Gilpin observer., 1901-10-24
The Observer ni3i79 Department.

Manager Steve Hoskin has attained a
depth OF 100 feet in the Colorado Carr
mine. Lake district. Sinking is going
forward with two shifts OF miners. Ley
ner air drills. being employed The aer-
ial tramway commenced delivering ore
at the Randolph stamp mill on Monday.
Isaac Hall is erecting comfortable
shaft house over the Hall mine on the
north side OF Russell Gulch. 1t will en-
close steam hoisting plant. 1t is his
intention to sink 100 feet in the main
shaft, its present depth being so feet.
An ore platform is being erected alocg-
side Nevada gulch below the entrance to
the Columbia tunnel by the parties who
are leasing that property.
Messrs. Ed. Quigley and j. NJ. Jack
son are getting good results from the
Bellman mine in Virginia canon A
gasolene engine has been installed and
is doing good work. Good headway is
being made in opening up ore bodies.
The Avon Gold Mining company have
their aerial tramway from the Avon
mine to their new mill completed and
it is now working.
A large sized water tank was taken to
the Pittsburg mine of the Cashier Gold
Mining and Reduction company on
Monday.
L. H. Stockbridgs, manager OF IL 9
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Mining and Milling company, is employ
ing 100 men in the various mines of that
company. The cage shaft on the Cock
mine is to be sunk an additional 100
feet.
John H. Cox, at one time a division
superintendent Of the Denver Tramway
company. who is well Known in Gilpin
county, left for London, England, from
where he goes to the Congo river in
Africa. He goes there in tie employ OF
the Venture Exploration company.
George Williams, manager Of the Pet
erson Is stamp mill at Gilpin, was in
last Monday from Central Mining dis
trict. He reports the mill running on
ore from the Gold Dirt mine and that
two cords are being treated every "a
hours. 1t is averaging 81 ounces gold
per cord, the mill concentrates buying
from sl2 to sls per ton at the sampIinR
works in Black Hawk.
Dickson Bios, owners OF the Cum
berland mine in the Yankee belt Of
veins, are preparing to put ia mill
near their property in order to treat the
ore taken out.
joseph Untersner is opening up the
Morning Red lode claim in Lake district,
property Of r. Morris, OF Denver. For
the amount Of Development work it has
received it is very Hattering showing.
Geologically "fault" is line OF frac.
ture in rock accompanied by dis.
placement or slippage Of one side OF
the other. Tho miner uses it to express
the heave OF vein or ore body. whatever
may be tho cause. Frequently the
heave or dislocation may bs CAUSED b.
. geological fault, but 10 most csseo
in fissure veins by the crcssinR Of an
other vein or dyke.
Andy Elliott on Tuesday passed on
through Main strest with . O-horse
power boiler which he was taking 70 The
Ingersoll mine on Quartz hill.
Returns received from the Klondike
mine in Russell district gave returne
Of $50 ton for smelling ore. The Key.
stone Gold Mining and Copper company
are operating il with G. o. Bald a. man,
ager. a.
Elias Stefan has recently cut into
q good body OF ore in the Gettsy burg
mine which dips toward the Topeks
and Is on the same vein. The ore bins
are we'll filed with this class Of pay Gre
ready to be shipped.
W. j. Pentecost on Monday received
assays from new lode location in Pleas.
ant Valley district which gave him 10,
first class ore 8 ounces gold, 10 ounces
silver, and II per cent. copper per ton
The surface quartz gave ounces and 8
pennyweights OF gold pc cord. He re.
ceived $40 per ton for concentrates.
The Little Annie mine, one OF the
holdings Of the Colorado Specie Payment
Gold Mining company is now being
worked by party Of practical miners
Who reside at Russell Gulch.
John Grant, OF the Galena group Of
veins, returned from Denver last Mon
day evening. While in thai city he had
maps gotten up from an underground
survey Of the Galena and Bugher veins,
rs also other veins tributary to them,
showing accurately the amount OF de.