Gunnison news-champion., 1904-03-11
TAYLOR PARK ACTIVITY
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The park althauEh u1t generally
and widely known hke NORTH middle
and >auth parks. has aiaast the AREA
of these m1autain valleys. being >
mil,s long aud an average ct Do
miles vidc. Al1ug the northeastern
nina the clntineuia divide lifts preci-
pitoas slopes. anly the f,Satbilis eN-
tending below limber line IT, the
south and west extend the vast forest
covered fJfhills II Italian m5aHtaiu
aud Park Dome Native hay and
tim1tby grows luxsriautIv and tbe
h8ur lf the basin has thousands af
acres 1i f1re=ts. hut b is o. tlie failure
81 t- gold aud silver mines thai m.r-t
newcomers diref their atteati1u
Tho town 1f Tin Cup iu che south
eastern edge ai Tavl1r park Is the
center li mining activity uu West
Gold bill the B.istercl H1rH tIuuel
under management af Andrew lie
June Recently encountered d large
vein thu contains rich deposits al
brittle silver or6 Tho tuuuel was
projected two wears ag1 o. cat the
1ld Jimmy Mack reiu at -raat depth
and mwator the ground which iu
early DAYS produced large values IN
high grade silver ores. Al 1uD feet
from daylight this entirely unex-
pected mineral was encountered aud
proves 90 be ! feet wide clearly
defined between walls Of p1rphyry
and granite While the main tun-
mel has been driven straight ahead
toward its original goal, two shifts
are drifting ON this new treasure
store and have proved ii for 10 feet
Assays of the brittle silver pockets
run very high and an average of the
vein makes one of the best milling
propositions in Colorado The old
Brunswick mill is to be remodelled
in the spring 10 treat this ore
!. l.. johnson, manager Of the Gold
Cup mine has let contract for l35 feet
of drift work 10 Henry Brown of st.
Elmo and Mr.. Roland OF Cripple
Greek He is also sinking a shaft in
the Sylvan Dell, and has let con
tract to Geo Duncan and VIM Ire
land
The Woods Gold Mining com
pany, composed Of Carrolt0n Missis-
souri,, people has ten men at work in
Pie Plant gulch, developing the FIVE
foot vein of free milling gold ore un-
covered by them last fall They have
their 100 ton mill ready 10 start but
it was completed too late for operation
until snow clears of this spring.
In Bertha gulch, two miles below
Tin Cup, lumber rs ON the ground
to build settling dams for extensive
placer operations. The Bertha Gulch
Mining company has here some OF
the richest placer ground in the
park The gold is coarse and num-
erous nuggets of five and ten dollar
value have been found in prospecting
In washing TO bed rock at the mouth
Of the gulch an excellent vein carry
ing gold, and copper was discovered
and Manager A. W. Hail already has
q shaft down 30 feet On the lead
lie is preparing 90 ship.
At the upper end Of TAYLOR park
near the Aspen divide, the Taylor
Park Mining company, composed Of
Boston capitalists is carrying ON
large operations around Dorchester
The company owns over 1000 acre..
of patented placer ground, but at
present is dev0tiug its energies to the
Enterprise mime Here is another
great tunnel pr0iec. that bids fair t1
add fame to the Guunisuu country az
am ideal section for deep mining a
500 foot tunnel above timber line
proved that the shipping ore found
around he discovery shaft was con-
tIuUHus. but this tunnel is now partly
filled with ice. Tunnel No , ran
500 feet and not only disclosed q
vast quantity of low grade ore that
runs in gold. silver. lead zinc and
copper mp to $50 a ton, but Late last
all broke into body of silver-lald
ore. six and one half feet wide. which
was pr0spectei for - feet and re-
turned a~savs 0f ~lSS.l ounces
silver and AZ ounces gold as an
average. This tunnel has regularly
shipped high grade ore during the
SIMMER months. bat cannot be
worked at this season ON account of
-u..vrzli.Ia- II 147rra1 \1 > Started
at point 1000 feet down the hill it
is proposed to tap these ore bodies
at 44OJ feet Twenty five men are
working all winter and the tunnel
has passed $500 feet.