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Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Cripple Creek Mines.

Important developments are being
made in the big dixie which skirts the
western slope of Beacon hill-the one
in which the first find was made on
that slope of the hill. NJ. p. Burt is
following narrow streak of high
grade sylvanite through phonOlite
dixie and saving screenings that run
about $40. On the adjoining Fannie
B.. Shaumhurst and associates have
opened at forty feet depth fine body
of ore which gives assays as high as
LOCO.
The directors of the Pharmacist Con
solidated Mining Company have grant
ed Il lease to ii Boston syndicate on
their property for period of two
years. Royalties of twenty-five per
cent. fat are stipulated. The lease
provides that the syndicate shall i'm
mediately sink the shaft $50 feet The
work will be done ut the present shaft
on the property, which is now $50 feet
deep. As the syndicate has plenty of
money. 1t is probable that the develop
ment of this property will be rapidly
pushed. The granting of n lease cor
roborates the report that all deals are
off which had in view the sale of the
Pharmacist claim to w. :. Stratton.
At one time the sale was reported to
he in progress and the price was to
be 20 cents per share upon l,J0OOOO
shares of the stock, amounting to $500
600. The forfeiture of the Miller lease
on this property some time ago Is said
to have been in the interest of the deal
which has just been cOnsummatpd.
There Is more good ore being mined
on the Anaconda company ground ut
present than nj any time In the history
fnrnnr.lt IaSEnng 80
sponslble for the change For years
the company worked the territory and
generally the payroll exceeded the net
returns from the ore marketed. A few
months back the leasing system was
adopted and high-grade ore Is now be
Ing shipped from six different work
ings.
The new plant Of machinery ordered
some time ago by w. $. Stratton for
the John a. Logan shaft has been
shipped from the factory and Il Will
be In place In about SIX weeks. The
work Of then putting the Logan shaft
down TO the 2,OOO-foot point will be
started with three shifts. The Logan
shaft Is now the deepest In the entire
district, being over | 200 feet Large
bodies of ore of medium grade and an
occasional shoot of very hgh.grnde
have been opened up In the short
drifts. StrnttOn owns II large acreage
around the Logan aud the entire terri.
tory will I've prospcctcd from the deep
shaft. He Is confident that with the
right kind of development his Bull hill
ground viii turn out To be even n big
ger bonanza than the Independence.
During the month of June the differ
ent mines of tn" district win distrlb-
ute among shareholders over $1,000
600. which In II rccord-breaker for the
camp.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
LEAOVILLE'S ZINC OUTPUT,
1t Is Large Enough to Affect the Market In
Missouri.

Leadville, Colo. June 9.-The zinc
industry of the camp is now establish
ell on substantial basis, and if the
present shipments are continued
throughout the year the result will be
contribution to the worlds stock of
zinc valued at over $1,OOO,000. The
concentrating mills are in operation
making this product. while the Maid
and Henriett mine is shipping large
quantities of the crude ore, which will
average nearly fifty per cent This ore
carries considerable iron, but that
which goes to Europe is not so heavily
penalized by the smeltcrs there as in
the case with the Missouri or Kansas
zinc works.
There are probably 100000 tons of
zinc ore in sight in the Maid and Hen
riett mine alone. and locakmining men
are already discussing the question of
zinc smelter here. The chief objec-
ton has been the expense of coal. large
quantities of fuel being necessary to
volatile the zinc. 1t is understood that
local metallurgiSts are already working
on the problem. and the old Harrison
reduction works have been spoken of
as Il possible site for the new plant. 1t
is believed that even if Leadville does
not obtain this plant n zinc smelter
Will not be long in coming to Colorado.
No one has as yet advanced Il valid rea-
son why the zinc ores of the state can
not be treated in the state just as cas-
lily as other ores that are much more
refractory.
A short time ago there We're large
number of zinc buyers from Kansas
and Missouri smelters in the field, anX-
iouS to secure contracts for Il large ton
mage. The price offered was some
what under the prevailing figure. but
the buyers wanted such big quantity
that in about week or ten days they
had purchased 100 car loads, which
We're rushed back to Missouri in one
lot. The effect on the Joplin market
was instantaneous. Missouri zinc ore
dropped nearly So ton.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
BOXERS ATTACK SCHOOL.
Handful of British Marines scatter Z, 900
Chinese,

