The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-10-05
Com mOdore to Resume.

| surance and mining man, who il a cousin
of Lsfe Pence, a former Congressman Of
this state, and l. W. Duncan, a well
known wholesaler, both of Braddock,
| Pa, acquired under bond and lease, the
Commodore tunnel and group of a.
claims on Red Elephant mountain at
| Lawson. The amount Of the bond has
not been made public, but is known to
| be in the neighborhood os $4,000
The eastern men have had the propo-
sition under con ,ideration for some time
and the present condition and past pro
duction have undergone a thorough
ex xsmination by lining experts, with the
result the reports of the latter were ex-
tremely favorable. Messrs. Pence and
Duncan arrived last Saturday night to
make a personal inspection and to IA
miliarize themselves with the property
in order that they would be conversant
with the details covered by the mining
engineers reports and recommendations.
Both of the gentlemen represent wealthy
steel and oil men of Pittsburg. and when
all of the papers in the deal have passed,
will have their attorneys incorporate
The Red Elephant Mining and TranspoI.
tation company. with capitalization of
s., 900, 900, to take over the property.
In the palmy days of silver this pa:
ticular portion of Clear Creek county
was the scene OF great activity and the
Boulder, Nest, White. Free America,
Tabor and utner mines of Red Elephant
mountain yielded over the = 600, 900 10
white metal. With the denomination
of silver the mines were abandoned aud
lay idle for years until the Com
modore Mining company was formed
several years ago, and the titles to the
old properties were cleared. The
Commodore company, 1t seems, spent
most of the money of its organizers in
purchasing property and in driving the
tunnel a distance of $500 feet. AT
point ), 400 feet in from the portal driit
was run 900 feet west and 400 feet east
on what was supposed to be the White
vein aud raise was made meeting
with the bottom of the White shaft,
which was $50 feet deep. Very lutte ore
was opened up as the result Of these op-
erations, and the funds having become
exhausted, the principal men in the com
pany decided to cease work for the time
being.
Mining men familiar with the proper
ties of Red Elephant mountain ssy that
not the best of judgment was used IN an
effort to locate the ore bodies which on
the surface yielded their millions OF the
white metal. 1t is cl aimed that he con.
tinuation of these high grade ore shoots
can now be lacated with a parativeIy y
small amount of work. By cross cut
ting, it is said that the shoots Can be
located easily, and that the walls which
it was supposed enclosed the White ven
in particular, deceived those who had the
work in charge.
'e The property is equipped with IS
4 drill Rand compressor and a 100 hors,
8. power boiler, together with necessar
buildings. With the connection made
- with the White shaft natural ventila
lie ton has made the use of a blower un
a necessary, SO that Throughout the tunne
o workings there is good air. The tunne
l. has also drained the territory immediate
]. ly on either side and there can be no in
n reference with mining operations from
r water. The portal of the tunnel is 10
II Gated on the line of the railway and o
o and the transps tiou of
d heavy to image will be done with the u,
most convenience. AS the portal OF ,h
oa1 Do r. t,vt n1
4. sidetracks the ore can be loaded direcu,
n on the cars from the ore BINS by gravity
% and it will be possible to ship the very
'e lowest grades of mineral to the mills
u in this city, or the smelling product dl
8 rect to the valley smelter,.
l. W. L. Shaffer, the well known assayel
81 of this city, has been appointed manage
- of the property. Mr.. Shaffrr is vel
qualified by practical experience a.
we'll as the technical knowledge he &C
T. quired at the Colorado Scho,l Of Mines
3. to achieve results in the operation of the
a big property. His entire famili ,rily with
the nalysis and cha ractcr Of the ores OF
this district. make hun q valuable fac.
J. tor, and because of his several years tx
e perience in the ore bu, ing business, he
v can market ores to advantage. Mr
= Shaffer has had ample experience III
. handling various properties, and there
J. has not been q day since he left the
J. school of mines but what he has been
|. interested in from one To uozen leases.
:, The new holders OF the big Commo-
- dore tunnel and tue Red ELEPHANT mines
l. propose to find the ore bodies at the
!. tunnel level, where they vii; have ap-
t proximately 1000 feet Of s,oping < ound
:. overhead. One ore shoot of the SIZE and
, richness Of the smallest opened on the