New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-08

Ore shipments from Annie on Nay were q TOYS
first class, | 3 tons Second yBlu' about S2.3OO
The new strike has developed streak di horn S'l-
YER running higher than any ore thus lar taken out
of the minN. -,
solidatcd the ore body, - feet from the main IN
cline was on Apfi. 30 nineteen feet IN width he
west drift from this crOssCnf was IN Sohd ore ne
fcn az The main incline carried five feet of sur huI
cts asSayipg high IN silver The ore statement tor
thr week shows 800 tons underworld 200 tons III
roastcrs; working furcc, So The tunnel fool-wall
carries mineral 100 feet.
4 rich vein has been struck in the Snuth llitc
mine on the 2jU-fOnt level and a fine ore hnHy 20
feet in width has also been encountered IN the 500
foot level The superintendent reports tual the JOU-
loot level was RAPIDLY luWoyng
Orc shipments from Lutte Chi"f on April were
2GI TONS ana from the Iron Silver I~N IONS. Total
from Iron Silver for month at May sol tons.
The superintendent OF the SIrln- valley lIY-
draulic Gold Company reports that work ~ to ne
To deutls of 13J and ] ~ feet. he shafts VIII be
17j feet apart and tl:rty-i0ot bottom levels VIII
be lun both ways. The work is to be completed III
Red Elephant ore shipments on May 6 we're -
tons second class go oHccs ~ t"ns inlrd class GO
OunCesl 30 tons third class unsettled l"r
Good progress is being made III sinking the ncT
shaft on the Lu"rTHc. IL i nON down ah"ui "i
iC; i'm eighteen inches Of top quarts carrying min
eral Of better quality than lcrrtoidrt cne0unio red
The walls are becoming harder aud better d'hned
as the SHAFT descends. ~
The DundcrbeTg reports under dat" OF MAY /,
favorable Developments. llr third level dni was
advancing in fine formation. the ycin running
from eight to ten inches IN wiGth ANA carrying con-
siderable gray copper The slopes behind
this drift were fast improving. DRIVING
was to be resumed on the first ana
second level drifts, which would open mp valuable
| stOping ground. Two mineral stTeaks lud been cX-
posed III DRIFT a." which were gradually cOnycrg-
ing The vein in the Slopes back Of the second level
carried better mineral than last reported, while The
ledge had slightly contracted. The greater portion
of the new machinery had arrived, aud the balance
! was expected daily.
| mento mine. The superintendent reports, May J.,
| that during the week ending on the above day
| forty tons OF medium grade ore had been stopped
! out. The Lark wmzc west drift was in eighteen
| feet, the contract formation at tins point beng
more comDact than last repOred. The east drift was
| in twenty feet the vein matter steadly improving.
! StOpng in the OCTOBER drift was being actively
prosecuted. and the daily output WINS 10 be grad
ually increased. The average assay for tho week,
Of specimens taken from different portions of tho
mine, was2l4 OunceSs silver per tom The company cs-
innate the value OF ore now IN sight 10 he 1900 900.
| Or the fOTty-uIne men now employed in the mine,
| two-thirds of the nu'hber are engaged in STOPPING.
| Favorable adyces are received from tho Silver
| Cliff The superintendent reports the mine ns
| steadily improving. lie thinks that it will take
years exhaust the supply Of ore III sight and that
| many dividends are now assured. IL ~ believed
that diamond drill will be necessary for several
Mr.. H. ii. WiIbirt. of this CITY, who is we'll in
| formed IN regard to Colorado mining properties,
particularly those in the ncighborhoOd Of LCadvlc,
has Just returned from OF his numerous trips to
| that section, and called yesterday to give lHE
| TRIBUNE the result Of lls experience. Mr.. MibTt
| says that there arc 10000 miners now in Lcadvilc
| waiting for the melting OF the SHOWS III the
mountain passes. IN order that they may cross over
into the famous GuuuisOn country. lie advises no
! ore to start from Leadville for GunnisOn County
before the middle OF june, u iuccSSant snOw-storns
| still prevail i'll that district. lie believes
the prosperity of Lcadville will not prove
so ephemeral in It's nature is the ease
! with the majority of mining towns but,
on the contrary, thinks that tho int
mense bodies Of ore underlying the country imne-
| diatey in the vicinity of Leadvic will make that
town for years to come the distributing point. and
| one of the principal mining centres Of the great
Southwest or, in other words, what Denver wa,
| to Colombo ten years ago LradYl.c now is to tie
| undevelOled portion Of the state.