Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-10-31
MINING

strike of eight 10 ten inches of good
smelling ore was made by the shaft men
IN the Gold Medal early this week, and
the probabilities are strong that the lost
ore shoot is coming in. No particulars
are obsainable at this time.
Lewis Oliver is sinking the Nashville
shaft, situate in Russell district, aud al
though he is going through cap rock ore
is obtained that assays ozs. gold to the
ton. A depth of Iso feet has been
reached. He has lease and bond upon
the property
There is general cleaning up of the
buildings aud premises OF the Stanley
Consolidated company in progress. and
IS the foundation of the current rumor
that the big property would be shortly
working full blast and again adding IT'S
quota to the worlds output OF the pre-
cious metals.
J. F. Kamiuky, the hustlins manager
of the Sierra Nevada tunnel and group
OF claims, came down from Alice las,
Saturday and basked in Idaho Springs
sunshine for day or so. He is steadily
getting farther and farther into the
mountain and expects to cut another
important fissure very soon. Since be-
ginning operations he has done 600 fee.
OF crosscutting 400 feet of drifting, and
has done considerable ore shipping. He
is opening a fine property.
Ou Wednesday morning two wagon
loads OF ore from the Sun and Moon
mine were weighed at the Plumrner s.
Co. scales, the result being thst the two
loads ne,red exactly the same number of
pouuds-I3,7oo. The coincidence was
remarkable. 10 say the least, and each
of the four-horse teams vas put TO its
mettle to move the mass to the mill.
Two trips day are made by wagon to
the mine, which is producing several
hundred tons a month. it is said. It GER
tainly looks like prosperity to see mines
working and ore teams and mills busy.
The Gold Amalg amsiing company of
Boston has what is claimed to be one of
the very best propositions in North
Spring gulch. S. d. Shaffer is the local
representative. He is now engaged in
driving tunnel upon vein and in 1900
feet of driving will encounter II juno
tions of veins, which means either that
many ore shoots or one continual round
of prosperity. Mr.. Shaffer was feeling
pretty jubilant last Sunday, as every
indication pointed to the approach to
pocket Surface ore occurs on the prop
erty that assays $500 per ton. principally
gold.
The work Of cleaning up and putting
the Newhouse tunnel in fine shape goes
steadily on and II is currently believed
that before many days elspse the work
of driving that big thoroughfare in to
Gilpin county will be under way. All
kinds Of rumors are afioat that the nec-
essary papers have been prepared and
that the contracts will be.signed by the
interested parties as soon as possible. 1t
is to be hoped that all these reports are
with good foundation. - the moral effect
of the tunnels resumption will be great.
While operations at the Coming Nation
mine under the new management have
been carried on but . brief period, the
results have been most encouraging, as
demonstrated i,y recent shipments. One
test lot Of two tons of gsngue matter re-
turned N per ton. net, while the main
streak, FIVE and one-half feet across, ran
l.85 ozs. gold per ton in one class. Mr..
Fred. G. Shaffer of the investment COM
pany that promoted this property is
naturally highly pleased at the above
results, a. they justify the faith he has
always had in Santa Fe mountain and his
persistence in enlisting capital in devel-
oping its resources.
Duncan Drummond has passed the
point in the main adit where he expected
to encounter the Fannie D.. cross vein,
and has started a crosscut to ascertain
what is the matter. The Fannie D. ie .
prominent member Of the Ohio Culch
company's group, carrying . goodly
quantity of lead ore of both . smelling
and concentrating nature. In addition
to the group. the company has COM