Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05
NEWS FROM LEADviLLE.
Watcr In the City Mines Much Less
Troubiesome-Location ut Two
Blt l,uICh.


Water In the City Mines Much Less
Troubiesome-Location at Two
Bit auIch.
At present the Home Mining Com
pany is max ing the largest output in its
history. says the Herald Democrat.
The average for the present month Is
close to 450 tons a day of iron and car
Donate, while some days saw .enms
hauling away 800 tons. During Feb
ruary the net smelter returns did not
reach over So. but lately there has been
decided Improvement, and now the
net values are nearer twice that sum.
1t is important to note nj this time
that the water question is slowly bur
surely solving itself. Constant and
regular pumping has had its effect i'll
perceptibly affecting the immense sub
terranean sea. and it is believed that
the time is not far distant when min
ing operations lin the district can be
conducted without the necessity of
heavy pumping, except of course.
when much greater depths are attained.
There was time not many months ago
when the big Home pumps Were ham
ding from 1,4OO to 1.5OO gallons I, min
ute. This has steadily decreased from
month to month until now barely 400
gallons are being lifted. The decrease
of the year.
The Bohn mine is not handling any
water at the present time. all of the
water being taken by the Bon Air.
The first location certificates filed
with the county clerk on property in
Two Bit gulch We're put on record yes
terday. They are on the Mary. Morn
ing Glory, Minnie. Pay Rock. Lone
Tree and Humboldt claims by William
O'Keefe. Dan and Dennis McCarty and
Steve Cannon Their party was eli the
ground very early in the rush. and To-
Gated their ground on the main eXten-
| sion of the Great Western vein. The
intention is to do assessment work and
to ascertain just what there is to be
found. Other surveys for locations are
being made so that considerable work
will he done there within the next few
months.
| Just as soon as machinery can he i'll
stalled Il new shaft will he started west
of Harrison avenue. The Valentine
drill hole recently reached the lime
| formation at ii depth of 800 feet, and 1t
| is now the intention to put shaft
down rs soon as possible The Nalen-
! tine, originally known as the Lucky
| Weber, is located on Brooklyn Heights,
close to the Colorado Midland testle
crossing California gulch. 1t is on the
territory of the Leadville Power. Water
and Mining Company, and IL long time
lease has been secured by eastern capt.
| talists, who are represented here by e..
| A. Bohn. In order to ascertain the
character of the formation IL drill hole
was sunk revealing the regular por-
phyry formation. \ shaft 800 feet
deep will reach the contact. The old
shaft is about 200 feet in depth, leav-
ing 300 feet yet TO he sunk.
The plant of machinery will be com
plete in every respect. and operations
will be pushed rapidly
The continuity Of the porphyry-lime
contact now proved beyond doubt south
and west of the the city has very i'm
portant bearing on the local mining sit
uation. 1t eliminates one factor of
/ doubt from the problem of mining in
| the immediate vicinity of the city. SO
long as no actual work had been done
to prove up the ground there WAS al
ways the possibility of II geological dis
turbauce. which would bring to nnught
all calculations rs to the continuity of
ore shoots southwestward. y decided
advance has been made by the estab-
/ lishnent of the fact rhat the contacts
are preserved considerably west uf the
avenue II will certainly tend 10 in
crease confidence in all that gr0und.
Another important fact established
! is in regard 10 the depth. The lime il
less than 800 feet from the surface.
This means. comparatively speaking. II
shallow shaft. 1t was NJ first believed
/ thar the shafts west of the avenue mt
almost any Point would have To 20 pos
sibiy thousand feet. The develop
ments ir the Valentine prove that such
is not the ease,