Gilpin observer., 1899-04-20

I Diamond Jo silver mine on Silver creek
Clear Creek county, is opening up splen.
didly. The tunnel has been driven 1,2OC
feet. The manager OF the mine when in
labout 900 feet cut vein of ore on which
he has commenced an upraise. He has
cut streak of ruby silver which runs
away up in the thousands of ounces of
silver per ton. A shipment to the smell
ter will be made soon. Mr.. Holiday is
interested in the property, and feels
Jubilant over the strike.
G. w. Miller, of the East Whiting
mine, is shipping ore from that property
to the Newton mill and concentration
works at Idaho Springs, and by Satur-
day evening OF this week will have 1SO
tons at those works. +. H. Clark, who
is in charge of the East Whiting, paid a
visit to the works last Sunday, and re-
ports that there were 500 tons of Gilpin
ore at the works awaiting treatment.
The ore is OF too low grade to send to
| viz oASAIoio3 hChSc ~ 10 b0AL tucIc, tuc
mining men claiming that they obtain
better results than here in Gilpin
county.
Gold in Nebraska is something unex-
pected, but the New York Engineering
and Mining Journal gives an account OF
gold excitement in the state of Ne
braska. The centers of excitement are
chiefly Seward, Stanton and Franklin
counties. That journal thinks "the min
eral resources of prairie state like
Nebraska lie chiefly in her soils, from
which more gold and silver can be ex-
tracted by the plow and harrow than by
any other means known yet"
Manager A. L. Collins, OF the Califor.
MIA mine on Quartz hill, has received q
fat steel wire cable $500 feet in length
from San Francisco, California, which
has been placed on the deep shaft on
that property. The shaft has attained a
depth Of 2,22O feet. The manager is
anxious to get down to depth to per-
NIT Of making connection with the Hid
den Treasure workings on the west and
the same vein.
The Idaho Springs Gazette says that
~. Marchiano and F. Chiodi we're down
last Friday settling for their ore from
the Gem mine, near the head of ellison
gulch." Both were former residents OF
Central. The OBSERVER is pleased to
add that they are making good wages
out Of their lease. They are as hard
tworking, industrious miners as ever
fhandled drill.
1.-THE managers Of the mining exposi-
tion to be held in London this year have
decided to permit the exhibit OF Colo
rado gold ores. The original intention
was to admit Colorado machinery, but
exclude ores, combining the exhibit to
ores from British possessions, but British
interests in Colorado are so important
that an exception has been made ip
favor Of Colorado.
A Santiago de Cuba cablegram of
April 10 says that Colorado prospectors
have located six gold claims near
Holquin, in that province. One claim,
which was very rich, was found in some
old Indian diggings. Several large
parties have started for the gold district.
The discovery Of two copper mines in
the Ell Cobre district was announced to.
day.
The Gold Coins Mines company have
secured an extension OF the lease and
bond on the California mine, on Quartz
hill, from the owners, the California Gold
Mining and Milling company. Mr.. Col.
Inns, the manager Of the property, now
has the water down IN the deep shaft OF
the property to point below the 1,4OO.
foot level.
The Champion Gold Mining company
operating the Champion mine west of
Nevadaville, last week sold to the sam
pling works lot of smelling ore VIII ch
netted them S37 per ton. The ore con.
Trims high percentage Of lead, char
acteristic Of the ore mined in that belt
OF veins.
Prof. Sidney w. Tyler. mining engi.
neer OF Den yer, former well.known
mining man Of Gilpin county. has gone
to San Bernandino, California, to cxam
inc mining property for the Boston q
Montana Mining and Smelling Company
at Butte, Monta ma.
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