Tien Tsin, June 12.-One hundred
and sixty-three British landed last
evening. An additional twenty Brit
ish have been sent to Fong Shan.
This morning n special train left
Tien Tsin for Yang Tsun to bring Cen
eral Nieh to consult with the viceroy.
Telegraphic communication with Pc
kin is still interrupted.
The Russian warships Petropauloy-
ski and Komiloff arc at Take bar and
the Russian torpedo boats "13" and
"1O7" are in the River Taku. Want of
transport prevents the Russians from
landing troops. The Russians are very
active here to-day
1t Is reported that General Fung Fab
Slang, with many thousand troops, Is
at Fcng Tai.
The latest news from PaO Tung Flu Is
that the boxers, 6,O00 strong, are at.
tacking the Catholic convent there.
The situation Is critical and the otii-
cials are evidently inactive.
The United States warships Nash
Vile and Monacacy are reported mt
Taku. -.
London, June 12.-4:4O n. m.-Sixtecn
British marines rcconnoitering in ad-
vance of the international column
machng to Pckin, fought and chased
1000 boxers Monday, killing twenty or
thirty.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Snow Slide Reveals Vein.

A remarkable discovery of high
grade gold ore was recently made on
the Ready Cash mine of Iowa gulch,
Lake county. The mine was one of
the big producers of gold In the old
days when the Printer Boy was at the
height of its fame. The discovery of
the carbonate ores of the Leadville dis
trict caused gold mining to he neglect
ed, and the mine has gradually passed
out of recollection. II has been work
ed to some extent recently, mainly with
the view of rc-opening the old work
ings.
a few weeks ago n big snow slide
swept over the property, and when the
snow disappeared II was found that
the slide had carried off the debris on
the surface ana exposed streak of
ore about one and II half inches wide.
Joseph Danccker, who has been work
ing the property, commenced opening
this seam. which has steadily widened,
until II Is now about ten inches wide.
A sample assay of the ore yielded thlr-
ty ounces gold to the ton
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
WHAT is DOING IN
THE MINING WORLD.

made to the possibility of finding ore
III such or such n place: "Oh, so and so
sunk a shaft there in the early days
and got nothing" 1t does not follow,
however. that therefore nothing is
there. for there is not single claim in
the camp that cannot show up an old
shaft of some kind or other. which the
original locator probably threw up in
disgust. Most of the big mines of the
camp today are built on the wreck of
some former enterprise. The Breeze
people supposed they had taken out ev-
erything in sight in that property years
before :. j. Sullivan made Il bonanza
of it. The IbeX was water hole for
years. and nobody could be induced to
take hold of it until Mr.. Campion de-
cided to make thorough exploration.
Prospectors We're digging post-holes
FOR shafts on the eastern edge of Lead
vile until Major Bohn and few 9TH
ers decided that such kind of mining
would not do. The results of shaft
sinking in the early days are absolutely
worthless as guides to present day
mining.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
PRODUCTION FOR 1899.
Estimates Prepared by the Engineering
and Mining journal.


and Mining journal.
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal of June 9th published the full ta-
bles of mineral and III etal production
of the United States in 1899 as prepar-
ed for the Mineral Industry, Volume
VIII. The total value of this output as
estimated at the mines or places of
production was S1.211. 1861 ,S61-an
amount unexampled in the history of
the United States or of any other cOun-
try. This total, however, necessarily
includes certain Implications, which
amounted to so, ,5S1 ,O31, making the
total net value of our mineral produc-
tion $1,11S, $50, $50. This compares with
Il corresponding value of S709, ,J1S, ,033
in 1898, showing an increase in 1899 of
S319,262, 757. or 800 per cent. This
enormous increase was in part due to
an increase In quantities, and in part
10 the great advance in values of iron,
steel, copper and other metals. The
United States last year was the great
est producer of coal, salt, iron, copper,
silver and lead in the world, and was
also leader in the production of
many of the less important metals. The
value of its mineral production now
far exceeds that of any other country.
of the total in 1899. crude ores and
minerals contributed $3.50, ,S3G, ,O32, met
ais reduced from our own ores $780,
O5T 800. secondary products-such as
alum, white lead, soda. etc.-SG3, ,906,-
9G0: while the value of metals smelted
or refined from foreign material was
S7O,471,5 $40.
The extent of our production is
shown by the figures which include
252, 115.3S7 short tons of coal. 13,4OO-
735 long tons of pig iron, 5S1 1,3l9,09l
pounds of copper. 217.OS5 tons of lead.
129,G15 tons of zinc. 57.126.S34 ounces
of silver. and S7O,09d021 in gold.
The most important single item Of
production was coal, which furnished
25.i per cent. of the total value. Iron
was second. forming 200 per cent,
copper third, with S.3 per cent Clay
products We're fourth in order, their
whole. Gold was nth in order with
IS per cent. Of the total. petroleum
sixth with J3 per cent, stone seventh
with 80 per cent, and silver eighth
with 2.S per cent: lead 10 per cent,
cement l.3 per cent, zinc 1.2 per cent.
and natural gas one per cent. These
figures show the relatively great i'm
portance of fuel and materials OF con-
Structl0n. They show, also, what is
seldom appreciated, the extent OF the
building Industries and the material
they employ, such as stone, clay and
cement.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
To Treat Plato Canon Ores.

