The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-10-14
ONLY -FOUR FEET
BUT THE STREAK OF ORE CARRIES
GOOD SMELLING VALUES.
POWDER MAGAZINE LODE A DANDY
BURNS-MooRE PEOPLE ELATED OVER
THE DEVELOPMENTS

The Burns Moore company has had
sufficient quantity of timbcrs delivered at
the Mag zine shaft for timb. ring a Ioo-ft.
| ! it, and tie work will b. started under
Contract within the next week. The
sh ,ft is a vertical one and at present is
but IS feet deep. The drift west from
the o5ft. point has been extended about
| SO feet cutting the top of an immense
ore shoot. In the bottom Of the level
| there is exposed for some distance four
let of shipping ore. One foot of the
,treak is of lead ore and tests i'll CONNER
cial quantities show it to carry values of
S5l per ton. The other three feet is well
mineraized with iron, carrying an ave-
rage value of SI4 per ton, an ideal con-
centrating which, however, would
pay good profit if shipped direct to the
smelters. The entire vein of four feet
will average SIS so per ton, and when
he streak is accessible by stoping,
should easily yield the company net
profit over mining, hauling, freight and
treatment charge, SIX or seven dollars
per ton at the least. The shaft is equip
! ped with e-horse whim at the pres
ent time. but later hoisting plant will
be erected, which will be operated by
compressed air from the Burns Moore
power plant, less than 200 feet from the
collar of the shaft.
The Burns Moore pipe line is being ex-
tended five hu idred feet to the dam, the
water at the present being conveyed by
an open hume that distance to the pipe
intake. This, it is believed, will per-
mt of the operation of the water power
plant through the cold weather.
Surveys have been made for the extens sion
of the power line for 700 feet above the
present dam, but nothing will be done
this season. The present dam is leak
ing badly and it will be much cheaper
to build new dam than to repair the
old one, and in addition VIII furnish ad-
ditional power which will be needed as
soon as operations are started in the
Burns Moore tunnel on the network of
veins now being entered by the heading
of that big tunnel.
Messrs. Cannady and Cummings last
week completed their ,ooo-foot contract
on the Burns Moore tunnel, and new
contract was taken by Mr.. Cannady,
Mr.. Cummings retiring.
One of the events of the week was the
opening of streak of hgh-grade ere IN
the breast of the main adit of the Holman
group, west of Freeland. William Nor
gan, one of the lucky owners, for some
/ time past has been quietly but vigorously
u
objective point being the big ore shoot
opened years ago by the main shaft, some
3 distance farther up the hill. Owing to
the inability to succe essful]y handle the
large flow of water encountered work
was discontinued in the shaft and adits
were started farther down the mountain.
The result has been the disclosure of
other ore shoots, the values per ton
at times ranging in four figures demon
strating that the Holman network OF veins
is rich in the precious metals and is des-
tined, under a vigorous and intelligent
development policy. to rival any mineral
estate in the county, both in volume and
richness of the output.
The present strike is at point 600 feet
depth of I2s feet with the pitch of the
vein. The ore occurs back of what has
been deemed and followed as the hanging
wall. The extent of the ore body, and
whether or not it extends back into the
adit, can only be determined by further
exploitation. That an important ore
shoot will be in evidence is the belief of
all who have examined the strike.
Mr.. Morgan, who is joint owner with
David Kennedy in the property, at once
apprised the latter OF the strike, and no
doubt vigorous policy of development
will be determined upon as soon as a
joint examination of the property is
IN ade.
The Holman group lies west of the
Oneida mine, which some years since
was discovered and operated by Messrs.
Morgan & Kennedy, who opened very
strong body Of ore. shipping extensively.
They aherward disposed Of the Oneida to
eastern capitalists for a cash considera-
tion of $I25 900, and such was their faith
in the Freeland district that they at once
acquired other and contiguous holdings.
That the latter will prove another valu-
able addition to the numerous shipping
mines of the Freeland gold camp is be-
yond peradverture.
Earl O'Rourke left this morning for
Yankee hill and Alice, where he will
: | visit with his sister Mice ua1.oa