Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-10-08
MINING NOTES.

Several important sales of mining
property are reported from Gilpir
county.
The Elkton. at Cripple Greek. pro.
duced 800, 1906 in August, of which
$25, 759 was profit.
The freshman class of the Colorado
School of Mines this year is the largest
ever entered. 1t numbers nearly 100.
The Smuggler Mining Company, al
Aspen. has begun work on new con
centrating mill. the process to be used
being the invention of Mr.. 5. |. HaEet
manager of the mine.
Captain w. C. Davidson announce,
that the La Plata Gold mining and De
velopment Company of Pittsburg will
soon resume work on its group of gold
copper properties on Lightner creek
twelve miles from Durango.
Lots of ore is coming from the Bot
Tail tunnel at Central City. which
keeps the teamsters busy hauling al
tlut point Several properties are be
ing worked through this tunnel, the
operators of which pay a royalty tc
the Gregory Bobtail parties.
1t is said that a discovery has just
been made in the lower workings of
the Della s., some 1000 feet below The
OutcrOp \ large body of copper
glance ore. associated with a small pei
cent. of lead. has been disclosed. AS.
SAYS taken from this body returned 2TC
ounces silver and seventy per cent. cop
per.
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American Nettie is in richer ore than
ever and recently shipped car of gold
which exceeded in value the famou.
car sent out by express from the o. &
y. tunnel. The Bachelor has struck
rich veins recently and is making
heavy shipments daily. The Wedge
is in fine pay and the force will be In.
creased to 100 men this winter.
Since drifting on the lodes of the bia
NewhOuse tunnel, Clear Creek began
it is rumored that three immense
bodies of smelling ore have been en-.
countered and that where crosscut by
the tunnel the streaks were small Su.
perintendent Henahen declines to fur.
nish information as 10 value of the
Streaks being drifted on, but it can be
stated as a fact that the shOwingS are
much better than had been expected.
With lead at 81 per 100 pounds, or $50
per ton. and the apparent rise in the
price of silver it has created a stimulus
in upper Clear Greek for mines that
starry a good per cent. in lead. of which
there are quite a number in and around
GEORGETOWN and Silver Plume several
of which are now being developed and
producing largely, and many that are
only partially developed. The manager
of a properly at Silver Plume makes
the statement that with the recent adj
vance in the price of lead and silver it
makes a difference in his receipts of
about 5000 per month.
DIR. Henry Paul has recently driven
crOsScut tunnel of 100 feet to reach
the Bourbon mine in Osborn gulch,
Clear Creek county. 1t has a showing
of eighteen inches of smelling ore and
along with it comes gangue matter that
will doubtless pay to treat by cOncen-
tration. Drifting will be carried
on TO the right and into the mountain.
Great depth will be obtained as drift
ing continues and the lode will be fol-
lowed for probably LOCO feet. cross
cutting many other veins in the same
locality. II is opening an unprospected
ridge in the older section of the district.
which could not be opened frcya sur
face because of the deep slide.