Gilpin observer., 1905-11-09

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vile mines, the output being close to
10000 tons, an increase of about 1000
tons over September and an increase
OF almost 1000 tons over August.
Considerable excitement has been
caused by the discovery of Dakota sand
by the Colorado City OIL Gas and Wa
ter Company, drilling for oil near Col
orado City. The Dakota sand is said to
be certain indication of the proxim-
ity of oil or gas.
William Lennox and e. W. Giddings,
owners of the Strong mine and other
cripple Creek properties, have closed
a deal whereby they become control
ling owners of the Quapaw Lead &
zinc Company, owning large proper
ties five miles from Baxter Springs,
Kansas. The company is capitalized
| at 100000, and has been operating
since its organization last September
A drift has been started on the shoot
opened at depth of 1000 feet in the
Strong mine on Battle mountain. 1t
has proceeded twelve to fifteen feet
and throughout this distance has eX-
posed a continuation of the high grade
found at the point of intersection. The
width of the body averages eight feet
along the length of the drift and the
values are upward of 500 in gold, ac-
cording to the last assays received.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent at Central City says: Williams e
Co. have received returns from a ship
ment of smelling ores from their lease
on the Alps mine on Quartz hill which
showed values of $310 per ton. These
ores came from the 500 and 1,300-foot
workings, and We're of the usual yellow
copper and black jack variety Another
lot rated second class yielded SS4 per
ton. They are making daily shipments
TO the stamp mills which clean up on
the plates an average of three ounces
gold per cord, with tailings selling for
from IS to 50 per ton. The property is
owned by Hal Sayr and Harper NJ.
Orahood.
After an enforced shutdown for a
month on account of Il strike. the Gold
King mine and mill are in operation
again and within few days the force
employed will be as large as it was
before the strike. The railroad from
Silverton to Gladstone, distance of
nine miles, which is owned and oper-
ated by the Gold King company. and
which supplies an outlet for the com
panys product. has new ties and new
steel, and many of the curves and
grades have been reduced. Notwith-
standing the strike, it is stated that
the output of the Gold King property
this year will exceed that of any pre-
vious season.
A strike of great importance has
been made in the Strong mine on Bat
tie mountain, at a depth of 900 feet.
says a correspondent. 4 shoot has
been opened up for a width of eight
feet, which carries remarkable values
Selected rock from the shoot will run
thousands of dollars TO the ton and
much of the ore is literally alive with
native gold. The general quality of
the ore is expected to run from 500
to S14O ton for the entire width of
eight feet. The strike is especially i'm
portant because of the great depth at
which it is made. Most of the valu-
able ore of the district has heretofore
been encountered above the 500-foot
depth. The shoot promises to yield a
fortune.
At a depth of about 100 feet from
surface the present scheme of develop
ment in the Rico-Aspen group of
mines, at Rico, has encountered a vein
of ore which measures ten to twelve
l'tl III "lulH II is vertical assure
vein, of the class peculiar to that dis
trict, and yields literally in lead and
zinc, the lead contents showing an
average of ten per cent, the zinc thirty
to forty per cent, and the iron from
fifteen to twenty per cent, making an
easy concentration proposition. The
presence of zinc, lead and iron at this
comparatively shallow depth indicates
an improvement in gold and silver val
ues as depth is gained. Instructions
have been given by the management to
at once sink the Atlantic Cable shaft
to intersect the new vein. thus
making an easy outlet through the
Atlantic Gable workings to the cars,
and thence to the smelters at Durango
Pueblo and elsewhere. The old con
centrating mill at the group tunnel.
known as the Enterprise mill. is being
thoroughly overhauled. Canvas tables
for the shines. Wiley tables. cleo
trical power, etc, will be added The
capacity will be 100 tons per day. The
additional saving of values in the ore
will prove an important factor. en-.
abling the company to handle thous-
ands of tons of milling ore at present
useless in the dumps and Levels of the
various mines on Dolores mountain.