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t <br />n <br />Ey referring to the Ptxirimt of the mmt a uued, he e;ll <br />~~• = Snd many' of 'flat other prodn<tu uducs ocv bletw;liu :1 t eta <br />[{ vicinity It is ahtlov', t.h:^ u. is not P n.odncing uunos <br />~, ! tune complete in the nrntu• of shoo'ittS 1 <br />OIdS, l1eC:1II6e• 11mIIt 6ltllh n1C flat. PI'Udln.ing InltC pl'ob lbl} <br />t ~ will Ue tcitUm a fete months, 2nd occasmn•tllS a mine is ,hw <br />K down without. Utc Public bciu inf m•med •ts a the. tt r•mt <br />~l' 0¢re has keen mLan to nudl the mnP aPN oiinurtclt cart` <br />reef toPO^rnPhtculh And to tlimiuav, a f v .~~ P~ si hlc <br />I mere "prospects." <br />TUe nuwUer of gold and coucentrutiott mills iu LU:. t's- <br />~___ <br />ttiex. as ahown on the ^mp, indicn tes n consulrra Lh• unto to <br />of mivee in which the awnra•s Uace antticicnt faith to <br />eonsiderahle expense im' Plants of wacbiuet:c, etc.. :uul <br />shows the ProsPectice mine operator where test roue oL <br />~ ore maF Ue made if desired. <br />THE UPPER SLUE RIVER MINLNO DISTRICT. <br />I~Ue Uills surrounding Ute llead of the Eluc t'icer and <br />along the eastern slope of the Ten ride range above timber- <br />line, the ore Ueuring veins are chiefly Sissures. The cnuvn:c <br />rocL- Ueing granite, chist, or rock of u en'stalline snvetnre, <br />here Uoth higU and late grades of silver uud gold ores are <br />found. associated chieHF n•itU either iron. coPPOr ar lead, <br />occtsionullc zinc is found in comUivation with one or mare <br />of these, making the ore. sowett-hat refructon-; the zinc is <br />genet':dh• eliminated before sh$rPtng t0 the smeltm•s Uc tuck <br />wncentratiaII. <br />Uu .orth Star mountain the Liug or Arctic mine fnirlS <br />lePres-ents the high-grade gold ore Producers, wllile the 7¢ck <br />and Eldorado groups (botU of which operate ore mills: short' <br />large Undies of m•c cmrrcing fair rulues iv .gold and silver <br />associated tcith iron in a pyritic 1brID- <br />Un Ruaudm:c niovvtain the lionte Cristo shows axis- of <br />seven-foal Uhtuket vein. e-itU the hanging or upper wall <br />scored off, leaving the ore. which is of n charlmer roquh~- <br />iug conceuuutiov isimil:ur to the ores of the Govetvorj ex- <br />posed for qunrrpiug. <br />In Nc()llough gulch several tracUSte dikes m'e exposed <br />shotciug oxidized iron ores em•r7ing gold. hletlllougb <br />mountain is seamed tcith 5ssures in which the ore i6 geu- <br />er:illc of a PSritic character. though several vem6 which <br />carte more or less free gold ]rave Ueen opened. On the <br />north side of NcGllongh gulch, along the lower half uud <br />following the Luse of the mount:dv to Spruce creek is a <br />heart outcropping of Sellotc lime rock-a ffivoraUle fm•m¢- <br />tion for em•Uouates. <br />jLime rock similar iu color auterap6 ou the north <br />side oi' Indiana gulch (from ItockS point t0 Argentine <br />switch). The lime crops out Uoldly Icing under the <br />to <br />TOOK T41E PRIZE AT THE WORLD'S FpiR <br />an 1.chiUlt ofsnmc tom ar rive of tht nudltt ;uldw <br />tines (which are -0wned locally) was m uh ender the h <br />of the "Coilingwood 'Co]lection at. tU< Rorld's Fah <br />Chicago, 3n ISD.R. Although there w mr none of the lard' <br />•pound nuggets" in this collection, its great heuuty' and ty <br />raIlty Ot the nnlgne Ynrms Of 1C'at, Crystallized, t{'iie, tp~B <br />and nugget gold displa9ed took the prat <br />The FarneomU hill gold mines arc guatttlly xe[etradt <br />as "Poor men's mines," because the old :, found iu sd <br />shape that it may Ue amalgamated, rctottr•d and turned N' <br />bullion Yor sale to the mint without the ~ spouse of haolq <br />the ore and hacSng it treated at a will. Tha on <br />pounded in a mortar with quicksilver, anal after the qp~~ <br />silver has taken vp the gold, the dirt and ,and are eQob <br />oft; the amalgam ie then squeezed througl: u chamois sl <br />or a canons cloth, leaving a hard ball o` ;old and qal <br />silver. The quicksilver is removed US bcadng the m <br />red ]tot in aretort,--after which the gold million is sent <br />the mint or is sold to a gold bvyet•. <br />1A'Lile outsiders can only w'm•k the Parucnmb mines <br />der ]esae, it is well-to remember that the chances for <br />covering egnallS Tich veins (at the heads ;~~ on the side <br />the other rich Balch placers) remain pearl}~ ::s goad as d <br />the "San Ivan Prospectors" Sneed on ParncomU hill,, <br />the certnintS oY getting Letter Prices for the ;,old mines <br />mar di6000eT. <br />LOCaI PTOFpCCtOx'E ar0 apt tU "get lnt0 a 'vt" alld lG <br />fm• gold in certain Sormations only, overlooking {he <br />that gold is one of the widely disseminated metuis. <br />gold prospector's motto should be, "Gold is n'bere lou <br />it" and accordinglS theS should tn' all strange tonml <br />at least US Panning, if not US assaying. <br />OPPORTUNITIES FOR ]NVESTORS AND <br />PROSPECTORS. <br />It is not possiUle in the space allotted to a folder of <br />description (which is intended chiefiv to call the aftenllo <br />investors and Prospectors to the Principal oPpottunitir, <br />investment and to the chick characteristics of thin mu <br />Uelt) to Hume and describe evet:c Producing miue aad~ <br />utiug mill in the Brecl+enridge gold Uelt. A general do <br />tiou of the superficial geology of the different hills u <br />district avd a characteristic mine of each hill trill pro <br />sutlicienily' interest the render to warrant a Pen;ea. <br />cestigution. <br />Bc rei'orriug to Lhe map uccomPmt}'leg this yumph <br />can reudih- ascertain the location of unS hill (We <br />"bill" is generally' used to describe all but She Irea6 <br />larger' muvntuivs). <br />i <br /> <br />t-:: <br />. _ __. _ . <br />_....~ <br />--G~ _~ _ <br />.~ <br />