The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-05-07
NEWS on The MINES.
Asss GA,hsssA lvsss all t-ssts 81 Colorado
$50 AAJsssst DistTtsts-

sni lfVsi, AMI u sPAfAlrs "9lh ifer s"'d'
The Aassoa.iA Nins at Cripple Creek has
h..H sold Ia Thomas q Parrish for o. ,;Oo-
COO II. il probably acting for o'hsrs-
Return. received fr0ln z.ssys made on ores
,ahsn fIoal, a group Of claim, GA Nsmino'h
ui0sintain gave w,aIu u lao ounces Of
silyer.-cTsssis cAsv~is's.
Gunaison has psoss-Ss,ing company, made
up Of issn'y nlsmt<s,. Zach. ono oil whom
pays la 81, aud rosi reliable pf,si-eiois
Al. stnpiyyei Ia sapioss III. county,
Revenue tanasi 4. i~ils pa.het ~ rapidly
as skin aud Improved u.aehinsEy can iens-
iFa,o the ''sssriA.iiHs hiiis" 1Ley made
ossF nineiy ieet la.i -ssk, ssi the pabiie arc
expecting Ia hear VI thsiF bavins struck tie
bis 'sias any d.y.-!ssi-I H-iia-s@,
irei sni Norman RisteLsf, aha have a
lease on The st.i.oai., have oi,-E.i up a ,hf's-
fool vein Il lead .alp.ssiHs and sand ssIboi.-
4iss that run. thirty ogses. silver and % pr
ssai. l.Ai la ,L~ ton. Ihe Fl. Loai. /. oae Of
the eosnns great .Lippsfs ii ihe Rico dl''T.es.
Rio Nos.
The Gi..a Moaa,ain Tslis sompsny has
Progressed a distance q 10 fee, Ia their ,ni'-
n.l sni arc hos I.As,ias ihFUash tale fcfnA-
,i0n. Il is .uPt-.sA ,hai ID. tanhsl Is triB:
'iF;tsl ossf the ,eis sni al distance 81
atoai AZ fee, ~iii hsse To 10 losefri fsosn
the pfr,sns lrsri- -
II NAs sia,ni 90 ti.s be-, authority yn.'rE-
day that ne- shi ven large bs.iy 81 os- as'
ssyihs abal, vWo osiners silver Ia the ton
-as discovered Ia tl- bella :. IL Is an up
Tai'a i@siins to.sni. The johnsoa property.
si,-simssls .ho...i nliise silver and gray cop
isf ffr.lJ,-s9~- SIS.
1hr projecting sfafr 1. working dosa
FROM the cinoas u th- mountains 10 tho level
sToani. rn..i-e,oss arc soaking sio-n th'J'
.nne eT-sk ss-,,h II ,1ioss.io Springs. Ranch
utea arc si,i.s ,h~n tho privilege ~ pf''s-
I-rs,ins II tho gill asfr- Ia cover W. all tolcs
la -hieh ne nin.rai Il fosini
sesrn isTs- friast. Hsi. thing nearly nin.iy
f-o,i.i, -sf- ,.ut oli to the D-nyrf mint tho
nrsi Of the sch. 1hsy H.r- the prosiaei IL
tho 'ioii klAs aiil fos the month u March,
during .hlch he rpiil ran :, lid days. b,.e'i
Ca iosuirr riuTr' ihs value II 'hr rv'os'. all
.Ie.v'i eo."O-r .'i~rsis Ap...a,-.
What do y"a illai a. III 4 strike Of or
runnIns from ssS.o Ia es..oO ,-r lou In
suli. la't made. -hich has b.-n ,ianibl.'i
o,rr by oar I-oplr foe y-ar.. III. ioca,ioa II
the graf nsi ill h. made kno.a within iuo
-e-l.. We can hos oaiy cay tina, It 1. In tho
srrai ami mys,erisa. slan.ailion, Hs,i.'i'
Iio.sgnslA.