The Underwood mill, on the Platte,
near the foot of Nineteenth street, has
been leased by Van Dicren and Bax-
ter. The mill Is equipped with stamps
and the Sweet amalgamating and con
ccntraiing tables, with II daily capac-
lty of about twenty tons. II will be
operated as II testing plant, and n
contract has been made with II. A.
Weaver for 100 tons of ore month.
Mr., Weaver has opened large body
Of w-grldc sulphldc ores In Platte
canon, near Pine station. and n small
shipment was satisfactorily treated
M the Underwood mill. Several other
miners are negotiating for contracts
with the lcsscus of the mill
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
THE INDEPENDENCE MILL,
Much Interest Being Taken In the New
System to BE Used.

Much Interest Being Taken In the New
System to BE Used.
Sunday the Detroit mill of the Indc-
pendence will start operations for the
treatment of ores, says the Colorado
Springs Telegraph. The news will be
gratifying to the all people of the dis
trict. as they have been watching the
mill with much interest. Many obsta-
cles have hindered the successful start
of the mill, but the management state
now that they are in n position to
start and run right along.
The process is q secret, that is, the
chemicals used, and if successful will
be boon to those who have low
grades Of ores. The ore, when deliv-
cred to the mill is run through set
of rolls that reduce it to n third mesh,
when it is sampled and then dried.
From the drier it goes to the second
set of rolls, where it is reduced to an
eighth mesh, after which it goes
through n pulverizer. During its jour
ney through the pulverizer Il dry
chemical is mixed with the ore and it
leaves the pulveriZer ground to 100
mesh and finer. There is absolutely
no roasting. all the precious metals be-
ing saved by the use of chemicals.
After leaving the pulverizers the
pulp is sent down in the first set of
watts. four in number. The solution in
the watts is at boiling point and in
them the ore is prepared for the sec
"nd set of watts, where the greater part
of the values are saved. In the first
set of watts the ore in solution is agi-
tated for two hours, after which it
goes to the second set and is treated
for an hour. In this set of watts mer-
curry is introduced and the values
saved. as here the gold is free and
easily combines with the mercury. Just
what other chemicals are used is not
known.
After leaving the second set of vats
the pulp goes into the settling tanks.
where any particle of escaped mer-
curry is saved. From the settling
tanks everything goes down over con-
centrating tables.
The process can be termed n mechan-
ical system of amalgamation With
the fine grinding there is great
amount of dust but none, If any, is
lost. on account OF the dust collector.
which they have installed. The pulp
after leaving the pulveriZer all passes
through heavy iron cylinder of
about ten feet in diameter. Inside the
cylinder is an arrangement driven by
centrifugal force, which forces the
dust downward.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
THAT LEAD COMBINE.
Planning to Hold mp the Price by Control
Ing the Product.

