Show RICH ORE IN LEADVILLE MINE herald democrat leadville golo colo in the late summer in the neighborhood of feet from the portal of the st louis tunnel breece hill a fissure vein was caught carrying fair values in gold and after some prospecting was done on it it was decided to sink a to develop the fissure after the was sunk feet a crosscut drift was started and carried to the vein which when opened was found to be in place and values in gold ran better than five ounces per ton from this point several carloads of ore were shipped and the vein developed on both sides for quite a distance the showing was so good that the management decided to sink another lift on the of feet an electric hoist and compressor were installed and sinking was resumed A week or so ago the objective point was reached a station cut and drifting to the vein star started teu und aud yesterday it was reached the first ore broken showed in the quartz a streak of free gold and another round of holes showed a vein of solid mineral from this a number of samples were taken none picked and th the e returns give 60 to 69 ounces gold ounces silver and 40 to 47 per cent lead the character of the ore is a sulphide and very similar to that of the great fissure vein of the cleveland which is nearly directly opposite and on the east side of the bald mountain fault if the assays essays had been taken from the seam of free gold that is s in the vein the result would have been the proverbial cripple creek picture values and it would have been heralded from one end of the country to the other as the richest ever leadville is different and willing to give to the world the exact facts in the case and we are well satisfied with 69 ounces gold shipping ore it is a good thing and once more proves that the leadville gold belt contains the richest ore to be found in the state and all that is needed to bring it more prominently before the notice of the world is systematic development backed by capital the st louis tunnel is under lease and bond to the little evelyn mining company and under the immediate management of mr J B stewart the latter on being asked the width of the vein just struck said he could not tell as the hanging wall had not been reached but work was being pushed to that end the vein was found in the porphyry |