Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-20
THE MINES.


will be found the average.
The richest ore ever taken from
mine in Ward district was on the Gillian
and Anderson lease on the Puzzler mine
at depth Of less than 200 feet The
ore yielded fraction more than $1,000 to
the ton in gold and silver.
This is the season of the year for fin
ishing up annual labor, and in every di
rection may be heard the busy bloom OF
the prospector's blast. In every instance
enough work will be done to complete
requirements for patent proceedings
AT the Leviathan tunnel and at Colonel
Brainerd's all is busy, and the usu Il
amount of development work is being
pushed forward. In fact in all Ward
district may be heard the busy hum OF
shot and steel and we have no idlers
here.
Baltimore capital is pushing the Grassy
Mountain tunnel an additional 100 feet
into the great porphyry mountain. On
this mountain has been found some of
the richest float rock ever seen in this
district and good results are confidently
looked forward to.
At the Ward-Rose development work
on the tunnel and mine is being pushed
! rapidly forward by the management with
gratifying results. From this some new
and important developments have re-
suited which will be heard from ere long
by production of quantities of high grade
mineral.
AT the B. & NJ mine about sixty men
are employed and large production OF
milling ore is being made. During the
present month the Boston mill, located
on Left Hand creek, has been put in op.
Grafton on the b. & M. product and we
are informed the results so far have
proven entirely satisfactory.
On the Sampson-Colene group Messrs
Barrett and King are engaged in carry
ing forward development work. and by
many old residents of the camp it will be
recalled that on this ledge has been
found immense bodies of honey conbed
gold bearing quartz, and only develop
ment is required to rank it among the
large producers of the district.
BY commercial and scientific results it
has been determined that the sulphide
ores of Ward district contain higher
percentage of gold. yet bearing lower
percent of sulphur and iron than any
other region in the sulphide belt. Since
the producer is obliged to depend largely
on gold results, this should be an en-.
couraging feature for the miner.
The former editor of the Ward Miner,
Mr. Stephens, associated with Mr. knight
is now buslly engaged in the operation of
their Walframite mine which is located
one and one half miles east of town.
This property. at depth OF 60 feet, has
produced high grade of this desirable
metal and il is to be hoped that Mr.
Stephens and his associates will be
entirely successful.
At the Big Five development work
goes merrily on, with force numbering
from six,y.fve to seventy five men. In
the cross. cut being driven to cut the
great .Wo.-Columbia vein, an alto.
gether blind lode which may prove OF
much importance, has been encountered
The vein, while not an unusually large
one, bears fully two feet of rich smelling
ore. which will easily bear an average
value of 500 per ton. AS yet drifting on
the new find has been carried forward
only few feet, but by practical miners
the strike is considered an important one
from the fact that over 700 feet of virgin
ground lies over it.
The Adit company is deserving of
much credit and success tor its persist.
ent and persevering sticktoitiveness,
and everyone in the district will rejoice
with them in their good fortune.
Increased activity along the telluride
belt of Boulder county is noticeable on
every hand. This Is due in measure
to immense fortunes quickly acquired IN
the Cripple Creek region. but more
largely due to the fact tina. m4nt of the
rich veins within this belt have been
neglected or abandoned for fields beyond
Now it is the mine operator who has
awakened to the fact that within the
borders of Boulder county we have our
tellurum mines capable of producing by
the thousand tons and dollars into the
millions. The result Of this present
activity is without notice to the casual
observer. for at our shipping stations,
where few months ago ore was moving
by the ton lot, now it may be seen NOV.
ing by the car load. Only few months
more OF this continued activity is re
o,,;rAd IN n1ace Roulder county near the