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Show gentleman turned around in his chair and began expatiating to Captain Day. the patiarcbal superintendent of the Mammoth iniue, ou tlio wonders of Tintio. .j which is Identical in appearance with the Eureka Hill cropping aud is generally gen-erally considered lioru silver quartz as iu every case where this clas of ore in found it has been in this character of material. Just west of the Belcher lies the Lucky Hoy lode which belongs to the fame consolidation, and on which there is also an outcrop of horn silver quart 7l) feet vid;i supposed to be the B.illion-Beck vein. The Helcher consolidation con-solidation comprises a group of eight claims which are being developed by Now York and Chicago capitalists. These claims cover (he ledges TINTIC IS ON TOP.! future Prospects and Existing Certainties of the Prospects and Producers of the District, SILVER IN SHAFT AND STOPE A Succession of Happy and Substantial Bevelations Being Made Daily Along the Great Bait. was obtained which assaved in excess of 1500 ounces." "On the Eastern and Daisy, which are tho north extensions of the Turk, Tat Connolly is sinking a shatt on thc vein which shows a must encouraging pystrcak. Mr. Couuolly is forcing tilings and is fully justified in expoctiug to make a tnino out of his property." "A location made the past summer, called the Hard Winter, and which lies botwoen tho Governor aud Northern Spy, is being worked by a gontloman named Kibble and his partner. It only shows an immense body of manganese, into which a shaft has been sunk eighteen feet, but this manganese. is almost al-most considered as equivalent to the finding of ore. They ask $15,000 for the property, and it may prove to be worth ten times that amount." "On the Northern Spy everything begins be-gins to assume tho proportions of the mines near Kureka. There is one en- for a distance of (MOO feet. A contract to drive a tunnel 700 feel has been let to William Straight aud W.Che.iseman, who aro working two ten hour shifts, but the management could require them to put on three eight hour shifts if they should deem it expedient. This tunud is expected to strike tho ledge at a depth of 400 feet from the surface in eight months time from first of December. Decem-ber. From surface Indications this property is likely to be listed with the producers when this work is completed." com-pleted." The Alamo Is another of the fine properties under the management of Mr. Saviers. It is the north extension of the Bulllou-Berk, and tho underground under-ground indications iu that property would go to show that tho ore bodies would extend into the Alamo on the north. A double compartment shnft, each compartment being four feet iu the clear, is now sinking. This is down There are many arrivals from, end dopartured to the different camps of the Tintio district these days, and those old towns of Eureka and Silver City are enjoying a season of unalloyed prosperity which is manifesting itself In various ways, but in no way more so, than in the starting tip of new mines and the employment of scores of miners daily. In and about Silver City, there are probably three huudrcd men employed em-ployed and in the mines of Eureka, it is likely fully one thousand could bo enumerated. These are booming times i for those towns, and the hammer and eaw are heard from breaking morn till ' ' "gloaming eve, as shaft-houses, gallows-' gallows-' frame, store or residence Is being built 1 l)y the thrifty people who are digging bonanzas out of the twilight gulches. gine now at work juking out ore and lowering timbers, aud a splendid new shaft house is now nearly completed on the south end of the claim, where will be planted the large engine which w-as formerly on the Bullion Beck. Tho superintendent of the Spy, Mr. Beverage, Bever-age, is truly deserving of the greatest compliment on his management and the magnificent success that has attended it on this property. Taking the property prop-erty as he did. when it was almost destitute des-titute of an ore reserve or a stick of timber, he has re-timbered tho entire mine, opened up new levels, slopes and ore bodie s, sunk the shaft, built new ore, shaft and boarding houses, and made the mine pay handsome dividends." divi-dends." "The Carissa, which was bought by the Spy people about sixty days ago from Bolivar Roberts, has not been actively ac-tively developed, as it was necessary to re-timber the entire mine, straighten up the shaft and replaco tho Armstrong windlass with an improved engine. When this is all done the company will own a consolidation of almost equal merit to tho Eureka bonanzas. "A discovery has been made north of the Spy by