Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-11-29
king OF CILPIN."
CHAMPION MINING COMPANY
HAS GREAT PROMISE.
Well Known Businessman Is Man
ager of one Of the Best Properties
in q Rich District Something
About the Valuable Properties.

Much interest is being aroused
among investors by the great mining
district Of the Kingdom Of Gilpin, '
well-known and stable mining
region Of Colorado. 1t is just west Of
Denver on the new Moffat road and
though familiar as reliable producer
has been inaccessible until the road
was built. Despite this, 1t has pro-
duced wonderfully, two Of its mines
yielding over $lO.OOO,0OO. One mine
that has turned out $4,000, 900 in
gold is being worked down to 2,240
feet and is still in rich ore.
Into this district some new inves-
tors are going with new and improved
methods and are getting wonderful
results with great riches in prospect.
One Of these companies that has gone
in early and has secured one Of the
best locations in the camp Is the
Champion Mining and Milling Com
pany which is conspicuous for its
prominence in the Phoenix camp.
Mining has been carried on here since
the late sos, and today gives even
greater promise Of continued pros
perity than ever before.
This company owns a magnificent
estate Of twenty-one mining lode
claims, twenty-six acres Of placer
known as Beever Creek
Placer, and mill site-a total Of 1870
acres. Aside from the known veins
their mill site and placer
ground, in their twenty-one lode
claims they control over $4,000 linear
Ieet OF veins. Eleven Of their lode
Slams, the mill site and the placer
ground, are held by patents from the
United States government; while the
,ther ten claims are held by posses
Jory title under the mining laws of
he United States government, which
rave been fully complied with. Water
md timber for mining and milling
ire convenient and abundant, and
he wagon roads and other facilities
or vigorous and progressive mining
re in good condition.
The company's surface equipment
consists Of two large shaft houses =
With boilers, engines, buckets, drills
md tools sufficient to sink nearly
700 feet on each Of their main
hatts-one ten-stamp mill with
DOM and power sufficient to install
nd run another unit Of ten stamps;
BOARDING houses for forty men, assay
flee and two cottages-all in good
rider.
The underground developments
ave been conducted with a view
more toward the future than the
and reflect much credit to
he company. Large reserves OF
lighly profitable ore are exposed in
many of the workings. 1t is the aim
nd desire of the management to in
rease these reserves until sufficient
o keep a fifty-stamp mill supplied,
s the mill will soon be increased to
hat capacity. The conservative,
'usiness-like policy Of the Champion
SO different from the "hand-
o-mouth" policy Of some Of the min
ng companies-is a feature Of much
and argues well for the
uture.
There are five shafts on the prop
rty, ranging from ten to 1855 feet
eep, and levels extending thereirom
rom twenty-five to over $50 feet long,
he total shaftage on their mines ag-
'regates over 800 feet Of sinking and
he levels and crosscuts amount to
yer 1900 feet.
Competent engineers have estimat-
d over $4,000 tons Of ore now in
light in the OOmpany's workings. of