The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
COL LORAD0 SPRINGS
MINING REVIEW


COLORADO SPRINGS Col, Dec. S1.-
The Merger Gold Mining company re-
cent Incorporation: viii Commence opera
Creek district next Monday morning. The
company starts out with capital of
$25G000. all of which has been obtained
from Eastern investors.
!. The company has acquired considerable
properly IN the Camp and their plans of
operation are Very extensive, meaning a
great great deal to the. future development of
certain portions of the district
Inelr hrst operations are to be started
on the Princess Alice, located on Bull
t,l hl.i' with such well known producers as
I.operties adjoining.
The shaft on the Princess Alice prop
erty err is now at depth of $50 feet from
new operators to Immediately sink an
other 500 feet, which. when completed,
VIII give It a total depth of ,450 feet from
The company has considerable ore in
sight IN this property to begin with, so it
VIII only be a question of a few days until
shipments are started which will greatly
nell neip to swell the monthly productions.
The company has alse secured the Bon
ME Nell property and will Immediately
SINK the shaft from the 600-foot level to
will be started from every hundred feet.
which will mean a thorough development
OF the property. w. ]. Starke, a graduate
of the Golden School of Mines, has been
placed in charge of this companys min
ing operations
An ore shoot of great width and high
vaiues that seems TO have been over
discovered by James Wright new owner
Of the Joe Dandy mine, after two weeks
OF operation. In addition te> the fortune
In slgnt the second body promises to
double Mr.. Wrights profits. which under
ordinary judgment in operation are des-
tined to be large. Presuming that the
new ore body is of the quality and dimen-
sions of the old one. and conditions seem
to warrant the presumption, it may add
81, 00e.o GOO to the possibilities of gross pro-
duction.
Aside from the new asset there is 10000
tons OF ore exposed in the original shoot.
according TO measurements made by the
new owner. Assuming that its prospect
past. 5000 to the ton, the gross value is
In excess of 81, 100000 Yet this property
was bought by Mr.. Wright for something
an estate.
new shaft house and large plant of
machinery that has been in the course of
erection on the Blue Bird mine for some
time has been completed. and is now one
OF the most up to date plants and shaft
houses in the district
While the machinery is all in shape for
take the company until the first of the
year TO connect the piping with the work
lngs and the machinery, so that opera
t1ons can be continued without any set
backs. : 80
. The company recently opened a nice
body of ore south of the shaft, which is
netting very handsome returns and seems
to be getting better as development work
progresses. Besides this ore body in aues-
ton development work is being pushed on
several other levels with very gratifying
results, and it is believed that commenc-
Ing with the new year the Blue Bird will
enter the list as one of the heaviest ship
pers of the district
Lessees operating on the Rigi property
on Battle mountain are now breaking ore
from three to four feet in width on the
200-foot level that is returning good ship
out from three to four carloads per
month.