The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-03
HOW IT is DONE
That TUNNEL MINING SCHEME II
COLORADO.

After 1t has Been Demonstrated Z hat There
is Ore in the Neigi,borhood, Man Can
Go to Work and Tunnel Beneath the
Faying Mines and Take Everything He
Can Find-He is Allowed to Do it by One
of Coorado's Iaws-The Scheme That
is Being Worked Along This Line is Be
ing Pushed Under This Plan.
Denver, Colo, Jan. "A repetition of
the days of 40 in California in mining
scenes and incidents is now being pro-
duced in the Cripple Creek country.
Every day turns the tables Of fortune
and some poor prospector or inventor
awakes to find himself rich beyond the
possibility of conception in his own
mind. 1t is the recurrence of history,
and the veterans who, in days long ago,
amassed fortunes in the gold mining
regions are coming to the front like
soldiers in times Of war. The fresh re-
cruits to the mining fields are numer-
Gus, and the fever gains steadily, the
temperature goes higher, and the end
is not yet. In Cripple Creek the mil
lionaire and the pauper eat, drink, and
sleep together. There is no social
status, simply the requirements Of
rough, hardy honesty and iron nerve
the elements Of true manhood. There
is no quibbling over the nimble or slow
nickel, the spirit Of the associations and
place making all men liberal. Mining
investments are offered at every point
in the road; in every cabin and in all
the stores are dealers in the prodigious
possibilities Of mining investments.
Some are good; some are bad; but all
present the glazing inducements of i'm
mense riches for the investor. A scheme
of investmen which possesses manifold
inducements to the conservative spec
ulator is tunnel mining. From a theo-
retfcal standpoint, there seems to be no
such word as fail 1t appears like work.
ing on a sure-thing basis. The chances
for success in tunnel mining are surely
on larger percentage OF success than
shalt mining, as a tunnel is only start
ed after mines have already been in
operation for some time, and their prac-
teal earrings demonstrated. The laws
Of Colorado fully protect tunnel min
ing, as the following extract from
Mills Annotated Statutes of Colora-
do" section Ia, chapter IS, will show:
COMPANY IN OPERATION.
Right to tunnel underneath other
property-Any person or persons en-
gagged in working a tunnel, within the
provisions of this chapter, shall be en-
titled to $50 feet each way from said
tunnel on each lode so discovered (by
the decision of the United States court
Of appeals at St. Louis, the distance
has been extended to 1,500 feet each
lad do In ar
with any vested rights. If it shall ap-
pear that claims have been staked off
and recorded prior to the record of said
tunnel, on the line thereof, and that the
required number of feet cannot be taxi
en- near said tunnel, they may be taken
upon any part thereof where the same
may be found vacant, and persons
working said tunnel shall have the
right of way through all lodes which
may lie in its course"
The company that Is fortunate
enough to be first in the field and secure
the best location is, therefore, in very
promising position to achieve special
1y rich harvest if it chance to strike one
or more rich vein running from the
main shaft. Biologists estimate that
only one vein in about forty-eight is
discovered, and as the recent decisions
give the tunnel miners the right to trace
or follow any vein discovered for dis
lance Of 1,500 feet on either side of the
line of the tunnel, there is offered an al
most unlimited source Of possibilities
in tunnel mining.
The operation of the Cripple Creek
and Gold Hill Tunnel and Deep Mining
company is unique in several features.
It's entrance is in plain view of the
business center of Cripple Creek and
only a few hundred rods from the no.
tells, and penetrates Gold Hill mountain,
on which are a number of the great
producing mines that have made and
are keeping the camp famous, and to
carry the proposed plans through to
final execution, the capital stock Of the
company is $3.50, 900 shares at So each,
fully paid and worcestershire, and car
rying no individual liability. The Of
ficers and directors are here given: Of
ficers-Judge Robert Mozart, president,
Fort Worth, Texas; W. II. Leonard,
vice president and general manager,
becca Mining company, lmited); James
H. Graham, secretary and treasurer,
Cripple Creek. president Cripple Creek
Mining exchange); Thomas ]. Suddeck,
general superintendent.
Directors-Judge Robert Mozart
Fort Worth. Texas: W. H. Leonard,
Cripple Creek; Charles A. Keith, Grip
pie Creek. general financial agent Wv
tor Mining company; James H. Gra-
ham, Cripple Creek. attorney at law;
president Golden Era Mining company;
president c. c. Mining exchange): Sem
ator John H. Regain, Dallas, Texas.
chairman United States railway COM
mission).
The personnel Of these men is suffi-
cient to inspire confidence with any one
who is inclined TO deal in any form Of
mining stock. The property of this
company consists of a tunnel site
through Gold Hill. 5000 feet long. run
ming directly underneath the richest
portion of the famous Gold Hill, cutting
at depth of from 300 TO 900 feet. the
following well known producing mines:
The Midget. Conundrum, Anchor No. I
and Anchor No. ., New Moon. Bonanza
King. Chance. Geneva Nos. l and ,,
City View, Matte L.. Grace Greenwood,
Lone Star, Little Mack. and JEFF Davis.
This tunnel cuts the Colorado King and
Grover Cleveland mining property i'm
mediately at point of beginning.
A FAIR PROPOSITION.
The proposition of the Cripple Creek
and Gold Hill Tunnel ana Deep Mining
company is as fair as it is possible for
one TO be- No stock is being placed on
the market now. and there will be none
until the actual demonstration Of real
discovery is given. The ores OF the
mines. which they Will crosS-cut hun
dreds of feet below the surface. can be
taken out at a profit TO the tunnel COM
pany greatly cheaper than by the
mines. which will give il steady, regu-
lar. profitable business. 1t is an ideal
location. cautiously planned. and bids
fair 70 be one Of the safest operations
in the camp. When the stock is put on
the market the public will know that il
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