the prospects which were original.
ly turned down and pronounced
worthless by the experts. In the
early days of Leadville thousand:
of prospects We're abandoned by
reason of adverse reports. which
have since been located and de
veloped and have prodrced mil
lions. The same is true of hun