People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-06-16


air and power drills. Machinery for
thus COMPRISING air and using it for
drilling purposes is paid for, and is
already ordered placed in the FL Do
RADIO mine. The present plant of ma
chinery there furnishes perhaps fifty
horse power more than is required
for operating the stamp mill there in
use, and this extra power will be used
for COMPRISING air and operating air
drills, and running additional ma
chinery.
In addition to this improvement, Il
chute of iron or wood will be built for
chuting of ore down from the two
upper openings Of the vein, as it will
be easier to send ore down the noun
tain l.2O0 feet and from a lower point
600 feet, through the chute directly
to the mill, than to bring it down on
the backs of burrOS.
Work on the Ell Dorado properties
will be continuous, and ere long. at
this point on the Blue River, will be
new and busy mining camp or town.
This united Monte CriStO and Ell Do
RADIO property now among the fully
paid for possessions of the Atlantic
Pacific Railway Company, is thirty
eight miles southwest from the west
end of the tunnel, which west end is
also in Summit county, provides the
Tunnel Company with several hun
dred acres of land for building and
mining purposes, and large area of
heavy spruce timber, growing and
rapidly increasing in value. Here
after this locality will be known as
FL Dorado, and as soon as possible a
new pOStOflice will be established at
this point on the Blue river.
Next in Importance is the fact that
on the 22d of March, the directors of
the Tunnel Company leased to Lon
don parties ten veins, or that portion
of ten veins on the left-hand side.
east end, Of tie Tunnel-five of them
to be from those Of the thirty-nine
veins already crossed, and five of them
be selected by the lesSees from the
next ten to be crossed. The lease
runs till March l, 1907, with the priv
ilege of renewal for ten years longer,
if the leSseeS shall so elect prior to
January l, 1907. The lesSeeS to erect
iall buildings required for the use of
their agents and employees, to supply
all machinery they may require for
the working of the veins and treat
ment Of the ore therefrOm. Said
shops, mills and buildings to be erect
ed on the property of the Tunnel Com
pany, at or near the east end Of the
Tunnel. They are to pay ten per
cent. royalty on all ore or mineral
brought out and sold that reaches
$3.50 per ton in value; fifteen per cent.
royalty on all ore that ranges from
$3.50 to 500 per ton in value. Ac-
counting to be made in monthly pay
ments of all royalties and governed
by shelters returns as to the value
Of the ore treated. All ore brought
out by the leSsees, and not sold with
in ninety days from date of being
mined, shall revert to the Tunnel
Company, as do all buildings and i'm
prOyementS erected on the real estate
belonging to the Tunnel Company.
The leSSees forfeit $1,000 cash to the
Tunnel Company if they are not on
the ground and at work by July Is,
IprOximO, and if they are there on or
before that date at farthereSt, and
proceed in good faith, the 5000 9TH
erwiSe forfeit, will be applied as an
advance on account Of royalties.
The product Of the mill now in per-
feet trim on the Ell Dorado property
will bring $500 minimum to 81, 900 pei
day maximum, running six days pei
week. Double the capacity of the
mill and the output will be double.
There is enough ore in the Ell Dorado,
Rispah and Beulah claims alone to
drive the tunnel clear through the
continental divide and eQuipping it
for four tracks of railway service and
then driving another one through,
and still another one through North
Star mountain, to open a gateway
from the head of South Platte river
to the head of Blue river.
This will be a busy year for the
Tunnel Company and next year still
more so, and thus increasing year
fter year.