Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
ORE SHIPMENTS.

OhE ShlfMENtS
Up to Thursday, the 7th instant, for
the first week in March, 1901, the ship
ments Of ore from Black Hawk tc Den
yer and outside points for treatment,
mill concentrates included, there we're
81 cars, or 1,lS4 tons.
CLEAR CREEK MINING AND REDUC-
TION COMPANY.
The Denver Gaiiies in commenting
upon this company state that the con-
tract for more than 800 acres OF mineral
land in the South Clear Creek region
has been signed, and that the plans Of
the company have met with the ndorse-
ment of eastern investors. The new
plant which is to treat the low grade
ores OF Clear Creek and Gilpin counties
Is of the pyritic type and will have Ca
pacity OF 300 tons, but when other fur
naces are added its capacity will be from
1900 to 1,5OO tons daily. The new fur
mace is being gotten out at the Colorado
Iron works in Denver A force of 100
men are at work in Golden in the erec-
ton of the building. Commenting on
tn, proposed tunnel OF the company, the
Times says twenty years ago DR.. Car
penter, then resident OF Gilpin county,
conceived the plans which are carried
out in the combination of the smelter at
Golden and several groups Of mines up
the canon. j. Alden Smith and the
elder Rickard we're two of the experts
who reported favorably. Recent investi-
CATION showed that their reports were
reliable. Contracts have therefore been
concluded with the executors of the
Clarence Stephens estate. including
valuable properties OF the whole Of the
Banner Mining district and parts Of the
Iowa, Empire and Trail Creek districts,
by which ore is to be supplied to the
smelter. 1t is proposed to begin i'm
mediately sinking the deepest shaft in
Clear Creek county. The shaft is to be
2,70O feet deep. a tunnel 5000 feet long
will connect with the lower workings.
1t will be started on Clear creek about
two and one half miles west of Idaho
Springs, and will be projected directly
to the shaft.
The tunnel will be entirely in the
properties OF the company except where
it cuts the veins of the Freeland and
Lamariine. DR. Carpenter has tested
thoroughly the MIXED silicious sulphides
which are found in the mines of the dis
trict, and finds that the ore is perfectly
adapted for the pyritic process. These
ores range from 50 10 $50 to the ten, and
low and high grade Will be sent to the
smelter. Ores now being stored at Col
den are from the claims OF the company.
The plant will also handle custom ores,
but it is not intended to compete with
the trust smelteIs. as lower grade OF
ore can ba handled by the pyritic process s
than by the lead process used in smelt
els of the American Smelling company.
DR.. Carpenter is general manager OF the
new company and L. Le .Neve Foster is
treasurer. Headquarters are on the
ninth floor of the Equitable building.
The project is said t. be the first sue
cessfully put through in Colorado in
which he mines and the smel,er are
controlled exclusively by the same man.
agement. 1t means independence, of
mine and smeter from the trust.
1t is expected that u works will be
completed and running early in May
nexr. The company will own its own
coal mines, make its own coke and
quarry is o.n limestone. The tunnel
proposed will be "A mile long, aud devel
opment work will be pushed as rapidly
a, possible. 1t is not designed that the
new works wi interfere with any of the
smelters in the state, but will treat a
lower grade Of ore than any smelter in
the stnte is doing ~ present. The IN.
plr,ion and successful operation OF the
works will prove godsend 10 tie low
grad" mine owners of Gilpin an Clear
Greek counties