The silver lance., 1899-09-01
nENTION OF THE MINES.
~nss tine Weeks Work Has Developed In the
Properties Of theDs,trict.

FRANK Dempke has assessment work
on the Marion group under way. having
taken his supplies to the tunnel and
ntted up his blacksmith shop ready for
active operations.
James Magee is having some good ore
taken from the Silver Chief and other of
his properties. He has had mill run on
ore from this claim which gave him en-
couragement in the belief that 1t bears
promise OF making mine.
George W. Nyce, Deputy United States
Mineral Surveyor, and T. O'Bryan, attor-
ney for the owners, made patent survey
on the King Solomon, "A claim located on
Mineral Point. 1t is the property of
W. G. Edwards, the well known Denver
lawyer, and his partners.
The Hard Cash group on Galena
Mountain is developed so that twenty.
four men could be placed to work ad-
vantageously on ore at any time. The
Denver men who are behind the enter
prise are expected to arrive during this
week to look the property over, when
work will most likely be started taking
out ore.
-Four men are working on the Far 90 of
the Black Queen group. 1t is understood
they are working on ore to make an i'm
mediate shipment of a car load OF its
copper-lead ore. Henry E. Wood, the
weli-known Denver assayer, stated that
the Black Queen product is the best
concentrating silver ore in the state, to
his knowledge.
Five men are working on the Hercules
and Ajax properties, for Messrs Magee
and the Attix company. Sinking on ore
has been commenced at point In the
Hercules tunnel, and work is also being
done in exploiting the ore above the
tunnel level. A mill-run was made on
some of the ore last week and it was
found to be good concentrating pro-
duct.
The Philadelphia, on Galena Mountain
is being opened by tunnel which will
disclose the vein at great depth below
the surface work by which it was pros
pected, and in which good values have
been found. The tunnel is now in forty
feet and the prospect is favorable to
striking ore in paying quantities at no
great distance. The depth gained by the
tunnel is considerable more than 100
feet below the surface workings.
Thos. Nichols is experimenting the
opening of the Denver City, on Sheep
Mountain, opposite the Mammoth Cave.
Mr.. Nichols has held this property in
whole or in part for the past eighteen
years and has always been cofident of its
values. Work is being prosecuted in an
open cut and the property will be devel-
oped by tunnel. Some good copper ore
is being taken out which will be shipped
for treatment r. J. Walter and Frank
Kratzer are partners in the prospect.
Orren Allen has made proposition to
the owners Of properties at Snow Mass to
put in concentrating plant adapted to
the treatment OF the mill-dirt Of the cop
per prospects Of that section. His offer
is in substance as follows:-If the owners
will meet on common ground, determine
upon the tonnage each can guarantee,
and he will take ton or more from each
property, pay all expenses OF transporta-
ton and a thorough test to find what
process is best suited to the ore, and will
build a mill of sufficient capacity to han
die the product guaranteed. He asks no
bonus or cash guarantee whatever and it
seems a proposition which the interested
parties should consider.
There is great deal being written OF
zinc ore, IN the dailies and local mining
camp papers besides the technical jour
nails, and so it is with more or less authen-
tic information the miners OF Colorado
are becoming informed. The zinc smeit-
ers are apparently somewhat independent
Of the individual producers, though the
Missouri and Kansas Miners Association
have been able to dictate terms for their
members. Some of the properties about
Crystal having great quantities OF zlDc
have been thought OF as revenue earners
through marketing the vast amount OF
spelter product which has been thrown
over the dump. One Of these owners
states that be can ship to Swansea. Wales
and realize more than at the American
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