Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-09-22
NINE IS A MONeY.MAKER.
Abilene Capitalists Investment il
idaho Proves a Winner.

Frank A. Weber, superintendent
OF the Weber Mining company, cam
Q into town Wednesday to order NOR,
Q lumber and timbers He also bough
8 steel rails and car to be used in th,
, tunnel. The s,aft from the upper tc
the lower tunnel is finished and shows
ore all the way down. With the new
facilities Mr.. Weber is in shape to
: take out much more ore and also to
prospect the mine. The ore carries
silver, copper and little gold, and
is self-auxlng. There are between 60
and 80 tons Of ore on the dump now,
and the pile is getting larger every
day. With adequate capital the
Copper King and Maggie May coald
soon be made great producers.
This refers to the mining company
in which many Abilene investors are
interested and which was organized
last November by Charles Kubach,
who is president Of the company.
The superintendent, Mr., Weber, is
practical miner and is in personal
charge Of the property, working a
day and night shaft. The mine is no
longer prospect" but is an actual
producer and with the new facilities
installed by Mr. Weber will soon
yield millions
The following letter from a mining
expert connected with the mine is
especially worth notice and contains
some facts that every miner will un.
derstand and mean much for the value
Of the property: |
BELLEVUE, IDAHO, Sept. 8, 1904. |
Mr.. Charles Kubach, President Weber
Mining Co., Abilene, Kansas,
My Dear Sir:
l have two letters from you, dated
June 4th, and August 9th respec-
lively.
Pursuant to your request, I will
give you the information you desire
in as condensed form as l can.
have been so very busy, and it seems
cannot get through. is my reason
for not complying long ago.
The Weber Mining Company's prop
erty consists Of two claims. the Cop
per King and the Maggie May. located
about three miles from Bellevue, o.
station ON the Oregon Short Line
rail road.
The property is along the line OF
good mineral prospects which have
produced some very high grade ores.
The Bellevue King adjoining it on
the northwest produced ore valued at
$500 per ton and from which, am
told. large quantities have been
shipped. Along this course are To-
Gated the Ingersoll, Legal Tender
Group, Overland, Clipper, Relief,
Minnie Moore, Queen-of-the.Hill
Con Virginia, Oswego, Star-snd
then, on to the Bullion Group.
All Of these properties have pro-
iuced ore 10 proportion to the amount
II work done on them. The Minnie I
Moore has a record of about ten mil
ions, the Queen.of- the.H Hills, about
.wo millions, the Star, several hun i
lred thousand and the Bullion Group, {
lntold millions.
Your property is located west OF
he contact between the Granite and
he Limestones, In the Granite. l
These Pr"psrties produce much I
ligher grade ores than do those 10. J
ated along the contact and in the
ime.
There is 309 seconds and 5 minutes
4 tunnels, drifts and shafts. The 4
PIPER and the lower tunnel are con-
ected by an inclined shaft 6S seconds
rom its collar to the level Of the
over tunnel, carrying copper the en-
Ire distance.
There is considerable ore showing n
a all the underground workings. and p
ir. Weber, your superintendent, is o
aking some ore out every day. In '
~ opinion, there Is about fifty tons =
good smelling ore on the two v
jumps.
The general average OF this ore Is
hown In assay certificate No. /
ample 1, Pyritic ore, 27.6 per cent :,
opper, trace Of gold aud 20 OF. silver. d
And certificate No. s. sample s. y
halcoPyrite. Same as Pyritic Ore) q
7.1O per cent copper, OlO OF. gold,