The sun., 1893-07-17
NEWS THE MINING WORLD.
<o,oRtDo SHELTERS ARE STILL BUY
ING SILVER ORE


suyer Production Now Largely Confined
,o t:,o Ores That Also Produce Gold.
DrxvrR. July 1.-THE smelters are still buy
,,o ore This Is the only news OF an encourage
,n,, nature in tho present situation. Though
,he shipment OF silver ores is discouraged. es-
nccially that OF high grade silver the sme,ters
ava buying all that is offered on the public
r.-tet and agreeing to settle when the sill, or
,s sold at the market price at that time. All
cold in ores Is settled for In cash. The number
of mines that can snip at n profit and under
.ucb conditions are few. and all the smelters
iii reduce their number OF working furnaces
opo.hal, Cripple Creek ores still receive con-
siLaro bic attention. and all that Is produced is
resdily sold. This Is also true OF tho Telluride
ores, which carry large proportion OF gold.
In the loading mining camps OF tho State tho
pumps arc kept going to save the mines !;
somo are doing development work and others
are making necessary reoairs in the machin-
.,y or in the retim 5crinG OF tunnels and shafts.
The idle men arc leaving the camps. going out
into the farming country eastward or seeking
IN make living bv working the sands OF some
vell.known placer grounds. The old placcrs
NJ Golden arc being worked by hand by many
miners who can make from so cents to 81 a
day at tho work.
In the gold camp OF Cripplo Creek a number
q, now stamp mills will be started this week.
The Beaver Park mill will treat twenty tons OF
ore day The June shipments OF the Victor
minc we're ninety-two tons that paid an aver
ace OF 'S3l7 to the ton after smelling charges
And freight had been paid The people on the
Pixies Peak lode have begun to drift on the
afty.foot level That mine Is said to be very
rich but the owners are giving out no state
ments for publication.
- In, ic eatI 20 hou haa
located near Golden. A shipment OF 100 tons
IA reported to have been sent East for n test.
prospectors have gone to the district to stake
out claims.
The reports Of very tich strikes OF gold near
Fulford. In Eagle county, ap pear to be grossly
exaggerated. County Judge Hekley. acting
for committee OF citizens, Inst week forwarded
samples Of the supposed rich ore to the State
School Of Mines at Golden. requesting n thor
ough examination The SAM pies were ublicly
selected. and were fairly representative Of the
ledge from which the marvellous samples were
said to have been taken. The official report
shows not trace OF gold in any OF the speci-
mems. Fulford is "A silver camp. and until this
time never claimed to have gold deposits.
The wolford placer on Tarryall Creek. near
Alma. is receiving returns from the SIN elter on
concentrates that run from $50 to S4OO ton.
The gold is very fine. but n new concentration
seems to be obtaining good results. At the
Holmes placer on Pennsylvania Mountain the
remarkable operation OF carrying dirt to water
is to be done by means Of tram. The dirt
lies above timber line. and will be dropped
down to the creek for treatment. The Alma
placers are all in prosperous shape and the
output OF gold from that camp will be quito
heavy.
From an experimental test with TO- inch
.I,;nn fvvn 70 fno ohnu NJ ofar
four men in ten hours cleaned up S76 in gold
from the Mancos placers. owned by the j.. NJ. L
E Co. The company has sent for 800 feet Of
iron pipe and will proceed with vigor to de-
velop their placer grounds.
Tho old camp Of Black Hawk Is still lively.
over 1000 tons Of ore being daily treated in
the stamp mills. The Gregory Bobtall group
= Of mines employ over 100 men. A recent re-
turn from the Kansas mine shows S176 per
ton OF gold.
A gold rc!: three miles west OF Pitkin Is be-
ing prospected carefully. 1t Is six miles long
and two miles broad. The Golden Fleece is
the only active prospect In the belt. and this
will make shipment In . few days.
Tho reports OF gold in the new camp OF Bear
Creek are still encouraging. but little practi-
cal results are given. number Of prospects
In Creede camp aro still being worked. and
the Ridge. Tom Bowen's mine. being a gold
and lead property. will bo shipping as soon as
the proper machinery is in place.
Apnck train OF fort y-three burros brought into
Durango last week the first shipment Of orc
from tho Durango Girl. on Junction Creek.
The orc Is gold. and free milling. Last week o
$4,000 option was given on the Columbia
mining claim in the same district. to Boston
parties.
The gold placers OF the Rio Hondo country
No htab ND tha
ent yoar will see considerable development
there.
In Leadvillc. while changes for the worse
haze bcen 1vite extensive. the mines are not
oil shut down. Tho Wolcott has an immense
body Q. lead orc in sight. estimated to be
WORTH 100000 and this ore. being SO desir-
able for smelling purposes. is easily sold on
the public market. The Maid and Henrietta
mino is taking tho opportunity to retimber
portions of the property. The Leadville smet-
ers will doubtless shut down shortly.
Aspcn is temporarily dead: not a single mine
10 producing.
1t is difficult to estimate tho number OF
mines carrying gold that can afford to con-
tinue shipments. They are scattered all over
the State and have In the past carried good
rumber Of miners on the pay rolls In Tellu-
ride, in Ophir. in Rico. near Silverton. such
mines still produce ores which are stamped
at tho mount OF tho shafts and the concen-
trates shipped to Denver for further treatment.
The silver mines that closed down threw ont
probably 1000 men. and OF these many went
out into tho new gold fields to prospect and
many went to the gold camps to take up leases
on tslabli' he'd properties. 30 that the mining
business cannot be said to be at a standstill In
Colorado
:, The new gold camp Of Yankee Hill gives CON
tlnned promise OF good results with develop
ment 1t is at the head OF Cumberland Gulch
ana about eight miles from Central City. The
OLDEST mine in the district Is the Alice placer.
which has been worked for several years. Last
erty and are developing II with vieor. They
pave pave uncovered what appears to he the largest
lode ever found in the state. Tunnels have
pesn run and cross cuts made exposing an ore
BODY over 300 feet wide and estimates OF the
tmount of ore In sight go Is high as .OOO.Ou0
Tons. Mill runs give ounces OF gold and 43
ounces OF silver to tho ton.
!, The Boulder districts output will be much
IN excess OF last year. The mines are mostly
gold pronerties and largo number OF them
are shipping.
IDAHO.
IDIUo Cfry Julv 7-Tha p,.nonn. - ,ho