Gunnison news-champion., 1903-07-17
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wear NJ a5ubi she c,a.lany uta
s.sn pu; q llrae tfree "a slsE o.
Wark aaa al-n ihe new scsu and thc
pra-Hsacr j. encouraging o. t're-iea
hurie business rsspFile.
f'uahla capitalists have secure1
eutrd q the Mii-an r..ll land sblse
Crested Esisc and arr i-ss-,naIa2 b.
asvelaH she same These i- az -
eciieuf Velu 81 cassl in -ieui v.hich
ha- Ilr,saue,-8 considerable ] b.
aIasraigr- giil aTca ~ She property
aaa c.uaHaeHcc -hapPsng H. pr.ifiuei
O. fhe marksi ihIs W8il h. ai uaueh
i,eIciii g. the tasn a. % Wiil add D.
the numbcF 1t men eIaplsvcd and
swell the pay rill The surraun iin9
mctalllier1us campz viii al-a help o.
sustain the pru-parlas condition
+ The keystone mime three miles
wc-i af Crested Bufte oss ned by the
Williamson estates. has bern lea-ed
by T. l. Clark y b. has resanied op-
eratipus on a. The tannel h IN j-Jii
feei and shows ahuui iour feet af
concentrating ore. The veiu aver
ages SIS In silver aud bead There
ART probably 1ugu tons af mill
dirt au the dump which vii e. $40
per ton- The Miller mill at Crested
Butte viii treat The ere frau thf
kev-faue
John Is llollwweu # CIicag1 r-
pre-emtiug company ai capitalists
is operating The Neuanga and ofhcr
properties iu Elk Basin Tie v1rk
Is being cmdactci thraugh anE
tunnel The Isaiah Harley proper
lies IN the same i1califv are being
deyel1ped by a tunnel Great guam
titles OF cInceutratiu are arr showing
The vein is l1ur leci Wide and car
rie- q uav-trrak If uatiffc1pnsr aud
silver The ore will average al1ut
S2p per t9n. Tho lower tunnel b.
lu -H leei aud the upper 9pl feet.
The camp ot Gothic ha- exception
ally good prospects lr basv ~,a-
s1n There il considerable new
capital going u tooperate properties
and chances are that the camp will
DON h1ondav airs
The Augusta Metal Mining r5m-
pany is carrying ON extensive aper-
ations al Pittsburg north Of Crested
Butte. The big tunnel is iu over
2jtn feet and is nearing the rich ore
bodies fomcd in the upper workings.
The company has been shipping ore
for some time. 10 carries good values
iu 4 ,ld silver aud lead When the
tunnel now being driven is completed
the company expects % produce p
toms of ore per day. This is a big
enterprise and the Augusta should
soon be a heavy shipper
The new Svlvanite Mining Co,
Monmouth, Illinois concern, is oIsr-
ating the old Sylvanite mine. In
stope 400 feet from the bottom of
the odd 700 fpot shaft from four TO
FIVE feet of low grade ore is showing.
The vein also carries a fair streak of
high grade material The property
has produced considerable high
grade ore.
Reinhardt IIollwoay Of this place.
accompanied by j. H. Frantz of
Monmouth, Illinois, is in Gothic to
resume work on the Maroon mount
ain mines in Rustler gulch. They
have tunnel in - feet further. /
Some ore has been shipped which
paid well
The Copper Greek mining com
pany with Jonas Erickson of Galva. !
Ill, as superintendent, is driving
tunnel to cut important veins.
The Homestake owned BY Dudley
+. McGlothlen and son and others,
has a tunnel in 100 feet which is
showing an $ foot vein or more of
copper, lead, tllver and gold ore.
with an average value Of S25 per
ton. The General Grant. Queen of
the West, New York, Bobtail, Dora
and Mavhower are all ON the same
vein on Galena mountain. They are
owned by the Messrs. McGlothlen.
The shafts ON these properties show
this same vein which in some places
is wider than 5 feet. Some of the
ore has been taken out and a mill
run made and very satisfactory re
suits obtained The lead from this
VEN in some places went as high as
60 per cent The Queen and King
OF the West veins carry copper. gal /
ena and silver The best ASSAY from
the ore was IA ounces silver besides .
the copper and lead values.
DIR +. l.. Clemens and others of
Canton, Illinois. have formed com
pany to reconstruct ard operate the
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