Show LA PLATA MINES with i practical miner who has just Ite turned mr welter burlew who bag returned from a trio to the new mining camp gave us a few pointers this bording mor Ding that may be of interest to such of our people as are interested in the mineral developments of our territory mr burlew describes the mineral district as a table land covered with about a foot ol 01 soil through which the ore crops out the ore is found in a formation there are two good locations ans la plata and the sundown and the future of the camp will to a great X tent depend upon the development of those claims if the ore continues to eo down aad increase in richness the bifi trici will be a permanent producer the or is at present low grade beina about 70 pr cent lealand lea dand a few ounces in silver not enough to pay for alpar should the or run into rood carbonates upon going down as there are some indications of it inay become very valuable while ii it runs largely into zinc and of which there ia a tha value of the ore te ing harder ta treat will it will be almost tomake developments develop menta before the winter aeta in sufficient to employ more than 25 or 30 men under and that ia the only vork people will ba able to do in the winter the elevation 1 being about feet and when cold weather commence a the camp will necessarily be deserted till spring we are speaking of this season lichen tha minea are developed and men can get underground work can be pros curad the therease Ther eare about people in la plata at present and possibly as many more scattered through the surrounding mr burlew made one location for judge jonea and himself a t cond extension of the sundown and if the dev elopements elope ments on tha sundown proves that a good property n will return in the spring and hii claim there are number kaa locations made and if the district prore half as good aa some of the report from there would indicate it will be a bood camp next |