Planning to Hold mp the Price by Control
ing the Product.
Salt Lake. June 11.-Utah lead pro-
ducers had their second meeting here
tonight and adopted plans for ma
tional producers combine to raise the
price of lead. A salient feature of the
scheme as reported by committee
and adopted is to make the American
Smelling and Refining Company the
collection agency for the dues of the
members.
The basic principle of the organiZa-
ton is to establish a fund for the puI.-
chase or all the surplus lead in the
country and to dispose of this abroad,
getting rid of it at II loss if necessary.
By this means it is hoped to keep home
production even with the demand at
higher price than is now current
Each member of the association signs
an agreement to pay certain dues and
authorizing the officers of the state
or national organizations to use this
money for the purchase and export of
the surplus lead. The dues are based
on the metallic lead contents of the ore
from each mine. subject to the settling
price of refined lead under standard
quotations. The standard for Utah
viii be the quotations ut Salt Lake.
When the settling price of the metal
lie lead contents in ore is S425 a hun
dred pounds, the dues will be 81 per
ton on the lead contents of the ore
When the settling price is $3.50, the
dues will be 50 and mt $4.65 the dues
will be 49,
The agreement says when the pro-
duct of ore or base bullion is sold and
settled for, the purchaser is authorized
to deduct the dues and pay over the
same to the designated treasurer. If
the demand and supply of the product
can be maintained without any cost or
expense to this organization, the dues
may be returned.
1t is hoped to make some agreement
with the smelters to buy only from the
members of the association or to dis
criminate in their favor A committee
was appointed to interest all Utah pro-
ducers in the proposed organiza ton
and an executive committee was
named to meet in New York represent
atives of Colorado, Montana. Idaho
and other producers to form the ma
tional organization.
The executive committee is composed
of Thomas Kearns, c. Il. Loose and j.
Il. Bambergcr
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Brewer Finds n Fortune,

Lester Brewer, formerly private sec
rotary to Governors ROutt and McIn-
tire. and now bookkeeper in the Ouray
office of the Caroline Mining Compa-
ny, has made II hit in mining that
life.
About year ago Mr.. Brewer became
interested in the Teller mine of Ouray
county, his partners in the enterprise
being Arp Bros, the San Juan hard
ware men. No values We're shown in
the mine at that time. except thin
vein of ore yielding from twelve to
fifteen ounces silver n ton. Two men
have been kept at work on this vein.
ana last week the perseverance of the
operators was rewarded by the OPEN
ing of one of the richest bodies of ore
ever found in Ouray county. The
vein has opened to upwards of IA foot
wide and carries from 300 ounces to
5000 ounces in silver and seventy per
cent. lead. The two lowest assays re-
turned 3S4 and 312 ounces ton and
more than seventy per cent. lead.
There is carload of ore ready for
shipment which will produce 300
ounces of silver and which is sixty per
cent. lead and several carloads are
opened in the mine The property is
located ON Corbett creek. about mile
from the Bachelor switch and near the
khcdive and Bachelor, in which phe-
nominally rich ore was recently found.
ana seems to prove that section of the
camp to be one of the richest areas in
Ouray county.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
HORRORS OF THE FAMINE.
Work of Relief Grows More Arduous and
Cholera Adds Its Terrors.

Work of Relief Grows More Arduous and
Cholera Adds Its Terrors.
London, June 1.-THE viceroy of
India has cabled that good rain
has fallen in Southern India, that there
has been scattered showers elsewhere,
and that the meteorological reporter
forecasts a. good but late monsoon.
The hot weather, however, still pre-
walls and the famine relief situation
has not yet altered. There are now
about $500, 600 persons or fifteen per
cent. of the population of India, sup
ported by the government. If the
famine continues until December, it
is estimated that the government will
have spent S45,000,O00. The outburst
of practical sympathy in the United
States is deeply appreciated.
The mortality estimates from chol-
era are inaccurate, as unnumbred dead
bodies are polluting the streams,
spreading contagiOn.
The Standards Simla correspondent
says: at would be rash to assume
from the almost stationary relief fig
ureS that the corner will soon be turn
ed. So devastating has been the choI-
era outbreak. so enormous the mortal
ity, and SO blind the terror inspired by
this black death, that the famine re-
lief camps in Bombay presidency,
which contained thousands of work
ers melt away and are left empty in
the course of couple of days.
Starving though they he. the people
prefer to fly to their own homes and to
die in quiet, than to remain in the fam
Inc relief camps, where the cholera is
striking down hundrd workers daily.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
POWERS IN ACCORD.
VIII Fight Under All Flags to Suppress
Boxers.

