The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-07-18
MINING MATTERS.

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Miners wages at the lowest In Colorsd
20 ESQ per day, and the highest 400
i Montana they range from g. 80 to n.
The Aspen mine maintained it, record
"a great shipper during June. The dali,
! 'erage was not quito so large a. durins
10 month of May, but tho total footed nj
SWl.6 tons, or an average Of 1914
= 'ns per day.
The largest gold nugget found in Mon
ia Tor some time was recently taken
T. rom tho placer digging near Helena. Il
Is nearly half as large a. q mans hand
and IL worth about $50. 1t IL . pure,
solid lump Of virgin gold.
Monday night of this week a
block of ore measuring twelve feet
f1nd one inch in height seven feet
10 cross and thirty-fve inches in thickness,
wv as broken and landed on the stuil above
lA 240-foot east level Of the RIalto mine.
r. Central CttH Rcgtster-Catt.
Slide is simply immense Fourteen men
n ore. Working G0O-foot and 2SO-foot
ID tleveD orc from 10 to 1000 ounces. In
'ae Of drift chute Of ORE dipping to con-
nc averaging two feet in thickness. <uns
'ss high. Assays and sack samples enor.
moi is. Company will erect mill of their
WI ,.-Solid Multioon.
N r. Thomas Whitmore, superintendent
~ he Rawlins Coal Company, of Rawlins,
w o., was In Denver a shors time since
nd purchased Common Sense two-horse
ice whim and 800 feet OF cable for now
'tfn 20 an seven-foot vein Of coal they
hav Just opened. Mr.. Whitmore says
ms coal is fully equal to the celebrated
ROC Springs coal and this is the hrst
coal ever struck in the vicinity of Raw
Tins
n IN reported that the great Sylvanite
min at Crested Butte has been sold to
'ar1 large syndicate, which means that
keI roperty will be extensively worked
'hts Is rated at least u million-dollar mine,
usa trough complication of reasons It
asas cen idle for n long time. 1t belonged
o IL NJ. Avery and S. NJ. Allerton, two Of
,hics COS wcalthiest citizens, and the re-
orui that w. S. Baker has consummated
saA to I'M English syndicate.
Col. JIG. a Rollins came in this morn
ng fr ON Gold Dirt and deposited at the
'irst National Bank gold retort weigh
ng TIL 'r,y-four ounces, four pennyweights
nd ~ 'clve gruins. The bank advanced
600 or the retort, which was the result of
short run on orc from tho Pcrigo mine
a inde pendent district Colonel Rollins
gctti ug the mine in shape for continuous
;orkin &, as also the Gold Dirt lode on tho
pposit mountain.-Rcgister-C Call.
1t vii be difficult to find better tunnel
ecord than that Of the Cowenhaven M.
:. & ID. I. Co. at Aspen. The tunnel IL now
, abou t2,l0O feet and is pushing forward
t thcr ate Of ten feet per day. The best
ate SO. far has been 81 feet inches In
ne MOI 18th, and 81 feet In single week.
'hree 8 hour shifts arc employed, but NO
york 10 done on Sundays, SO the records
eprese1 I an average Of II feet per day, or
~ fee per day for single week.
timing Industry.
Prof. J. w. Mann. OF the Cyclops assay
flee, re emily made an assay Of . piece
( ore FRI mi one Of the deep mines Of tho
oanty ihich showed 1879 ounces Of gold
er ton. The ore resembles gray copper
Nth gal ,na on first sight, and was thought
y the o, vners Of the mine TO be too low
radc " prove profitable, and was being
brown YER the dump rs worthless. 1t
ays TO ave assays made when In doubt
5 TO tho character Of the ore.-Rc0tstcr-
all.
There's are lots OF good signs In tho min
ny horia on. One is that there 10 . ton
ency 70 mine owners 70 come down In
heir exs rbitant demands for royalties on
eases ~ bonds, and another 10 that
rs appear to be showing glimpsca
4 reiUau In the prices charged for pros
'ccts. ] he tin-horn gamblers, however.
Who wrnp, to stock mines md sell stock
or ten tis les Its value, have not yet sp-
arently h armed their losson. Tho public
las, appsr entity. learned its lesson, or L.
earning IL Mining Industry.
Pending the arrival OF machinery At tho
,alliopo u Inc, work is being principally
oniincd 10 development, says the Ouray
Ifuldoon. The breast OF tho north ycln
hows an o ght-inch streak of galena run.
ling 200 pr ton; but ms ore has 70 DO
rnmmed By hand $500 feet 10 the orc.
house, work has been discontinued unit,
he electric tram cars are Ia operation and
he ore can he handled more economically.
Slopes carrying tho gold orc Is
,eing extesdcd west and the character of