New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-20

Superintendent IIcnty. of the Duudcrbcrg George
TOWN. Colorado writes that the fourth level appears
Of great width with several branches of mineral
lie is driving IN mineral Oh the main VEN, and the
second and third stu good oIe. Five sacks of
ore from drift containing solid vein one foot wide
assavcd $50 ounces. Work the first level is not
being pushed because there j, 50 much ore on hand
The jigs will BE in operation by April ID. Stopping
IS being carried on night and day.
Mfr Osbiston, superintendent If the Frceland
and IIukill Mines. arrived in New-York yesterday
from Lcadvrllc. He says they taking out Of
the Frecland eight tons of concentrating per day.
and will Increase it 10 10 or 100 tons the
W Gather permits The two levels are each in over
GOO feet both in good ore. In the liukill they
are opening third level 900 feet down, showing
large and rich vein. On Wednesday last they be-
Gan shipping twenty tons daily to the concentrate
ing mill. This output will be increased To thirty
tons soon. The extra hrst-cass ore runs about 500
to the ton.
letter from superintendent Buford. of tho
Barcelona, says: " Late storms have intcrfercd
with work. Arc pushing the south drift and have
only twenty feet To run before tapping main shaft.
The ore averages S73 93 per ton; the
ledge is ten feet wide. Shall start the
hosting works III lew DAYS ana drIlt
All we need * good weather and htte
time 10 get things in shape" telegram states that
the hoist works have been started and hemachin-
cry is working we'll
4 telegram to Senator Barnum, of the Bull
Domingo, says: Four thousand tons ready for
concentration on Thursday they are taking out ore
rapidly. The wnze looks wei. Everything WORK.
Snpcrintcndcnt Bearcc, of the Little Pittsburg,
tccgraphs that Professor RAYMOND inspected the
mine on Thursday. and q later dispatch, jointly
signed by Professor Raymond and Superlntendent
Brarce saws: Favorable ground and some good
ore IN drift south from bottom of Enclosure south OF
No new discovery reasons for hope, but no GER
tainty yet Of a large body running toward office
Manager Reyes, OF the Chrysolite. writes. March
-: The entire bottom of Shaft No / Is III iirst-
class sand carbonate, similar to that in the west
face of the first level Of the Roberts shaft.
Should these bodies unite, which is prob
able. we shall have an ore body extending
from Chrysolite Shaft No. west to the
Little Chief line, distance Of over 400 feet. Re
March Is. 1897 tons" Mr.. Reyes tclcgraphed
March Is: Sand carbonates continue IN Cilysohtee
No. 4. West new station near completion' Shipped
III tons"
On February % the Annie Consolidated lead
yillcl had 327 tons of ON hand. and shipped to
March D. III tons, having settled for 229 tons, and
leaving balance OF ore OH hand at the last named
At last adviccs the width of the new vein of ore
discovered In the King Bee lBodiel SHAFT, ut depth
of 1 81 feet, had not been determined The hang
inc wall is n hard porphyry with thin clay seam
intervening. The ore ~ of the same character and
appearance rs that Of the bonanza gronp"
4 letter from the Little Chief manager March
49, states that the mine is without change. On the
18th lac telegraphed that the face of the nOrhdrft
Shaft No. !. st1l showed half sand carbonate aud
Shaft No. z, north DRIFT sand carbonate aud gaena
Shipped 1l6 tons.
OF tho Maylower Consolidated Idaho Springs,
Coil Superintendent Berry reports that what
was supposed TO be a new ledge turns ont to be
the old Mayflower ledge extended. % feet WIDE
with indications OF near approach to large body
of ore. Sinking on the Berry shaft has been
pended In order to push the level toward the
winze. 1t will take ninety days to make this con
nectIOD. Some improvements will have TO he made
to facilitate the sorting of ore, but all in all the
mine is in splendid condition. Tho expenses for
February were SO. $50.
Mr.. Harbottle mining editor of The Slrer Uorld
Lake City, Colorado, has at the office of the
Mineral Point Tunnel Company, No. 81 Broad way,
Oh exhibit of ores from the san Juan mining region
The collection comprises about 1000 specimens Of
minerals and crystals In great variety of FORMS
and includes ores from 204 different mines. opened
In about 100 square miles of the San Juan country
Professor Weiser. Of Colorado. estimates the sill
yer yield of that State tor 1850 at S34 100000 as
against gil. 100000 in 1870, and $4,000 in
1873.
Mr.. Jacob Houghton, superintendent Moose Min
ing Company (Colorado). states that the mine en-
ploys forty five engaged IN Opening and Stopping
The work Is mostly for development. but some high