Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-08-04
MINING NOTES.

MINING NOTES.
Caribou camp, Boulder county, is re-
newing It's old record us n producer.
Some half dozen properties are now
shipping thirty to forty tons daily and
others are saving ore and preparing to
ship. The ore is hauled out by wagon
load. The old Caribou mill ut Neder-
land has been refitted and Is running
on ores from the camp.
The Virginia on Spencer Mountain,
in the Eldora mining district of Boul-
der county, is in good ore, and making
preparations for shipment Drifting
has commenced and the output will
reach ten to fifteen tons per day and
increase when the slopes are ready for
work. The property has good steam
plant and is well fixed for steady
work.
A fabulously rich strike is repoI ted
In the Black Copper mine, near Eliza
BEETHOVEN, New Mexico. 1t was made
In the tunnel which tapped the rich
ore body opened up last season. 1t Is
Of the same character and grade and
the greater part Is estimated to run
100000 per ton. 1t has been opened
in two or three places and gives indi-
cations Of being permanent.
The Geyser mine Of Silver Cliff. Gus
ter county, which has the credit of
having the deepest shaft in the state.
made n shipment of thirty tons of It's
high grade ore this week. 1t carhe
from the Slopes on the 2,4OO-foot level
and IL the grade has not been Overes-
timnted the returns should run well in
the thousands. A full force Is work
ing constantly in the deep hole.
The ore shipments from the Alta
mine In San Miguel county have In
creased to 100 tons per month of smelt-
ing ore. with a lot of milling ore stead
lily accommodating on the dump. The
size of the lead is gradually increasing
us it nears the crossing of the Dixie
vein. ut which point considerable new
working ground will be opened. The
working force Is twenty-five men.
The richest ore ever taken out of the
Gold Coin mine, Cripple Creek, Is be-
ing taken from the 400-foot level
which is the greatest depth yet OBJ
tanned In the mine. The ore is n quartz
so full of free gold and sylvanite that
1t assays well up in the thousands of
dollars. They keep up the 100 tons
daily shipment with big improve
mcnt In the average grade of the ore.
A nine-milc spur will be built by the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad fran
the main track up Evans gulch. Lead
vile, with side tracks, and will be
equipped with rolling stock by October
LIST. The object is to connect with I'M
portant mines like the hex and others
along the route and do away with the
delay In shipping by wagon during
the seasons when the dirt roads are in
too bad shape to permit hauling.
The streak of fluorine opened in the
200-foot level of the Specimen mine,
Cripple Creek. is six Inches thick.
shows an average value of $50 per
ton. with picked specimens carrying
from $500 to $500 per ton. An up
raise is being made from the 300-foot
level to catch the chute. which also
shows in the 150-foot level, and with
the same value. A shipment of sack
ed ore worth 1900 and twenty tons
of $40 ore Is ready.
Not much is being said about the
fIahn's Peak district. in which camp
Columbinc Is the leader in amount of
Improvement and development going
on. For several years there has been
large amount of persistent prospect
ing, resulting in the location of num-
Der Of fine lodes. The ore. however.
lies deep and it requires considerable
capital to open up and show what
there is. The Hahn's Peak and Lead
vile company are doing work in way
that will prove of material advantage
to the district.
The lcssces of the Ballard shaft on
Breeze Hill are feeling jubilant over a
recent discovery of mineral. Some
time ago work was commenced on this
property by Messrs. Golob and Turn
bull. The ground adjoining that of the
Penn Mining Company, is well situat-
ed for catching that ore chute, and the
lessees believe that they have the body
of mineral which has proved so rich in
the ncighboring property. Five feet of
good gold ore have been encountered
in drift from the 3G0-foot level and it
Is opening up nicely.-Lcadville Her.
aid Democrat.