Gunnison news-champion., 1906-09-07
Italian BASIN. August -

The usual suoant o. dcvelagmoui
aud assessment work Is beng carried
ga .rDgnd Italian peaks "a northern
GannisoB county this SEASON
I The Enterprise mine has shut
down, bat ihis y only tenporary.
pcncbne a re0rgani zatIon of the COM
pany The bag property has never
had better ore ar moTe u ~ Th0s
I T G01dalc # Boston has been an
pointed receiver Of the company.
The prob,em IL 10 c0nstruci a power
plant fpr electricity oa Taylor river
On Shotwell mountain, the spur
running from Tilden, between R0yal
! Oak Basin aud the head of the 1av-
lor good strike has just been made
by >rel lrea of Tin Cup Al $50
feet in his tunnel Mr.. lrea has open
ei body OF lead and sand carbonate
and IN four DAYS has actually shovel
. lti lut 10 t1 - TOMS of spleudi .
. ore No assFys have been mlde but
ali miners on pruasulre % high
grade. !. lunsiuper Of Im Cup Is
interested with him. The tunnel
la- been run iu liut aud lar 81 feet
has iieou alongside of the ,HutuI
within SIX feet 81 it ln cr1sscuttinr
. tls ere Was opened huH b. ni ul-
known width aud depth. % h. but
two miles from the Aspen r1ad Mr.
. lrea aud Mr. liuusinger are 60 be
c1agratulated on the rich find
Chas Hubbard has just shipped
carload OF high grade ore from the
N-10-U-S. Returns will be secured
Ia lew DAYS This ore was ship
ped by pack tram via Cement creek
an1er management OF Howard Mar
shall who has thus demonstrated
this route To be the most practical
one from Italian mountain TO the
railroad From the half way camp
a, Nlagra in the upper park on Ce-
ment creek it is an eight mile pack
and return over comparatively easy
| grades to the Star. Bull Domingo,
and X-l0 Us, to HIomestake Basin
and the Anatimony, Tilden, Climax,
etc. It's between SIX and seven miles
FROM Niaera to Bocker's ranch on
East river is another oighC miles
with wagon road most of the way
The jack train made the trip Two
miles farther to X c. siding and re-
turn without inconvenience. In
short it is q two days pack tri p in
ste al Of from three to hve days out,
as over the Aspen route. With a
good wagon road teams could make
three trips in two days At the time
If shipments from the Bull Dlmingo,
are from this point sent out by way
of Spring creek, but snow slides dur
ing this last winter have blocked the
road so that II is absolutely lmpass
able for teams. Mr.. Marshall de
serves a great deal Of credit for at
last opening the Cement creek route
Sandy Haynes and John McManus
are putting in good licks on such
known properties as the Crown
Point group, the Iron Chief and on
claims in Walker and Wilson Basin
Paul Swanson is doing assessment
work on the Tiger group and has
started a new tunnel on his proper
ties. W. W Roof is now finishing
annual work on a number of claims
but has made one Of the most impOr-
taut developments Of the wear by
opening ore on the Black Warrior
group Just of the N-lO-U-S line
This does not yet appear IN large
quantities but exhibits the same
black copper lead and silver ore L.
j. Mcdonald. a l.eavenvOrth capital
list. part owner in the lease. was in
camp last week and returned much
pleased with the prospect. Haynes
and McNanus are part owners In the
Black Warrior
Chas. Mahl has two men IN camp
, extending tunnels and deepening
. shafts on various properties. Mr..
Humphrey is in charge.
Howard Marshall a. manager Of
the Hawkeye group is laying in sup
: plies for an extensive mining cam
pai On in the Hawkeve tunnel, al
ready in $50 feet He is also doing
assessment work On claims located
last year by A. H. McCormick OF
! Pittsburg. Kansas. There is little
doubt but that the y lo-U-S contact
= extends through this ground.
In Royal Oak Basin no work Is
d going on by the Tilden company
! and claims owned by Robt. Neyin-
d were patented last year BY the way
a his old time friends viii regret 70
; learn that Mr.. Neyin died last win.
= ter In Beadyille.
, 1, Ualtar ar] I;l-on RasIu