The silver lance., 1899-08-25
nENrlON OF THE MINES.
Hss WAsk's Werk Has Dsvslspsd 4, ths
frepsstiss II thsD,stsics.

Thefamcas Black Queen mine n virtu.
ally sold. under contract which win
terminate September 9th, to Warner
Miller Ut New York. and Henry p. Bar
bour. OF Denver. Warner Miller il thu
secretary Of the paper trust and ono Of
the organizers Of tho Nicaragua Canal
Company, and former United States Sen.
ator from the Empire State. Mr.. Barbour
is an extensive mining operator.
Inc above paragraph contains a whole
soiume OF good news for people interest
90 In tho Development OF Crystal mines.
The new owners are heavy operators and
will work the property on scale which
sih place ii among the big ones and
vlll have great influence in attract
ing other investors to the district.
The sale includes four claims. the
Black Queen. Fargo. Legacy and Last
Chance. The three first named are pat
ented. The Last Chance il held by
location. All are very desirable claims
aud will be among the biggest Of Coiora-,
DOS producers. when properly opened ND.
1t is understood the plans Of the new
management embrace equipping the NINE
with modern machinery for the economic
production and handling OF the product
A large concentrating mill is to be built,
mine and mil connected by a tram way,
new power plant fer the working of the
mine, and Of such capacity as will supply
sufficient power to work at great depth
There is vast amount Of low grade ore
in this mine in addition to the great ore
bodies Of high grade silver for which it is
famous. -.
"A. Acvey .etsd for the Crystal River
Mining Company in the sale of the mine.
Orrin Allen was the agent in the SALE
and Mr.. Barbour attended to the details
for the purchasers. Nsssrs. Miller and
Barbour visited the mine few weeks
ago after which the transaction was
terminated in Denvef.
According to plans work will be under
way this week taking ont ore Cor ship
uaent to the snaelters. Work to be- done
for the new owners will be under. the
local supe1ntendency Of Orrin Allen.
The history of this mine is one OF long
litigation. that Tor sight years closed it
to production. 1t was located in 1881 by
four miners, Who worked with limited
msans for ergat yea RS when some bonanza
silvef ores was opened. Unable. them
selyes TO put machinery. for deep mining
fhsy offersd to aslL The Crystal River
Mining Company paid s2hOOO and be-
came owners Of the mine. Sinking was
commenced, a depth OF ass hundred fsst
gained. numerous drifts and cross-cuts
run and thousands - ounces of silver
sent to the smelters when freight on ore
was four or five times the present rate.
1t was at time when everything was
thus fayorabiy progressing that an oysr-
tapping right was claimsd and the mine
closed. That was in 20 and in the inter
yening tune until last year the company.
did nothing more thsn annual aasessnent
work on nnpatsntsd ground. -
A year ago the 1ttigsnt who had waesd
the long Dut fruitlsj hxht, convinced BY
repeated adverse decisions that his cause.
was hopeless, abandoned the action by
paying up the costs and annoupcing the
right Of the defendants, - ~ 4
A year ago work began too late to pro-
pare for an active winter campaign. %
that only limited amount OF work vas
done. Some ore was broken down. .
short drift was driven. and some other
work mapped out. ~ n
This year after tho mine had been un-
watsred., the work done by tho Crystal
River Mining company was Congratulated
upon tho Fargo, where a coppsr, STRIKE
Of considerable imoortance was msde,
from which shipment Of ore was sent
to the smelter. The Black Queen orc
taken down too late tor shipment last
yesr has also been sent out. z : Y e
: The Laura tupuel Is being rapidly ex-
tended and indications point to the vein
being cut within a short distances. The
cross-cutting has been il q hard forma-
ton, but small vein has ,bsen sncoun'
tered which probably CONES from the
Laura vein, sad the formation becoming
mors broksn Is also taken as fayorshas
indication. >
& The Scofield oonOsntsatas has been
rvgning steadily for wssk pat on orc
ard mill dlrt from the Ii Plata, Burt
ard othsg properties There b ap album
dance Of stun for It ta run on, snd plans
ass being projected to put NJ power thaf
viii enable work to be continued through
tho entire winter.
Tho orc OF the Whopper b now bssng
at the aoodeld MILL Ihere
b . hundred tons o. more on the dump
and the output ID - heavy . the cspaca-