Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-27
Big Mining Deal
On Santa Fe Mountain.


1ieve that i'll no other section of the dis
trict are the veins that crop out so strong
as they are on Santa Fe mountain Their
naturalization is more perfect than that en-
countered in any other section and the
float that still covers the mountain is richer
than it is in any other field of the district.
In the early days of mining in the district
when placer methods were i'll vogue, about
the only lode mining done was on Santa Fe
mountain. Here the float from the giant
ledges furnished values that made it profit
able to ship, think of this. the float picked
up over the surface of the mountain sent to
the mill for treatment and returning pro-
fit, a fact almost unparalleled in mining
history. Yet these are facts and these
statements can be verified by any miner in
the district who was here at the time. The
biggest strike yet made by recent develop
ment work was made in the Coming Nation
where streak of Tellurium was struck
showing assay values of SI4, 10000 ton in
gold and some of the samples taken from
the vein show perfect net work of wire
gold. Denver assayers who have examined
these samples and made assays from them
declare that it represents the finest show
ing of Tellurium they have ever handled
from this or from any other district, AT
the present time the Coming Nation is the
only property that has been able to deter
mine what the naturalization of the noun
tain or the character of the formation
would be if depth was attained The vein
of the Coming Nation is a big one, over
thirty feet in width, all of which is said to
be profitable milling ore besides the fabu-
lously rich streak of tellurum referred to.
We are sorry to state that upon the
strike of the SI4 100000 ore, trouble fol-
lowed among the owners of the property
and work stopped and the big mine with
its thousands and perhaps millions of dol
lars of yellow treasure IS lying idle.
1t is claimed that the differences are now
in course of adjustment and we certainly
hope for the good of the camp that AMIGA
BILE arrangement can be reached and this
wealth of gold opened up.
Barnes Brothers on their property on
Santa Fe mountain just above Soda Springs
are shipping ore and we understand of high
grade quality and as even and certain in
their values as they are in any other part of
the district
Park Disbrow, of Iowa will be out again
this summer and it is known that his prop
erty just above the Springs also is about
ready to ship, As a matter of fact consid-
cradle ore is already blocked out ready to
be knocked down and shipped.
Ihe STERLING tunnel PROJECT to penetrate
the mountain under its apex has exper-
fenced no trouble whatever in obtaining
capital to finance this end of the proposition
The Walker tunnel which is to tap the
mountain at its southern base only recently
struck fine body of ore and has since been
sold to Boston parties for handsome cash
consideration and work will be prosecuted
from now on vigorously, Another big tun-
mel proposition, the Cassatt, is to tap the
mountain at its northern base Just across
Clear Greek from the portal of the great
Newhouse tunnel. The Newhouse tunnel
taps Seaton mountain and is one of the big
tunnel propositions of the world. has a cap
italization of five million dollars, has pene-
trated Seaton mountain at the present time
three miles and has opened up at great
depth thousands of tons of rich ore valued
at S., 900, 900.
When these three tunnels have penetrat-
ed through the granite and quartz of old
Santa Fe, then it will be that the old pros
pector will have his inning, for it has been
practically proven now that all that is
needed is capital to open up and go down
on these veins to great depth to prove
their fabulous wealth of gold.