The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-20

FROM oOL L5n-Do's MINING couN-
TIES.
Boulder.

Boulder.
Joel Davis OF the Roman Eac,c Min
{rr Company. who, with Phillips broth
ers. is operating The Roman Eagle
mine on Governor Group hill, near
jamestown. was in Boulder recently
He reports that the showing in the
breast OF the drift is better than ever,
and that Improvement is visible WIN
every foot of advance Of the work
The breast is now 80 feet from the
portal on The north face OF The noun
lain and is being driven towards the
Thunderbolt claim. which has been a
producer Of high grade gold and silver
Gre.
ChaHee.
Wcrl has come to Salida from the
Stratton Gold and Copper Mining and
Milling Company's camp on Badger
creek that body OF rich copper ore
has lust been uncovered tn a l,i0Q-toot
tunnel and al depth OF 800 feet. says
the Salida Mail The ore, It Is SAID,
shows forty one per cent copper. and
may even exceed this percentage at
other points.
Clear Creek
During March the heading OF the
Scrmaun tunnel on Fall river was
driven eighty three feet. making the
total length 9Sl feet. 1t required TWEEN
iy-one shifts to extend the tunnel TWEEN
ry-six feet through the big soft vein, or
dixie encountered early in the month
The ground has been closely timbered
and VIII not cause further trouble.
A cableeram received from London
says +. J. Wilcox. general manager of
the Waldorf mining properties in east
and west Argentine districts, has been
successful in selling the holdings to an
English syndicate for 50 SOC. 900
The Liberty Bell tunnel. being bored
under Lexington mountain. near Idaho
SPRINGS. has just opened IA small feeder
that hears good indication OF pay dirt.
This tunnel is being watched with a
great deal of interest by number OF
owners of mines on Lexington noun.
tain. II is calculated 10 furnish trans
rortation facilities for a dozen or more
well known mines,
Gtlpin.
One OF the latest interpretations
formed to operate in Gllpin county is
that of the Colorado & Southern Min
ing Company. whtch has taken a lease
and bond for three years on the Maine
and Hamlet mines in Gregory district.
Denver and New York people are in
terestcd in the operations and the
management of the property is in the
hands Of w. L. Saul of this city.
Park.
The Pawnec Company, driving to-
ward the London formation from the
cast side of London mountain. has be.
gun to crosscut its formation from the
6OO-foot breast OF its tunnel. at pres
ent driving south. A crosscut will
also be driven north from the main
tunnel, after which some sinking will
be done on the vein on which the tun-
mel has been driven. The plan is be
ing followed to more thoroughly pros.
pect all the ground owned by the Paw
nee Gold Mining Company.
Routt.
The Copper Ridge Mining and Mill
ing Company, which owns the Repub-
lican and Democrat claims on Copper
ridge, three and a half miles north of
Steamboat Springs. has been sinking
shaft on the Republican with the in,
tention of cutting the vein at depth
OF about loo feet. The vein. however.
was cut at about eighty feet. where
1t showed about two and Il half feet
OF highly mincralized quartz.
Teller.
Although the rock being broken is
the hardest kind of granite. good pro
the new drainage tunnel at Cripple
Creek. Single jacks are used, and the
bore is now in a solid formation a dis.
tance of forty one feet The work or
installing the large compressor will
not be finished for several weeks. and
machine drills probably VIII not be in
operation before April goth The
compressor when set up viii be oper-
atcd by electric power. All cxcavating
work for the various buildings has
been finished. and the laying OF !,
foundation for sawmin began to-day.
The mill viii be used in turning out
timber and other lumber material nee.
.ssary in the driving of the tunnel
p. ID. Drake and associates. who
made strike several days ago in the
.Fairyiew claim Of the Stratton estate
'ou Globe h'll DOW have a good sized
body Of ore exposed, IT is said When
first encountered the vein was one and
a half feet wide. but it has increased
in size and showed width of two and
half feet from wall to wall The
values also have Increased and re.
turns OF three and half ounces in
gold to the ton have been made.