Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-05-24
NETWORK
OF GOLDEN
FISSURES

the tunnel eight strong veins are
known to exist and carry rich valuec.
With this in view it will be necessary
to drive not to exceed 1000 feet to
bring out the riches hidden in these
veins. The company means business
and is not hesitating a moment. Work
will be pushed until these veins are
intersected by the tunnel. A plant Of
machinery is soon to be installed and
this will push matters along at live
ly pace. The mining men of the dis
trict regard it as one Of the most
substantial of the smaller tunnel prop
ositions. 1t was projected and is be-
ing driven principally by Iowa capital
and the gentlemen in charge of it are
responsible and understand the min
ing business-which argues strongly in
favor of the company and its future.
OF the many tunnels projected and
being driven, the Lucania is probably
the leader among those of considerable
proportions, or what are known as the
big ones" The mines tributary to
this great enterprise have produced
$65, 900, 900, and there is every reason
to believe that the Lucania at the
enormous depth attained, over 2,200
feet, will reach country that will add
500, 100000 to the metal product of
the world. When one attempts to
make the figures that reason will die
tate on this great enterprise he stands
appalled,, for it is practically robbing
the richest field of the district The
famous Specie Payment, which sold
for $625,000 last spring, will be cut
by the Lucania, and besides this, there
are nearly 100 others that show on the
sEHface, and among them such noted
p15ducers as the Champion, Kinda,
Emerson, California and Tigress. Any
one of these, alone, would make the
tunnel a remarkable success, even
were it to be conducted as a service or
transportation tunnel When one re-
allies what so many of them means,
however, he cannot express himself
regarding not the possibilities, but
what means more-the probabilities
and, in the case of the Champion, Spe-
Gle Payment, Kinda, Emerson. Califor-
MIA and others-the certainties. They
cannot avoid cutting these veins ii
they follow the straight line surveyed
for the tunnel site. Last spring when
the gentlemen from Colorado Springs
entered the field here and took advant.
age of the opening to start the Lu-
cania. Siftings congratulated them and
was pleased to see them enter the dis
trict. The same gentlemen who have
helped to make Cripple Creek what it
is to-day as a producer, are behind the
Lucania, and this is enough to furnish
a guarantee of future possibilities. The
Lucania follows in the footsteps of the
Newhouse. The former proved that
values continue with depth and the
latter will take advantage of this
proof So it cannot be classed as a
mining venture. When the money is
paid in to drive the tunnel to its OBJ
jective point, two miles from the
mouth of the tunnel up Fall river, one
of the most certain tunnel propositions
in the Idaho Springs district will prac-
tically have successfully matured.
There are many prosperous districts
in the camp that are not shown on the
map, and cannot be on account of the
vast range of territory to be covered
by such map. The Chicago Mining,
Milling. Tunnel and Transportation
Company is driving a tunnel from
Chicago creek northwest to George
town. The properties in front of the
tunnel are many of the old producers
and the company is pushing work
right along
Two new mills are in course of con
struction-those of the Idaho Springs
Milling and Reduction Company and
the Detroit Milling and Reduction
Company. These mills are needed at
the present time and they are both
contracted to a full capacity even be-
fore they are in operation.
One OF the great tunnel enterprises
of this district is the Big Forty tunnel.
And while it is somewhat new, yet it is
attracting much attention of our bust
ness men and miners. 1t is being
driven northwesterly from Chicago
creek to Clear creek, a distance of
about five miles, through one of the
richest mining districts of the coun-
try; it is one of the longest projected
mining tunnels in the world, and will
attain great depth, cutting the Lamar
tine at a depth of nearly 5000 feet. 1t
will cut nearly at right angles a great
number of mineral veins which have
been proven TO be very rich and pro-
ductive, and it is predicted that 1t will
open up and drain hundreds OF valua-
Bile mines, and adding largely to our
ore production, will become a source
of great revenue to its owners.
The Big Forty Mining and Tunnel
Company is driving this tunnel to cut
their forty mines, and for drainage and
transportation purposes. Among it's
stockholders and officers are some of
the best business men and miners of
the country, and it is believed that this
tunnel will be rapidly pushed to com
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