Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-10
OF MUCH INTEREST
Is Letter From Idaho Springs
to W. F. Garnett & Co.
Description of Working of Alpine
Gold and Silver Mine.
Idaho Springs. Colorado,
September %, 1902.

= Alpine G. & S. Mining Co., and as
m anager ! take pleasure in writing
you describing our workings. The
7 property is located on Alps Noun
= tain near the famous Lamartine
, mine, and consists of IS claims so To-
Gated as to cover all portions of the
80 different veins that traverse our
| property, and we have left no open
ground whereby any person can get
in our midst to cause us the least bit
of trouble as we have complete and
absolute titles.
The main workings consist OF a
shaft on the Alpine vein 300 feet
deep with three sets of levels run
ming laterally from the shaft. The
6rst level is SO feet below the sur.
face, at which point there has been
done 100 feet of drifting and little
stoping. The vein here is strong
and carries exceptionally good
values in gold and silver The
second level is 100 feet from the
surface, with $50 feet of drifting.
Only small slopes aggregating
about 90 feet long and 80 feet high
have been worked on the east side
of the shaft, and these slopes have
produced $41, 900. Had the gold
been known to have existed in the
ore, the production would have
been about 100000. This entire
level is in ore of good value, which
we are holding in reserve. The
third set of levels are 266 feet from
the surface, and here we have done
only $50 feet of drifting The vein
is exceptionally strong and assays
taken from different parts have
run as high as 5000 per tou-that
is the first class ore. The mill OF
averages $50 per ton and varies in
size from to 7 feet IN width. The
bottom of the shaft is "a feet below
this level, and in the bottom we
have a fine vein of sulphide ore
which runs $3.50 per ton. We re-
Gently sunk the shaft so feet to en-
large the stump and it is my inten-
tentlOn to run two crOsscuts, one TO
the hanging wall and the other
from the foot wall. These cross
cuts will cut the other veins which
lie parallel to the Alpine vein, and
we will be able to carry on the
workings through our main shaft.
1t is the intention OF our company |
to thoroughly develop this property F,
before it attempts to declare a dlvi.
deud. 1t will take some little time
to thoroughly develop, but when suf-
icient development has been done,
we will then be in a position to pre-
duce and keep up a heavy and |
steady production of ores.
If it was our desire, we could /
work out the ore which we have in
sight at a good profit and declare a |
dividend, but it would not be prac-
ticable, as we would some day find !
ourselves in a position where we
would have to develop the property,
and it is cheaper and better to de-
velop the property now than it is to
work the mine out and then look for
more ore. There is not a place in
the mine, no matter which level,
which upralse, wiuze or stose, but
where you can go and find a good
streak of ore. We have not encoun-
tered barren place in the mine
and every foot shows ore. In some
places the streak is narrower than
at others owing to the fact that no
vein has an absolute width. 1t va
ries accordingto the pressure which
Mother Earth gave while the veins
were being formed. The hardness
of the country rock has eonsidera-
BILE to do with the varying size of
these veins.
The company are working on the
theory that it is better to thoroughly
develop and always keep the prop
erty in such a condition that we will
have sufficient ore reserved in sight
so that we can keep up our produc-
ton and still carry on some devel-
opment work. They deem it as nee
essary to do this as it is for any
business institution to have a re-
serve to fall back upon in case of
need, and mining to day Is con.
Quoted on the same business prin-
ciples as you would conduct any
large business in your home town.
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