Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06
ings, mills and miners homes.

In the Manhattan tunnel a large
that will add greatly to the output of
the company's properties. A contract
has been let for fifty feet of drifting
on this vein to the east and west where
cut in the tunnel. The ore shows an
assay value of over $40 per ton in
vein of nearly four feet in width. This
gives the company five veins from
which steady production can be
counted on,
When one goes into the assay values
that have been had on his different
veins, they would be misleading to
eastern people not familiar with min
ing, for reasons they do not understand.
When opening new vein, if an assay
of several thousands is obtained people
generally think wonderful strike has
been made of mine that should be
worth millions and turn out million
aires at the rate of one minute, while
it would mean nothing more to the
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pect to develop, especially if the vein
was of any size and the character of
the ore promising, otherwise they
would probably pass it by. And, again,
to mention only trace of gold in new
found vein might mean to the prospec-
tor great enthusiasm on conditions
found, while to the easterner it would
mean nothing and not worth locating
The greater part of the Yankee prop
erty consists only in veins located and
prospected sufficient to learn the char
acter of the vein, its surroundings and
location as to value to his group. II
| Mr. Seeman does not need the ground
to protect his group he does not locate
just to get title to territory. He has
several old and experienced prospectors
employed constantly in doing this work.
which they do under his directions As
says in this way have been made on some
of his prospects that have gone into
the thousands without in any way ex-
citing this man, while again only as
says of few cents in value have re-
ceived careful attention. On the more
thoroughly developed properties he
takes the mill returns on test runs of
ore of volume as his estimates of their
value-not assay returns on picked
samples Big returns do not excite
Mr.. Seemann in the least, nor small re-
turns discourage him; he wants the
true situations from which to make his
plans and estimates, and he generally
gets to the truth of things whether it
be on ore values or a discussion OF
rights. In the Faust shaft assay tests
have been giving the ore a value of
over $400 per ton. but the average so
far as found runs about $12 per ton
at the mill. The extent of this ore is
not known, as the entire bottom of the
shaft is in orey and the vein has not
been crosscut or drifted on. In the
Lombard the ore is irregular in values.
The reason of this is that in the diff
ferent ore shoots found they carry diff
ferent values. Some ore has been found
here that was sold by DIR. Ashbaugh,
the former owner, for over 81, 900 per
ton. Considerable smelling ore has
been marketed that has given returns
from $50 TO 1920 per ton in gold val
ues. The mill dirt averages close to
$12 per ton. while there are thousands
of tons of ore on the dump of this
mine Mr.. Seemann. thinks he can make
average better than Sc ore per ton
when the new mill is completed. The
company will be able to work even Sc
ore at profit. and when their pro-
posed developments are completed
they will be able to work 81 ore
through the Seemann tunnel at a prof
it. One can easily estimate that in
handling 1000 tons per day, as they
will do in time, that the money used
in building this tunnel will be repaid
handsomely in very short time.
The company now have their new
fifty-ton mill about completed, and will
have it in full running order by the
18th of next month. A visit to the mill
will prove to any one that it is being
built on the latest plans, everything
being automatic. 1t is being built
with view of making high percent
age of saving, and for the different
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