Johnny Davis that Is believed be-lieved to be on the same vein. This will demonstrate that the Spy belt is as continuous con-tinuous as any of the noted ore systems of the district. The mining reporter fortunately ran Bcross a gentleman in tho Walker rotunda ro-tunda this morning who is well known (u mining circles and who had just returned re-turned from a three weeks inspection cf the carboniferous treasuro of t hat district. Ou him the reporter turned the hose and made him talk and the Victim responded generously. He said that he had made half a dozen doz-en visits of varying duration to those pamps the present summer, but that at fcvery returning Investigation he was simply astonished at the improvement made both extornally in the appearance appear-ance of the building going on, and internally, in-ternally, that is to say in the bowel3 of the limestone, the ore bodies of some of those mines." about forty feet and is being timbered with sawed Oregon pine timber. This group comprises four properties, and is being operated by New Yorkers and some heavyweights from Denver. It is tho intention, as soon as an engine can be placed on the ground, to sink this shaft with three shifts. Mr. Saviers is working yet one oilier group of properties known as the Golden Gol-den Kay, which is a conolidaiion of six claims. On this he is driving atun-nel atun-nel with two shifts of men. It is being worked by the same gentlemen as the Alamo. There is no doubt in Mr. Saviors mind, who is by the way not a novice, that he has properties now under his control which are worth in excess of a million of dollars. The reporters informant infor-mant was (hju illy as enthusiastic as Mr. Saviers in, the ultimate out come of the property. "Mr. Davies will probably soon assume as-sume control of tho Isona property, which has one of the most splendid outcrops out-crops of the mines on the east ore channel." "There has recently beeu opened up on the north UOJ-foot level of the Keystone, Key-stone, a body of hornsllver ore that is little less than phenomenal, and it is proving an iinmeii.se bonanza. The way this mine has opened up confirms and rewards the faith of Capt, John Mc-Crystal, Mc-Crystal, who is now reaping tho liar-vest liar-vest of his years of toil." "The ore bodv above spoken of in the Keystone, is orify 500 feet from the end lino of the Uetrlbutiou, owned by Messrs. Tone it Hopper, and thoso gen- There is scarcely any change in the property of the Eureka Hill company, unless that can be called a change where the ore bodies on the 1000 level are richer, bigger and give more signs of permanency than on any of the levels above. Ore is now being loaded into cars from the new ore house, which has a holding capacity of three thousand tons. "If a thing of beauty is an everlasting holiday, then the new machinery ou the Bullion-Beek, which was dedicated only a few weeks ago, would please a hypo-condriac. hypo-condriac. The delicacy, power and perfection of that plant as it pulls out about a hundred tons of silver yielding-yielding yielding-yielding quartz a day without a sob, is calculated to stir tho cold pulses of the most unimpressionable. The Beck is written about so much that the ne'r-ending ne'r-ending tale of its grout treasure-lined caves is apt to clog the appetitos it feeds. "Nothing like it, old man," he said, "those mines which are now discovered, discov-ered, and tho possibilities and probabilities proba-bilities of those that will most certainly be discovered on that great lime -contact between the syenite on the east and the quartzite on the west, will yet ' pet the world on fire. Why," continued ho, "those mines are tho cheapest to work, have richor ore, bigger bodies, Bnd get better the deeper they go. The past is grand, the present brilliant and the hopes for the future endless. I assure you, my dear sir, I am dispassionate dispas-sionate and am not razzle-dazzled, uor am I easily enthused by the sight of tinusual ore bodies, but I must say that for the investment of capital backed by cold-blooded good judgment, the district dis-trict is without an equal in opportunities. opportuni-ties. And I am giving this prophecy out without a thing on it, that 011 the Sist of December, 1801, Juab county will show a production equal to that of the entire territory in 1889. This is not extravagant, it is based on the most conservative calculations." tlemen aro per c'liisnqueueo rather jubilant. jubi-lant. There is no question but what tho Retribution is one of tho most promising undeveloped claims in tho district aud its owners are justified in their faith of its merits." "No surprise need be occasioned if a new mine is soon opened up to the north in the Ymkviilo