Gilpin observer., 1899-01-05

ieet' lucy Culnh tney are on top or
big pocket. There is vein of smelling
ore alongside that carries streaks of solid
mineral that looks very promising
Henry J. Hawley, of this city, is inter.
ested in the Queen, which is an old dis
covery made by the late William Queen
1t is patented property.
The time is going by when man with
prospect" can hope to get big price
for his undegeloped property; the gam
bling is being eliminated and it is getting
down to legitimate business, the same as
any other commercial transaction.
A placer patent carries all lodes not
known to exist at the date of the appli-
cation therefor; should, however lode
have been discovered within the placer
location limits before such application, it
may be located, and the placer location
to that extent would have to yield to it.
Professor G. e. Linderman, was in
in from the Wide Awake 2O-stamp mill
slow drop mill, which he is running, last
Friday. He has had much trouble in
getting ore to the mill from the mines in
that locality, owing to the deep snow and
icy conditions of the roads. He returned
to Wide Awake in the afternoon.
The John Jay mine, near jamestown,
Boulder county. which created such n
furore soon after its discovery by Archi-
bald j. Van Deren, who was then a resi-
dent of this city, was sold on the oath
ult.. for S4I2, under an execution issued
out of the Boulder county court. H.
Linkletter,a former tralite,purchased
the property.
United States Solicitor General Rich
ardn has rendered an opinion in which
he holds that under section 295, tariff
Act of July "a, 1897, if the refined metal
set aside as the product of imported lead
ore S now re-exported within six months
from the date of the receipt of the ore,
the regular duties must be paid on the
imported ore, and not upon the refined
metal produced therefrom.
The Empire Mining and Milling com
pany have received patent to the Vain
lode situated on the northeasterly slope
of Bates hill, on the Chase gulch slope of
the hill. The property has resumed
work again, the former Indebtedness
having been liquidated. There is fair
plant of machinery on the property
whirh was formerly operated by the
Masy .ic Gold Mining company.
j. H. LIE Moyne, of the Hot Pot mine
ir Virginia canon, is rejoicing over the
fact that he has three feet of smelling
and concentrating ore opened up in his
mine which is over 100 feet in length,
having drifted east and west of the shaft
for distance of so feet each way. 1t
was found in the lower or 30O-foot level.
He is now stopping, and expects to have
an o.tput of $50 tons this month.
The New Years edition of the Denver
Reprolican contained in its write-up of
the mines of Cripple Creek scene in
one Of Cripple Creeks big mines which
is fac simile of a scene in the property
of the Cook Gold Mining company's
property on Bobtail hill, Black Hawk,
Gilpin county. The scene was familiar,
too, and easily recognized by the. miners
working in that property, and by all who
have ever examined tho underground
workings OF the same.
NJ. j. Ryan, who is interested with
other gentlemen of the county in the
Rialto mine, near Turner hall, this city
last Saturday made an examination OF
the workings of the engine shaft. He
found that the water stood at the 225-
foot level. As there Is but little open
ground in the mine below that point il
would not take great length OF time to
get the water out. The OBSERVER is in.
formed that movement is on foot 10
resume work on the property.