The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-16

pound, the IlCHtSl e'ei HAAPfNo A.SA
this mine.
AT a depth of twenty feet thirty
fourinch body of ore, assaylng l-oe
ounces gold. 95l-10 ounces silver and
59i per cent lead, is reported IN the
Black Beauty mine. Boulder county.
The heading of the Central tunnel at
Idaho Springs. was advanced 12I feet
in twenty-three drill shifts during the
month OF February. This makes the
total length of the tunnel 5,55s feet
The Bismuth mine at Silver Cliff is
now developing a vein of lead sulphide,
which WAS struck at depth OF twenty
five feet on an extension OF the smart.
The vein carries high values IN lead
and silver
W. f. Spalding. owner Of the Queen
of the Hills mine al Spalding camp at
Ilse, Custer county. has uncovered
vein of ore which runs $4s in gold to
the ton, besides carrying values in
silver and lead.
Tin ore is reported to have lately been
found in the Lackawanna gulch region,
bordering on the Continental divide,
twenty miles TO the west OF LeadVllie
Float speciments are said to show an
appreciable percentage OF the metal.
A force of 200 men is employed in
the breaking of ore from several levels
in the Wolftone mine, Lake county.
The mill is handling about 200 tons,
in addition to which there is shipped
daily to the smelters about 100 tons.
Shipments OF fluorspar to the amount
OF 100 tons weekly are being made
from the deposits in the vicinity OF
jamestown. Buolder county, by VIII
liam Brown. The mineral is shipped
to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany's plant at Pueblo.
On the Centennial. within the cor
borate limits of Georgetown, Manager
Kennedy is running drift In Level
No. 5, following fine body OF ore.
Shipments are made frequently, some
Of the ore carrying two to three ounces
gold There is talk of building a mill.
The Specie Payment mine at Idaho
Springs produces from 500 to 800 tons
of ore per month steadily, and win
no attempt to make a record. Ihe
ore body is strong and continuous,
with an unvarying value of about sloo
per ton for both the smelling ore and
concentrates.
The February shipment from the
Crown-Point mine, Idaho Springs.
amounted to approximately 400 tons
OF all grades OF ore. One car load OF
frst-class returned 3.29 ounces gold
and five per cent. copper per ton Inc
second-class ore, of which a large
amount was produced, ranged in value
from 130 to ] 80 ounces gold per ton.
The building and machinery at the
Hull City mine on Bull hill, Cripple
Creek, which were destroyed by fire
two months ago, are being replaced,
and active operations, it is understood,
will be resumed on the property within
the next thirty days. The piping
through the mine and to the compress
sor and boilers will not have to be re-
placed The damage is not as heavy
as it was first thought to be.
The Gold King property in Poverty
gulch, Cripple Creek district, the old
est gold producer in the camp, is out
putting at the rate of thirteen cars of
ore per month The mineral is of one
and one-half-ounce grade and is broken
at depth of 600 and 1000 feet the
vein being worked to the water level.
The Gold King is one of the properties
which will be greatly benefited by the
driving of the drainage tunnel
The mill at the portal of the Kelly
tunnel al Georgetown, is ready to be
put into commission. The delay IN
starting full swing is caused by the de-
lay in getting the tram to work sue
cessfully, but it is expected that
the mill will be turning out
first class concentrates by the
end of the week. Mr.. Jerome Smith,
the manager. says he was compelled
to stop the breaking of ore on account
of lack OF space to store it. The ore
being of superior character it is ex-
pected that production of from fif-
teen to twenty tons daily will be had,
which Will net the company from $500
to $1,000
Under the direction of Superintend-
ent w. NJ. Bainbridge, work on the
deep drainage tunnel is being pushed
forward with all possible speed. The
grading at the portal of the Catch
Park site will soon be completed, and
the road leading to the tunnel mouth
is nearly done. Lumber is being
hauled TO the portal. and the work of
constructing necessary buildings will
begin shortly. The fifteen-drill COM
pressor which was shipped from the
manufacturers at Akron, Ohio, about
the middle Of February is expected al |
most any day, and as soon as ii can be |
put in position active work of drilling
the big bore will commence.
Sharpe and associates, operating a
lease on the Accident property on the
west slope of gold HILL have made a
good strike at depth of 300 feet. Sew |
eral weeks ago these lessees encoun- |
tered narrow streak which carried |
high values, and after following the
shoot for twelve feet to-day opened a
two-foot vein. The ore body all the
way across gives returns of from four
and half TO five ounces in gold to the
ton and carries two-inch seam of
tale which carries values as high as
twelve ounces. The lessees have been
making regular shipments from this
property and up to to-day were send.
ing out an average of five core