The daily sentinel., 1909-03-13
FINE SHOWING OF
LOCAL MEMS Mine


west part of Mesa county, 30
miles from the city of Grand
junction, at the foot of the
LaSalle mountains. IL is. the
opinion of competent mining
men that this mountain range,
when thoroughly prospccted will
prove TO he "a copper district of
great merit. The Missouri Girl
property was located about 20
years ago by MIR. j. Il. Selby,
one of the present owners. MIR.
SeIby, w. l.. White, w. A.
Lynch, Benton Canon, and 9th
crs are the present owners of
the property and they have had
IA crew OF men at work develop
ing the property for the past six
months and the present inten-
tions are to keep up this work
indefinitely.
Very recently new bodies of ore
have been opened up which indicate
the making of a good mine.
The owners of this property have
been going along quietly and putting
their money into the property to
prove to their own satisfaction,
whether or not the property was
worthy of extensive development.
Paw ore in large quantities. was en-
countered at grass-roots and continu-
ed down to the bottom OF the work
ing shaft, 1S0 feet deep. Hundreds
of assays taken from this property
have shown values ranging from 3
per cent to 6$ per cent in copper
from o to 80 OF. in silver, and from
50 to Sc in gold. with some lead
values. The vein appears to be
true fissure in a granite and schist
formation, the fissure is from two
to ten feet wide.
In the early days of this property
two carloads of high grade copper
ore were shipped by Mr. Selby, to the
pueblo smelter. This ore was assort-
ed into two grades. The first grade
carried values in copper, gold, and
silver amounting to Sl45.0O- Ine
second grade ran $4,000 A sample
taken across the vein &C feet below
the surface. by Mr.. w. A. Lynch, and
hrought TO the Grand Junction smell
ter. when it first commenced opera
lions. gave the following smelter
tests:
First grade S67.37, second grade
S50.6T, third grade S24.l2
Inc vein at this depth was about
two and one-half feet wide. Two and
one-half tons of rich copper float
from the Missouri Girl vein was gain
ared mn from off the ground ana
.btnped TO the Pueblo smeltcT Which
,.au over $4,000 per ton. Some
ebnice pieces of copper ore taken
rom the working shaft as 1t was
eunls showed copper-glance running
as bigh as 65 per cent copper. AT
a point &C feet below the surface
niece Of high grade ore weighing over
300 hounds was shipped to the MIL
..ral palace at Pueblo and is on eNhi-
hirion there at the present time rms
ore when delivered there was con-
sidered to be the finest specimen OF
ronner-gold ore that had ever peen
,.oceived az the Mineral Palace up
,rntii that time. All the foregolns
So will be verified by MIR. j. =
Inv and Mr.. w. A. Lynch, VINO
,sone had charge of the development
r,, n@ on this property from the date
W lis location to the present time.
rha Missouri Girl Mining company
10 Incorporated for one miiiion sn ,',,n.
Of stock. par value Sl.oo. s,nnad
Jred thousand shares were assisns s,s
20 The treasury. There are no ueues
,ainst the company or It's prope''s >
a1d the company Will not alio" -,
s,aIiar Of indebtedness run uniess wy
nnav is in the treasury to meet pay,
NJ of same. The owners peile.e
a me- .hav have enough ore in sight te
.na. .,s,- ;be erection of matt Iur
Jus 70 treat both the low grade anu
naeS' Grade ore, on the grouhu
me-, meuiunb n;rb Grade ore will be shipped tc
the smelters.