Gunnison news-champion., 1902-09-12

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CTs stsL sk.cA may be -sea ia t.e
e~Asu isese~. 1ss scsI ss exposed At
shs pSisi ar"- STRONG aud in phase. I.
an cniar- sse hill fully -csea ,ccs ~ I
So s~lse.I wall. a xe8.-.sets .ea /
Sea- vein. having the same dip 10
tte soush~esg a. at the Boa yon. The
d. ggiepsaessi here CONSISTS ei = tusaei
drlgoa ~ = seathe.-.erls direetloa %
"a vcis fos ssos. s0o feet. and au
IA ne sank on ti.e vein fro.a he tun-
~ iesei : ) feet. also an sI.ri-e in ore
to the sarfsoe over the incline 81 feet.
sinibCrsa ia a substantial, workman
hso manner, also necessary chaie- for
loaaiRg the ore into ears ia the tunnel
from The various -tepes. There Is
va-i amouni OF ore IN slghi that has
bgan proved 10 average BY smelter
ruus from sl5 10 go per ton ia cop
D. aud silver. The veia a. shown
a Gag the route Of the taHael averages
j. siAtb, ms-t aHifeg gusly. bet wecn
- aud seven feet. all in ore. v hich j.
o. q loose character, easily mined, aud
having the walls smooth and clean.
Jua ging from the aggregate of the
sue ter runs there Is fuuy s200. 900
v lrth of ore in sight. From the up
per workings the ore Is packed on
burr0s by way OF sooheld. down
through the canon TO the eompany's
smeiter At Marble. The ore in the in
cline 0f the upper workings of the
Carbonate. a. in the Bon Ton shaft,
i rapidly developing into a sulphide.
which is of a much higher grade OF
copper ore. la fact there is no doubt,
B. reason by analogy, that with depth
the vein will show large bodies Of
copper sulphides, which will be OF
greater value than the oxidized cop
pfr ore nov being encountered.
PROM these upper workings about
500 tons of ore, we learn, have been
taken out in development and smelted
that averaged from 60 Is per cent.
copper in large lots, with silver
value of about six ounces. The ore
Is reduced at the companys smelter
Al Marble into high grade copper
matte. The tunnel throughout has
been timbered and Jagged at the roof
and the work done in good shape.
From the upper workings We go to
the lower tunnel in the gulch below
on ''son-of- a-Gun" creek. AT this
point the company have a good cook
and bunk house that would be a
credit to any mine. A little above,
a good trail takes one to the mouth |
of the lower Carbonate tunnel, but a
short distance from the camp of Crys- |
tai and good wagon road TO the
smelter. This tunnel will cut vein |
at depth of fully GOO feet or more
below the upper workings and save
about to 10 miles of transportation
down Crystal mountain and through 7,
the canon, which will be an economi-
cal saving of at least 81 per ton in
the transit of ore to the smelter. This
tunnel penetrates the mountain about |
500 feet, and from the presence of nu-
merous ore seams, is in close proxim.
ity 10 the main Carbonate vein, which |
" hen reaahed, will in all probsbil. |
ity show heavy body of sulphide of |
copper, as the bottom of the incline |
in the upper workings also show
The tunnel will be OF vast importance
TO the development of this great vein.
and will be in the nature of revenue
tunnel through which the ores of |
other properties on the vein will be |
handled and shipped, as good trail |
aud wagon road are close at hand, to |
say nothing about short and easily |
bucket tramwsy to an ore |
house at the wagon road.
In conclusion. it is = conviction and |
and fact that in the Carbonate |
vroup the Mineral Point Mining COM