Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-10-17
BURTON RETURNS.
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PIONEER
MINE AT DUMoNT WILL WORK
LARGE FORCE.
MINE AND MILL IN FINE SHAPE.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY ALSO EXPECTED
AT BURTON TUNNEL.

opTilSs BUSINESS WISH LIST wednesday.
He stated that the work at present is con-
fined to the mine. The plan of opera
ton is TO sink a perpendicular shaft,
regardless of the veins dip. This has
been done. TO the depth of 900 feet. and
cage is this week being placed therein, as
well as a pump to handle the water. At
regular distances crosscuts are run to the
vein and levels run. The distance to the
vein from the bottom of the shaft is IS
feet and two levels are being run from
that point, one being o5 and the other 90
feet in length. There is good ore in
these two levels, two and one-h half feet of
mill dirt running SIS to $40 per ton and
three to six inches Of smelling ore rang
ing in value from $50 to $40 in gold per
ton. These levels are being carried for
ward. There is an excellent mill con-
nected With the property, of IS tons per
day capacity and equipped with stamps
and plates, Cammatt tables and frue van
ners. These will be driven by water
power, of which there is an abundance.
Twe've II en- are employed upon the mine
at present.
There has been considerable of variety
in the management of the Pioneer during
the past two years, but we understand
that matters are in better shape there to-
day than at any time since the company
took hold of it. Mr. Doyle has been paid
in full for the property and arrangements
are being perfected to liquidate all past
Indebtedness. The original company,
the Kokomo- Pioneer, has been merged
into the Boston Dumont NJ. and NJ. Co.,
which has eliminated some of the disturb
ing element. 1t is noteworthy in this
connection that Judge Francis L Burton
has been retained as general manager Of
the property, and he is expected to arrive
from Boston in the near future and again
assume personal supervision Of the prop
erty. After his arrival. the mill will be
started up and the force at the mine aug
mented to 20 to 80 men.
The details of Judge Burton's trials and
tribulations during the past two years
are familiar to many of our readers. He
was first accused of ex,rsvsgant manage
ment and then of forging checks. Be
cause of the non-arrivai of promised
funds, the miners could not be paid. and
for this he received blow that discolored
one of his eyes. Carrying this with him
on an eastern trip, he was caught in
collision on the Hudson railroad and so
badly used up that the ra lroad people
were glad TO compr. mise for s.. 500. This
amount was scarcely aid. however. when
somebody told the company it had been
hoaxed; that instead of having been
struck by a passenger coach, the judge
had simply been attacked by a miner.
This led to a criminal prosecution by the
railroad Company, extending over year
in duration. most of which period Burton
was under bonds and attending to his
TIME he acquired the Two Sisters group
of liims, on Silver creek, an started
crosscut tunnel above Lawson to inter
sect that group at much greater depth
than the present workings. This tunnel
is now running. The recent attempted
kidnapping of Judge Barton by two Bos-
ton detectives and the hearing before the
governor of Colorado over the extradition
papers aroused much interest because of
the heroic methods employed in each
case, and when the governor refused to
interfere and the officers departed with
their prisoner, it was thought that that
was the last of Burton in these diggings.
1t now appears that he was not at the
end of his resources, and that the rail-
road company must have fallen down in
its case in some way.
Burton has always conteuded that he
was the victim of a job put up by the
opposing stockholders. who waited to
get him out of the way so they could get
control. 1t seems that they could not do
this in the regular way. Burton's state
ment is supported in measure by the
testimony Of Mr.. Doyle, who was with
him on the day he was attacked by the
miner in Denver, and that night saw him
off on the train Mr. Doyle also states
that he met Burton at the train at Du-
mont, upon the latter's return from the.
east and assisted him to his home.
Now that the mine difficulties are
on the eve of adjustment, the manager
and company in accord, and the mine
and mill iu good shape for profitable
operation, there is nothing in the way of
the Pioneer being a happy investment
for the stockholders.
Regarding Dumont camp ia general,
Mr.. Doyle states there is talk of several