Gilpin observer., 1905-04-13
coIorado's Mining Outlook.

uiliOuS III COlOTdQO tue DeuVer news
says:
There never was time in the an.
nails of Colorado mining when more
good work was under way and when
the outlook for profitable returns was
brighter.
in Boulder county the shipment of
tungsten concentrates, the granting
of dollar freight rates to Denver on
low-grade gold ores, and the appear
ance OF the Golden smelter as a pur-
chaser, hav revolutionized the situa-
ton, and no one need be surprised II
Boulder passes the $1,000,00O mark for
minerals in 1905. The production of
the Frenzel process for concentrating
tungsten ores will add 500 per cent to
the yearly value of that rare mineral
and give Boulder county control of the
market of the world.
In old Gilpin. which has been a
steady producer and a liberal dividend
payer since 1860, the shipment of zinc
ores on the one hand and Of old-time
dumps on the other are indications of
the seasons bright outlook. The
monthly shipments of ore from Black
Hawk are leading last years figures
by from fifty to sixty per cent.
Clear Creek county is running over
with fresh enterprise. New capital
from Colorado Springs. Denver and
the East is making itself felt in all di-
rections. Many of the tunnels-here-
tofore an item Of expense-have
reached shipping ore, and in the Sill
yer Plume district concentration at
the mines has proved success. thus
creating q market for the low-grade
material.
mil ,frr M hav <,f fho
MUM gold nugget, has caught its sec
ond wind. The Breckenridge Bulle-
tin tells us that there are all kinds of
indications that this year will see more
mining done on permanent business
basis than was ever witnessed in camp
before. THE experimental stage is
passing into the practical. and conf
dence is shown by all in the prosecu-
tion of work. The mineral belt from
Hoosier pass to Argentine is practi
cally unbroken. There is mineral
along the Blue ridge from where it
branches off from the main range to
the county line toward Kremmling.
and from Mt. Fletcher and Fremont
pass the Gore range carries mineral
to the county line between Summit
and Grand. This horseshoe of the
range bounary is severed and scanned
with mineral-bearing veins and de-
posits. while the valley OF the Blue is
placer field from the southern source
to the open end of the horseshoe on
the line between Summit and Grand
counties. The Ten Mile range is
wholly within Summit county and is
storehouse of mineral sealed up in the
veins that intersect the range with
great regularity. There is but little
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county that has been more than
walked over. The work done has de-
veloped big mines and the work yet
to do will develop bigger ones. There
is no better prospecting ground and
better surface indications to be found
than Summit county can show. The
placer field has been more nearly COW
cred than the lode claims. Placer
mining has produced many millions of
gold and only the streams of the Blue
have been worked. The boulder
problem in the main valley of the Blue
has been a difficult one. but will be
overcome. The season promises to be
an active one in placer work. 1t is un.
derstood that several dredges will be
built and the Blue valley as well as
the side gulches will be busy scene
between Dillon and Breckenridge this
summer, for it is well known that
good pay ground exists between the
two places"
Park county has also adopted mod
ern appliances for both lode mines
and placers. 1t has not as yet fol.
lowed the example of Summit and
Lake. it's close neighbors. in shipping
zinc ores. but with number of Lead
vile miners in charge of Park county
ts-p owl nf m
when the zinc in the ores will be util-
lied. thus reviving number OF the old
silver-lead bonanzas.
In Lake county capital from London
is once more in evidence. The Overs
development scheme on Rock hill be-
longs in the category of safe mining.
Its close neighbors are such expert
enced miners as John +. Campion,
Governor Mcdonald and Frank Bulke-
ley. who know the district thoroughly
and who. by the end of the season.
will have confirmed the success of the
added territory-a great district in It,
self. rich enough to gain attention any
where. The Arkansas Valley smelter
and the large smelter at Salida. both
enlarged and improved within the year
to the advantage OF the owners OF
mines are guarantee that the Lead
vile output will steadily grow in vol
ume and value. The concentration of
zinc is also improving. and with 1t the
amount of profit the miner realizes
from his shipments.
Gunnison and Chaffee have great
veins of ore. Here also modern i'm
provement in mining and metallurgy
is having an effect. and the flow OF out
side capital is once more liberal.
Dividends are resumed at the San
Juan mines. The Gold King group at
Silverton. the Camp Bird group at Ou-
ray and the Tomboy group near Tellu-
ride, all owned by combinations OF out
side and home investors. are splendid
examples of modern mining and mill