Gilpin observer., 1900-02-08
NEWS AND NOTES,

lHe bertnd GOld Mining company, a
new incorporation, is opening up gioup
of mines in the eastcrly portion of Rus,
sell district, which for the development
work that has been accomplished is
showing up splendidy.
1t isaleported that the Guggenheims.
of New York, will erect u small sinelter
at Copper City, Colorado.
The Never Sweat Minirg company.
working the Georgianna mine at the
foot of Bobtail hill, south side of Greg
ory street, Black Hawk, are driving a
drift at depth of 100 feet, and have
opened up fair sized crevice of stamp
mill ore, which looks promising.
The Boston Mining company have
made another strike in the Melvina
lode mining claim at Gold Hill, Boulder
county, of tellurium ore assaying as high
as $1,000 per ton. Ii is thought that the
body of ore is continuous for some dis
tance along the course of the vein.
Manager McCann, of the Kansas Bur.
roughs Consolidated Mining company,
has put in new ore bins at the shaft on
the University Kansas.
The Wizard company is another re-
Gently incorporated company that will
operate veins in Boulder and Gilpin
counties.
e. S. Perrin, of Russell Gulch, has
sold his Rose Bud gold mining claim in
Russell district to j. b. Phillips.
Ed Kinsey, formerly foreman at the
Cook cage shaft on Bobtail hill, has
taken lease of the Billings lode, at one
time worked by ST Louis company. 1t
is situated between the Vain and Star
of the West lodes The st. Louis COM
pany sunk shaft upon the property at
the foot of the mountain in Chase gulch
to the depth of 800 feet. The vein was
patented number of years ago.
John Loughran is keeping up steady
development work on the Buckley lode
on Gunnell hill by extending levels at
the depths of 200 and 300 feet, and new
ore bodies are being passed through
which contain more values than formerly.
This is good news to those interested in
the property. Mr.. Loughran and his as
sociates have kept up development work
ever since they took hold of the Buckley,
and his pool are deserving OF unbounded
success.
Nate Mason, of the Middle Boulder,
who was attending to business matters
in Central last Saturday, informed a
representative of The OBSERVER that j.
b. johnson, of the Fourth Of July mine,
is getting in provisions, commenced the
erection OF II new shaft house, and will
sink new shaft. The late James Pip
pin when he was foreman OF the prop
erty took out ore that paid well. 1t was
at that time owned by the Newport
Mining and Manufacturing company,
OF which the Late Judge Stone, OF Gin
cinnati, Ohio, was the president.
State Senator Sam V. Newell reports
that depth OF nearly !, 900 feet has been
ATTAINED in the main shaft OF the Ameri.
Gus mine, same vein as the Fisk, on Bob.
tail hill.
1t is reported that the pool who have
taken hold of the Doodle mine, in Eureka
district, will resume work this month on
the property. The crevice carries very
fair quality OF galena ore.
Mr.. Tripp, of the Clay county mine,
last Monday made his first shipment OF
ore TO the Newton Concentration works
at Idaho Springs, which consisted OF
two cars OF crude ore. Other shipments
will follow. The ore is hauled in wagons
to Black Hawk, where IL is loaded on
cars OF the Colorado IL Southern rail.
road.
The Boston & Denver Mining and
Milling company have attained a dis.
tance Of over 800 feet in their tunnel
north to form an outlet for tho ore which