Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-03-12
COLORADO MINING NOTE.

The Golden Fleece has declared its reg
| ular monthly dividend Of cents per share,
| payable on the 18th inst
one hundred pounds OF ore from the
| worth SIC
The lngham mine at cripple creek pro-
duces about seyrnfy-tivr tons Of ure A
month, averaging Sl65 per ton in gold.
l.ossces OF the Doyle mine on the orphan
Belle lode at Cripple creek are getting out
an abundance of hnc ore At the present
dtp'n OF 10 feet there are two feet OF syl-
ranite ore averaging $snp 10 the ton, besides
seam OF about a foot, which is fun OF
SEAMS oi sylNaniie and runs about twenty
six ounces IN gold.
The Canon city claims. located on the
south slope OF Wilson hill. al Victor prom
lse To- soon become = shipping proposition,
aud $50 assays have been obtained from ore
taken from The bottom Of the shaft at a
depth of thirty-siN feet. The formation Is
phonolIts and blue quartz. The vein Is a
very strons one and IS four feet Ia width.
Excavation is being done for large shaft
dered.
The success 81 the cyanide method Of ex-
tracing gold from Cripple Creek ores has
been 90 pronounced that an the plants 81
the distritt are running fun time and new
companies are preparing 10 embark upon
the same line Of work. \ POO ton plant is
forming now, while two or three concerns
are preparing 10 double their capacity. Two
gold bricks weighing 1926 ounces were ex-
hlb!ted IN Denver last week as the result Of
the cyanide process.
ne aTUl4 ibln company, IN the Nevada
district, Is working large number OF men
al the present time. Besides the pay ore
taken from tho Kansas min. and from
the Indiana, through the Hidden Treasure
shaft they have drfted westerly on the 90
foot level of the Kansas mine some l3l0
itet ana are no" eross'uttng 20 TAP the ln~
Yer, for he month OF February. 723 ounces
Of gold having a value Of Sll sos. The
smelling ore ani iailiHss sold viii bring
the output up 20 fully $4,000 for the month.
Some mines in the Ouray district are
showing good results. The Wedge has
about l,eO sacks OF good ore waiting ship
consists Of a shaft 20 feet deep and "a cross
cut from the bottom Of the shaft twenty
hye feet north, where the ore was found
The ore Is very high grade. ami should net
at least $l,31n per ear at the present price
Of silver. The Bachelor, with a force Of
nfty men. Is sending 10 the smelter fifteen
tons OF iirst-class ore daily. This amount
OF ore should return TO the mines at least
5000 per day. The or. runs from thirty Z
thirty-hye ounces IN silver per ton.
Il is claimed that within a radius OF
twelve miles around SlVert0u are found
some OF the richest and best gold mines
in the state. The veins are al true nssures
and ineNhaustible. In some of the mines
bodies OF ore twenty feet wide have been
found, ana the pay streak In the Tom
age. ON the Florence there Is a drift In
for over 400 feet, which, II continued wouh
1l0l feet, thus developing one Of the larg-
est bodies OF pay ore in the county In this
eHA44 are AHttE sliFdkS tl Eoll IrdrlLE
from six TO twelve inches IN width. that
has given ore running over 500 q ton.
One of the most important euterprlses
IN connection with Colorado's mining fn-
dusiry Is the shipment Of maneaaese ore
from l-eadvllle 10 the Illinois steel works
Tor which large contracts have racgntly
been made. This ore carries from 10 10
per cent metallic iron ami from : 10 25 per
cent manganese. The ore, wherever found. .
lies IN pockets Of greater or less extent
and il has long been a problem what use
II any, could be made OF The Immense a.
poslts known 10 underlie the nils abort
Ltadville, as the smtlters VIII not taka
Il unless i carries from SIS upward In m.
yer, ana the most oi thai 30 far discovered
carries only from s. 10 s. IN silver
Three veins have been cut In sinkfnf, the
big Burns shaft On the Portland mine To-
Gated on Battle mountain, 10 its present
depthi two OF which we're known aud ex-
pected. The third one. however. rs naw
ana altogether unexpected. Ii is auythinp
but unwelcome though. as il has provsS
10 be very large and rich, and from mes
ent appearances VII be one Of The largest
ever opened Up on Battle mountain III
Is the Intention Of the Portland comnarv
70 sink this Immense shaft a distance ~
100 feet II the ore bodies continue for
that depth. -