The Delta independent., 1899-10-20
ACTIVITY AT LEApv,LLE.

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At nc time in the history Of the Lead
Vile district has there been as much
new and important mining work under
way a. At the present time, says the
corespondent OF the Denver Republi-
can At no time in the past fifteen
Year, has there been as much activity
In the camp as now from one end to
the other. New producers are being
added steadily. and new projects are
being put under way almost daily.
Fryer hill. Carbonate hill, Iron hill.
Rock hill and the down town sections.
which only a short time age were bare
ly heard from, are now being operated
actively. Mines thar have been idle
for years In many instances are resum-
ing work. New capital is coming in
and mining propositions that have any
encouraging features about them are
quickly snapped up.
The down town section has recuper-
afed most wonderfully during the past
ninety days. II was a year ago to-
norrow that the big pumps in the
down town district Were started up.
At that time this vast territory was
flooded with water and 80 per cent
Of the people of the camp were Of the
opinion that they would never be
drained. To-day nearly all the big
mines In the down town district are
being operated. while arrangements are
fast being completed for the starting
up Of several important new PROPOSE
tions in this same territory.
The work already accomplished In
the down town district has proven that
great and rich ore bodies underlie this
area Of minernlixe,i ground. The Pen
rose. the Starr and several other OF
the down town mines have since their
resumption Of operations opened up
new and wonderful ore bodies.
The Home Mining Company's stock
is being sought for. and 1915 is now
being offered for il. Fifty thousand
shares OF this stock was issued lit
tie over a year ago TO start up this inn
portant down town pumping PROPOSE
tion. There were few people In the
company at that time who. would not
have taken 80 cents on the dollar for
their stock. \ little OF II changed
hands last week at g and <3-25. while.
as above stated. II Is now being sought
after at 1915. This advance is due to
the rich discoveries made In the com
pany's workings. This In but an In
stance to show how important this ter
ritory that II again being so success
fully operated has become. The Mi
das. the VI. A. W.. the Nubian and sew
eral other propositions are among the
big enterprises that are being pushed
ahead rapidly and promise again to de-
velop into large paying mines.
Going up on Iron hill. there In re-
newed activity among all tbe Old prop
oaitions. The A. Y. and Minnie and
the Iron rhine combination the former
operated by lessees and the latter by
the company. are producing an I'm
menne tonnage. The Iron Mining Com
pauy. In addition to shipping 20O tons
OF ore Q day. will. within the next mr.
teen days. start up the biggest milling
proposition ever innugurated In the
camp. They are putting in place four
teet Wiley tables and will handle 100
tons OF concentrates q day.
On Rock hill the Nil Despernndum
n again being started up. after an idle
neHs Of three years. and II going down
after the deep ore shoots Of that terri
tory. In this same locality the Reve-
nue Mining Company IL putting down
two deep new shafts. while the Nisi
Prius Leasing company and other hes
aeee are operating through their old
workings and shipping good tonnage.
In the Graham Park section the rail-
rnads have now reached the big pro-
ducers. The Mahala. the Nah. the X.
A. N. and other heavy outputters Of
that locality will largely increase their
tonnage. now being able to ship by rail.
The Greenback. which recently put Its
new depe shaft into contact. will be the
next big producer In that locality.
Along the gold belt. especially Breeze
hill and Big Evans gulch. general ac-
tivity II noticeable on every side. \
number Of new deep shafts are being
put down. The Diamond Rec. the
Board Of Trade. a new, shaft by the
Resurrection. the new shaft on the
Winnie and q number Of Others are
among the large new enterprises OF
that section, while the old producers
are daily increasing their production.
TIE Yak people are rushing their big
tunrel into Breeze hill and are In near
" S.nD feet. The Ballard people have
finished developing and are again ship
ping The Big Six property has been
sub-leased to Aspen people. who are
preparing to open it up on an extensive
scale.
The owners Of the Fanny Rawlings
have again taken possession Of their
property from the lcs~ses and are
placing e1OOO plant Of machinery
In position preparatory to sinking
their shaft no feet deeper and opening
up the rich lower contactr which have
already been located.
The great Ibex company In shipping
srom M to 100 tons Of ore per day.
while the Resurrection and other gold
belt protlucer~ are steadily Increasing
theil production.
Tn. summary above gives only some
4 tn. leading propositions Of the camp.
whil.. there are other large euterprises
which are actively being devesops,-
and III ce which. Including the start
ing N Of two new suelters the laftef
part of this month m this camp. gives
the district q nscet rosy outlook and
warrants the prediction that 11eadville
will see q few Of the bu~ie~t years that
have ever been chroniclcd In ITS his