The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-08-11
DORIC IS BONANZA
x-aAy COMPANY is MAKING REGULAR
SHIPMENTS OF GOOD ORE.
BUILDING ORE BINS At the PORTAL
IDAHO SPRINGS MILLS WILL HANDLE A
HEAVY ORE TONNAGE.

The X Ray Mining company. incor-
porated a few moiths ago bv Idaho
Springs and Denver men did no, con-
template the extensive operations now
under way, bu, rather as a close corpor-
alton intended to prospect property of
Of much merit As the comD,nv began
work the grea, possibilities cane ap-
paren at aud the Off .ers w-.e cpnoe led
10 enlist aud aid ,h- eastern capitalists
to carry out its plans.
The company has acquired under bond
and lease option purchase and location,
q group of 80 mining claims of Saxon
and Griffith mountains, including the
Doric tunnel Recent development in
the latter has opened up ore bodice OF
the old time richness of that once FAM
gu, silver camp AT a depth of nearly
s,eoo feet below the surface. In ex end
ing the lateraIs aud levels above the
tunnel level a succession OF strikes have
Been mad. in the past few weeks which
promise to place the xRiy company III
the front rank as one of The largest pro-
ducing mines in Clear Greek county.
The s,ope being carried in the Mag
net ground 100 fe-t in from the por-
tai Of the d )ric, aud east OF the line OF
the tunnel shows a +-foot vein OF ore
running aIo ounces gold and 1853 ounces
in silver per ton, and 81 per csnt lead
and per cent copper, or vaue 81
t2I6. 50 per lou. In the Sequel vein.
parallel 10 lie of 400 feet further il the
tunnel, where level is heine run 40
feet above the lateral, Is-inch streak
OF ore is showing as7aytng I5o ounce
gold and 3c6 ounces silver per ton. and
carrying II per cent. copper the gross
value of which is s5I9 d, per ton.
-Four carload. of medium grad- ore
we're sampled a. the Globe stn-lter this
week the lot weighing over 100 tons.
and is expected to net better than $40
per ton.
Arrangements have been made for the
erection of an ore house ,nta,u,ng bins
and grizzlies aud a revolving sorting
table and as soon as these improvements
have been completed it is the intention
to increase the work NJ force and start
SHIPPING the lower grades of ore Man
ager Larson has contracted with the Al
pine mill in this city for the treatment
of from two to four carloefs of concen-
tratiuz ore every dav, and the shipm n is
will be started as quickly as possible.
In anticipation Of a large toun &c a
dozen ore chuses have been placed at
intervals III the lateral. both in the
Magnet lode east Of the tunnel and the
Cram lode, which Is thu sane vein ives,
of the tunnel, as well as the Sequel vein.
Over 500 f-a OF la,erals have been
driven on these two veins, and $50 feet Of
levels 80 feet above the lat-rals.
The Doric tunnel, which has been ac
quired by the X Ray Gold Mining COM
pany has been driven distance of
5000 feet. aud has iutersected a net
work of IT lodes, all of which, with
one exception are owned or controlled
by X Ray people. By extending the
Doric tunnel :. 900 feet the famous Comet
vein will be inters-cted at great depth,
anu tuls " III DS tohc dS Ncoh 90 'he pup
ertv is making a regular production from
the ground already opened.
Superintendent W. B. Stewart, of the
the Gem mines, in this city, is the presi-
dent of the X-Ray company; w. B. Ellis
and E A Beach. of the Sayre- Newton
Lumber company, Denver, are vice
president and director respectively; the
secretary treasurer is Mr.. 5. c. Oliver,
of Denver, and the directors in this city
are John Larson, E. NJ. Sabin and Thos.
l.. Rodda.
Idaho Springs brains and energy are
responsible for the present excellent
conditions and that the results will more
than meet the expectations Of the pro-
motors is now conceded by mining men
familiar with the showing and holdings
of the company.
A shipment of ore from the Ohio mine.
on Chicago mountain, was made this
week by Fitzgerald, Cribbis and DeGrof,
who are operating the property under
bond and lease The control assay for
the lot returned o.6o ounce gold and So
ounces silver per ton, gross value of
$685. per ton. The ore was extracted
while cleaning out the shaft and levels,