The Delta independent., 1894-08-08
Mining Notes.

II Is stated that more silver mines
were sold during August than in any
previous month this year.
The Forest Queen. the great ruby
silver producer ut Irwin. Gunnison
county. is again shipping ore and run
ming its concentrator steadily.
About 200 men are now employed on
the pclicnn-nivcs mine. near silver
Plume. The ore runs inches 10
feet in all levels. and will average 5000
per ton.
1t is reported that Il bond and lease
has been taken on the Lincoln claim,
located in Beaver Park. by Icadrillc
parties: time. one year: consideration.
$4,000.
The Bulldozer mine. Lewis gulch.
has Il tcllarium vein four feet wide.
which Yields from $50 to $1,000 per
ton Of low grade ore on the dump
worth $50 per ton.
Rice will give employment 10 more
mines for the last half of the year than
for the first six months. The other
camps of the san Juan are showing as
well. II not better.
over 400 tons of lead and sulphides
were taken from the Small Hopes mine
at I"adville during June. And the Bo-
real mine shipped 2.Goo tons Of sui
phidcs during the same time.
Til ,rc is great god excitement in Salt
Lake from the discovery in Emigr'l-
ton canon. ten miles from the city. OF
gold ore aSsayinC over 500 per ton.
Many claims are being stakcd out.
The Mcrcur mill. at the Mcrcur gold
mine, Utah, reduced 5000 tons OF ore
In the month OF June. 1t uses the eva.
nilr process and declares two divi-
Gcnds per month OF $4,000 each. The
capacity OF the plant is about TO be in
creased to 80 tons per day, which will
make II the leading cyanide plant in
the United States,
At the junction Of Plum and Cherry
creeks south of Denver. says The Rec
ord. where the placer miners are now
making a nice thing OF 1t. is the point
where gold was first discovered in Col
orado, prior To the Pixies Peak excite
mrut OF 1919 The sands paid well
then. and they pay equally rs well
now.
new stretch Of fumes has been
built for the Alma placcrs and the der
rick moved down into the new pit.
where its water power attachment
makes the handling OF the rock much
more easy. The hydraulics are making
rapid Roadway in cnlarcing tho pit.
and the extra length of season will!
make this notable year in the history
OF these works.
4 large number Of mine owners nj
Icadvillc. who have iron properties.
have agreed To shut down their mines
until the Smcltcrs make 20 per cent
reduction IN the treatment charges
The smcltcrs say they cannot make
the reduction. but that 1t will have To
he done by the smelling clearing house
In the meantime the smcltrrs are suf
fcring for want of iron ore.
According to the Aspen sun there
are o19 salaricd miners and 5Il leascrs
working In the mines around Aspen.
This docs not include office men or
men connected with mining companies
other than those strictly miners The
number OF leascrs is no criterion that
none receive pay, MS 1t is sure that one
out OF every three of the lcascrs re
ccivc pay and are hired in the same
manner MS the miners This swplls the
number Of payday miners To G1i, and
makes the lcascrs 3lI The wages
paid to the GIG men. allowing S225
day, which is a low average. is 2,,iio
per month. and is nearer $4,000, as
the average will bc close To $40 per
day. Some lcasers make money aud
some don't. bur still there is more than
S3G.Oo1 month more distributed this
year than last,