Report of a reconnaissance in the Ute country made in the year 1873, by Lieut. E. H. Ruffner, corps of engineers

Report of a reconnaissance in the Ute country made in the year 1873, by Lieut. E. H. Ruffner, corps of engineers - Page 77

72 RECONNAISSANCE IN THE UTE COUNTRY. more or less silver. It is but reasonable to suppose that when the field has been fully developed it will be found second to none other in the precious ores. This remark will apply to all the upper portion of the district. With the exception of one or two instances, the development of the veins has only extended to shallow prospect- pits, and no definite opin­ion could be rendered of their value or permanency ; but I can only re­peat that in a region so prolific in minerals true and rich lodes exist, and if the ores representing the leads in the succeeding list were assayed, the pertinence of this observation would become apparent. However the remoteness of this district from supplies and the absence of good roads will be an adverse element in its prosperity until Animas Park, forty miles below, shall be thrown open for settlement. That beautiful country commands all the natural elements for a pros­perous agricultural region, where the mines might be supplied. I might, if space would permit, extend these remarks to the anthracite-coal region and iron ores near by, ( all within reach of this mining dis­trict,) where the needful implements might be forged. A list of veins and mines from which gold, silver, and galena ores were col­lected on the Ute reconnaissance, by F. Hawn, geologist of the expedition. No. Name. Locality. 1. Black Swan Cement Creek. 2. Monarch Cement Creek. 3. June Bug Cement Creek. 4. Little Giant Little Giant Gulch. 5. Aspen Little Giant Gulch. 6. Green Mountain Cunningham's Gulch. 7. Saint Louis Cement Creek. 8. Missouri Cement Creek. 9. Monitor Little Giant Gulch. 10. Leavenworth Baker's Park. 11. Mountaineer Cunningham's Gulch. 12. Eoyal Charter King Solomon Mountain. 13. Eoyal Charter King Solomon Mountain. 14. Eureka Baker's Park. 15. Saint Lawrence Galena Mountain. 16. Eobert Burns Las Animas District. 17. Gadsen Baker's Park. 18. Water- Fall Baker's Park. 19 Baker's Park. 20. Tom Moore Las Animas District. 21. Colorado , Las Animas District. 22. Bobtail Cunningham's Gulch. 23. Mary Ann Cunningham's Gulch. 24. John Butler Baker's Park. 25. McKee Baker's Park. 26. Wyandotte Las Animas District 27. Union Las Animas District. 28. John ..... Las Animas District. 29. Bay State Cunningham's Gulch. 30. Chicago Las Animas District. 31. Ohio ^ Baker's Park. 32. Lady Elgin Little Giant Gulch. 33. Andrew Jackson Baker's Park.