Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-11-28
Enthusiastic Over Idaho Springs.

Idaho Springs mining district, one can
not refrain from calling attention to the
revolution now under way i'll the matter
OF improved methods OF mining and the
same improvement in the extraction OF
the values from the ore. Forty years ago
II someone had suggested to the good
people that SOME inventive genius
would evolve plan for Matching eggs BY
artificial methods. these people would
have said: You can preach all the new
tangled notions You want to, but vou
KANT hatch an egg withou, henl' Yet
there are millions Of chickens peeping
over the country every year who owe
their existence to tin steprnother. And
the same is true of ore mining and its
treatment Ten years ago the dumps
were receiving what the mills receive
now. know this is true in the case
with MS. and the fellows who are taking
leases on the old dumps are making the
money"
The foregoing characteristic sentiments
were expressed by Fred C. Shaffer, of
the Fred G.. Shaffer Investment company,
who was down this week from Idaho
Springs. Mr., Shaifer is as great cham
pion for the interests OF his home district
as at the time he was doing active news
paper work as editor of one of the lead
ing local papers OF that city He spoke
optifnistically and eutertaininglv of con-
ditions. continuing as follows:
ITO appreciate the changed conditions
it is only necessary to go over the dis
trict and witness the signs OF new life
and energy. Take trip up Fall river, a
section once abused. and see the results
that follow the application OF hard cash
and horse sense. II is true the Stanley is
closed down as a result of litigation, but
II will soon resume. II has produced
better than IS, ,ooo.oco, anyway, ard if il
never resumed has added its part to the
wealth Of the world
The next YOU see is the mill OF the
United Gold Mining, Milling & Tunnel
company, working under full pressure
and nun partly OIL custom ore and partly
on ore taken from the ?, claims Of the
| big company. Manager Ristedt is max
ing the proposition successful profit
Garner. Beyond this is Davidson's 5
Standard mill. tina, is outpntting profit
able bunch Of bullion every month. and
all the way up to Yankee hill. up York
gulch. and i'll every section development
work and shipments are the order OF the
day.
TIP Chicago creek the Matte mill and
the Allan mill are both grinding away
the former on Matte ore and the latter
on the product Of the Shafter mine. In
this section half-dozen shipper. have
been added during the past year.
soda creek is also in line with ship
pers. The Coming Nation property.
owned by the Wire Cold company. is
! making regular shipments to the Alpine
mill. and fully dozen propositions in
that section are making excellent pro-
gress in the way Of development. BE
| fore the present month closes believe
the Cedar Ridge tunnel will begin ship
ping and the Cassatt Homestake is driv-
| ing on good quality of low grade ore
right now.
"Seaton mountain is keeping her pro
duction record in line in good shape-as
matter of fact there is not section OF
the entire district that is not moving to
the music OF most generous success The
shipments this month will reach better
than the rso-csr limit. and that will be
pretty close to the banner month of last
year, and We must take the labor troub-
les and coal strike into consideration in
this.
THE future will show gain in null
tiples. dc no, beleve our own people
realize what the prospects are for coming
years. OF course all these new mills un-
der way. the inaugumtion Of the big tun-
uel enterprises and the fact that it has
been proven beyond the question Of a
doubt that all sur low grade ores are
amenable to the mills having improved
machinery add materially to the pros
poets for future success.
"At the mouth Of the Newheuse, Rem
shaw's Soo-ton -per-day mill xill lie grind
ing away next year" The Big Five Ped
Grafton will build at the mouth d Me
Central tunnel. the Lscania people are
beginning to talk of mill, and several
smaller ones will he built and operated
BY the various companies. We have de-
termined that it is possible, whese the
tunnel method rs employed, to treat s.
ore at profit. This may sound strange,
but when one takes into consideration
the fact that the cost of nising in these
low grade, free milling PROPOSITIONS is
| nominal. that the veins are in many in