The Bessemer indicator., 1894-08-25
MINING NEWS.
CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT.
The De Lamar Mine.-Big Payrolls. Kew
Discovery Bull Hill.

Discovery on Bull Hill.
The Gold Gravel company is opening
I'D new phase OF Cripple Creek ac-
tivity. Its properties consist of eight
placer claims. 133 acres in extent, be
yond the northwest corner of the cry
Of Cripple Creek. and with the prop
critics of n contiguous allied company
tic Gold Valley, comprising 30 acres,
the two combined stretch length of
three miles and empty into the Long
oud Hungry gulches. II is the bed Of
an old river and In nearly its whole
course. as asccrtained by numerous
tests, the earth will yield an average
of 81 per cubic yard, and some por-
tions will run as high as 50 per cubic
yard.
John y Boutwell,, prominent min.
ing engineer, is In camp the guest OF
Chas. NJ. MacNel of the Dc Lamar
chlcrination works. He Is engaged III
devising Improvements FOR thesa
works, which will also -i..rse iiiei'
capacity, In addition. lie is getting :"
the plans for new chlorination plant
that will soon be erected somewhere
in the district The location is not yet
fully decided upon, as three sites ar"
being considered This new plant,
works, will have II capacity of - to
100 tons day and will afford the
| most economic treatment Of amy so far
| attempted at Cripple Greek. II IL
probable that SO ore will be handled
1t . profit 10 all concerned.
| A visit to the be Lamar "hlortua-
ton plant at Lawrence to-day affords
a surprise. 1t has been supposed that
| medium grade mineral, shade too
| low for shipping TO the smeltcrs, fur
nished tne supply. This is not the
case at present Tie Moose, Portland,
Independence and Raven are furnish
ing the bulk of the ore and it runs
from S35 to $50. and over for the mps'
part. Under the ruling rates of freight
and treatment 500 Ore is being sent To
| the slnclters The Lawrence plant
was supposed to have capacity of u
TO 80 tons a day, while 1t is now sue
cessfuly handling 40 tons. The treat
ment charge is $3.50 tor and 20 pei
cent of the assay value is paid foT The
gold contents.
A find has just been made on the
Loncfellow on the southeast slope oi
Bull Hill that is big With promise. Al
tii- -rass roots n body of decomposeC
quartz. stained 7-''h tiuorite, carryin;
free gold, was discovered. This Wa
done in trenching to cut n vein opcnct
lower down the hill. The ore Is lih'
the nuorine pas in the Victor ant
| Summit. and is important from thi
fact that it is the first find OF the kint
in this vicinity If it proves to be II
place rs now indicated, the LongfelloW
| will pay from the surface. Sylyestri
johnson. w y jenkins and A Hem
cnway of CoiOradp Springs are th'
owners Just above this ground is tilt
Sacramento. and the trend of the VEN
| - .1r MS outlined, passes through tla'
claim, and is ,Sr- nearly In line witt
one of the bonanza veins OF the PIKE :
| Peak Up to date there has been nc
shipping property from this stope OF
the famed Bull HILL and the present
find will be an incentive for more ne
tive prospecting.
Since Monday of last week the mines
have been paying off, the pay days OF
the different properties being iron
the 9TH to the 18th. By tomorrow
night 100000 will have been paid fol
July accounts. This is the largest sun
for any single month since the cnml
first gave employment to miners. Ow
ing to the debts contracted during th'
strike, only small portion finds loca
circulation. The same will be true fo
this month, though not TO such II larg,
extent By October, as Tic Indication
are to-day, the evil effects of the LON
and disastrous strike will be pract
cally wiped out. F"r August thcr
will be about 30 per cent more me
employed than last month. This
another straw that gives silent but pc
tent testimony OF th" growth of til
camp.