The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-12-09
Great COLD ORE
RICHEST STRIKE FOR YEARS, THE
LOWER CLEAR CREEk
POOL OF SEVEN DIVIDING PROFITS
THE UNEXPECTED sTRIKE WILL HELP
OUT FOR CHRISTMAS

OUl 7 OR CHRIS I MAS.
Probably the richest strike of ore
made in the lower Clear Creek section
for mauv years was made this week in
the Pike-Rowe lease on the 7th level
of the Little Matte mine. For eight
feet in the east end of the stope 80 feet
above the level there is exposed a streak
of solid coppe,-ead silver glance ore
frou one to three inches wide, assays of
which returned 90 ounces gold and 667
ounces in silver per ton and the ore also
carried ltttle over 5 per cent. copper.
about 20 per cent lead, making the total
gross value S2,295 per ton. The new
streak is being sacEed in a class by itself
and shipment will be made shortly.
A candle box full was taken down yes
ter'ay in the course of stripping that
portion OF the stope.
Th lel Sc have 10 feet OF ground above
them and how lar the rich streak ex-
tends up or eastward cannot be known
for some time tut al AIRY rate it is A nice
addition to their alreiiy big bonanza
VI SotiAN l4AA'htti@ i'fAet Sil ltiilEll hl
from S, 900 to sro, 600 worth of ore every
month have been made from the lease
each miner working for the leasers
breaking down thousand dollars worth
OF ore per month to the man. Five men
are employed, that being all that can
! be conveniently worked in the stope at
its present length. The shipments of
November ore netted the owners s 500.
and there is no prospect of the streak
playing ont. The Numbers Of he lucky
pool who are participating in the big
IN onthly dividends are F. L Angove K.
/ J. Davies w. l.. Bush, of the First Nat
tional bank, L. D. Wiley, Chas B. Rowe
aud N. J. Pike Of this city and w p
Wilson OF Denver.
r. tnusual interest seems 70 center in
each meeting of the city council aud it
rarely occnrs that there is an absentee at
roll call. Thursday night of this week
was no exception to the rule, and when
the mayors gavel fell, every member of
the board was in place.
! FIX Councilman c. v Walker was pres
ent for the first time since his retirement,
and he addressed the board upon behalf
of r. sidents of the west end of town, who
protest against the smoke nuisance caused
by the Big Five. Mr. Walk er was assured
that the nuisance would be abated and
the health committee was told to get busy
5. J. Fabian appeared before the board
with protest against the action Of the
council III granting a right of way to tie
railroad Company for side-,rack across
fourteenth avenue but the uucil was
Ipowerless te take any action as the ord-
nance had been adopted, and the city is
compelled to stand by its contracts. Mr..
Fabian complained bitterly against the
placing OF six foot switch target in front
OF his door, hnt he will have to protest to
the railroad company as the city dads are
not generally consulted about equipment
by the railway officials; however, the
members o' the street and alley committee
volunte cred to ask the company to snh-
stitute a ground switch instead of a target
Police Judge wilkins reported a thriv-
ing business in his court for the month OF
November. having collected S23 in cash,
had several acticles in pawn, many prom
ises to pay and one victim at work on the
street. He also flied his bond
4 A communication was received from
S. n. Simpson in regard to the land on
the hill in the vicinity of the reservoirs,
but the matter was tabled.
/ Chairman Walker of the water works
committee made most gratifying report
OF the work accomplished on the new
system, announcing that water would be
turned into the new Chicago creek con-
dait line on the day following and that
for several DAYS all mains had been fully
supplied and that the reservoirs had an
abundance III storage. The new valves
work splendidly and the citv's water is
now under better control and more alum
dant than ever before.
Cemetery affairs were discussed and
upon recommendation of Councilman
Nicholas the roadways in the cenetery
will be repaired and so changed as to be
more convenient
On motion the insurance on the build
ings belonging to the city was increased
from $500 to $4,000, and new policies
ordered obtained for the ensuing year.
James Underhill, the local mining en-.
gineer has become contributor to the
Mining Reporter. In this weeks issue is
started a series OF articles on Mineral