Gilpin observer., 1899-08-03
NEWS AND NOTES,

L. E. P. Weeks has received and filed
for record patent to the mineral survey
Of the High Grade lode on Gunnell hill,
south Of the Whiting vein.
Walter McQueary, it is reported, has
discovered bar on his ranch in Middle
park that prospects about 35 cents per
yard in gold with about twelve feet of
pay gravel.
J. R. Quigley g. Co. are erecting an ad-
dition 3Ox24 to the shaft house on the
O'Nell mine on Gregory mountain, south
OF the Gregory lode, which will enclose
an air compressor and an S0-horse power
boiler. Air drills are to be used in con-
tinuing further development work on
that property.
The west end of the Barker lode on
Quartz hill, north of the Kent County,
which was recently leased to local pool
of Nevadavilleites, Is being worked in a
practical businesslike manner. The
showing is very favorable for the pool
opening up good body Of ore.
The new building to replace the one
destroyed by FIRE on the Theodore mine,
Illinois Central district, is about COM
pleted. The holster. which has been re.
paired at the Black Hawk foundry, has
been taken to the mine. Development
work will soon be prosecuted the same
as formerly.
Peter Collie is kept pretty busy in
getting the steam plant recently removed
to the Enterprise Mining company's
Sunshine mine on Prosser mountain,
Eureka district, in readiness to start
it up.
Mr.. Coyle, Of Nevadaville, who still re-
talns mining interests in Fairfield dis
trict, near the Hard Money mine, intends
opening up the properties in which he is
interested in that locality.
A syndicate of eastern capitalists.
headed by Col. James OF the r. G. Dun
Commercial agency, is preparing to drive
tunnel from a point below North
Boulder Falls, under Caribou hill, cut.
| ting the big veins Of Grand Island dis.
trict at depth Of 800 feet.
The Philadelphia smelter at Pueblo
has about $4,000 tons OF ore on hand and
is curtailing shipments from the mines.
There has been some delay in pushing
improvements and engagements at the
plant, but the work will be done this
year, 30 that the present capacity will
have been doubled by January l. 1900,
making it $1,000 tons per month.
George Williams, superintendent OF
the Pedersan l5-stamp mill at Gilpin,
spent Saturday in tho city. He informed
The OBSERVER that the mill is kept
busy crushing ore from the Gold Dirt
lode, which is leased to Mayor John G.
Jenkins and James E. Lightbourn, OF
this city. He returned to the mill Sun.
day morning.
A force Of nearly forty men are now
employed by the Elk Park mining and
Milling company, west Of Apex. Enough
ore is being taken out to keep ten stamps
running steadily day and night, an
average OF 30 tons qeing treated every "a
hours. Mr.. Hathaway, the manager has
recently put in Cammett concentrat.
ing table and anticipates putting In two
Gilt Edge Gilpin County humping
tables which have been ordered OF
McFarane & Co., the manufacturers, Ia
Black Hawk.
Mr.. John Sparks, who recently formed
a pool to work the Jones mine, in Nevada
district, south Of the Hubert and Shat,
lodes, property OF the Vendolne Mining
and Milling company, is getting things
in shape for furthcr.developing that well
known mine through the west deer
shaft. A new shaft building will be
erected and other surface Improvement
added to better facilitate opening up th,
property on an extended scale.
Professor Linderman will start up tn,
20 stamp mill at Wide Awake the 18th