Gunnison news-champion., 1907-09-20

Mining activity IN Copper cvsrk
section of the Gothic country is nos
ceniered upon the right hand side
of the gulch, where the tsona t.a-
mel under management nf j. 4.
Goodwin is developing sevesal
groups Of claims in Copper Qsees
basin
Here the success Of other deep
tunnel enterprises IN Gupniso~
county has induced eastern capital
lists 10 undertake q mammoth drain
age and transportation bore, projected
$500 feet, and which there is rea-
son TO believe will be so entirely
successful as to eventually extend
clear through the mineralized for
nation to Brush creek
The site of the tunnel is but two
miles from Gothic 40 that supplies
are easily accessible. 1t is located
Just above the wagon road and in =
fine belt of timber Bunk hosss.
blacksmith shop, powder koose.
cook hosse etc have bssa erscAsA.
Water 10 ssppiied fvom IN SD ioot
pipe line. Copper creek, with its
immense and easily harnessed water
power runs short distance below.
This stream is large, even in August
and with rapid fall, 80 that practic-
ally any desired power can be cheap
ly secured.
1t is the intention soon To utilize
this power Tor compressor, air drills,
etc, but at present the tunnel is be-
ing driven by hand Encouraging
results are already attained Al
though the big bore was expected to
cross cut 1900 feet to enter the lime
and another 500 feet TO the Copper
Queen contact, two blind veins have
already been encountered in the
diorite porphyry. One deposit of
ore at l42 feet cross sections fifteen
feet with values running from three
to seven dollars, while the second
iissure struck at 23O feet has ten
feet of well defined vein matter that
looks encouraging TO DRIFT upon.
The two will probably make a mill
proposition, and with but 2GO Net
in here is good prospect of encornt-
ering other blind veins as well as
known assures. prospected above.
The Usona Copper Mining, Mill
ing q Tunnel company has ten
claims under which the tunnel is
prosecuting. Surface showing is Of
several fssure and contact veins,
from which good assay returns have
been secured. and which this tun-
mel will open at a depth which
should make them producing mines.
The Cocrer Queen Group
However, the main objective point
of the big bore is the Copper Queen
and Iron Duke veins or lime con-
facts, lying across the marvelously
mineralized strata Of Silver Queen
basin. A picture of part of this
basin printed above shows old
workings on these contact assures.
On the right is the shaft and tunnel
of the Copper Queen run from the
original discovery made by Mr.
Goodwin. The well defined mine
rallied zone is 80 feet wide at the
mountains apex and is traced with
the same character of ore by open
ings Of shafts and tunnels and open
cuts for 1000 feet Principal work
consists of shaft sixty feet deep
from which $4,000 worth of cop
per. silver and gold ore has been
shipped. The entire mountain side
is mineralized between the dolomite
and brown lime. but of course only
very high grade stuff can stand the
expense of moving from the noun
tain top to market without mill
concentration. Mr.. Goodwin tells us
that the first carload shipped from
the Copper Queen mine ran 500 in
silver and 50 per cent copper. A