Gilpin observer., 1901-02-07

once. When completed levels will be
extended. This pool has had much to
contend with since commencing work.
The OBSERVER trusts that in sinking the
additional 1C0 feet veritable bonanza
will be opened up, which will well re-
ward them for their outlay of money.
The property of the Silver Age Mining
and Milling company near Idaho Springs
was sold Tuesday morning to an Iowa
company by the st. Louis company
owning it. The consideration was Sl4o-
600, part of which was paid. The same
parties are operating the Franklin and
Grown Point Virginia mines at the head
of Virginia canon. The Silver Age mill.
as well as the mine, was turned over to
Mr.. j. G. Berryhill.
S. w. Eccles, traffic manager of the
Oregon Short Line railroad at Salt Lake,
Utah, has been appointed as traffic man
ager for tho American Smelling and Re
lining company, with headquarters at
New York, effective February 10, 1901.
he has a contract for three years at
$4,000 year. He is well and favorably
known throughout Colorado, and was
formerly connected with the Union Pa
cific railroad.
Henry |. Seeman, late general agent
af the equitable Life association, Den
yer, has resigned to engage in mining in
Lincoln district, Clear Creek county.
He is president Of the Yankee Hill Con-
solidated Mining, Milling and Tunnel
company, who own a group of thirty
lode mining claims. BE has great faith
in the veins that will be intersected by
this tunnel.
Fred Neumeyer informs The Oh.
SERVER that, having completed sinking
an additional 1C0 feet in the main shaft.
o. the Doodle mine in Eureka district,
levels are now being extended at depth
OF 200 feet. A Deane steam pump has
been received which will be placed in
this shaft, which has a capacity OF
handling the inflow of water.
Golden Globe: A party OF miners
from Golden are putting down shaft on
the coal vein south OF Lafayette creek.
There is a half mile OF coal land here be-
tween The old Murphy coal bank and
Leyden creek that has never been mined
to any great extent, and the quality OF
the coal is the equal of the best product
in the county.
The new stone boiler room OF the
Gregory Buell. Mining and Milling com
pany, this city, is rapidly assuming pro-
portions. The former mine building is
being raised to greater height. j. II.
Quigley x Co. are doing the wo ID work
Nate A. Sears the stone work, setting of
the three boilers and 100 horse power
hosting plant.
A. p. Stevens, who is one of the pro-
moters of establishing an electric plant
at Dumont, Clear Creek county, as also
the driving OF n tunnel from that point
in and under the Yankee hill belt of
veins, has returned to his homo in Coro-
nado, California. He will return here in
about six weeks, when work on the
electric plan: will be commsnced
Mr.. Goodier, who is opening up a group
of mines near st. Mary's lake, in the
Yankee hill group of veinG, was in the
city last Thursday. Since he put in new
power drills he is making much better
headway in the development work than
formerly. The mines were formerly
owned by Jeremiah Ice, of this city, and
his son -n.law, Mr.. Luke
Bruce NJ. Myers, manager of the Chi.
cago- Carr mine, made n shipment of
carload of smelling ore to Denver last
Saturday. Development work at this
property is going forward with electric
drills, the mine being provided with
dynamo where the electricity for the
drills as well as lighting purposes is gen.
Grated.
Governor. Toolc, of Montana, last Satur
day signed the eight-hour law for miners
and smelters. Some smeltermen sn,
they will have to shut down because of
inability to conform to the law, but
friends OF the measure discredit the
statement. The law goes into effect in
ninety days.
Mr.. Kuhns, manager OF the Wood.
bury Gold Mining company, operating
the Herbert group OF lodes on the east
erly portion Of Quartz hin, Illinois Cen
trail district, who met with nm fccident
short time ngo. is out agHin attending
to his duties at that property.
Thomas Jones, formerly OF Gibson
gulch, will have charge Of the develop.
mcnt work ut the Climax mine on
Quartz hill, which is to resume work
again by Chicago parties rs soon ns the