Gilpin observer., 1899-06-29
THE saIELTEK sITUATION
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Hughes & Wheeler at the head of
Spring gulch, known in the early days
as the Asbury lode, will resume work
again.
Walter B. Wilson, former resident Of
Central City, now manager Of the Elkton
and Ell Paso mines, at Cripple Creek, is
on visit to London.
E. T. Dalton has been appointed su-
perintendent of the Ridgwood Gold Min
ing company, who own and will operate
the Rialto mine in this city.
Whatever may be the terms of the
settlement OF the smelter troubles, the
people must take such steps as will
render the smelter trust harmless.
A sheriffs deed has been filed for
record conveying to E. NJ. Rogers, the
property of the Cuba Gold Mining COM
pany, which consists of the Aurora mine
in Illinois Central district.
Whitman Cross, OF the United States
Geological Survey, who wrote the most
exhaustive discussion OF the geology Of
the Cripple Creek district, was a guest
at the Brown, in Denver, last Saturday.
The Boulder Herald says that there is
no difficulty between the smelters and
employees, nor between the mines and
mine-owners in Boulder county. All
their difficulties were settled some time
ago.
j. r. Quigley g. Co., contractors of this
city, have commenced the erection of a
new shaft building on the Clark Gard
ner mine, on Quartz hill, which is to be
24x56. 1t will enclose the plant of ma
chinery received from Hendre & Bolt.
hotf, in Denver, last week.
The smelter at Tacoma, Washington,
has refused to enter the big smelter trust
and is preparing instead, to double it's
present capacity, Of 100 tons daily. With
the proposed improvements it will be
able to handle $50 tons, making it the
second largest in the country.
John Sublete, of Perigo, who has been
running the Daisy 10 slow drop stamp
mill in the head Of Gambel gulch, came
in Monday morning. John is one Of the
old.time prospectors, mining and mill
men Of Independent district. He trans
acted business at the county seat. He
returned in the evening.
Twenty men are employed by the Poe
tolus Placer Mining company, on North
Beaver, northeast OF this city. The
giants used are removing 1900 yards per
day. 1t is claimed that late clean. up
OF few boxes showed an average OF so
to 90 cents per cubic yard OF dirt run
through the sluices.
Vallero, Rapin & Co. made shipment
OF stamp mill ore to one OF the Black
Hawk custom stamp mills, last week.
This week they made shipment Of
smelling ore from their Golden Wedge
property in Lake district, to the State
Ore Sampling works. They will receive
the returns from the latter, us also their
stamp mill returns.
Prof. G. T.. Lindermnn, OF the Stewart
mine. Hawkeye district, came in Satur.
day to attend to business matters. He
has had tedious time in cleaning out
the old workings of the main shaft on
the Stewart, it being filled up with tim.
bers, rock, snow and leo. He returned
to the mine in the evening.
The Pueblo Opinion in speaking OF
the smelter situation in that plucc, says
that 1t begins to look as though the
smelter men who went out on the 18th
inst. are sorry that they listened to the
talk OF outsiders, and the Opinion knows
that nearly all the American employees
regret that the foreigners forced the
closing down OF two OF Pueblo's big