Gilpin observer., 1899-04-06
The Observer Mi3i19 Departments.

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ing wha. is lsaowa as the Hartsfe!d fur.
naces, have reorganized, Messrs. III
Meinhood and r. Friedman having se,
cured full control OF the works, and are
now free from the baleful influence ,of
Hartsfield. They made many changesir
the furnaces, and now all ores submitted
to them for treatment are carefully ex-
amined 10 ascertain if they are Of such d
character MS to be adapted to that mode
of treatment. They propose doing an
honest and legitimate business. =
The Golden Transcript of last Thurs.
day says that Henry Golightly, with a
force of men, has been pr specting for
coal west of the Old White Ash mine
workings. They are now down 1l6 feet,
and have started to drift. "Hen" is con
tident that they are directly over large
vein, but the condition of the shaft is
such that he considers it dangerous to
so any deeper. They will sink another
shaft lower down ii the drifting does
not provide any results.
The GiIpin and Cripple Creek Gold
Mining company took up its option last
Friday on the Atlanta and Roanoke
claims at Cripple Creek. The bond price
was $4,000. The company have already
spent $4,000 on the property, and have
made one payment of s12,5o0 of the pur
chase money, leaving 637 800 remaining
unpaid. The same company are in
terested in mines in this county, one of
which is the Montgomery at Black
Hawk.
Mr.. Schultz, of the Schultz Wonder
mine, in Vermillion district, was attend
ing to business matters here last Satur-
day, coming in ut an early hour and re-
turning on the stage. He is continuing
development work OF his property with
very satisfactory results. AS the ore is
taken out it is piled up at the mouth of
the tunnel for the present. He talks of
erecting works for its treatment at some
point near the mine.
Philip Bowman, of Caribou, was in q
few day ago, and exhibited number OF
pieces of ore from the Boulder mine
which showed quantities of native silver.
Two OF the pieces OF ore were literally
bespangled with wires of native silver.
Phil recently visited the Blue Bird mine
on the headwaters of the North Boulder,
work upon which was recently resumed.
This mine is also being put in shape for
steady producer.
News comes from Caribou, Grand
Island district, Boulder county, that
Matt Jelinkes, former underground fore
man of the Cook Gold Mining compapys
property, and his associate, Mr.. Stewart,
have put on another shift of miners in
driving their ttfhnel enterprise. The
OBSERVER trusts that their fondest hopes
and expectations will be fully realized in
their mining venture.
The supreme court of Indiana has
handed down decision as follows:
Where an employe, with the knowledge
of the dangerous condition of machine
which he is operating, continues to use
it, relying on the promise of an employer
that it will be repaired as soon ns the
job is completed, the employe is re-
lieved from an assumption OF the risk
during such an interval.
Everything in the way of material that
goes into the construction OF mining ma
chinery shows general advance in
price. Iron and steel especially show n
sharp rise in prices. So far there has
been no advance in prices OF manu-
factured articles, though it is manifest
in the face of increased cost in all that
goes to make up the finished product, It
must advance too. y.
Almond T. Thompson, superintendent
OF the Cook County mine, in Chase
gulch, last week shipped an 100 ton lot
OF concentrating ore to the Denver
smelters from the Rocky Mountain con.
centration works in Black Hawk. He
has not yet seceived the returns from
the smelters.
+ William Couch, in charge OF the un.
derground workings at the Virginia
mine, in Chase eulch, short time ago
put on an additional shift Of miners In
sinking the main shaft, which IL being
continued night and day. The mins ID
being worked for Chicago parties by b
j. Smith.