Gilpin observer., 1899-12-28
THE GUNN ELL CONSOLIDATED
PROPERTIES.

PROPERTIES.
Among the new mining companies
organized during 1899 is the Gunnell,
which to its former holdings on the old
reliable gold producer the Gunnell,
Grand Army, Pagan and " heeler has
been added $50 feet on the West
Whiting. For several years the Gun
nell pump seaft had been closed down,
the former owners working only in the
Grand Army shaft, which is down LOSS
feet. The pump shaft, east of the
Grand Army shaft on the Gunnell has
attained depth of ], ,l50 feet. Between
the pump shaft and the Grand Army
shaft there is an elevation of between
200 and 300 feet, from which one can
form an idea of the virgin ground un-
touched that could be made available
for STOPPING purposes, were the lower
west levels extended up to and under
the Grand Army shaft workings. The
Gunnell has produced, according to
certified mill and smelter returns fully
S5OO0OO0 since its discovery in 1859.
After Mr.. Frank G. Young, the pres
ident of the new company, tok charge of
the property, there was large amount
of development work to be done, not
only in unwatering the pump shaft and
lower levels, but in replacing the old
Cornish pump with a new one. This
required time and quite an outlay Of
money. This has been accomplished,
the new pump doing its required work,
steadily assisted by the aid of 100
horse power engine. The pump has a
capacity of 100 gallons per minute. So
easy does the pump do its work that
only eight out OF the 81 hours is it run,
which is sufficient to keep the mine free
of water.
But two gold shipments have been
made to the Denver branch mint since
work has been resumed, the output for
November exceeding that o: October.
The gold came from what mining men
term clean up of old workings that had
caved in. The output for December,
which will not be made up until Janu-
ary of the incoming year, will be in ex-
cess of the October and November.
Both the pump and Grand Army
shafts have large, commodious stone
shaft houses, enclosing powerful hoist
ing plants, as well as that on the West
WeiIing. Everything is conveniently
arranged for handling waste rock, and
loading into the cars of the Gilpin
Tramway company, with which enter
prise the mines are connected. The
same can be said VT the handling of the
ore in the mine after it is broken, it
being arranged as nearly as possible on
the gravity system, thereby avoiding
shoveiiDg 1t over and over again.
With the appliances at hand and in
use for economical breaking OF the ore,
raising it to the surface and transport
ing it to the stamp mills, of which the
company have three. two OF 40 stamps
and one of 33, all OF them being pro-
,,;I ,,,;t han ,,h,.h
as motors during the water season, and
steam when the water supply slackens.
The OBSERVER is safe in predicting
that before another summer passes by
the property will again come to the
front with it's former output OF from
l 400 to 1900 ounces gold per month, be-
sides its former large output OF smelling
iron and stamp mill concentrates every
month.
The president, Mr.. Frank G. Young,
is the general manager Of the property,
and is ably assisted by Mr.. Joseph
Ncidemier as underground foreman ut
the mines, and Mr.. Theodore Nelson as
foreman OF the stamp mills.
SARATOGA MINE.
This company have had poor year
owing to development work that was GO
ing on in that heretofore productive
property. The output was but 1900 tons
OF ore. No sinking WAS done at all. The
average number Of men employed was 30.
In that portion Of Russell district and
southwest OF the Saratoga is the 2:i0
mine property OF William Job, Walter
Flagler and Fred Belcher. The owners
are all practical miners, doing their own
work for the most part. The develop
ments have been rather light but the
output Of ore, while not as large as pre-
vious years has paid them Il handsome
dividend for their work. 90 $50
Over in South Willis gulch southeast
OF the 2:iO, Louis Barnabi and u party
Of Austrians and Italians all residents OF
Russell Gulch, have taken out quite u
tonnage OF ore from the Kokomo east OF
the Searle and upon the same vein. The
ore was Of a very low grade. West on
the Searle and Frontenac tributers are
working, but no figures Of reliable
character could be elected from the par
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