Gunnison news-champion., 1906-09-21


surface workings. slopes below 2ip
tset have hardly beca touched the
great Forest Qaeen mine at IrwiG
Wss suffered ~ lie IDLE for a number
Of years and conditions ia owner
ship have only just been al us'ed
% that work may begin once more
As recorded in the News-Champion
SIX weeks ago the property has
changed hands and active operations
have again begun under ssperin-
tendsnce Of John A. Lohritter. II
Dine Grosbeck, who was connected
with the property in years past, is
foreman. The men now working
are cleaning out tunnels and shafts
srectinG new machinery and clear
ing the decks for the large force
which it is attended 70 operate this
winter.
The Forest q asen va, the origi-
nal mine which started the mining
sscitemsnt in Irwin during 70 aud
80. From one short stope near the
surface ~ high as $4,000 in values
were taken out, mostly in wire aud
rsby silver. Strange to say however
the deepest workings are but $40
feet. These were developed by an
1900 feet tunnel run through the
Forest King mine adjoining Above
the tunnel level are immense bodies
Of low grade ore that lie in the
slopes untouched, while on the
Queen and King dumps are above
100000 tons of excellent concentrat-
ing ore. The proposition which the
new management has in mind is to
unwater the King shaft, already 80
feet below the tunnel and extend an
o4her level under the Queen. This
Will give mach new stopping ground,
psobAbly ssdisoover the rich ore
aAesas ssA pssaVsDs w. lo~ SrsAs
0o6lA 4 0G1Bsa cUocUusvuatag
Mill o. The Psopssty viii sadosbt-
edly be Q ssccsss from the start and
i.ssrs Aividsad paying mine for
years. Indesd, with bst 300 iset Of
depth it can hardly be called more
thsa a prosPect yet in spite oi the
bonanza prodsction. The Qsesn
vein lies nearly vertical and varies
from fosr TO tweAty ieet vide. 1t
lies in ssad prorphyry with granite
casiAG. The vsiA matter is qssrtz
Tks best wishes Of Gunnisoa
coanty citissas ere with As. Lehr-
ritAsr in his sAors 70 develop this
isaoss psopssty.
beyond tie Kiae ssd Qsssa lies
~ Cen, which - sAippsd nsch
AiGA GraAs oss ed which tie KiAG
ssosd viii Assslsp. To tks sostk
liss tks Rscned, owseA ~ G. A.
Rsss, sad which exposss . eoSd
hsasiAG vs;a Is ~ wiAs carsyiaG
shsvs 10 il svssaGs vslsss With
considerable hieA god oss. As.
Rsn ka . 50 81 tssnsl which oil
CT this voia - 100 ~ il dspeA
whea sxAsoAed. n. n. fowsrs owns
~ S~pseior s.d Rsiabow kdss ly-
iag pss1Dlsl With ~ Q sssa. Froa
IL leo ssse shaA cossiissskls sAip-
piaG oss ~ bssa tsksa. ed thsse
. seAsr dsssaoPasas ~ork. H .
dog work in Rsdwsll Resia q
pesoat.
Across bs..s;f.l Laks Brs.ssa 10
~ Rs6y CAisf ssss9. TAa fsa-
90 ps1Psrsy ~ sAippsd larUs
qseasit;o q eilvse ore, bst 10 yss
ooapassaissay lissls developed. the
$50 lose ssnssl oaly reaching eAO
isst ia dsP4A. Il has laiA idls for
I've yearu, bet theFe are veil deen-
I'd rsmors Of work ressmine this
fall. TIE owners sre Chicago par
tics. The high price Of s;lvsr sad
Issd and zinc with prospect Of still
better figures has been . great i'm
pstus toward reviving these silver
properties. Indeed with modern
labor saving machinery and the
lower price of supplies it is prob
able that a mine can be worked with
silver at 80 cents when in 1880 it
would hardly pay with Sl29 per
ounce.
South Of the Ruby Chief group
lie the Washington. Nos. l and ?.
These are discoveries owned BY f.
II. and q. A. Rsss, and exhibit fine
mineral prospects. A three COM
pertinent shaft ii ~ foar and q
half feet runs to 30 feet deep with
ore all the way At the bottom
three and half feet of vein matter
is shown from which the shipping
streak runs above 800. 1t is a
quartz vein in porphyry country rock.
Groupings on the surface have been
traced 1900 feet Five hundred
pounds treated at the concentrator