The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-02-09
WORK AT oURAY.
Progress Of the nobisn Tunnel cola
brick Prom the Atlas.

Progress Of the nob,sn Tunnel ooid
Brick Prom the Atlas.
one Of the most Important moves In
mining matter. nj Ouray nc the pres
cnt time is being formulated by the
BgrstOw Mining aud Milling Company.
This company &. made up " Stnnl lard
OH maguatps. Who are Individually
very rich, The presence 10 this city
lnJ week of Perry :. Rider. whJ "
the superintendent uf tho great Enter
prise mine go l,IcD ut well MS the agent
Of the Bursiows m tlr management of
the Boblnll milne. located ui Custom.
was Ia the Interest OF extensive Inn
provemcnts contemplated by that COM
pany for the present year At present
the ores from that mine must b. hau.od
10y wagon to GWsiun. part OF tho
ruad being up grade. This makes the
tcumlug an expensive factor iu the OPP
Grafton Of the mine. The Bob,nil tun.
mel which is in to "a distance 81 900
feet has opened up great bodies OF
low grade silver lead and gold ores
Much Of this IL being stopped out
Everywhere along the tunnel the ore
goes down. but sinking ON the vein Is
impossible owing To the large amount
greater depth aud secure drainage FOR
the water. tunnel, starting nt point
IN the canon near the old Trcasugy
tunnel Is contemplated. This will give
an additional depth TO the Bobiall Of
900 feet, opening up Immense bodies
OF STOPPING ground. making II one "
tho big mines OF the county. IL will
also bring the mouth OF the new tun-
mel within easy reach OF the spur OK
tended from the Silvcrton railroad ~
Custom to the Treasury tunnel. A
short extension OF the switch win en-
able the BObtnil mine 10 dump It's orc
from the tunnel iramwuy into the rail-
road cars direct, saving both the ex.
pcusc OF training as well ms Of loading.
Many VI the best mining experts have
believed that as the great Commodore
vein rs connected with the ore bodies
found IN the Yankee Girl and Custom
and the greater depth attained by the
new tunnel, it win prove rs great q
bonanza as the famous Guston mines.
each Of which yielded many millions
TO the stockholders.
The Bobnll mine. located above the
Custom aud Yankee Girl mines In Com
modOrc gulch. lls been an active pro-
Queer during the past year. bodies OF
very rich blsmuth ore having been
opened up. The Bohtull mine EN-
braces thirteen patented claims and
millsltc. II was extensively worked
several years ago when many thous.
nnds ~ tons were shipped 10 the Stand.
ard smelicr nc Durango. Owing TO the
low character ~ the ore nnd the low
price OF silver the ore values would not
pay expenses and the company closed
II down. The mine IN owned by Stand
ard on people who reside ut aud about
Tltusvllle. Pennsylvania. After re-
naming closed for two years II was
leased TO the ouray Mining and Ex-
plOrntion Company, who IN turn leased
It 10 George Wallace Williams, who
these miners o 'i,;i US isofis 'f'oia5id
silver ore running as high as sixty
ounces In silver and one-hnlf an ounce
In gold together In copper ana lead val
nos. Pcnnsylynninns hearing that the
lcascrs were taking out richer ore than
the Bobtnn had been known 20 ship,
sent Mr.. Quick to Ourny 10 look II up.
Upon inquiry he found that the mine
looked very promising, was turning out
ore that yielded over $50 TO the ton by
the cnrlond lot. All former leases on
the mine were cancelled, the company
having determined to give the OLD mime
run with their money.
@. NJ. Carroll. manager ana one OF inc
owners OF the Atlas mine, Is going 70
help swell the gold output OF ouray
county for 1900. Saturday last MT
Carroll sent out gold brick. smeliet
from a small batch OF the very rlcl
gold quartz OF the Atlas mine. WIN,
the ore In the mine that runs as hlgl
MS $40 TO the pound II not rs plentliu
as that which runs 500 TO the ton ye
the latter VIII he quite as valuable
product ns the former when the new
min Is completed In the spring. All tn
plans for ten-stamp mill have beel
completed and next summer big fore
, OF miners win be put at work to al
out the big bodies OF low grade IRE
milling ore that have already been Of
ened UP.