Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-07-11
Harrison Group to Start up.

JOih AlOlSdus WIN lOl wears hdS pCVli
interested in group of mining claims on
Trail run, was here Mondav and we
gained the pleasing news that it is the
intention of the management of the In
ternational Gold Mining company to
resume operations in sbout two weeks.
The property owned by the company was
closed down some time ago by the men
being called out by the union, and no
effort has since been made to operate it..
1t seems, however, that employment will
again be furnished to willing hands and
a system of development inaugurated
that means permanent activity for that
section.
The group of claims owned and con
trolled by the International Gold Mining
company is a continuation of the Cham
pion Dirt belt, lying to the west of that
famous producer The claims that have
been operated principally are the Nor
gan, Harrison and Union, all of them be-
ing on the same vein. The developments
and showings are as follows:
The Morgan, which is the western
member of the group, has been operated
by main shaft to the depth of $50 feet
In the bottom there is six feet of pay,
composed of smelling ore and mill dirt
The smelling streak varies from two to
II inches in width and milruns 515 ozs.
gold, IS ozs. silver and Is per cent. cop
per. The balance of the six feet will
average from SI2 to SIS a ton. Levels
have been run both ways on the vein
from the shaft-east rs feet and west 100
feet. Both these disclose a streak of mill
dirt of an average width of three and
one-half feet mixed with smeiting. The
shaft, which shows the ore body is i'm.
proving with depth, will be sunk another
lift of loo feet. There are from IS to 20
tons of first class on the dump awaiting
shipment. The mine is equipped with a
new gasoline hosting plant, in frst-clas,
condition.
AT the Harrison, the shaft of which is
nearly one half mile lower down the hill
and is 100 feet deep, the bottom show,
four feet of $40 ore, outside an eIght.inch
smelling streak of a value of AZ ozs
gold, 80 ozs. silver and 8 to 20 per cent.
copper level so feet down in the shaft
and run 40 feet proves the ore body and
values to be continuous. There are eight
to ten tons of smelling ore in the shaft
house. Outside the shaft workings, the
Harrison is developed by crosscut 90
feet long from the base of the hill to the
vein, thence west by drift on the vein
800 feet. This drift ran through a con-
tinuous body of mineral, three to eight
inches of which are smelling ore running
from ) to AZ ozs gold, 80 ozs. silver and
is per cent. copper, and from one to
three feet of mill dirt. The ore shows
strongly in the breast. Some stoping
has been done and raise carried to the
surfate for air
The Union lode, which lies between the
Harrison and Morgan, has an excellent
record. At grass roots ore was obtained
that milled II ozs., or $24o, per ton in
gold. The ore body has been opened
for 200 feet in length and rs feet in depth,
the production aggregating several thou
sand dollars.
The adit level on the Harrison, we are
informed, will be extended into the
Union territory, depth of 500 to 600 ft.
being obtained. From this adit, at some
distance in the Union ground, a caosscut
will be run north 800 feet, the distance
required to intersect three lodes owned
by the company, the aggregate depth
gained being loco feet. The Old Settler
vein courses through that territory.
Charles H. Picket is manager for the
company, and he certainly has outlined a
splendid campaign of development, and
that should result in handsome output
Mr.. Morgan, our informant, is thor
oughly familiar with the group and its
possibilities. For years he has developed
the property and made it possible for
capital to acquire as fine a group of pay
ing claims as there is in the Freeland
section.
The Big Five people are making prep
arations for the future product of the
Central tunnel, upon which a 5,ooo-ft.
contract for driving began this week.
The company has from the inception of
the enterprise announced that not only
mining would be done, but mills for the