Gilpin observer., 1905-12-07
MINING NEWS OF INTEREST

ceipts OF gold and silver bullion in the
Denver mint aggregated 5,S15.38,
an increase of $8G0.812.G1. or fifty
eight per cent. over the same month
of last year. The November receipts
bring the total value of the bullion re-
ceived at the Denver depository up to
$20,844, ,523.40 for the eleven months
Of the year. an increase of $7.161,-
771.10 over the corresponding period
of 1904
For the month of November the ship.
ments of smelling and crude ores, tail
ings and concentrates from the Black
Hawk depot totaled 214 cars or 4.525
tons. This months record was one OF
the poorest of the year, the chief rea-
son for this being ascribed to the fail
ure of the c. & S. road to supply empty
cars for the handling of the ores. The
loss in shipments for the month is esti-
mated as showing loss of at least
twenty-five per cent.
A representative of the Empire
Smelling Company, with headquarters
in Denver, has been here the past two
days and states the erection of smell
ter at an early date is assured, says
the Empire correspondent of the Den
yer News. Payments have been made
Golden Eagle, General Harrison,
Comet, Comet Extension, l. X. L., and
other properties located on Silver
Mountain. This will give the company
group of claims whose capacity as
producers will fully insure present
needs
The total value of the coal industry
of Colorado for the fiscal year just
closed was in excess Of 1872 ,000, 900.
The state produced during this period
100000 tons, an increase of 1000, 900,
tons over 1904. AS the total tonnage
for 1908 was 7,775,3O2 and in 1904 g.
776,551, the past year has been rec
ord-breaker. The figures represent the
product of all kinds of coal-bitumin-
Gus, Ignite and anthracite. The num-
Der of men employed in the coal mines
of the state is estimated at II 800. This
is an increase of 1,20O over 1903, the
next heaviest of the year.
Sea water is supposed to carry gold
to the extent of about one grain per ton.
This is less than the amount contained
in cyanide liquors which have passed
through the zinc boxes. which carry
approximately one and five-tenths
grains per ton. II it is difficult to
make a closer extraction from cyanide
tion of gold from sea water is still
more remote possibility. There are
still more attractive possibilities in
our present metallurgical processes
than in the scheme to extract gold
from sea water-Mining Reporter.
The American Sisters mine, with a
record of having produced nearly 81
100000 is again taking the lead of all
others on Columbia Mountain, not ex-
cepting the famous Jo Reynolds, says
the Denver Republicans Georgetown
correspondent. Drifting from the 1856
foot station is in progress and big
tonnage is being extracted. A body
of zinc blende recently encountered
measures over three feet in thickness
and gives returns of thirty-three per
cent zinc and 142 ounces in silver to
the ton. j. J. White, the owner. is
making arrangements for the construc-
tion of a concentrating plant, with a
capacity of twenty-five tons daily.
The number Of producing mines in
the western states. exclusive of
Alaska, in 1904. was 1884. To this
should be added several hundred pro-
ducers in Alaska and probably over a
hundred in the southern Appalachian
states, which would make a total Of
placer mines reported is 1.349. and of
largest number (567) of deep produc-
ing mines, and is followed by Cali
fornia with 474. In number of placer
mines California easily leads with I'll,
and is followed by Idaho with 2G3 and
by Oregon with 211 mines. California
has by far the greater number. 1.1S5,
of producing mines. and is followed by
Colorado in which the number is JSS.
The recent rise in the price of silver.
scent, to G5A. is the most-discussed
topic in the camp just now. says the
Leadville Democrat. Mine operators
are growing more and more optimistic
and look for a further rise. The price
is now higher than it has been since
1898. Already with the encouragement
of higher rates on silver ore several
old idle outfits are going to start up,
and active mines will increase their
output. Lead was quoted yesterday at
better price than II has been since
1890. For long time the smelter
quotation was given at $3.50. supposed
to be the New York market price, but
which really was a fictitious price. for
the price of lead has been going up for
some time. The increased smelter re-
turns announced by the trust and in
dependent smelters about ten days ago
are thought by local miners to have
been made in anticipation of the stiff
price on lead quoted in eastern mar
kets Friday and Saturday. Silver and
lead are usually found together, so
mines which have deposits of these
metals but which have not been able
to work profitably on account of the
low price of the metals. can now be
made paying investments.
The Denver Republicans George
town correspondent says: The Colo
RADIO Central famous for having been