Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-06-14
PRINTERS
WILL DIG
FOR GOLD
Syndicate of Denver Union Typos Organ
ize Mining Company.

toward the development of the mines in
this district and at the same time assist in
advertising Idaho Springs was formed
last Monday when the Typo Mines and
Tunnel company perfected an organiza-
ton.
A syndicate of twenty-five union print
ers of Denver, realizing that the Clear
Greek mining district was the most prom
Using of any in the state for the vocation
of mining, closed a deal with J. J. Hoban,
whereby he turned over to them num-
Der of claims of Santa Fe mountain. No
sooner had the organization been COM
pleted than men were put to work to
develop the property, and already the
tunnel has been driven a distance of
more than twenty feet
70 1t is the intention of the Typo Mines
and Tunnel company to bore through
Santa Fe mountain and cut the extentions
of some of the famous old producers of
this district
The capitalization of the company was
fixed at $3.50, 900, and the following Off
GERS were elected:
President, II. E. Garman president of
the State Federation of Labor.
Vice-president, John D. Williamson,
Idaho Springs.
Secretary and Treasurer, Fred C.
lShaffer, Idaho Springs.
Assistant Secretary, Oliver App, Denver.
Manager, J. J. Hoban, Idaho Springs.
A,tI
W. J. DexheiIner, Eli Sherman, foreman
of the Rocky Mountain News, R. Mel
notte, of Denver, J. d. Williamson, H. E.
Garman and Fred C. Shaffer.
The richest float ever found in the
Clear Greek district was on Santa Fe
mountain, but the veins were never
found With this new company driving
tunnel for distance of nearly two
miles, there can be no boubt as to the
success of the enterprise. The country
will be developed to a considerable ex-
tent, and after boring for a short distance
it is the intention of the manager to
drive the tunnel parallel with that of the
Coming Nation vein, which has produced
ore running Io2 ounces in gold to the
ton. 1t will also cut the extensions of
Vim. Doherty's rich claims which are in
the same district.
All the members of the company were
in Idaho Springs last Monday and after
carefully looking over the property, they
lost no time in securing possession of the
same Manager Hoban was instructed to
put force of men to work at once and to
lose no time in pushing development
work.
The new company has claims which
they have named the Nonpariel, Plea,
Father of the Chapel, Ledger, Thirty,
Slug II, Linotype, etc. Several of these
claims have been fairly well developed by
sinking shafts, but active work was never
pushed.
From the list of officers and directors it
can be seen that the success of the enter
prise is an assured fact When body of
union printers take hold of business
proposition they never let up. 1t is the
intention of the management to sell stock
in every large city in the United States.
Branch OfnCeS Will De eSIaDuSneu through
out the country as soon as possible.
The principal offices of the company
will be in Idaho Springs, but local office
has been established in Denver where
business can be transacted
Mr.. Garman, the president of the com-
pany, is too well known to the people of
Colorado to need any introduction. He
is now serving his second term as presi-
dent of the State Federation of Labor,
and while he announced himself as not
being a candidate for reelection his
friends are insisting that he shall again
accept the honor. Mr.. Gar1nan will also
represent the union printers of Denver as
delegate to the convention of the Inter
national Typographical Union which
meets in Cincinnati in August of this year.
Oliver App, the assistant secretary, is a
member of the firm of App-Sutherlaud
Engraving company of Denver and is
known throughout Colorado as solid and
substantial business man.
John D. Williamson, vice president of
the company, is publisher of the Idaho
Springs Siftings and has long been iden-
tilted with the typographical unions of