Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-15
So Says General F. Hall
After Inspecting Famous
Gem Veins In Newhouse

Mr.. Renshaw's men are cutting on the
Gem Extension for station, l asked the
manager, Mr.. Bradley, how wide the
workable vein was at that point, and he
said 'fifty-four f et.' There is not sim
liar body of workable ore, where all the
conditions have been developed, in the
Rocky mountain region. The principal
value is gold, the major part of the prod
uct concentrated or dressed preparatory
to smelling.
This enormous vein is as distinctly
defined as the fingers of your hand. The
walls of granite are solid Workmen
were putting timber sets in this drift for
the second upraise. For convenience of
mining the ore body has been penetrat-
ed by series of cross cuts and its value
thereby determined. There is no water
worth mentioning in either drift; one of
them Is $50 feet long. 1t would be diff
cult to find anywhere in our mining svs-
TEN more desirable place for the work
ing crews. AS l stood there watching
them, the desire to quit newspaper writ,
ing and take a hand at my old profession
came in strong and earnest.
The company of which Mr.. Renshaw
IS manager now controls over two miles
of this magnificent vein, located under
different names, distinctly defined and
opened to various depths, by shafts and
drifts from the surface. Look at the vast
area OF Stopping ground above the tunnel
level. It forms an aggregation OF very
great value. One may not venture 10
measure the limit of its production, nor
the years of time it will take to exhaust
the reserves. This energetic, far seeing
manager, realizing the possibilities of the
mine, Is rapidly shaping affairs for ade-
quate milling facilities As the deyalon-
ment progresses, the volume of ore broL.
en- will increase, and he must be prepared
to crush and get it to market. As soon
as mechanics can put them in order. he
VIII have three large concentrating mills
at command, all within rifle shot of the
Newhouse dump. There is no reason
why Mr.. Reushaw should not be able to
drag out from that tunnel from LOCO to
1000 tons every twenty-four hours when
the drifts are sufficiently extended and
s-4S "a l'iuA9No hlACh Will IlGu.
''Now compare this situation with the
output OF all the individual or the small
company effort that has marked the his.
tory of Seaton mountain for the past for
ty years. By present arrs ngements car
rled on as stated w. +. Renshaw can
send out larger quantity of good work
able mineral in a single year than Seaton
hill has marketed in the past ten wears.
/ hat is the difference between small and
big operation of mining ngsterritorv. A cor
responding difference will be found in
the annual bullion returns in the life of
Idaho Springs and in the traffic of the
Colorado & Southern railroad.
Another example. Most of us conf
prehend the past of Red Elephant noun
tain, farther up the Clear Creek valley.
1t contains great treasures of mineral but
the place has been practically dead for
ten years. A man named REYNOLDS, a
splendid miner with capital and the best
kind OF Judgment, has, bought most of
the mountain. Unless checked by the
continued decline of silver, he would be
soon doing there what Renshaw is doing
i'll the lower valley. These two projects
successfully prosecuted, to saw nothing
of the Others in progress, will raise Clear
Clear county to the first rank of our min
ing counties in the number of men EN-
ployed and in the output of ore. In the
matter of tonnage it will line up with
Leadville and Cripple Creek. The entire
commonwealth isvprofoundly interested,
for 1t means larger production and the
wider distribution of wealth.
"One of these days l hope to see the
principal belts of Gilpin county similarly
consolidated and operated Then it will
rise to higher plane of importance than
1t can attain under present methods"