Gunnison news-champion., 1905-09-22
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psaks and ;aree ms.es sooia of Isy-
Ior pass. sanaIng from Aspen
thro.gh Asacro.; aad Coau1irum
guich, II enters the Gunulsoa coupty
l,Ee under Bonanza Fi.ts. The Pit
kis coasty side. betwsen Asyeu and
yior river ~ recesv,n9 more stteu-
tioa than for years. Considerable
work ls besng dome around Ashcroft
and the Mon,ezussa and Tam
Oshaater properties from which
Senator Tabor dre~ wealth in the
early SOS, have been purchased BY
Col Chapin and will be worked
again.
On Taylor river are large deposits
of iron ore, the ledge breaking loo
feet vide between the lime and
granite THIS same IRON deposit
branches across the divide between
Brush creek and Taylor and extends
ON the Aspen side to Cooper moan
tain. The bls c. r 4 l. company
long ago captured these iron de
poeirs and is holding them for future
use. Perhaps Taylor park railroad
would mean intention to develop
them
The shipping property of upper
Taylor river is the Antimony mine,
a group Of hye patented claims nov
being operated by Hans Olson The
ore was discovered by his brother
Chas., who shipped considerable
from it. He died some years ago
and Hans Olson, himself miner OF
experience has taken up the
proposition. lie has Just shipped
81 tons and can easily break down
ore Is fast as jack trains can haul it
away. The vein shows at the bot
tom OF 40 foot shaft, fully five to
six ieet Of high grade ore, running
in car load lots 10 10 II ounces in
silver IL per cent lead and high
percentage in zinc. The antimonial
silver specimens which named the
mine, are but q small part of its
production. A tunnel has been
driven underneath and connections
made by uprsises. In places the
mineral zones look to be seven or
-0ight feet -Aigh--A and can all he
broken, thrown down the upraise
and shipped. A mighty fine pros
pect showing for any country. Sew
eral hundred feet north, what APP
pears to be the same contact has
been opened by a tunnel. Mr.. Olson
has a good road around the range to
Taylor park, but could as easily run
mile south, strike the Cement
creek divide on grade and go IA
miles to Oversteg with ore.
just under the hill, John and Gus
Nelson have the Alaska group of II
claims A $50 foot tunnel from the
river bottom has been driven and
one OF 800 above their present work
ings. all by hand labor. The last is
in ore but they could not follow it
down on account of water. Their
present operating tunnel is in 72J
feet. Considerable ore shows ia the
lime spar and they will drift upon
it, still driving the tunnel toward
the blue lime contact, believed to lie
$50 feet beyond Nelson Bros have
rugged a unique device to secure air.
Water from the tunnel is dropped
ten feet on a water wheel Tins in
turn runs blower connected with
125 feet Of stove pipe running to the
breast OF the tunnel, at which point
the draft will almost put out a can
die The bows have done work that
would do credit to a company with
heavy cash capital and deserve sue
cess. They tell your correspondent
that Cement creek is the natural
outlet for ore of this section and
they believe that if road were ex-
tended up Cement to meet a jack
trail. ore could be laid down at
Glacier siding for : a ton. At the
present time IL costs IS to Aspen
Adjoining the Antimonv and
Alaska groups lies the Homestake.
owned by J. d. Miller. Louis Miller
and \. Hartman of Gunnisou. Ii Is
a patented claim and not working.
1t is considered one of the best
located properties on Taylor river
and Is believed to have the same
contact exposed on the Antimonv.
Good ore bodies are found upon the
surface.
The Galena King, owned by d. T.
Sapp Of Gunnison, has good ore in
dications. and there are a number of
other patented properties that have
not been tonched since the SOS.
Between TAYLOR and Cement creek
lies the low lime capped Tilden
mountain The Tilden mining com
pany here own a number Of patented
clnir,S inclnninr thn MnnnEnht