which is also owned by Tone & Hopper. They are driving a cross cut tunnel on this mine which is now Hearing the ledge. It will not, however, strike it deep enough to expect very great ore bodies, but it need not cause any alarm if expectations are defied aDd the contrary proven, This property is on tho great Eureka Hill vein system, as is tho Retribution. "Tho simie genial gentlemen who own tho Yorkvillo own three other claims, each UOOxlOOO, adjoining on the Bide lines, making a group of properties which are on the finest portion of the belt, of over eighty acres ju extent. These mines would require a go6d sum of money to securo the title to them and they are worth a big boodle. "There are lots more Items, and interesting in-teresting ones, too, that I got on to down there. but I guess you are tired with all this news, so if you'll let mo take a smoke, I'll "let you go to the olliee and write this up, and tlio readers of The Times can get it tonight, still you can say before be-fore yon get through that, in my opinion opin-ion and that of other eminent Colorado "Tho discovery of fabulously rich horn silver ore on theCentenial-Eureka, on tho south end of tho mine and in the 800 foot le has set the south-enders on tire. Some of tho specimens exhibited exhibi-ted aro covered with great scales and have seams of pure horn silver that will run into the thousands, which is so soft and waxy that it can bo scraped with the thumb nail. This oro body is extending ex-tending southward aud if its trend is not deceiving tho best milling men, it will go into tho ground known as tho Belcher consolidation owned by Condon Con-don Bro's., but now under lease to New York parties represented by Cbas. Saviers. As tho ( Vntenial-Eureka is only three hundred feet deep, it may make tho old stand by's hurtle to retain the laurel wreath," Of the principal mines and what they are doing, tho geutlemau volunteered the following information: "On the big Iron mine at Silver, belonging be-longing to the Tintic raining company, n most successful and prosperous seri-fon, seri-fon, during which thousands of tons of ore have been shipped, is now nearing its closo. Not that shipments are to be suspended at this timo, but it is an ob-Fervance ob-Fervance of the company to clear up tho odds aud ends, aud do what little lead work there is to do, before winter pels in. Thousands of tons of this desirable de-sirable fluxing material has been extracted ex-tracted this year, and yet the hole it has come out of does not make hardly a noticeable mark on the visible supply. sup-ply. The mine will make steady shipments ship-ments during tho winter. Since tho Governor mine has been taken possession of by tho present owners, they aro not trying to produce any ore, but aro acting more wisely and with an eye to tho future In put-ing put-ing tho property in shape for big operations. A whip has been placed in position for temporary use until the engine is ready to run, when it need occasion no surprise if the mine shall turn out to lie another Northern Spy. The Turk, which is ust south of the ' Governor, is being worked by Dr. Chamberlain with one shaft in bu incline shaft. Last week ore was V, "There aro some men who come into a niiuing camp and blow their own trumpets louder than a circus caliope; who, do a good deal of talking and very little work. Then again there is another an-other class who don't talk at all, but permit their exploits to sing for them. One of the latter class is Cbas. Saviers, who less than two months ago, came to Eureka, quietly, unostentatiously and before the wiseacres were aware lie had secured control of some of the very best properties in tho district, startling tho plodding "know-alls" by the boldness of his plans and tho sagacity of his judgment. He has probably accomplished accom-plished mom in sixty days, than many a man would in six years." Among tho several meritorious properties which Mr. Saviers is now managing and working, is the Belcher consolidated. On this lode there is a a body of iron quartz 50 feet wide '' f. . r men, Tintio will yet rival Leauville, and that before 18lk." "Well, did you drop any money in those holes down tly.-rev" asKed the reporter. "Yes," was the response: "I gave a roll of $2000 for a lease and bond for a big figure on one grpup of two claims and IJ.iOO for another group of three. These I intend to start work on at once." "Are these claims of which you speak in the porphyry formation," continued con-tinued the reporter. . "No, they are on the lime belt and north tnd east of Eureka. Now young fellow, you have gotten enough for one day. Give it to them in homcopathlo doses and give It often." As the reporter wended his way the |