Gunnison news-champion., 1906-05-11
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j. A. I.ebrvst,er has not vet began
operations ri the Augusta. ~ ~ has
tssen Thought tss-~s ~ wss until sssoW
disappears arop.i P,ttsbarg. The
kasldIna. are rep,rtei H. have s,ooi
The severe winter with very iatie
damage.
All old tame miners will remember
Tom Hoiesoa, Who WAS a pioneer Il
irwin. lie was sn Original iocaicr
oi the Hopewell. and for MANY wears
Fla mountains. III came over Cot
toawood pass IN -. helped build
the frst wagon road tlsruugb the
canon below Almopt and - lay osi
the road from Jacks Cabin 90
Crested Butte lie also was with
Jack Howe when the latter put Up
the first sawmill in oar countv at
the upper end of the town Of Crested
Butte
The Pltkin Reduction Works Is
still treating ores Of the Ben Frank
lin Consi lerabie oi the high grade
ore is shipped, but the buik Of 1t
is FIRST handled at pitkin As soon
as roads are IN shape ore from the
old Chloride properly will also he
run through the mill Mr.. A. B
Clark, the manager. has recently
installed an smalgamator invented
by Willis Bourdette # Gunnispn.
Experiments So FAR Indicate a high
percentage of extraction.
With the installation Of modern
mill ON the Abe Lincoln at Bower.
man, mining men expect b. .see not
only thai excellent property, but the
whole camp come 10 its own. Bower
man suffered ia lis early DAYS from
a good deal Of iuiudicious story
telling, but the writer confidently
believes it will come out all right
The Abe Lincoln is in the hands Of
conservative. experienced miners
who will not put ap mill until they
thoroughly test the ores, "a was done
at the Raymond. and who can be
depended upon t. put ap the right
kind Of treating plant IN workman
like manner Its success viii i'm
mediatelv open the way for bali q
dozen similar propositions in and
| .ls.l- d
that the company has plans already
well under way for such a plant
Gothic The seasons work
Mines at Gothic begins with
unusual activity Ia
mines OF the Elk Mountain Mining
a Milling company. Arthur }
Nagg, superintendent, has arrived
from Chicago prepared to do ex-
tensive development work. Ores
from the mines will be concentrated
and reduced TO copper matte form at
the Gothic smelter.
Beaver +. c. Iugelder is
Creek planning 10 open hls
Ouarrics new lava quarry south
east Of lilerro switch
He will put up a derrick and open
the face sufficiently TO determine
that large slabs and pillars can be
taken out This stone is a rhyolite
sometimes called eruptive granite, a
lava stone with considerable quartz
ingredient, which gives it life and
color The weight is about that OF
sandstone, with a texture that ap-
pears similar TO granite at a distance
Experts who have seen the stone
unhesitatingly call it fine building
rock, not only because of its hand
some appearance, but from the fact
that it works up easily and cheaply
and that the face of the cliff, ex.
posed for thousands of wears, seem;
10 exhibit little discoloration or dis
integration.
Two additional stone steps for the
state capitol building were shipped
from the granite quarry Saturday tC
replace those broken in handling al
Denver The steps were shipped
double, weighing 1850 pounds
Eight horses were required to hau'
a slab down from Aberdeen t.
Hero
Mrs. Leila Faulkner was married
on Thursday. MAY ). to Mr.. w. J