Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-09-08

diNieie liffs us sss ai Grlzziy peaks
irom the wooded Slopes ct Tsyior
Park THIS Is GA the north and
east, while south and west rise m
succession the Italian peaks aud the
more rounded shoulders of American
Flag Aatchies- mountain aud Park
Dome. The divide with its wilder
ness os massive granite and porphy-
~ mountains has hardly been pros-
pected- Its very immensely aud
rugGedness - iorb,ddlag aud has
tsrned many of the stout hearted
prospectors toward the lime belt
south.
However, the peaks undoubtedly
contain vast assure veins which will
IN time be demonstrated The Tav-
lor Park mining company has already
opened thousand ieet Of excellent
stopping ground ON the Enterprise
North of the Enterprise and along
what Is believed to be the same vein,
lies the Anita group Of nine claims
owned by Alex Malmgreen Of Dor
chester, T. T. Goodale of Boston and
A. A. Smith and Dave kItcban OF
Aspen. The vein extends through
Eastwood basin and along the noun
tains east of Tellurium creek In
this vicinity Alex Thomas owns the
Lavicy A and High Point patented
claims, from which ore was shipped
IN the SOS and at different times
since. These are destined by the
ore bodies exposed to become
producing mines. but must be oper-
ated by drainage tunnels
Much of the bottom land of the
Park has been taken up as placer
ground and several thousand acres
patented ~ such. Practically every
foot of it is pay dirt under dredg-
ing machine. The Taylor Park
Mining company has large nsmbers
of patented clsims sad hes coa-
structed AaDe - miIss loaG frea
Bowman to furnish water for hy-
draulic mining Many Of the bas-
ins, however, are below the level of
Taylor river and the park in general
lies too large and fiat for successful
placer mining except by gold dredg-
ing machines That so much free
gold lies in the gravel is proof of
immense gold-bearing fssure veins
surrounding
&. l.. Brown owns 200 acres Of
placer, l60 in one tract and 40
where his home is situated lie is
also operating lode claim that
shows eight feet Of quartz in por-
phyry and at 20 feet depth returns
good assays, some as high as $50
He owns claims near the Forest Hill
that ASSAY we'll
On Grizzly mountain, or Jenkins
mountaiuas 1t is sometimes called
at the east of Red Mountain creek
where the old Red Mountain trail
comes down, the Woods Mining
company, composed mainly of Kan
sas aud Missouri stockholders, has
been doing extensive development
work. They have group of 25
claims running between two and a
half and three miles along the fs-
sure vein in porphyry and granite
For nearly a year 30 to 60 men were
steadily employed and at the pres
ent time 4 are working three shifts
on the main tunnel in Pie Plant
gulch.
The tunnel is in 1890 feet and
has gained 400 feet in depth. Ore
values are mostly in oxidized gold of
low grade-distinctly a mill propo-
sition. There are some higher
grade values. The tunnel has been
run along the vein and a number Of
ore shoots 10 to - feet wide en-
countered, with one % feet wide.
Two upper tunnels, each in $50 feet
with development work, have dis
closed good showings Of low grade
ore.
The new mill is large and COM
plete, dry crushing cyanide pro
cess. There are 10 large tanks. six
Of them - feet in diameter and /
> feet The tankage capacity Is as
large as that Of the Liberty Bell mill
at Telluride and sufficient to treat
POO tons a day. The mill is 2S0
feet long and 10 feet wide. Crush
ing capacity is limited to 80 tons a
dav About 2Op0 tons were treated
IN the trial run and complete sepa-
aration made. Average assays Of
the tailings show only 80 cents in
gold escaping from these ideal eva
hiding gold ores. At present the
mill l. closed down awaiting in
crease in crusher capacity and de-
velopment of ore reserves.
]. W Wood Of Kansas City is