The Lamar register., 1890-11-15
MINING MATTERS.

feet The tunnel will strike in a. N
creek level and open up m immeus,
amount OF ground.
A special to the Denver Noes from tn
Cup says; 'srhe richest silver ore eve
found IN this camp is just now being take
out Of the latest workings Of the lirnn
Mack mine. II seens now highly probaI
bio that this mine will soon equal ,hl
famous Gold Cup mine. situated two uiie}
south OF town.
The Gold Hill tunnel is In now 60 fee
This work has bean done within the la
two months, in addition to building shor
cabin and getting out mining timber
The whole distance to be run will DC a
feet This will open up three well tefneI
iodes. having as fnc looking surface ou
look as Is apparent in the district. Tw{
shifts of men are steadily employed !
Georgeiotrn Courier
For a camp whb;h some eroakers say
played out" I-csdvillc IS most renarl
able producer. Durlng tho uioatA Of Sc
tcmber tho daily output was l ,sc5 ;ons
ore. This was supposed 10 be veyy fl !
showing. bat tho figures fo= October p |
1t In tie shade. Tho Gre product Of t.
last month was Scs, tons per day, or !
average daily Increase Of s6i ious or Il
total production 70, i53 tons were ,reaae{
by LeAdville smeliers, yielding SO To-
Of bullioa This ls double tho oa,pu,
tho boom days. The present gencratisI
win be in It's grave before The earbe-a
camp ials to pour its stEcan OF silvj
riches into the commerce Of the wos.4
Tho Spring Grove Mining Company
developing the Spring lode oa Sheep E5g
tain Tho formation encountcrcd 50
a. tho WORK has progressed carries svs-
Indication Of value, and the vein nat;
assays extremely well in silver and "a
The work will b. pushed systsaatiea
through the winter and results vii 4
doabt DO satisfactory 10 the ON
crs Of tho property. The oozpaHy [
composed OF ST Louis parties, Ness
J. h Whitehead and Charles Thomaz 7 !
tied the property before taking bod a.
were astonlshc3 aud delighted As ihsy (
vcsasaied the vas; resources Of this 'rol
derial district; -crn,ai Rtrp CurTeni
The largest orc proaRecr In Gari
county AZ present writing i that q /;
| san Juan oa QsArss hill, which has
/ daily output Of sirtcea cords, the q
/ furulsheS sufficient a1ount Of rsa
keep 20 stamps running dally-ao A.
Hidden Treasure inlll and % al the Ne !
/ York stamp mill Ga Black Hawk ~
safe estimate therc are ave hnsdrod eaS
I os ere broken IN tho uaine ready 70
hoisted 10 surface tor treatment uAica (
an average Of c!rh; toas to the cord wes
be total Of 4. COZ tons of ere A!iso2
Of not high grade, with the inmease %
OF ore rnIaea I, has proven a vcr5 FFu-
able mine under The management q y
Cooper Reglsfer-cdlL
Work has been started ~ on iAe II
uecr. This Is the prOpsrty which ao'-ir@
I such grcH, rrgat=tIon in The e2Eiy tAJ
II Is located On west Aspca moasiAla a
was famous Tor it, elE ogtcroP o. 2
grade !eAd ore. The mine has bees
| for several years, but George ", ses-u
\ sla,or Durr OF Glehxood. and Johz X
Nell have taken lease and bold "a
| property Aad Will prosecute tcTs
opmeats There are two other c-Aizl,,
Jo;e saith, aad the sixty az, whiea
included IN the group. The time &C i
Pioneer Is 0Be year and on The other y
eighteen rgonths- The bond oR the fuSE-
calls for ss5,ooo. On the Jois SuaiiA $50
and s5s. co On tho Sixty six The PTo7a
ty will be dcveloPed 6y = tunnel
has beea started near the eouEiy roAd
above the New YORK trnnul- Il vill b
feet Ioag aud cut the vcin about 80 q
deeper than the old workings In The sII'
six There will not be much Of Interest
the Developments here TN the iuazs-
eonplelsd- Time-
Its more thaa probable that dsTe!'
ment Of some importance has lately Be-
made In one OF the Carbonate Hlil proFs
ties, and that II it turns ont to be what
now thought, other shafts will be 81
for tho same purpose. Mr.. Roberts,
present lessee OF the Evening star pm
erty, started shaft some distance Be.
the break for the purpose OF opening W
iron body, and has been steadily oaFry
IT, the Roberts shaft, down for some III
until, at a depth OF lis feet he has ea'
10 a very fine contact. This after 80.
through at least ~ feet OF good argent
erous iron orc, upon which, higher
considerable Development work in toe
of drifts and cross cuts has been ma
As this contact is something entirely D !
u this point, it can readily be seen
the adjacent mines will follow suit II N
Roberts proves this contact to be yaluao
a station is being cut at the bottom oil
shaft to mine the iron above, nnd As
as this IS completed and shipments IT
that point begin, the further sinking
the shaft and consequent development
the contact win ensue.-H HerGld-Den
cTut.
The Rio Grande Southern, which
give railway facilities to the rich MIN
region surrounding Telluride, Ames, IN
Lakes and Rico, is now completed am
to Telluride, distance Of fifty miles IT
the starting point at Dallas. In say
that this road will open ''rieh MIN
country the meaning Of the worus
well understood. So far as one can lu'
from surface Indications and from
comparatively little development tha'
been done, there are few regions IN