Gilpin observer., 1902-07-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

mines Of the Denver & Boston Con. min
ing company, relieving Mr.. Davis.
The Dietrich mine in Russell district.
is giving good showing at depth Of 80
feet. Ore containing good values having
been opened up.
A meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Cashier Gold Mining Company will be
held in this city August 4, at which d.
rectors will be elected.
AL Christopher is having four cords OF
stamp mill ore from the East Calhoun
mine treated at the Gilpin mill in Black
Hawk. He considers the outlook of the
mine very favorable.
George Z. Moore last Monday morning
put on an additional force OF ten miners
on the property Of the Nevadaville gold
mining company on King fat west of the
town OF Nevadavlle.
The word bonanza which is now ap-
piled to exceptionally rich deposits of
precious metals originally meant de-
posit which was barely rich enough to
slightly more than pay expenses.
Mr.. Adams Of the Kokomo mine is now
engaged in sinking new shaft east of
the engine shaft 1t will be connected
with the latter by level thus forming a
splendid ore circuit for the miners.
The Last Dollar mine in Enterprise
district has been sold to the Bullion min
ing and milling company. The same
company has also purchased from Tracy
Hall the Bullion mill site.
William Woods manager of the Tucker
mine in Quartz Valley district, last week
brought to this city several fine blocks
OF lead ore from that property. The
mine is now in good ore at different
points where development work is going
forward.
The largest proportion of the crude
ore that Is being shipped from Black
Hawk at the present timeis consig ned to
the Golden smelter. These works are
now receiving ore as heretofore, come Of
the mines OF the county shipping their
entire output to that point.
At the Grand Army mine on Gunnell
hill Joseph Neidermier is making good
hesdway in extending the lower level
east from the shaft. A number Of i'm
provements have been made to the ma
chinery on surface, which will prove ad-
vantageous in many respects.
Parties holding q lease and bond on
the Dictator mine in Eureka district,
will resume sinking the main shaft, now
down 100 feet. A shaft building will be
erected and a plant Of machinery in
stalled.
G.P. Goodier Of the Oro Verde mining
company. came in on Monday from the
mines Of that company on Silver creek,
above Yankee. He reports development
work being prosecuted at the mine in a
diliRent manner. He left on the after
noon train for Denver.
w. j. and Robert Lewis are down to
. depth Of l2O feet 10 their Pozo mine on
the south side OF Nevada gulch. Sink.
| ing il going forward with two shifts Of
| miners. The crevioe shows quite q
streak OF smelling ore which is being
saved separate from the stamp mill ore.
w. II. Quintrall has succeeded In un-
watering the main shaft on the Charter
Oak mine, north OF the Topeka mine in
Russell district. In doing this he had
to drain the Pyrenees mine to quite a
depth. He is stopping In the 200 foot level
and will sink the shaft to greater
depth.
Cutting timber on tie millsite OF
another is punishable by fine OF not
less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or i'm
| prisonment for not less than thirty days
nor more than one year, or both fine and
imprisonment.
After three days lay off through the
4th OF July the employees of the several
mines throughout the county, resumed
work on Monday. The same was the
case with the employees OF the stamp
mills and sampling works.
Heavily ladonod wagons with smelling
ore from the Specie Payment mine on
Bellevieu mountain in Russell district,
pnssed through Central early Monday
morning on their way to Black Hawk,
from where the orc was shipped to the
smelter at Argo.
After having reached depth of 400
feet the manager of the East Boston has
under advisement tho resumption of
sinking for another 100 feet The smelt-
ing ore IS netting 500 per ton. The mill
ore treated at the Randolph mill is Civ
ing good returns, and tho concentrates
are selling readily at the smelters.