Gilpin observer., 1899-12-28
NEWS AND NOTES.

Thomas l. Irwin, OF the Goldan mine
on Saturday received a certificate of as
say from piece of ore taken from the
200 foot level which gave gold values of
ton. Pretty good ore.
The official report of the smelter re-
turns of the last shipment of ore from
tt Isabella mine at Cripple Creek shows
that two cars of the ore gave total
value of s24OOOO, and six additional cars
$4,000. The total was S270,000 for the
entire shipment of ore.
The Vendome Mining & Milling Co.
have had what might be termed an off
year, in so far as production is CON
cerned. The rapid drop stamp mill of
the company has been idle for some
time, but little work having been done
on the Hubert or Shafts properties,
owing to the pending development
work.
John Sparks and Harry Armsfield
erected new shaft building on the
westerly portion of the Jones mine,
north of the Hubert, and equipped the
property with n plant of machinery,
which property is now undergoing de-
velopments.
On the summit of Jones' mountain at
the Golden Treasure that property has
been connected with the West Concrete,
the former psoperty having passed into
the hands of the latter dompany.
The Gladstone mine, owned by Boston
parties, is slowly forging to the front as
a producer of a very good quality of ore,
the last lot treated under stamps averag
ing over ) ounces gold per cord, the
gold being of much finer quality than
the most of stamp mill retort sold at the
banks of the city.
The Central Improvement company, in
addition to working the Minnesota, in
Russell district, and the German, in
Gregory district, have taken out con-
siderable low grade dirt from the Marga-
ret Glennan, which has been crushed at
| the Hidden Treasure stamp mill, which
has been trammed from the mine to the
mill in cars through the Midas tunnel
Mr.. Collins some time ago placed small
sized steam holster in the Margaret
Glenan shaft with which to hoist the ore
to the tunnel level. Steam for this
holster is supplied from the boilers at
the stamp mill.
In Black Hawk proper Mayor Jan es
V. Thompson, for the Great North
Downs company. has sunk the main
shaft, drove levels and cross cut over to
catch tributary vein. This company is
composed I)OSJbU puIlltS WIZ sttih W
be we'll pleased with their property.
South and west of the above company
in the rear of the foundry of McFarlane
& Co, the After Supper Mining and
Leasing company, purely home com
pany, have driven an adit on the vein,
raised up and made connection with
shaft sunk on the same and taken out
considerable ore of good grade. They
now contemplate placing plant OF ma
chinery on the mine with which to more
fully develop the vein, which is conceded
to be the northeastery extension of the
Fisk, Americus and Sleepy Hollow vein.
James Il. Quigley Il Co, this city,
owning the Nonesuch lode claim south of
the Margaret Glcnnan and on the same
slope of Maryland mountain, have the
property leased to a pool OF practical
miners. No data could be obtained as
to the value OF the ore taken out.
The Jennie Blanche, property of Lu-
Glen X. Smith of Aspen, Il former resi-
nent and business man Of Black Hawk,
has received considerable development
by continuing an adit on the vein, uprals-
| ing from the same and making connec-
tion with 200 foot shaft. The principal
value in the ore is gold, besides silver,
copper and lead. Smelling ore has been
sold to the Denver smelters which had
values OF over $500 per ton in gold alone.
The vein is situated on the mountain
rear OF the new stamp mill OF the Rocky
Mountain concentration.