Gilpin observer., 1904-12-22


The Silverton correspondent OF the
Denver News says: A 4,000-foot aerial
tramway is now under construction
from the Old Hundred property down
to Howardsville to handle the rich pro-
duct OF the property. 1t is expected.
II the present favorable weather con-
tinues. that the work on the tram line
will be completed within the next two
weeks. and 1t will be in operation soon
after the beginning of the new year.
This tram will be a remarkable piece
of engineering skill. as the angle at
which the line runs is As degrees, rem
dering the work of construction slow.
on account of the towers having to be
firmly ironed and bolted to the rocky
sides OF the mountain.
A Silyerton correspondent. writing
to Denver, says The Silver Wing mill
has been thoroughly overhauled and
several thousand dollars in new ma
chinery installed. making 1t one Of the
most complete milling plants in San
Juan county. A run on 500-ton lot OF
ore from the Columbus mine. at Ami
mas Forks. has just been completed.
and the results were so satisfactory
that contract has been made for mill
ing 1.0O0-ton lot from the same prop
erty, the work to be done early in the
year. Until then the plant will be kept
busy milling ore from the Silver Wing
mine. The capacity Of the mill Is but
fifty tons per day. but this will be dou
bled just as soon as the recently en-
couEtered ore bodies are exploited and
found to be satisfactory.
The work on the $4,000 placer gold
dredge boat which Is being built for
the Reliance Gold Dredging Company
in French gulch tabout a mile and
quarter east of breckenridge has ad-
vanced so far that after placing the
machinery. which is to be delivered In
March, a few weeks will see the boat
completed. The endless chain OF
dredging buckets. having a capacity OF
nine cubic feet each, will be the strong
est ever put in use In this country.
where four dredges have been built at
different times. Prospecting with q
churn drill along the proposed course
of the first seasons dredging has dem
onstrated 1t to be probable that the
dredge will do its excavating to bed
rock in the richest gold-bearing stream
deposit in Summit county.
A number of new localities were dis
covered in 1903 where molybdenum
ores occur In quantity. Wulfenite was
discovered on the property of the
Troy-Manhattan Copper Company at
Troy, Arizona, and a concentration
mill was erected there. The deposit Of
molybdenum at Cooper. Maine, was
extensively developed by the Amer
lean Mclybdenum Company. Other
properties partly developed In 1908
were at Climax, Summit county. Colo
rado; at Ophir. Montana, and near Dill
lon, Montana. The production Of mo-
lybdenite ore during 1903 amounted to
about 6.200 tons Of crude ore, very lit
tie of which was treated. Most OF the
wulfenite ore that was mined was con-
centrated. and these concentrates, to-
gether with the concentrates OF the
molybdenite, amounted to about 795
short tons. valued at S60,S65.
Two hundred and eighty pounds
worth IS n pound; twenty-five tons
worth $304 ton: seventeen and one
half tons, $114 to the ton, and twenty
five tons, S56 to the ton, are the re-
turns from u shipment recently sent
out by the lessees on the Ocean Wave.
owned by the Little Puck company ut
Victor. The shipments netted some
thing over $4,000. The property In
situated on Squaw mountain. The ore
was first struck on the Mimi s. OF tho
Abdallah company. the propcrty's end
line, and without knowing It the ope-
rators on the last named property
drifted over the line. A survey estab-
lished the claim Of the Little Puck
company and something over $4,000
has been paid. The directors OF this
company. however, recognizing the
value OF the work of the AbdaIiah
lessees, have granted lease on the