A strike ras male In tho Hind Tom ~
irsisliie on the sab, and pay or struck
shleh the l-.s~-, estimate viii run 10 r-s
e-ni. Ia Lad and .oen.sha, mofr than iol
ounces In silver Ia the ton. This property
la. i'ccn operated unarr i-s.~ fof tho last
year and half. and thl. 1. the hr.t .abs'sn.
ilsi return foe the expenditure II time and
money.
The Iiir ro-k.t Mining company IL PRO.
Trc.sius a, the AVERAGE rate Of frun, hf,e,n To
tscniy fec, per isy Nth their diamond iflii
Ia tho III. Pocket mine siovr Grcn Moan.
tain Falls. The driil 1. ,iosn IN fec, and 1.
no~ going ,hrvnsh rel a-rhr-. II I. expected
la have la - through lime i~forc III. pocket
81 orc /. reached. Probably al depth % 30
feet. A assay 81 the rr,i o-hr- gave about
els Ia tho ton u .ll,rr.-CosorsiS Sp,..5'
E,I,sti.e.
Creole 10y tho rrrsf 10 big roi,i strike up
In Antelope park. made In a location Of State
Senator Archui-ts. TIE il-co,vrrr came la
,osn a few day. aso with a piece of rock
~hl.h a..ayci "a ounce. In gold. lie va. .c-
cr,ivr oy-r tho io-ailon AMI the fact. about
the iind. Grsauaiiy The n-~. leaked Oh, aud
for the pas, day OF i~o the rush 81 prospect
OF. tos afd the park has amounted To STAN
pcic.
Preparatory work fof the building Of tho
new .m-ii,r for tho Holden Smelling and Re.
hnine Company at i-s.iyilic {. we'll under
way The .mcl,-r will be iopsioo feet Two
Of the largest sized wafer jacket furnaces In
Colorado are To he hull, for the use Of the
.mci'ct. The contract. call for the compile
tlon 81 the .mcitrr within sixty days. Mr.. II.
opened for bu-inc.. about sixty men will he
employed to start with.
Scott Mccullough VA. In town last Friday,
tho ilr-i time since last fall. lie. with Scott
Huma.on, have hccn running tunnel In Dark
canon. 10 develop coal proposition for an
Omaha syndicate. lie report, that they have
run 80 feet Of tunnel aud cut two distinct an
thracitc coal veins, which arc about n hum
,ired feet apart Thee veins he says arc from
six To eight fee, thick, which II II holds out
to lie ~, Is certainly a valuable coal tract
Crf.,oi butt, Plot.
The Thunder |. being opened up by four
men, and this force will bc increased to twenty
.oon rs the trail Is open for pack animals
The mine liz. recently passed into the hands
of Santa fc syndicate, and there IA no gain
saying the statement that II Is In splendid
shape. The ore Is gray copper and iron. and
runs between six inches and two feet In thick
ness. i, has been drftrd on latcrally for 100
feet without break, and the ground is ready
10 put In n large force Of stopcrs. The grade
has improved very perccptibly, recent sam.
pies yielding from 200 To 200 ounces silver.
The Thunder Is ready to enter the ranks rs q
steady shipper. -Siirr Plume Standard.
The Standard smcltcr which has been the
all-absorbing topic in this city for months,
which has been the object of doubt by tho
skcptical and the pride Of the cntcrpri.Ipr
and pushing, began the preliminary work this
morning and the graders go on to morrow or
Wednesday. The plant will be i03 feet north
and Dos feet east and west, or from center OF
lower TO center of west track. The area Gu.
and Of 25ton capacity each. The sampler
plant Is the Bridgcman Of 24O-ton capacity,
and adjoining the rolls and crushers is re-
served space for duplicating. The power Is
furnished for driving machinery by five CO.
horse power steel hand made boilers, which
were made specially for the work and guar
antccd to stand test double the required
steam essential to propcllIng all needed ma
chincry. The stacks to furnish the draft for