Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
NEWS FR0n THE MINES AND MILLS
Cripple Creek Leases.

The Cripple Creek correspondent of
The Denver Republican under date of
October 9Th says:
The Tfllery lease on the c. o. D. in
Poverty gulch will make another rich
shipment tomorrow from the recent
strike In the tenth level, the deepest
workings of this once famous mine.
The balk of the shipment is estimated.
to be worth in the neighborhood of
$50 a ton, with some sacked high
grade in addition. The last consign-
ment of sacked ore sent out about a
week ago brought 1910 ton. The rich
ore is fiuoride quartz, literally full
OF sylvanite. The lessees will put on
night shift tomorrow. They are now
employing ten men.
A fifteen months lease on the An
ehor claim OF the Anchoria-L Leland
Company has been granted to w.
shape. pioneer of this district. Work
On the lease was commenced to-day A
surface ore shoot was opened up on
the north end of the claim near the
bonanza King during the prospecting
option held by Shape. The ore from
this shoot runs from $25 up into three
dgures. The same lessee is operating
On the Rebecca portion of the C. o. d.
estate, where he opened up the extern
sion of the Gold King vein at surface
He has sunk shaft to depth OF
thirty-dve feet and has a promising
showing and good assays.
The demand for leases on Cripple
Creek district mines and prospects
never has been SO great as at the pres
ent time. nor has the energetic work
or this class of operators made itself
felt in the steadily increasing output
C. the district SO much before. Addi-
tional leases are granted almost daily
and every mining company's office in
this city, Colorado Springs or else
where reports applications awaiting in
vestigation.
Were Stratton's last holdings turned
over in their entirety to lessees and
there the hundreds of miners desirous
OF a chance to develop and prospect
the estate, the number of men at work
here would be increased by nearly
1000 and the increased benefit to the
entire district would be incalculable.
Among the recent leases granted the
United Gold Mines Company has a
number on record for the Deadwood
Trachyte property.
Larson & Co. have been granted a
twelve months lease on the south end
to surface.
James McDade. well known in the
camp through his successful opera
tions on the Pharmacist, has secured
a lease for a similar period on the
White vein east from the second to the
first level
Oatmand and Caldwell are operating
the same vein between the third and
second levels across both the Trachyte
and Deadwood claims. These lessees
are running the machinery. hoist and
compressor, other lessees paying them
for the service.
Arnold & Co. are working on the
middle block of the Trachyte on what
is known as the north and south vein.
Rawlins, an older lessee. has cut
twelve inches of fiuorite quartz that
assays from 1920 to $3.50 a ton. in the
south drift Of the No. 1 dyke. at the
third level of the Deadwood. Besides
this he has big body Of low grade
ore.
Whiting and associates are leasing
on the Deadwood with other leases
awaiting action on their applications.
These leases are all on a graded roy
atty, ranging as high as fifty per cent.
q ton on the higher grade of mineral.
ne lcdScS pIONiuc lOi tuC uCNCiOP-
ment of this acreage of the United
Goid Mines Company's estate from the
Trachyte shaft on the north and south
vein and the east side of the Deadwood
on the White vein on the first and
third levels to the west side OF the
Trachyte on the White vein at the
third and second levels. Intervening
blocks have been reserved by the COM
pany for future work il it is deemed
desirable.
The Cameron Town and Mining Co..
has granted two leases of considerable
Importance to the development of this
section. Thomas Tanna is sinking a
new shaft on the east half of block 80
and the northwest corner of 32, on the
west end of the townsite. This block
is in line with the strike Of the w. p.
II. vein.
On the south end of the townsite
north of the Flying Cloud and In the
westerly corner of the Pinnacle Park,
Robertson and associates are search
Ing for the source of the rich float
found in that section. These leases
are for one year and on graded royal
ties.