The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-06-17
LAMARTINE Mine.
PERSISTENT RuMoR THAT NEW SHAFT
WILL SOON Be SUNK DEEPEa
TO REACH A PROVED ORE 9OOY
ALSO ExTENsioN OF THE 10. REYNOLDS
rRAMWAs To The LAMAs TINE

Lamatine NINE. are deemed by those
couversant with conditions in this Sec
ton to have significance outside the
the talk prospective changes in cleo
,rical holdings. Mr.. Himrod has good
reasons for feeling satisfied with his diff
erent ventures in these parts and par
,iculsrly in a mining way. Through the
discovery of the Lsmartine pocket by w.
5. Conner in the sos, Mr.. Himrod and
his confreres made a mint of money, and
IN the later operations upon the mine,
through the leasing system at times and
at others at days ray further handsome
remuneration was the result. The
Lamsrtine is close corporation. strict
ly private enterprise. II has been one
of the successful ones OF this district and
county and has naturally led into other
fields. Today Mr.. Himrod is interested
not only in the Lamartine. which We
understand is not on the market, bu, the
Old Town in Gilpin county, just over the
divide. and in the United Light and
Power Co. at Georgetown which has one
Of the finest water powers in the state
and sends light and power. into Idaho
Springs and into our neighboriug county
of Cilpin nearly twenty miles.
The significance of Mr.. Himrod's
visits lies principally in the later oper-
ations at Lsmartine and at point about
one and one-half miles to the west of the
original workings. A new shaft has
been sunk at that point to the depth Of
several hundred feet end levels started
at the bottom. Those converssut with
conditions in that section believe that
the uew shaft of the Lamartine is
being sunk upon one of the stronges, and
richest ore bodies yet opened in that re-
giou Of splendid ore. That good ore
has been found in the new shaft,
and that stoppage Of sinking some time
iscs and the starting of the Levels was
but the precursor Of further and extend-
ed operation is believed. When the
surface water subsidies, aud there is any
quantity of that in the Lamsrtine coun-
try, further sinking will undoubtedly en-
sue.
There are other and attendant circuD-
stances that mean a whole lot for that
particular section OF the Freeiand- Lamar
tine mineral zone. For iutsuce, there Is
the tramway line which starts from Du-
mont and has already reached the 10.
Reynolds. 1t is an open secret that that
lines objective point is The new shaft of
the Lamartine and that its mission is
mainly to transport the ores. III ling and
smelling. Of the two immense properties.
The railway has already reached the 10.
Reynolds aud has done good and salts
factory service. By the time that the
new shaft OF the Lamartine has reached
the ore bodies known to exist beneath,
and when the problem of cheaper hand
ing of ores is to be met, the extension of
the railway over a good grade may be ex.
pected.
So while the present visit of Mr.. Him.
rod may be said to be confined to the
proposed changes in electrical ownership
in the counties. It is easy to see that
there are other important matters to en-
gage his attention and which are of mo-
ment to this district.
Speaking Of the new shaft of the Lam.
artine and the problematic opera
sions of the Lamartine owners, we notice
that Georgetown operators upon anc in
the Griffith moun;sin are alive to the
riches to be encountered in driving the
is not very large scope OF country lying
between the Magnet and Pickwick and
some other of the very rich veins Of
Griffith and Anglo-Saxon mountains,
land which will be pierced by the tunnels
mentioued) and the head Of Ute creek,
the site Of the Lamartiue new shaft.
The Lamartine, from its discovery. has
produced very rich ore, both in gold and
silver and as the workings have extend
ed westward the values have proved
greater and continually more satisfacts
ory. As the mines upon Saxon and
Griffith mountains, lying to the west
ward are also very rich, the virgin re-
sources of the section between and soon
to be opened by some one of the different
enterprises. are incalculable.
While the Idaho Springs district. In
Seaton, Bellevue. Chicago and other
near mountains, has made an enviabie
record and We yet rely upon the more
remote camps Of the district to round out
and magnify the yearly dividends, q it
were. It u such operations - those Of
the Lamastine In isolated sections which
gives ose An idea, of the immensity and
posdhilities Of the Idaho spsings dis
trict.