Gilpin observer., 1899-10-19

| tauslc mass, peculiar licken or fungus
which has never before been the subject
OF chemical investigation. A singular
circumstance is the fact as stated by
Olan that the acid, while softening steel
has no effect upon iron.
Mr.. j. H. White, of Chicago, who is
interested in the opening up of the Free
dom mine On the easterlv portion oil
Winnebago hill, this city, was here last
Friday. In company with Stephen
Hoskns, the manager, he went through
the property, the result of his examina.
tion of both the underground workings
and the surface Improvements being
highly satisfactory to him.
w. Fl. Knowles, who is looking after
the Crown Point-Virginia mine at the
head of Virginia canon in Virgsnia dis
trict, Clear Creek county, is getting
along very we'll in unwatering the main
shaft and its workings. 1t is understood
that two comparatively new 80-horse
power boilers will be removed from the
Pewabic mine in Russell district to the
former. The latter mine is only short
distance from the former.
Governor Thomas has appointed w. S.
Stratton, j. R. Mckinney, of Cripple
Creek, John r. Curley and Frank E.
Vaughan, of Leadville, as representatives
to represent Colorado at the approach
ing mining convention at San Fran
cisco, California. Among others that
were appointed were John F. Campion
aud James. Burns, who resigned.
H. Milford Steele, treasurer of the
Travis Gulch Gold Mining company,
operating the group Of mines in South
Boulder district, north of Perigo, has re-
turned to his home in New York city.
He left we'll satisfied with what he saw
in Gilpin county.
Saturdays Eldora Miner says that for
some time past Charles Peterson has
been engaged in fixing up the fume and
putting things in shape at the old Tucker
o-stamp mill, just east of that town, with
the result that this week has found the
mill running. The best information OBJ
tainable is that the parties who have
taken it would give the proposition a
thorough trial, and, if satisfactory re-
suits could be obtained, the plant will be
operated this winter. Ore has been
coming across the line in Gilpin county
The Fourth of July mine on the Mid
die Boulder, operated by the Newport
Mining and Manufacturing company, of
which Judge Stone, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
was the manager, is again TO be worked
this time by Rev. johnson, of Colo
RADIO Springs. Way back in the seventies
the supplies for the mine were sent ih
from this city and Black Hawk. A new
wagon road has been built from Edora
to the mine, giving the mine an outlet to
Boulder.
If the demand and use for copper in
creases in the same ratio during the
next ten years as it bas in the past ten,
the present production will have to be
doubled to meet the demand.
The Schultz Wonder mine is showing
up better at the present than at any
previous time in its history. Mr. Schultz
has driven it distance of 465 feet. In
the breast there is ore that contains val
ues of 800 per ton. Alongside this min
eral a fair sized body OF ore has been
opened up assaying from So to $40 per
ton. The property is in Vermillion dis
trict, not far from the southerly line OF
Pine district.
The Cook Gold Mining company have
erected temporary blacksmith shop n,
the adt entrance Of the old Smith tS
Parmalee, ON the north side OF Gregory
gulch.
Oa November ., two weeks from to-
day, "A special meeling of the Quartz Hill
Tunnel and Mining company will be held
mt the Office OF the company in this city,
at which action will be taken in regard
to the redemption of the company and
TO transact other business in regard to
the affairs OF that enterprise
Miners have been engaged in fixing Up
the Quartz Hill tunnel for several weeks
for an output OF ore from the Roderck
Dhu mine, which is being operated by
Denver parties. The ore taken from
that vein will be trammcd through the
tunnel to surface.
In sinking the main shaft on the
Amcricus mine, on the mort herly slope OF
Bobtail hill, two streaks Of mineral are
being passed through, indicating that Il
good chute Of ore will be sunk through
a. G. Newton ct al. have received U. s.
mineral patent for their group Of mines
in Pine district, which has been filed for
record with the county clark and re-.