Gunnison news-champion., 1904-01-08
BOVERMAN GROWING.
A. & Reynolds Secures the In
5epena<nt Aaj is Push
ing Work.
OTHER PROMISING MINES.
VAisS o Property RAp5ly InerSAs
sns as DSveiopsncna
FroSrS&
Special Correspondence

Naw thai II - an assured iact Thai
4 = Eeynalis has secure contral Il
the BowernaH damn lndependent
mine. the camp e B1wcrman has ia
ken an new life and viii be a pros
per1us camp the remainder af the
winter Mr. Reynolds Is one Of the
best known mining men of the west
and his connection with auy mining
enterprise gives ID great assurance Of
success Daring the early part al
the excitement In that distrtci Mr.
REYNOLDS visited the independent
and made a personal inspection. he
was well pleased with IT, showing
and was frank 90 say that in his
opinion ID woaid make a mine Oth
err mining men and experts who have
visited the property were also highly
pleased and a1reeably surprised az
its richness No better showing has
been made in western Colorado for
the amount If work dome Tho
shaft Is down nearly 70 feet aud
shows much richer ore than 30 did al
the beginning That % Will make a
great gold producer AN in the dist
riot are confident
Mr. Reynolds has representatives
m the ground planning for extcns-
i've developments A compressor
viii be placed at the tunnel and a
hoistiHg plant on the shalt and both
will be pushed Part Of the machi-
merry is now ON the ground. A good
force Of men has been put 20 work.
The J. \. l.. group owned by +.
B. Norris of Clarksburg, West Nir-
giuia aud A. A. Ford Of LIS Angeles.
Cal, is now taking out ten tons Of
ore per day and will soon have "a
string of teams on the road hauling
ore ior shipment Buildings have
been completed and much work done
ON the vein. AT the bottom of 50
seot shaft Sne ore chute has been
opened which is much richer than
surface ore Mr. Morris believes the
shipping ore now being taken out
will average $50 per ton. Some
goes much higher. S2uDand upward
Ihs vein is an extensive one meas
uring at least 30 feet across where it
crops on the surface From present
indications the /. y. T.. viii he "a
heavy shipper
Wiley. Sapp and Iaugil are taking
ont ore at grass ROOTS ON the Mulliu-
gar They now have ont nearly a
car load and expect to ship soon.
Mr. Wiley says the shipping ore Will
run sl2j per ton The vein has
shown much better values going
500 The vein is two 10 four feet
across and carries a pay-trgdh 3f
from two Co ten inches. 1t i~ a fine
ore body and will prove a good prop
crtv
The Bts~cmHr mining company is
down 80 feet ON the Le0aa shaft and
has opened a four foot vein which
carries good gold values. A mill
run on loo pounds showed am aver
age value of 37.lNi an gold per ton.
The company expects 10 take out ore
Tor shipment before many days
The Navajo company is taking out
some duc ore from the Boss group
Assays show = $40 ounces gold. A
car will 60 to the smeiter by the FIRST
Of the month
Thos. Kane and company are put
ting a car and track boz the Maud
tunnel and viii push work all win
ter They have a big vein.
B1wermlu camp is looking much
better and the developments which
have been iu progress for the past
Sew months are proving up well lt
now looks certain that The district
viii be a hummer before spring