Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-27
Property of the Company.


The mere fact that the property is located
on Santa Fe mountain gives to it at once
a value of great prospective wealth, for
there is little doubt now of the great rich
ness of the veins that cut through the
mountain when opened up to proper depth.
The SIX claims lay contiguous and form
practically a compact body. There has
been done on this property quite a good
deal of development work, by a system of
tunnels, not sufficient however as yet to
fully determine the continuity and extent
of the ore bodies, but as to their values we
are informed this fact is established beyond
any question by great number of assays
made at different times from ore taken
from the breast of the tunnels as the same
were driven. These assays have uniform
ally shown good values and in many in
stances run very high i'll both gold and sill
yer. We are Informed by Messrs. O'Hara
& Wilson that active development will start
at once, and the work prosecuted with
push and vigor. This work will begin
first on the Gomez Extention upon which
there has already been over two hundred
feet of tunnels run. This is a very prom
ising property not only from the splendid
showing made by development so far but
the further fact that the vein of the Gomez
mine extends on into this claim, the east
end line of the Gomez forming the west end
line of the Gomez Extention; the working
shaft and mill of the Gomez being less than
200 feet west from the tunnel on the Gomez
EXtention. There is little doubt of the
Gomez being fine property, for with only
small amount of development it has so
far produced over fifteen thousand dollars.
The Grass Valley No 1, No. ard No
/ -. Al, 4
east and north. This immediate section
can show some fine properties, such as the
Lexington with an output of $3.50 900.
The Little Richard, the Federal group. the
Gold Cord the Blizzard and Walker tun-
mel now i'll rich ore and recently sold to
Boston parties, but the two claims of great
est possibilities of making veritable bonau-
zas are the Humming Bird and Great Re
public. These claims lay side by side their
entire length along the Coming Nation.
This is the claim you will remember
from which the fabuously rich ore of
S14, 200 per ton was taken, in fact the
breast of the tunnel which is in about
300 feet is in this ore now-as work was
stopped and the property shut down
when this ore was struck.
1t is claimed by some mining men
that this is cross vein, if so, it would
naturally continue on into the ground
of the Humming Bird and Great Repub-
lie claims. Messrs. O'Hara & Wilson
inform us that they are going to know
whether it does or not very soon by
driving a tunnel for that purpose on the
Humming Bird. In this connection we
are told that the company is seriously
contemplating taking up a big tunnel
project to run from the east end line of
the Humming Bird due north right
through Santa Fe mountain. If carried
out it would be big undertaking and
would undoubtedly open up some great
properties. The location is certainly an
admirable one for such a proposition.
Low Cost of Treatment.
The property of the company is only
about mile from our city limits. 1t is
reached by splendid wagon road and
down grade haul all the way to the GUS
tom mills located here, and the railroad
for shipment of high grade ore to the
smelters at Denver and Golden which
are only 81 and Is miles distant respec-
lively. Water and timber are right at
hand and in abundance.
The system of tunnels inaugurated by