The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-06-16
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lCa=.laasa from First PazsH
yet s5zaez rhs mother lode rag-ez-
rio-aa'y. with depth. these E.l. AL
cl@- together. making immense ore +
shoots a. the points 4 -1rerzec--o1- f
This ru-e ls laYar.atle = ,h= tssur= +
veins cE Clear Creek county and has .
been amply demonstrated IN rE= Nev-
house tEaaeL n addition 20 the Gains .
ts.5 5y The company. qulre ngEh--r I
Q: ctas- veins whose ar=N j. outside .
-se surface boundary Hines. vii un-
do-5ied-y z- depth be found cu1soli- f
c2-eG W.-h rhe main assure.
The depth 10 which tn F-a-El.--
Slve- Age properties have been de-
ve,cpeE .s less than 800 te-- Accu-
rare records a-e L existence. showing
$50 lsl worth q ore shipped. and il =
safe to assert that the combined pro
G-ctGC- IS II excess Of s. #ae .t=-s- But
rw0--hl-5s q The surface workings
above the main a6.t has ben stopped
c. worked out
TIE principal development is the =,
FraEE..E-Sllye- Age a6lt. driven n the
vein for nearly 900 fee. From this
at.- = great number ot crosseu-s have
he=a driven and the crossing veins
have beeu followed foT varying dis
tarces On either side. T.o shafts
have bser sunk one near The portal 0t
IAe AIT. and one il about 200 feet.
but neither a. them is over -le feet
z depth. There are thousands q tons
OF Gre in the old Slopes above the ad.-
!eve! valca ran be rroa,ah.g handled
under present conditions. Tae greater
bulk cf This Gre was broken toal years
ago, vAel smelling charge were twice
and three times the amour, they are
TO-DAY. and the matter ot tre EGt an5
hauling were quite an item Of expense
IN marketing ores The present. high
prices paid bE The s-e-rsrs for silver
and lead Will make this medium grade
Gre a source Ct good profit when q
large tonnage Is handled
A. the present tine uauhe- q
leasers or r-iaG,ers have haea given
blocks Of ground IN the main at.-, a.
ot whom viii pay g royalty On the ore
taken cut by them. This royalty "a
oe.ved by the company viii aid mate
rally n the expense ct operation.
Former lieutenant governor ot this
state. Hon. Warren \. Haggo-g. and \
II. Colblrn. . wealthy citizen here.
made large amount o. money out Of
The Silver Age portion Of the property
some years ago. while the present post.
master o. this city, John Tra;Ean. with
his associates. cleaned up a fortune
wears ago or the Franklin mine. The
p-,sa1: MAYOR Of this city. Hon
George Ruey, and his brother ex-
tracted and marketed thousands
Of dollars worth Of ore from
the Franklin. About ten years
ago number Of boys made as
high as So a day each, by sorting over
some q the surface dumps OF the
claims in the Franklin-Silver Age
group. The property has always besa
= . L----A - sAs4-.Nr- - --r-- u ~ -
leasers. and seldom has q miner not
been able to make from wages up TO
So, and sometimes as high as SIQ5
per day. when working in the ore
bodies Of The mines ot this group.
The plans OF Development oontsu-
plated by the company, and which VIII
be started within the reXt few weeks.
INCLUDE Work that viii yield enormous
profits for the amount expended. This
consists Of continuing the lateral oa
the -F'reighce-s' Friend vein from
The &eHho1se tunnel. east q distance
of approximately 5000 feet, g. the end
ot which an 1p-a!se Will be made for
connection with the bottom OF the
shaft At the mouth Ct the main adit- To
assis- in the latter connection, the
statt z5ll h sunk a. he sane time. il
being fully a. economical to sink the
shaft as TO make the raise. The dis
7zrce between the level ot the lateral
and tn presen, bottom OF the shat. Is
about ] 400 tas-.