The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-03-20
STILL ANOTHER NEW
COLORADO CAMP
STATE COMMISSIONER OF MINES
FAvoRABLY IMPRESSED
WITH GILMORE.

Denver and outside state mining men
almost demand, that make a trip into
the new camp of Gilmore, Conejos
county" says State Commissioner of
Mines lIenalan, to the Denver Re
publican.
Il had long interview with a min
ing man who came out from there on
Wednesday. He is absolutely reliable
and is not interested in that country
to any great extent.
"He showed me plain and roasted
specimens of the ore that were taken
from the Gilmore strike.
This new district he said, covers
an area 10 miles long and 8 miles wide.
The contacts along the brccciated ira
coveres have been made. show ore in
almost every case at the surface. As
a matter of fact. In the area of min
eralization, as shown by Hayden
mines are being developed.
almost 40 years ago this section
of the country came into mining not
ice. There are many dumps through
out the section mentioned. In every
and all cases the sulphides with tel
luyium are present. The dumps all
assay. ! mean in a commercial way.
Without the present flux that is used
in determinations of the tellurium ores
the values show very poorly and would
not interest either prospector or in
weston.
'''This is undoubtedly the very rca-
son that this immense area of miner
allied zone has laid idle for so many
years The new impetus was really
given to prospectors less than six
months ago
George Gilmore, an old time Ouray
and Silverton prospector and miner,
went into this country last summer.
Gilmore sampled all of the old dumps
At last he received the returns that
he was looking for that is, rich pros
poets. He sampled old workings along
the Alamosa river, on the southern
slope of Lookout mountain. lie saw
figures on returns that showed better
than $1,000 per, ton. Hurrying back to
the old workings, which were caved
in, he started to work. The original
had taken the wrong streak
the rich quartz by less than
a foot. Gilmore took more samples
and had them assayed, notwithstand-
ing that free gold showed in a spark
ling gli1tcring mass all over them
The discovery was verified the second
lot of assays being higher still. He
sent the pulp to Cripple Creek and
received even better returns.
1.-The hill where he made his find
is very steep. He went down the hill
under his discovery SO feet. After
away the wash he came to
soft material carried plenty Of rusty
gold. and sylvantc began to appear
as the formation began to harden. The
values taken from near the surface
tIC dIIIiDSl DtyOItu Utliel.
"'Hc has had five miners at work
irving the tunnel since last Novcm-
Der. He has sacked every pound, Of
he ore that he has mined and during
he past month every round that has
been blasted has been taken down Oh
l sheet.
"'When the richness of the Gilmore
strike became known, men from Grip
pie Creek began to send in their field
men and engineers. The discovery
vas authenticated. J. r. MilllSen of
he Cycle. A. r. Carlton and other
we'll known mining men, sent their
men back into the new camp and In
November and December made loca-
ions. They completed their work of
discovery along in early January and
he miners were compelled to come
,ut through the heavy snow.
"'Of course, the insiders went into
Gilmore and staked the whole coun-
ry for miles around There will not
DC chance for the location of any
ground within at least 6-mile radius
If Gilmore. There is possibly 16
Feet of snow in there now. The alti-
Jude is neraly 1000 feet by aneroid
where this particular strike
has been made.
"'Gilmore Is into the tunnel almost
10 feet now and the ore shoot is said
to be getting stronger and packing
more values every foot. They call
their company the August Mining
"'Six miles southeast Of the Gill
more strike, Charles S. Barnes, from
Telluride, on the Conejos, has made
the latest discovery of high grade.
Just one week ago he opened Is inches
of quartz. the same combination that
shows in the Gilmore
Isaiah Huffman, who is one of the
real old time prospectors. has been in
the district for years and has made
strike. He made his find of rich ore
near the mouth of Whitman fork This
Is between Jasper and Sumner in Co
nejos county
This is the second man that has
come from the Gilmore section I'm the
past week. Their manner shows con-
that the rumors that have
run and been made public annoy them
Familiar with the game. the fact crops