Gilpin observer., 1899-07-20

land Milling company at Nederland
having just completed his first test, saw.
ing all of the gold in their ore, notwith.
standing the ore carries considerable
lead. Mr.. Pierce has several patents
which reduces placer mining to a mill.
ing proposition, saving the fine gold that
has heretofore been lost by the rifles
filling with black sand. By his system
the sands and gold are separated from
the rock in the flume, and is passed
through rifles where the gold is amalga-
mated. In his rifles the sand is thrown
into the water and is not allowed to
settle in the lower rifles, and the gold
is amalgamated on the rifles and caught
in the quicksilver therein.
A Yankee correspondent OF the Den
yer News says that in the Lombard
lower tunnel, just east of Gleason eulcb,
owned by DR.. A. Ashbaugh, OF Central
City, has made the biggest strike of the
richest ore found in these parts for many
years. The vein proper in which the ore
was opened is thirty inches wide, OF solid
galena and pyrites, which runs more
than FOO per ton gold and 80 per cent
lead. The oxide from the side OF the
vein was panned, and more than $50 was
obtained in less than three hours work
in free gold. Since then over $500 in
gold has been panned from the ore or
the oxide which has been scraped from
the wall and ore. This rich strike was
made 21O feet below the surface.
The east end of the building enclosing
the Rocky Mountain Concentration
works, in Black Hawk, has been torn
out and the new building which is to en-
close the % slow drop stamps that will
be added to the works is about com
pleted. The stamps are to be $50 pounds
in weight and the mortars weigh 1900
pounds. With the other added improve
ments there will not be as large an
amount of ore shipped by wagon and
rail to Idaho Springs as formerly. 1t is
the intention Of Mr.. Collins, the general
manager, to make these works the most
complete OF any in northern Colorado.
John F. ORourke, Of New York city,
has obtained patent for a dumping
bucket consisting Of the body of a bucket
and door forming the body thereof, OF
ball movable with respect to the body,
a loose connection between the ball and
the door whereby the ball in its upper
portion supports the bucket through
connection with the door, and means to
connect with the ball directly to the
body, whereby the ball in it's lower posi-
ton supports the body directly and
leaves the door free.
Mr.. P. McCann informs The OBSERVER
that the output for June from the Kan
sas- Burroughs Consolidated Mining
company was 455 cars instead Of AT cars
as previously reported in these columns,
some OF the ore sent away from the Kan
sas mine not having been reported in
the former statement. This increases
the total output for that month from
1928 tons to 1913 tons. We make the
correction in justice to the manager of
the property.
"There is going to be surprise sprung
on Gilpin county mining before long"
observed mining man Of the city Satur-
day evening at the Teller house.
"There will be opened up within eight
miles OF Central City within the next
two months vein carrying high per-
centage Of tellurium in the ore." The
OBSERVER hopes the prediction will
prove true. 1t will be pleased to chroni
Gle the verification OF it.
In the land contest Of w. w. Hulings
va. The Townsite Of Ward, Boulder
county, at Washington, the secretary Of
the interior affirmed the lasd ONCE dc.
cision in 30 far as it directed the rejsc-
tion Of Hulings' protest against allowing
the townsite application. The commits
sioner is directed. however, to exclude
from tho townsite patent all tracts up.
piled for by it but patented to other
parties.
The Denver mint reports the highest
grade retort ever received as coming
the Tenderioot mine, In the East Maucos
district, Montezuma county. It weighed
105.39 ounces. was .966 fine, worth
s2,095.3l, or sl9.Ss per ounce. Another
retort from the North Star mill weighed
1885 ounces, and was worth s2,e74.se
or triflc more than 1881 per ounce.
Superintendent James v. Thompson
OF the North Downs mine on Swede hill
Black Hawk, is sinking the main shaft
an additional 200 feet. The former
parties having the CONTRACT for sinking
threw 1t up Saturday evening. Last
Monday new contractors went into the
shaft, which is being continued on dowr