The sun., 1897-08-16
CRIPPLE CREEKS OUTPUT.
OYER sI,ooO,OoO IN JULY, WIN 4
FALLING OFF IN RICH ORES.


DENVER, Aug. l1.-A train load OF ore goes
daily from the Commodore mines, Creede, and
though the orc runs mostly In silver, it pays
dividends at the ratio OF about $4,000 evory
week. The mlno seems to have an almost mex.
haustible store OF mineral. There are other
promising properties about Crcede. but the capi.
tai Ia not there to push development work.
Tho July output Of Cripple Creek was
over 100000. Tho tonnage OF high.grade
ores showed a falling Off, but that was
made up by an increase OF tho low.grade
ores The railroads hauled total tonnage
OF "a. 400 tons, while the estimated tonnage
by wagon haul was about $500 tons. Tho
greater part OF the output came from the Inde-
pendencc. Portland. Ekton. Moon. Anchor,
victor Anchoris-Leland. Gold Coin. Golden
Cycle, Strong, Orphan Bells, Isabella, vindi.
Gator, and Anaconda, Snd in about the order
named. Tho July output of the Anchoria.
Leland was the heaviest in the life of the mine,
being 775 tons of smelter ore. None OF the low
grade ores is utilized but is piled on the dump
for future use.
very important find OF ore has been made in
the Fanny Rawlings Mine on Breeze Hill in the
Lcadville district and 1t is tho opinion that this
strike is the long-sought northern extension Of
the rich chute OF the Little Jonny Nine The
Rawlings is old mine with record OF $75, 900
in gold. About eighteen months ago company
of Aspen men took hold OF the property and
began extending toward the Little Jonny along
the 265.foot level. At point 1855 feet from the
line the ore chute was discovered. measuring
six to eight feet wide and from two to three feet
thick. Samples show as high seven ounces
gold. n little silver. and some lead.
The greater the development on the Melvina
mine, in the Sunshine district Boulder county,
the more valuable the property becomes. This
is a very old mine which has been worked with.
out capital save its own earning capacity. Sew
eral car loads OF high.grade ore have been
shipped during development work. Recent
work has been in sinking a shaft deeper and
running out to find the rich vein, and the report
has come that body Of remarkably rich syl-
vanitc has been opened. There are several sim
liar mines in the Boulder district that are being
slowly developed. Progress in opening up the
Pine Creek district, eight miles from Central
City, is slow because OF lack Of capital. Depth
must be made. however before the gold values
are found.
Ore shipments from Gilpin county during July
aggregated go carloads.
A pack train daily brings down rich gold ore
from the Camp Bird mine in Imogene basin,
Eve miles above Ouray. The mine is netting
very handsome profit. Five big mines in the
Ourny district are returning dividends to stock
bolders.
A rich strike Of mineral is reported In the
Chicago Belle mine in North Spring gulch. ncar
Idaho Springs. The vein is two feet wide Of
solid mineral, with six feet Of milling dirt along
the foot wall.
The Newmarket mine at Ward has been sold
to Denver and Boston men for $4,000. The
mine carries good smelling ore. besides some
b en- started up at the Ruby mine. where about
athousand tons lie on the dump awaiting treat
mcnt. En- Cnitcd States Senator Tabor whose
financial affairs have about reached the lowest
stage is operating new property in the Ward
has come upon another large body OF high.grade
ore in the 500. foot level. This is the best
developed and deepest mine in the Ward dis
Attention is being directed TO the placer fields
Of Colorado. The recent examination made by
Prof. Arthur Lakes Of the La Plata district has
resulted in the conclusion that the placers there
are certain TO be- ONE very important with
Brcckinridge district still invite experimental
work to find a way to handle the heavy under
process in operation in Clear Creek is offered as
The true method. This means he forcing of the
gravc! UP from the bed-rock by powerful streams
from pipe system
E9e this
pany on the San Miguel river.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Aug. -.-Returns from the Red
Rover mine, near Acton, Los Angeles county,
n
bonanz. Thirty days run of the mill yielded
an average of 81 900 per day. and the indica
Ss h' as richest q the has
one worth 81 900, the result OF the month rum
are now in the vaults OF bank in Los Angeles.
between the 800 and 700 levels. The ledge can
be traced long distance and the company has
locations on il for mile
The total yield Of Butte county mines for ls96
was S74i.3l6. At the Golden Feather the river
has been entirely turned into the canal. and the
q ~ m is w for all ri
r. L. Schumann. who recently bonded the
Stevens mine at San Andreas. Calaveras county
that a test of the ore went $50 TO the ton. He
will sink the shaft 800 feet deeper.
There has been another good strike at Rands-
burg, Kern county; This time it is in the Little
Butte mine. in which has been found at 275 feet
ethree:foot vein OF extremely rich ore. The Lit
tie Butte adjoins the Kinyo2, one of the biE.pay.
ing mines Of the district, and seems to be on the
same vein. After q weeks constant work the
The Merced Company has abandoned the Nal.
vina mine, Mariposa county. The company has
spent large amount OF money on this mine
Psdas g Wss in
near Moores Fiat M Nevada as county "9afH ns
tons of rock recently crushed from the California
per ton. some OF 1t running as high as $45. The
capacity OF the stamp mil! is to be doubled. The
ing ever done in that section. ore recently
taken from the Montana mine Willow Valley,
aasayed WA to the ton. In the 800. foot level
OF the Reward a 9inch ledge Is being stripped
which yields 1928 per ton.
Jacob Yaegar. who has been mining in Ira
euca Canon Orange county. for nearly twenty
years. now has a gold mine there which yields
$50 70 the ton. and in addition n fine white
metal In great quantities which he has just dis
covered to be platinum.
A rich pocket was struck last week in Sacra-
mento county at what WAS known in early days
as Wall Town. From one small painful of dirt
were taken thirty-threo ounces OF gold which
Some very rich ore Is being mined in the Vir.
ginla Dale district San Bernardino county. He
turps from the Summer Queen and Leota mines
IN the Iwenty.nine Palms reRion, run over $iOO
70 the ton. j. l.. Nudge has in his North Star
mine forty-foot shaft which shows ore running
1000 to the ton clear across the vein. Placer
miners IN the same region are doing well. Two
men TOOK out 81 800 In three weeks.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY, Aug. IA carload of dirt
rom Oiinghouse Canon. from the Gill mine, ha,
oeen cleaned at Reno and gave a return OF from
~ to$lO a cubic yard. This is the first cleanup
that has been made In this camp. About thirty
men are doing development work there now
ehd II the dirt continues to pay well as the
shipped.
On tho Cnmatnck n strika haa haan N, do iY