Show rich rl ch strike serl ke reported in san juan mountains fountai ns from a prospect to a proven mine in a few hours is going some even in these days of rapid transitions and furnishes another proof of what may be accomplished in the san juan mountains by indefatigable energy and keeping everlastingly at it the Ar ariadne ladne owned until recently by alfred B D lies iles but now organized as the ariadne mines corporation comes to the front this week with the most important strike that has been made in the san juan district for years says the silverton colo standard it means another new mine for san juan adan county another big payroll with tramway machinery and all the other marks of progress that appertains to a big producing property at a distance of nearly feet from the portal of the lower level and a vertical depth of feet the long looked for ore chute was broken into the discovery was preceded by a heavy inrush of water followed by a change of ground and the appearance in the breast of a streak of solid galena and copper fourteen inches wide which in a few feet increased to more than two feet the ore is similar to that in all three levels above and will run better than a ton the fact that the ore chute was struck seventy feet before anything of the kind was expected speaks for the strength of the ore body it has already been found in the three levels above covering over feet along the vein and shipments have been made from all of them the sunk sixty feet on the third level has a splendid showing of copper ore the shaft going down in ore all the way no 4 level where the latest strike has been made will pass under this shaft feet below making the entire depth more than feet from the surface it is the intention of the management to connect the lower level with the shaft and through this raise to mine the ore in all the upper workings prior to the late storm the ariadne corporation po ration put in its winter supplies but the heavy fall of snow precludes further use of th the e trail this winter the organization of the company is now under way it will have a capitalization of divided into shares of each alfiel B lies iles will continue to be the manager and is also a director of the corporation i the future of the new company seems unusually bright it starts out with a new mine fully developed with shipping ore in all levels free of debt and with 50 in the treasury it is proposed to erect an aerial tram to the railroad next season and meanwhile the work of development will proceed all winter |