The state herald., 1894-04-06


There are no idle men at Copper
Rock.
Tho Cowenhoveu tunnel, Aspen, is
now nearly mile and half long.
The Silver Queen, Idaho Springs, is
to be started up BY pool of miners.
The Utah smelters will probably be-
come members Of the Colorado ore
clearing house.
The Elda 9. mine, the first shipper
At Balfour, has closed down on account
Of disagreeing owners.
Miss Canute, Of Pine Greek, has
opened up with her own hands good
prospect, which assays we'll in gold.
Large deposits Of lead carbonates
have been discovered near the head
waters Of the Elk river on Hahn's
Peak. A smelter is already projected.
The Silent Friend, Boulder county,
probably resumes operations April ].
Five hundred tons on the dump will
DO treated. It's said the company
has leased the Holt mill.
Ophir is reported as one Of the most
prosperous camps in the state. Ever,
property Of any cut sequence is being
worked with Satisfactory results.
There are about 1850 men employed in
the district.
Information comes from Duran 60 70
the effect that the miners and pros
pectors who have been in that city for
some time awaiting tho disappearance
OF the snow in the La Plata mountains
have about all gone out to the hills and
commenced digging.
Charles Deacon is exhibiting At
Grand Junction three ounces Of gold
which he claims to have PANIED in
five days in the placers near West.
water, station on the Rio Grandc
Western just over the Utah line. He
says the dirt runs IS to $8 a yard.
The Schuykill tunnel at Creole is
pushing work and have encountered
some small veins Of good mineral al
ready. Their 50O.foot tunnel when
completed is expected to open up some
good veins. Their tunnel at present
is in 1875 feet and when the present
contract Of 500 feet is completed the
tunnel will be 700 feet in length.
The large improvements undertaken
by the Union Smelling Company Of
Leadvillc, and which will result in the
blowing-in Of two new furnaces and
double the capacity Of the plant, are
about completed. The Elgin smelter
is using 5000 tons Of local ore pei
month and working large force. The
Arkansas Valley has 1926 men at work
and is shipping 20 cars Of bullion
weekly.
The Gold Maid Company at Copper
Rock are now driving several tunnels
on their group in Long gulch, ard in
one Of the tunnels they have about
eight feet Of orc running 1850 per
ton. The company are now purchas.
ing machinery, ETC., for a 2Ostamp
mill to be erected in the spring for the
treatment Of the vas. amount Of low
grade ore.
The Sunol stamp mill, carrying ten
stamps Of $50 pounds each, owned by
Judge A. b. Fall and others, Of Las
Cruces, started up on the Goth. This
company's pay roll is now 800 a
month, aud it is probable they have
the greatest strictly gold property in
New Mexico. The Sunol's shaft is
down 100 feet; there is 40 feet Of
drifts open and the stopping ground cx-
lends right up to the surface. The
vein is four to seven feet wide, with n
rich pay st-eak Of eight to twcnty-six
saehes. As yet not foot Of ore has
been stopped out, and yet there is on
the dump 100 tons Of il running from
tlb TO a, 900 to the ton.
Considerable interest is being raised
in Denver by the experiments being
made upon low grade refractory ores
bv the bromine process. The sam
pies were taken from Cripple Creek,
Boulder aud Gilpin counties. The as
say value Of the ore mixture was s37
per ton, containing fair amount Of
fee gold. The laboratory extraction
yielded 9+.3 per cent Of the assay
value. In the mill two runs were
made, one to check the other The
result was 81 3 per cent in ths first
run and 9l.7 in the second The cost
Of treatment ranged from ~ to s. per
ton. Experiments will now be made