The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-22

] 80 pAA"NAPoi uSthS Au eAS 6'~sf
by the company has record OF having
produced upwards of $4,000.
The Russell NiniuNHnd Tunnel COM
! pany owns under bond and lease for
nominal sun the famous old producer OF
the early days known as the Cynosure
mine. 1t was one of the earlies. discov-
cred ledes in Clear Greek county, and
also one of the earliest patented claims,
having United States patent No. i4o.
The Claim was discovered in the Fall of
1866 by Reuben Cray. scion Of a wealthy
Chicago family and nephew of George NJ.
Gray. years ago we'll known from his
Connection with the Pullman Palace Car
company. Young Gray vas out prospec.
ting when he made the rich discovery on
the surface q few inches below the top of
the ground, opening up an eighteen
inch streak Of grey copper and ruby sil.
yer ore, almost accidentally, a. he had
no knowledge of mining. He located
the claim, naming it the Cynosure. He
M sde several shipments OF the rich ore
to the smelter at Black Hawk some IS
miles away, the ore being transported on
the backs of burros At that time the
, smelling charges on ore was from $50 10
eIoo per ton. and ore that did not assay
over 81 so ton was not worth saving for
shipment. Being of wild and rowing
disposition, young Gray did rot remain
any great length of time at the mine.
u bs.b b., ;r Jni, 1Ars1
opment work.
The Cynosure mine in the meanwhile
was taken over by leasers who di most
of the development work. and shipped
considerable ore, no record of which
could be obtained today. a. they paid
but little ROYALTY ard the quaint can
never be known. The leasers attaining
q depth of about $50 feet found it i'm
possible to handle the Immense guam
tity of water which poured into the
the work ings and they were Obliged to
abandon the mine. For years thereafter
as the smelling charges were reduced
by improved methods of treatment,
many a miner sade "grubstzke" by
picking over the dump of the Cy-
nosure mine How much rich ore was
recovered in the manner will never he
known, but it was only necessary for
man to save a few sacks of rich stuff
which had been thrown over the dump
in former years, to replenish the larder
with the luxuries of those days, bacon,
-four. coffee aud sugar perhaps. The
Cynosure, which was patented under
the old mining Law is a mining claim
so feet in width and 1900 feet long
The title thus conveyed included oaly
that portion of the vein lying within
the sideliues of the claim, but the COM
rounding the Cynosure, TO which title
is held in fee simple aud is unas saiiable.
In the surrounding claims the original
Cynosure vein is covered, where 1t
leaves the sidelines OF its narrow survey
under the old patent laws, aud the COM
pany in doing the assessment work has
opened up continuation of the Cyno-
sure ore ON the surface, and although it
is not rich as the first discovery, it is
conceded 10 be splendid showing, and
indicative OF greater extent with fur
ther development. This discovery was
made on the discovery shaft Of the Rus.
sell claim at depth Of IS feet below the
surface and consists of six inch streak
OF ore assaylng 1876 ounce gold and s3 90
ounces silver per ton, and carrying $50
per cent lead. the total value per ton be-
ing $o4 90. The vein at this point is
eight feet between walls
In addition to the Russell claim, the
company owns the Josephine, Halleaux.
Masnee and Estes lodes, making alto
gether total of over twenty five acres
of most valuable mineral land, Enough
work has been done to demonstrate the
prospective value of the property. None
of the shafts exceed thirty feet, and the
showing is far and away above the aver
age property still in the prospect stage.
The Cynosure claim itself makes an
attractive mining proposition, but with
the additional territory owned by the
company it is still q more allurihg one
when the meager development and the
past production of this little bonanza
mine is taken into consideration. it seems
strange that the mine should lie idle
for over two decades.
Gold is frequently found in wires,
leaves and small nuggets, and the Sec
ton surrounding the Cynosure, especial.
ly the Humboldt and Katy Emmett
mines to the eastward which have been
prolific producers of native gold.
The company proposes to develop the
property it owns by tunnel driving, and
has had surveys made for driving a cross