The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
Nine Miles Of the Underground Workings
Of the Great Willis Gulch Mine
Are C0nnected With the
Newhouse Tunnel.
HAZARDOUS SuNDERTAK|NCCOMPL ETED
Tunnel Deserted When Final Shots Were
Fired at ll.3O o'clock Last Thurs
day NiGht..W0rk Has Been
Resumed In Tunnel.

cut II point vertically under the south
side lines of the Cataract claim, owned
by the S,ernberger brothers. OF Phila-
delPhia and Denver, and about 400 feet
north of the surface side liues of the
CASTOR claim of the Saratoga group.
Mr.. Sternberger attempted to lay claim
to the vein. after a big strike had been
made driving east some sixty feet on
the vein. The lateral east was started
back from the vein some fifty feet to
reach the big lode on gradual curve.
The DRIFT was started on solid iron
feeder at the tunnel which lay almost
In the course of the curve. 1t was at
this point that this feeder formed
junction with the vein that six-feet pay
ore was found. Three feet of the
streak carried values of f72.52
and S46.o5 per ton while the balance
carried about SIS per ton gross value.
Since the middle Of May 1906 the lateral
hes been driven east, and has encoun-
tered ore shoot after ore shoot, some of
the ore carrying values of over $4oo per
ton.
The original intention was to drive
the lateral SIS feet east and make an up.
raise OF 365 feet to connect with the
ninth level Of the Saratoga mine, but
latter it was thought advisable to con-
der the No. shaft which is I,o3o feet
deep. At point goo feet east Of the
tuunel a stope was started end carried
up for nearly a hundred feet, and sew
eral months ago it was decided to
make a raise for connection with the
tenth level. The raise just completed is
787 feet between the bottom of the
lateral and the bottom Of the tenth lev.
el. The lateral has been continued east
from the raise about hundred feet
and it is the intention later to connect
with the bottom of the shalt to handle
the ore output of the mine.
The raise just put through was made
two ompar tment, each 2hx3 feet in
size, and is intended merely for drain
age and ventilation and not for handling
ore - is generally supposed. The raise
follows the walls of the vein which pitch
first to the north and then to the south
in an irregular manner.
The lateral has been timbered solid
from the Newhouse tunnel to the raise,
and there is said to be any quantity Of
rich ore behind the timbers all along its
course. Slopes can be started on these
ore shoots when it is desired 10 begin the
production of ore.
Under the agreement entered into be
tween the original leases Of the Sara.
toga property and the Newhouse tunnel
people, the former were to deliver a ton
mage of ore or waste to the tunnel com.
pany for transportation to the amount Of
$4,000 within three years time, or pay
the difference between the amount Of
material hs ndled in cash. An exten
sion of the option on the Saratoga prop
erty was granted some months ago. The
option calls for the payment of $500 ,ooc
for the property which consists OF IS
patented claims. Several weeks ago q
company was formed to take up the
option, the work which has been unde,
way having been done by the Saratogs
Development company.