Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-01-14

contract was awarded this week to
S. l.. Work OF this city for the erection OF
two buildings to cover the cyanide sec
ton OF the Ward mill on Jackson's bar.
The main building covering the cyanide
tanks. will be 7sx xIIo feet in size, and
the specifications call for steel trusses
and g'raers supporting the roof. The
other building will be sb X 80 teet in SIZE
and will be used for the precipita,ing
tanks. ASSAY ofiice AMI labratory. The
steel ork v i'll ne furnished by the Amer
lean Bridge company. The cost Of the
buildings Is ia excess 4 s.. 500. aud they
are 10 be completed within tine next sixty
davs. Work will be started uext MoE-
day morning A three cylinder direct
c ,nnec,ed electric pluuger pump has
bven installed in the Ward shaft. and the
entire plant is now being operated by
electricity. In the crosscut at the second
level sast in the drift ,u the hanging wall
this week the minsrs opened up s,reak
OF lead ore eight inches in width At the
bottom OF the level which was found to
contain grey copper in large quantities.
Assays made of a large average sample
shows the value to be S,6. u per ton.
| Frank Percy and ]. r. Puchert have
taken lease on the Humboldt mill and a
block of ground in the Humboldt mine,
and this week started work in making an
level above. The air has been par,icu
lsrly bad in the lower tunnel, ard the
upraise will furnish excellent ventilation
for the lower workings of the mine. The
from the mouth OF the lower tunnel aud
at present is sixty feet high, A Wine in
the level above was sunk to a depth of
fifty feet so that there remains only s5
feet to make the connection. There is
considerable good milling ore in the old
Slopes, but it Is no; possible to work in
them because of the bad air. Frequent
finds of exceedingly rich ore has been
the reward of former operators OF the
nine. As soon as there is sufficient
they will start up the mill, and in the
meanwhile will take out and ship all of
the ore of smelling grade.
Manager X. c. Bonney, of the sun and
Moon niue. reports excellent progress in
the lower workings of that property. The
uprase being made from the eleventh
level east. TO make connection with the
tenth Level is passing through the rich
pocket opened in that level some time
ago. The ore is almost solid grey copper
which carries high values in silver well
as from four to six ounces in gold per
+ ton. An upraise is also being driven from
the same level west. and when both are
completed the lower workings will have
excellent ventilation. and will permit OF
Continuous operations and a large pro-
duction. The tonnage for the present
month will be paiatiyeiy light. for
the reason that all efforts of the manage
Inent are being directed towards tlnish-
ing the development work now under
/ way. Within the next few weeks work
will be started in driving the level east
| from the Newhouse tunnel level, where
Ii is expected that within few hundred
feet to encounter the main ore shoot of
the mine at point several hundred feet
East OF the present breast.
| The Swedish-American Mining and
Milling company, will be incorporated
rext week, to take over the Jenny I.ild
group of cisims, lying between the
| Shafter and Edgar mines on the ridge
between Hukill guich and Virginia canon
owned by Alfred Youngberg OF this
city. The promoters are Quo A. Robe,
of Des Moines, Iowa. Attorney +. X.
| Lilyard of Denver. Albion Anderson and
Alfred Youngberg of this city. A tunnel
been driven I5o feet will cut all of the
iodes at right angles. II is the intention
later on to work the property through the
Central tunnel. and possibly through the
Miami tunnel. There have been num-
ber of good mill runs from the surface
workings of claims in the group and also
frequent finds of high grade ore assay
ing over 40 ounces in gold per ton but
no development has attained any great
er depth than 50 feet below the surface
the tunnel from Virginia canon will
follow the Jenny Lind vein which is
crossed by the others of the group. so
that when the functions are reached ore
shoots will be opened beyond any
question.