Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-04-02

per cent copper or s5z-GS per too- ibrre
s fgs.r feet oE sriil dirt which carrie
values Of sa4 8 per ion- The ore is now
being taken OF, and shipment will X
made
The statement foregoing 'tiet The bat
ori OF the keg. so 10 speak. Beins
president Of geld mining company .~ith
valuable holdings present and psospee
tive. Mr. Adams dropped his No 2 peneii,
abzudoned poetry and PzragTaphing for
the time being and skipped OF to the bill
for a personal view Of the riches tha, are
10 come When that mine begins 10 sstoa-
ish the natives by its productixeness.
In talking i, over with him. he sail
y wish You ~onid make me some sort q
an estimate Of what may depend upaz
IN the way OF revenue from that propertv
Il IS the hrs, time have ever been pres
dert Of thing ike that. and kno~5ng
very little about mining, an iudussry
which you are fassiag with every day,
and having an idea Of going to Europe n
the fall, / want to kno~ whether II is 20
be a cheap affair OF one in which I Ger
blo~ IN a pile or two without distressing
INV pocket-boox or family"
He xas 50 earnest about ii I began 70
figure soHeiharg after this style.
The mine you are going to consolidate
xith IS producing a grade Of minsrsl
worth about sf7s per ton; 5000 tons ni
such stuff would yield gross 5, 300. goo
Ba, suppose it only produces 10000 tons
BY the time yoa wish TO start; it woaid
give s., 10, COO. The freight and treat
uaent charges would have 10 come out, %
course, and There would be some exPease
az the mine, bat after everything : pas
and the division with the company a.
tended TO you would s;ill have quite
respectable wad.
Then there IS a lot Of material tha, ruHs
about s55 a ton. Suppose you break szd
mill, say 10000 tons Of this grade II il
concentrates pretty we'll, It ough, TO re
turn about $50. 600 J. ID. Williams.
who is your personal friend being the
manager Of the property, would be ~
ing, ! think. TO take the ts3o.ooo and
give you the million or 50 derived frusE
the hrst class What's the use Of beins
president of a mining company uuless
YOU can get little something out OF -
for foreign tour II he cannot reaiize
enough from the lesser grades TO meet al
the charges and dividends the eompany
will want, lie; him sell some stock. That
will ak il all right Nov let rne eongra,-
ulate you on being a millionaire
prospect"
This line OF reasoning seemed to pls@ss
him very much. He went back to his
desk and wrote some of the merriest
Jingle ever read. After that he gave ue
an secoun, OF his climb 10 the r1ine.
which is situated high up on the crest Of
Sea,ou mountain. The wind blew hzr-
rican that day, filing his eyes with saad-
His hat blew of and the furiosi,y of the
gale left him bsidheaded. To make any
headwav at all. - said be. 81 had to clutch
at rocks and shrubs aud hang on for dear
life to save myself from being buried
over the Jagged cliffs. Bat ~e go, there
a, last and the sight of the ore IN that
mine and the wealth in store amply re-
paid me for the effort I, was tough
trip. though
With the first dividends-,he srloun;
cousing to him as stated sbove-Mf. Ai-
ans will probably puciiase wagou-ioad
of clothes and steamer trunk. As he Is
a warm admirer of Thomas A. Walsh.
and hts way OF doing things. he has al
ways been ambitious to outshine the for
ner owner Of the Camp Bird. in Paris
and London But he draws the line al
the king OF Belgium. What he will do 10
Paris remains TO be chronicled after he
gets there, and We may get It in rhyme
II so, IL may be worth reading.
Whether his visions of wealth are real
ized or go 10 pot, like 50 many Of my
own, am certain that the sixty or sew.
enty thousand readers of the Post in
which the better work Of his life has
been done, much OF it brilliant, all of IT
facinatiug. will wish him all the good
the gods are said TO provide for their fAv-
orites. The bes; accounts that come from
the mining property in which he has
veutured indicate that excellent results
will accrue in the regular course OF devei-
opmeut Seaton mountain IS veritable
storehouse Of treasure. The Lead prop
erty mentioned above is reported to be
both strong in vein filing and the ma
terial above the average grade extracted
from some of the principal mines on tina,
slope. The mountain is ribbed with
mineral veins. some of which are destined
to make surprising records before the
current year is ended.