Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
John McGinnis reports the shipment
of 225 cars of smelling ore and concen-
trates from Black Hawk to the valley
smelters.
Idaho Springs News: G. W. Morgan,
manager of the Little Richard property,
was in Denver this week arranging for
new machinery to take the place of that
which was destroyed by fire recently
The holster has arrived and the pump
will soon he here. The shaft house has
been rebuilt and the whole equipment
will be ready for starting up work in
short time.
The owners Of the '9i tunnel at Yankee
hill will erect 3o-ton concentration mill
in the near future. j. y. Wheeler,
former Black Hawsite, is the manager
of the property. Power drills are in use
by him.
The proposed organization of ma
tional union of all the miners of gold,
silver, lead, zinc, copper and iron min
erals in the United states would repre-
sent about 100000 miners.
The shipments of ore and concentrates
from Black Hawk to the Denver smelt-
ers for the third week in February
footed up IS cars.
In addition to the shipping of crude
ore to Idaho Springs for concentration
the Calumet Mining and Milling com.
pany, Russell district are also making
shipments of smelling ore to the Denver
smelters.
Sinking the main shaft on the Argosy
mine, Russell district, is now going on
with two shifts of miners. Judge God
dard is one of the stockholders OF the
company owning and operating the Ar
COSY.
The Travis Gold Mining and Milling
company, VINO are developing a group Of
veins in Travis gulch, South Boulder
district, north of this city. have driven a
tunnel 400 feet. They will erect stamp
mill which was shipped here last fall
from South Dakota.
Joseph George and his associates in
the lease of the Elliott lode, north of the
Buell. mine, this city, had steam raised
and were hoisting from the shaft on last
Tuesday. They also had number of
timbers on the ground which will be
placed to secure the ground which needs
IA large amount of timbering.
The last returns from the smelling ore
taken from the Belmont Chemung loCe,
in Enterprise and Lake districts, gave
so per ton. 1t came from the 2i0-foot
level, where they have 20-inch streak
of that class of ore.
Superintendent Kairns, OF the Hayes
& Wheeler Gold Mining company, whose
shaft house on the Hayes & Wheeler
mine was burned down last week. has or
dcred the lumber with which to replace
the same.
At the Crown Point. Virginia, Superin-
tendent w. II. Knowles is holding the
water in the main shaft by means OF a
small sized engine until the arrival OF
lue IHe
damaged will be shipped away ms old
scrap iron.
Ex.Sheriir William Mitchell is prcpar-
ing to erect new shaft building on the
East Nottaway mine in Lake district
which will enclose n steam plant for
hoisting purposes. The ex-sherif is get
ting that property in shape for stendy
output OF ore in opening up new ground
for stoping. There is nothing in mining
that is more desirable than working u
vein Systematically. Being practical
miner, Billy knows how to do it.
Idaho Springs Mining Gazette; One
OF the finest showings OF gold quartz
that has yet been discovered south OF
Idaho Springs in the. Soda Creek dis
trict, is that OF the Tenderfoot East Ex.
tension, owned by daho Springs parties,
who nre now sinking a shaft on the
same. A contract has been lot for sixty
feet From an inch OF honeycombed
quartz on the surface at a depth OF 20
feet has widened to two feet The values
run from 81 to $3.50 in gold. The quartz
is similar to the Little Johnny Of Lead.
vile.
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