The Republican journal., 1897-09-09
Will Unwater the Bassick.
Receiver J. L. Montgomery Makes Report On
the Famous Mine. tan Raise the Needed Money
by the ale of TalingS on the Dump.

Allen of the District court of Arapahoe
county, having made an examination of
the property has filed his first report
showing the condition of the mine with
an inventory of all buildings, machinery,
tools and equipment found at Querida
near Silver Cliff, Custer county, and a
statement OF necessary expenses already
entailed
The receiver also asks for Immediate
permission to issue receivers certificates
to the amount of 50, 600 to meet current
expenses, including the sum of $3.50 Dor
Towed to begin his examinations. his sal
AIRY as receiver, office rent. stenoerapher
and advisory attorneys fees. He also
thihks that two watchmen at a salary of
so a month each should be appointed
and that the buildings on the ground
should be insured.
In a third document Receiver Mont
somery lecites at length the present con-
dtlon OF the property, both on the s1,r-
lace and IN the mine, and petitions the
court TO permit him to go ahead and put
me mlhe III condition for operation 1t
appears that great dump of tajlinos
lett by the mill in the early wears of +ho
mime operations possess a present yalue
and the receiver believes that from that
old dump he can obtain all the money
necessary to unwater the mine and put
II III successful operation. In this paner
hled with his report, the receiver netl-
uuhs LOT a proper order AUTHORIZING him
10 sell the tdllings. Then if the condi-
uons warrant the receiver would like ro
operate the mine and extract ores tbaro
from
y HISTORIC NINE,
10 all old-timels, the history of the
ulscoNefy, operation and years of litioa.
ton over the Bassicll mine and the some
what remarkable career of it's origins1
dlscoFerer is an old story. T. c. BasSick
an experienced prospector, tumbled unon
the property, and it developed into won
def1ully rich mine. 1t was chimney of
ore apparently of volcanic formation
reaching down almost vertically to an I'm,
known depth and the silver values ware
exceedingly rich, growing richer with
ueplH. Alter years of operation came
Hllgauon arising out of quarrels between
owners, and the mine was closed down
basslck went to Bridgeport. Conn and
III une he became prosperous grower of
roses: Inc property was sold for taxaS
anu Aad almost passed from its ORIGINAL
owner "hen final decision in the biohar
courts last spung revived title. and pas
SICK hastened to Colorado to tai nossaS
SION 1t was then that a new corrse ~
llllSatlon began in the District CONT ana
D. - montgomery of this city WAS named
receiver pending the settlement of the
new legal controversy, which bears tl,e
ute OF Alex. Barclay ct al vs. Ian,ns
Staples ct al. Vs. ''iieS
nen i'ecelVer Montgomery was an
pointed he found Il deserted m;na ~
S{uelI,ta and treasury without = cent
ne obtained y. Is. Seaman as adviso,v
counsel without an advanced retainer.
lualiled by bond. borrowing 500 and
Plocee4ed to investigate the proper1v he
was asked to preserve while the col1rts
H"Alle d the legal case. He tool, alone
mining engineer and besides mal1ino an
inventory and deciding how to preserve
llt surface property, lie made an exani-
h@tIon as best he could, by conversations
WIN l"llnel miners ON the prope,tv and
ny personal lnsl eCtion of the Situation
underground II
me inventory which Receiver Mont
soHeIy Med Ieeites briefly the names of
tne 4oHeS and the style OF bnildings and
sinus OF property found thereon. The
b"SS'ek NINE includes the Maine lode and
ano NM site, the Triangle spring. Cieor-
ga frank and Nehema lodes and fine
Ao}houI mil site. On the Maine is a new
sH@ll mouse I3Ux10 feet, with Corliss
engine OF G4O horse power There are
otAef sAaft houses buildings. machinery
anu Junk amounting TO a great ORIGINAL
cost ana as the receiver remarks ahnp+
"l thal Is necessary to use were the mine
III actual operation.
mere are two deep shafts upon the
property. One called the sold sbaf,'' is
suhh 10 depth of some 400 feet from
ne surface or some /. 200 feet from what
Is known as the tunnel level. which level
was started from the breast of the tunnel
u-lNen from near the valley OF what is
known as Bassick hill, and the tunnel
cohlects with large shaft house. and
we u, mn Is located at the foot of the hin
nc tuAuel connects with the old shaft AT
"o0ut '3u 1eet distance from the mouth.
All lAe ore taken from the mine went ont
al the Old shaft where levels were RIM off
at every 100 feet
Inc vein consisted of a circular-Iize
opening, going into the earth at a slipht
dlp, which necessitated its being connect
ed with the shaft by means of cross-cuts
through the rock. The method which
has been adopted in working the mine
was to run cross cut every 100 feet from
the shaft to the vein. and then the ore
was worked out in the shape of elliptical
OF semi round openings, all being stoned
out and timbered up
ENORMOUSLY RICH ORE.
The bulk of the ore has been taken out
OF all the levels from the l, 1OO-foot level
up, and when the mine was closed down
IL 1883 the twelfth level had been extend
ed through this ore chute or zone and had
opened up an enormously rich ore body.
which is believed by old miners who
worked upon the property to be the best
cody of ore that had ever been disclosed
10 the history of the NINE
When the mine closed in June 1889 if
began to I'LL with water and is now near
ly up to tie tunnel level
During the time the mine was operated
1T IS estimated that ore to the value of
81, 900, 600 was extracted and that divi
dends and profits amounting to 5000, 900
We're paid out. The Bassick Mining
COmD9OV from Daoop,bar 1870