Gilpin observer., 1906-10-11

In word, let US say that the writer
of this article is in no way interested in
the holdings OF the Imperial Gold Min
ing & Milling company, or in fact in the
camp at large, but who has it's interests
at heart and who can foresee the out
come of one of the richest camps in
northern Colorado. In this weeks issue
of The Observer will be seen, for the
benefit of its readers,a complete write-up
OF the famous Mackey mine and the
holdings of the Imperial company OF the
Pine creek district.
The Mackey mine, situated on the
south slope of California hill, is one of
the oldest claims in this district and in
the early days it was discovered by Rich
ard Mackey, at one time resident of Ne.
vadaville, Gilpin county, but it is only one
of great many claims discovered by
this great mine operator, now deceased,
and which promises the. making Of one
OF Gilpin countys biggest producers.
The Mackey is one of group of eight
claims and is the largest, but for great
many years IL liil lllti uukll lut
hustling and energetic manager, Mr. L..
j. Mountz who about five years ago
came to our camp, and took hold Of this
property with vim and with but only
one aim in view: "To make the Mackey
the best and biggest producer of Gilpin
county" and well has he kept his word
But let me say here, he has met with no
few difficulties in accomplishing his
aims and many hard dump and knock
has he received in SO doing.
During his residence among us and as
manager of the Mackey mine, he has
been consistent and hard working
young man, and today the Imperial com.
pany owes their all to his efficient and
energetic manner in the handling Of
their group of claims, which means, in a
strict sense OF the word, that he has
made the Mackey claim mine. He be
lieves in keeping development well ahead
of production, and the importance of
this cannot be to strongly emphasized.
1t is a system which is being followed
with great success in all the large pro-
ducing mines Of the country, and that
which has proved SO successful with
other mine owners and mine managers
ought to prove good enough for Mana
ger Mountz, and it is this system which
he is closely following. The advantage
of this system lies in the fact that divi
dends, when once commenced, can be
paid indefinitely, and when the mine has
once entered the dividend ranks it will
remain there for long time to come.
The Mackey mine, and in fact the en-
tire group Of mines are being conducted
on liberal and business-like scale, and
as the work OF development forges ahead
the best expectations of the manage.
ment are being more than realized, and
brief sketch of the work accomplished
and that which is planned for the future
will prove very interesting to our read
ers.
The Imperial company owns three
groups of claims, the Mackey group, the
Cyrene group and the Sarah Jane group,
and here we might add that Manager
Mountz, Of his own free will and accord
decided the lmerial and Mackey Exten.
sion lodes to the Imperial Gold Mining
Milling company, all of which are
situated in the Pine and Wisconsin dis
tricte OF northern Gilpin county. The
above properties are in close proximity
to the town Of Apex, and in all com
prise seventeen claims, which can be
worked and developed to an advantage
This company also owns valuable water
rights and mil.sites on Elk creek all OF
which have been proved up on in a
thorough manner.
From tho Cyrene group copper ore
has been shipped which brought values
OF $4,000 to the ton. This property is
developed by 175 foot shaft and Mt the
100 foot point drift has been driven 100
Feet. This property is equipped with
steam hoist.
From the Sarah Jane group two cars
OF ore were shipped which netted re-
spectively sl040 and s2l.OO to the ton.
The group is developed by tunnel Of
700 feet In distance, and has been driven
on Cross vein to the main Saratoga
vein, which will be cut after a further
distance Of 100 feet has been driven.
The Mackey group, which is practic.