The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-06-15
Our Mines.
LATEST REPORT FRoM THE
PICK AND SHOVEL.
LEAD CHIEF.

inches per day. He expects his new
boiler IN day or two but that vii!
cause no delay, as he can make the
connection in about an hour. He
expects to drive the shaft down 200
feet. then cross cht for the vein.
FOREST QUEEN.
Capt. R. w. Woodbury. and Col.
W. T. Holt. who are stockholders
and officers Of the Forest Queen COM
pany arrived here last Saturday and
remained until Tuesday. They thor
oughly inspected the Queen in COM
pany with Supt. Brown, and instruct
ed Mr.. Brown TO push the wofk. The
work will be con ,inued both in the
north and south drifts, ara as soon as
expedient, shaft will be sunk. either
from the surface or tunnel level. They
will continue shipments of ore to the
mill and there is 10 doubt in the
world but that with the assistance of
one or two more mines, the Pioneer
mill, whose capacity is about 900 tons
per month, will be kept busy,
THE BEEsWAx,
Has been worked the last few weeks.
A few DAYS ago the owners visited this
property and had a shot put in the
upper tunnel, the frs. for over wear,
and TO the surprise and amazement o!
all il disclosed about eight inches OF
rich sternbergite ore. The second
! shot showed that il wldened to about
twelve inches. TINS tunnel was run
last year abou. fifty feet when it cut
the vein. At the breast of the tunnel
drift has been started on the vein
and was run thirty feet, a. the breast
Of which is where this new strike in
the vein has been made. This ore
known as sternbergite is closely allied
to that of ruby and will probably turn
into ruby when developed fu~ther.
THE HCMEOLT NO. 2,
Owned by M. S.. Bentt, S. Geisel-
man and John Sa,les, is having the
assessment work done for 80. This
property Is situated on Ruby hill,
and the owners will work it th. mos,
Of the summer. 1t shows up some
very fine quartz carrying iron. 1t is
IN good location to make good
mine.
THE DURANGO NINE.
The Durango and Old Mexico have
abovt $50 feet of development and
machinery is now being put IN TO work
the property. Considerable bodies
OF ore nave been exposed, and at a
depth Of 100 feet the body had con.
tinued fair ere for thirty feet, ard
was very rich. Drifting and sinking
will be commenced in a couple G,
weeks.
THE SILVER QUEEN MINE,
Which is the property Of the Silver
Queen consolidated mining company
near Gothic, B. F. Field manager, i:
proving to be really better than wa:
at first anticipated. A tunnel is being
run from the base OF the mountain
and when IN a5ou. IS feet the weir
was cut. At the breast of the TUNE
a winze was started, which is now
about 80 feet deep. The vein i:
abou; twelve feet wide, bat at presen;
:hev are working in a pay streak lr
the vein two feet wide that is princi
pa!ly copper ore and reputed to bs
very rich. Work is being vigorousl,
pushed, and the future Of this ptopert,
Is very encouraging.
NOTES FROM o, BE JOYFUL BASIN.
The Monitor Co:,. Co.. are pushing
work on the Monitor and O.-Be- 10y.
fnl tunnels as fast as possible. The
i Monitor Is now IN on the vein 81 feet
Messrs. Siegle, Delvan;hal & Co.,
who have the contract, expect to have
/ it in 1+o feet b. the FIST of Tulv
they. are working two shifts. The,
are all old miners and understand
their business. From thelooks Of the
mineral that has been struck in the
Monitor, the faith of the owners in
the property has been confirmed, the
mineral is fine galena IN a gauge o
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