The Delta independent., 1893-11-08
CRIPPLE CREEKS MINES.
4 Promising Lis. Of New Producers.

Tho list of producers IL rapidly growing,
says the correspondent of the Denver RepubH-
can. Twenty-Five names have been added
since September IS. One hundred and eight
gold district are producers Of pay ore. The
following are the new names on the golden
record: American Eagle, Anna Lee, April
Fool. Ben Harrison, Chief, Deerhorn, Deer
horn No. 2, Garfeld- Grouse, Galena, Jcfier,
son, Kismet Lee, Mollie Kathleen, Mineral
Rock, Mammoth Pearl, Orpha May, Petcitc,
Plymouth Rock, Portland No. 2, Rose, Rose
Maud, Sheriff, Sunset, VAnidum, White House
No. l, White House No. 2.
The camps grow In popularity daily. Tbs
people continue to flock 70 the great gold
aeld. Every line Of business is we'll repre-
sented. There are plenty Of laboring men
here 70 meet the demand. Every house In
town 10 occupied and hotels and boarding
Cripple Creek has = wonderful reputation, but
she 10 able 70 surprise every one with her
richness and development
Tho Elkhoru has been bought by Fred +.
frisboe aud Samuel Altman for 10000, OF
which s., 900 was paid in cash. The Elkboru
10 q valuable property. The quartz is white
and free milling, and averages across the en-
tire lead about go 10 the ton. The gold Ia
brigh, and yellow, free from rust and Other
properties which retard amalgamation.
The Pharmacist people are drifting on the
Zenobia vein. The shaft Is now at depth OF
$50 feet The Slopes are looking frst-rate.
The district now has seventeen miner
equipped with steam hoisting plants, three
with steam crllls, fourteen with horse hoist
ers, twelve are worked through tunnels, and
the remaining producers and several thous-
sand pro. pects rely on the -'time-tried and fre-
testedn miners friend, the wlndlass.
In the bottom Of the new shaft on the Lady
suth, Of the Summit, Niger Dickey re-
ports that u three-foot . cak OF hourtne-
| stained quartz, with and west strike,
has been encountered whish in his judgment
| 10 = dlstinet and sell-do0ned vein that prom
ises something great The north End south
vein being follo~ed from the long tunnel on
the Globe 10 locking immense. An assay oil
| $50 was had a day or two since from the
| face. The additional ten stamps viii be In
place and paid for by the lat. Every move
ment vet made the mine or mill by Mr..
! Dickey has been paid for out of the mine
An inmense strike Is reported to have been
| made Wednesday on the north end of the In.
dependence mine. just within the lines and
about eA1t of the White House No. shaft
house, A. sour ~ the sAsh was penetrated, =
| 6foot vein vas uncovered, all of which pans
| free gold In unusual quantities
| The machinery on the Gold Dollar Is being
| rapidly put In place The boiler IL In posi-
| ton and the derrick frame up.
The Victor shaft IL down 800 feet The
vein is strong In the bottom and 10 producing {
| hne ore.
The Granite Is shipping To the Gold and
Globe mill again from the upper shaft
The q. u. ID. holster 10 At work ADD sinking
has been resumed.
The cyanide mill lie making n record and
money for iis presen, managers. About five
| toas of concentrate. are reduced daily, from
which $50 10 $3.50 ia gold 10 extracted. The
| average saving IL abou, aO per cent Of the
sssay value There 10 strong talk OF tnlarg'
lag the plant 70 four or ire umes its presen,
| capacity. Que thing is certain, this mill has
1 demonstrated that our ores yield nicely 10
the cyanide treatment and = very high per
! cent 10 sAved- Whether the cost o! treat
tnent can be reduced 20 that ores below $40
can be treated Al pront is to the public In
undetermined question
Ali the mills Of the district with the excep-
ton Of the Gold Geyser and Lawrence, arc
running full capacity.