Gilpin observer., 1907-08-22
NEWS FROM THE Mines and MILLS
Weeks Review In Mining.

Weeks Review In Mining.
(By Gen. Frank Hall In Denver Post.)
Recent events have made 1t entirely
clear that the mining industry of GIL
pin county 10 at the outset of new era.
At no time in the long history of that
section, which has been aptly termed
the Grade Of Colorado" since 1t was
there the industry had its actual be-
gfnaGng. have its material affairs been
80 substantially founded as they are to-
day. After nearly fifty years Of devel-
opment, without a pause that threat
| ened cessation and also in the last
thirty years any really great advance
toward big production, the yield being
| about the same year after year
steady, of course, but in no sense ex-
citing-things are gradually nearing
the point where 1t is likely to progress
| on lines equal to the best in the state.
BY this is meant that ways are being
| opened whereby the normal output of
| ore will soon be doubled.
This was made manifest today by an
interesting talk with H. C. Eastman
manager Of two big properties, the On
tario, on Gregory hill. and the JefYer-
| son-Calhoun in Russell district. Mr.
Eastman is noted driver in the
work he has to do. The rehabili-
tation of the old Jefferson Cal
houn property and the superb ma
chinery equipment with its enclos-
ures OF stone he has recently com
pleted, stand as substantial evidence
o, his executive ability. He said to me:
I'VE are going to sink our main shaft
| down to the level of the Newhouse tun-
| mel as 1t passes through Russell gulch
| and then drive a lateral to a connec.
tion with 1t, one heading from the tun-
mel and the second from the shaft
This, In addition to giving us the ad-
vantages OF drainage and transport Of
| ores and waste by way OF the New
house bore, will open up immense
bodies Of mineral and we can make 1t a
very great dividend-paying mine. This
Is only one of the marked improve
| ments Of the time. The manager Of
the Old Town is nearing his shaft
| workings by way of the Hot Time lat
| eral from the Newhouse. When the
| connection is made the Old Town will
| rank alongside of the biggest produc-
| ers of the state.
Then" said Mr.. Eastman, look at
| what is being done with the splendid
| old Saratoga mine. Its lateral, finished
| long since. paved the way for the raise
| that was completed last Saturday
| night While some further work is
| necessary to clear away the rubbish
caused by the torrent of water from
the deeper workings when the miners
.lya oh ha ;,x olxo
| will soon have host of men breaking
| the enormous bodies of mineral ex.
posed in the lateral and in the
miles of drifts above it. 1t will only
me a matter of putting men enough in
the Saratoga to smash out from 500 to
| 1000 tons a day from this one prop
| erty."
To this may be added the famous
| Aduddcll and Pewabic properties, both
on the line of the great tunnel, and
| which only need deeper sinking and lat.
| erals to put them in line with the Sara
toga and Old Town. II wish" said Mr.
Eastman. the tunnel company would
buy or bond and lease the California,
Hidden Treasure. Burroughs and some
more of the once great mines on Quartz
hill. for that would insure the prolon.
| CATION OF the tunnel through the Cen
tral City. That something will be done
to bring those celebrated properties
into the comprehensive scheme of de-
velopment now going on in the near
nelghborhood seems well assured. The
Mammoth mine. in Gilpin. is now being
opened by laterals from the Newhouse,
and about every important vein cut by
1t is either under operation or soon will
be. The people are just beginning to
realize the vast Importance of that en-.
| terprise''
Again. the rapid extension of electric
power and its recent supplement. COM
pressed air, as arranged by Col. A. G..
Brownlee in the big plant he is build
| ing on Clear Creek, into the mining
section of Gilpin county will have de-
cided influence toward cheapening the
cost of producing ore. New capital is
| finding many places for sound invest
ment in and around Central City. Me-
vada. Russell and Black Hawk. The
situation is therefore Frightening in all
those sections. The present manager
of the Newhouse is beginning to feel
that the great enterprise in his charge
that has so long been conducted at a
LOSS. will soon derive a revenue suf-
| ficient to warrant the payment OF dlvi.
| dpuds