Gilpin observer., 1901-09-05

| driven to intersect a number OF veins at
the head Of Running Lode gulch, in
Black Hawk, is making good headway.
This enterprise will cut the Susan Mary
and other veins south Of the tunnel en-
trance, in Lake district.
The Boston parties who are working
the property of the great North Downs
company are extending four levels at the
respective depths Of $50, 263, ass and 600
feet, the latter being the course leads.
The working force will be increased as
soon as the ore bodies are more fully
opened, when backstoping will be COM
menced in all the levels.
The amount OF water required for
stamp mill depends upon a great num-
Der Of conditions, fineness Of screen and
character OF ore predominating. When
no water conservation is made it is usual
to figure on from 100 to $50 gallons for
each stamp per hour. Much less than
this can be relied on to run mill, il
settling system is used.
Idaho Springs News: Arrangements
are being made and contracts let to
place electric motive power in the New
house tunnel. An order has been given
the Westinghouse Edison company for a
locomotive with dynamo with suffi-
cient power to run it. The locomotive
will be used to haul the cars, which will
be run on the trolley system, and is to
be delivered in sixty days.
The Boulder company which is oper-
ating the Fourth of July mine, on the
Middle Boulder, are talking up the erec-
ton OF concentration works on that
stream, at some point near to the mine
They have opened up a large body OF
crude ore which, it is said, is concen-
tration proposition.
Last Wednesday the Carpenter pyritc
smelter, at Golden, changed from two
twelve-hour to three eight-hour shifts,
as it was found impossible for the men
to stand the work for SO long time
Sixty tons OF ore are handled every
hour, exclusive of fuxes Everything
connected with the smelter is running
smoothly, and even exceeding the expec-
tations of DIR. Carpenter, the manager.
George c. Moore, manager OF the Ro
anoke and Lamberson and Warren
mines, on Kings Flats, Nevada district,
talks OF connecting those properties with
the Hubert company's rapid ddrop stamp
mill, in Nevadavile, providing a lease Of
the mill can be obtained from the Hu.
bert company. The properties will be
connected with the mill by means Of a
gravity tramway. The output Of ore
from those mines will be treated at the
Hubert mill.
The rod to the Cornish pump at the
Gunnell pump shaft, on Gunnell hill
broke last Wednesday. which caused a
detention in the workings of that
property OF three days. The rod was re-
paired, not, however, before the water
had risen in the shaft very rapidly.
Work in this portion OF the mine has
been going on since then uninterrupted
ly.
Idaho Springs Sitings: The direc.
tors OF the Idaho Springs Mining aud
Reduction company met on Wednesday
evening and took action in favor OF
pushing the work on their new mill
right along. This will be one Of the
most important improvements Of the
year, and the management makes the
claim that it has contracted for all the
ore that it can handle. Another mill is
talked OF, to be built principally by 10.
cal capital. Truly, Idaho Springs is be.
coming in reality, The Mill City"
Hon. J. W. Bostwick OF the Rome
Gold Mining company returned from
Denver, Monday evening. He has been
putting in his time since his return at
the Clark. Gardiner mine, on Quartz
hill, which is the property OF the Rome
Gold Mining company.
Manager McCann is having the new
loo. horse power boiler recently placed
on the Phmnix- Burroughs shaft en-
closed. This gives that mine three
boilers.
Messrs. T. W. Williams and J. Shep,
herd, OF Denver, have taken the Nash
Vile lode, north Of Crown Point Vir.
ginia mine near the head OF Virgi
canon. A shot put in last Friday dis.
closed nboat Is inches Of good pay orc.
One fare for the round trip, via the
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