VIII TlghJ OnueT All FMSb 10 suppress
Boxers.
Shanghai, June 11.-There has been
street fighting in Pekin since early
Sunday afternoon. The Russians are
making large purchases of canned pro-
visions at Shanghai and everything
points to an outbreak of hostilities. All
British missionaries will probably be
ordered to return quickly to treaty
ports.
Reports form the Un-Nan-Fu district
say that the French minister has tele-
graphed that n crisis is imminent and
that he is advising all foreigners to
evacuate Yung Nan.
The Russian minister at Pekin, who
also acts rs the envoy of Denmark, is
credited with having sent n dispatch to
the Danish foreign office to the effect
that n demonstration has been planned,
under the leadership of England and
Russia, in which all the great powers
and several of the smaller will take
part The latter are not called upon to
send troops, as there are enough on
the spot, but they are to be asked to
delegate the right to hoist their flags
with the great powers in order that Il
demonstration may be made or n battle
fought under the flags of all Europe.
Japan and the United States have been
Informed and agree to the arrange
ment.
TienTsin, June 1.-THE captain in
charge of the British defenses here
commandeered n third special train
yesterday and n fourth to-day for the
transport of 213 Russians and two
guns and siNty-two French marines,
with stores and one gun for the Brit
ish. The international forces are near
Lang Fang, forty miles from Pekin,
but it is doubtful if they reach the cap
ital before Tuesday.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
UNITED STATES MONETARY
LEAGUE.

In reply to the question, What good
can be accomplished by convention to
discuss the money or silver coinage is
sue at the present timer we answer
That it is not alone by discussion
which, by the way, is always n valua-
BILE aid to spreading the seeds of truth;
but this convention will, by the num-
Der and representative character of
those participating therein. give to the
voters everywhere the most convinc-
ing proof that the money question. the
silver question, is not only not dead,
but that it is not even sleeping, and
that neither the treachery of parties,
nor the treaton of administrations, nor
the ambitions of individuals. can for a
moment eliminate these most impor-
fant questions from the public mind.
The necessities for the use of silver
in the monetary system of the United
States, and as standard money, grow
with the growth of population, with
Increase of production, and with the
activity of business.
Money made of gold alone, no matter
to what extent it may be coined, cannot
serve as the money of the great mass
OF the people, who make their daily
cash purchases I'm sums of one dollar
or under. Therefore n vast volume OF
substitutes for money must be used,
and the larger the volume of these sub
stitutes, these promises to pay money,
which are forced into circulation and
become accepted instead of money,
the easier 1t becomes to "fertiliZe the
rich mans field with the sweat of the
poor mans brow"
No nation can claim to have n safe.
or a sound, or an honest monetary sys-
TEN, which permits mere promises to
pay money, or substitutes for money.
to become part of It's currency, and to
be accepted instead Of money, because
the nation refuses to exercise it's soy.
ereignty by the creation of money.
The moral effect Of such n gathering
OF earnest men, from widely separate
sections of our common country, who,
impelled by n sense Of Justice and rec
ognition OF the dangers tothe republic
growing out of unwlse. If not vicious,
legislation, and administration. cannot
fail to have an important effect upon
the delegates who will assemble mt
Kansas City to promugatc platforms.
and to nominate candidates, for the
highest Offices In the gift OF the people.
In union and In numbers there liz
strength; and to give this latent moral
sentiment It's most effective power Is
the object of the convention of the
United States Monetary League to he
seld in Kansas City, Missouri. July 9,
1900. External vigilance Is the price
OF Liberty"
CHARLES L. THOMSON.
President.
GEORGE G. MERRICK.
Vice President.
j. l.. WOODS MERRILL.
Vice President.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
big Girt Promised to Drake UniycrsIty

Dcs Molncs, June i2.-Former Cover.
nor Drake of Ccntcryllc, who was here
attending the commencement exercises
OF the Drake University, to-day an
nounccd that he had made the ullvcr-
sity joint heir with his five children
In his viii His property IL valued nt
S3.O0OOOo and the university Will re-
ccivc SDOO,OOO. Governor Drake has al.
ready contributed 100000 in various
boncfnclions TO promote the Institution.
Gilpin observer., 1900-06-14
Bankruptcy Law Does Not Affect Mining
Companies.

A precedent in bankruptcy proceed
ings was established in the Federal
Court at Kansas City last week when
Judge Cortland ruled that companies
engaged principally in mining are not
subject TO the law, inasmuch as they
are not engaged principally in manu-
featuring, publishing, trading or mer-
camille pursuits" as n section of the
law provides must be the occupation of
persons, companies or corporations to
be subject to bankruptcy proceedings.
The decision was rendered in the case
of the Victoria Zinc Mining Company
of Oronogo, Missouri. After the com
pany had installed a new mill costing
$4,000, the machinery contractors, be-
coming its preferred creditors attempt
ed to force the company into bank
ruptcy and defeat the preferred claims
of the machinery men.