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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Bronaber Using Power.

Work was resumed last Tuesday on
the Bronaber property in Georgia gulch
the lower tunnel being driven ahead
with a % inch Rand machine drill
using compressed air power from the
Stanley power plant on Clear Greek.
The present heading is on the Bronaber
vein and the junction with the Pennsyl-
vania lode is expected to be encounter
ed within the next hundred feet. The
operations are being carried on by the
Interstate Mining company, organized
by Messrs. Weber & Cooper The co
pany owns the Tee Pee. Penns4 lvar 1
and Bronaber claims, comprising por-
ton of the Shafter vein system, and
have opened up some excellent ore in
several places. The work now under
way is for the purpose of getting at
the ore bodies in convenient manner
for stoping and shipping, and the man
agement expects shortly to begin the
marketing Of smelling and milling ma
teral from the property. The gentle
men having charge of the active man
agement of the property are both eX-
perienced mining men, aud expect to
make the mine a profitable investment
for their associates in the east, Most
of the people interested in the property
reside in Nebraska near the former
home of Mr. Weber. The latter now
lives in Denver, but spends the greater
portion of his time here at the prop
erty.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Underhill a Esperanto.

James Underhill, of this city has been
elected president OF the Colorado Is
peranto association, a temporary or
ganization recently formed to promote
the study and adoption of the new
language. 1t is expected that a per
manent organization will be complete
within the next few months
with a large membership, and
which will be a branch of The
American Esperanto association. The
language was invented by a Russian,
and is said to be simple and complete.
! When it has been adopted universal
ly it will become the language used in
intercourse between nations, and it vii
be no trouble to hold peace conferen cos
A man may also cuss Chinaman for
the loss of his shirtband and otherwsc
express himself to a foreigner, wi e
cannot evade the kick by claiming he
cannot understand The advantages OF
the new talk in this respect are
patent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Will Wait For Lucar1n.

G. F. Crawford, of Kansas City. ar
rived Wednesday and will remain in
camp for some weeks looking after
operations on his Kinda property on
Fall River. Engineer Wiley. who has
made surface and underground surveys
and calculations. recently gave it as his
opinion that the Kinda vein has not yet
been reached by the Lucania tunnel
but that when the bore was extended
from - to 100 feet the vein would pro
badly be encountered. As there is 4
strong probability that the Iucania
tunnel viii shortly be driven ahead Mr..
Crawford win remain to be present
when the vein is cut, and will immedi-
ately begin driving on the lode as soon
rs it is determined that he is On the
right vein. The Kinda vein is an ex-
tremely large one and should be easily
recognized when reached by TIE tunnel-
It seems that an error in the neasur-
ments Of the tunnel was discovered
some weeks ago when it was found
that the breast was not within % feet
as far into the mountain rs had been
figured. In previous calculations this
threw the estimates off.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
wilkie Wheels whirlinR.

The Wilkie concentrating mill is run
ming regularity one shift on ores from
the Saratoga lateral in the Newhouse
tunnel, the ore being hauled from the
NeWhouse dump in wagon loads and at
the rate Of from 25 to 81 tons daily
The mineral comes from a stope a short
distance west of the raise put through
to the Saratoga mine workings, and in
the same ore shoot which was driven
through in making the connection:
Only one machine drill is used at pres
ent, the crew of five men break ing
down an average of six tons q day to
the man. A portion of the ore in the
stope is of a good grade of smelling
ore which is kept separate and shipped
to the Sampler in this city. TIE man
agement expects shortly to continue
the lateral to a point directly under the
No. >, or main shaft, where, after con
necton has been established, the hand
ling Of a heavy tonnage will be an @asy
proposition. There is ample room along
the lateral to start Slopes on the rich
ore shoots discovered in driving the lat
eral, but it would be necessary to drive
a number of blind drifts and raises for
ventilation and then besides, the com
pany has not yet taken over the prop
erty on the bond and lease, and must
I'pav royalty on all Of the ore estract-
oh until rho bond ia takau mn
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Edgar Raise Starts in Ore.

The raise to be put through from thys
Central tunnel to the Miami tunnel lat
eral on the Edgar vein was started
Thursday and will be pushed upward
as rapidly as possible, as it will make
accessible a large block of ground
which can be worked to advantage with
overhead facilities combined with
natural ventilation. The starting of
the raise was delayed because of a cave
in the lateral. 1t was deemed expedi-
ent to drive around the cave, rather
than to attempt to spile through and re-
timber the cavein. The character OF
the ground which was loose was such
that there could be no telling when it
would stop running, and the matter Of
mucking out the material would prob
ably have lasted for long time. The
raise is being put through at point
100 feet east of the tunnel and machine
drills are being used.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

and the uniform nature of the country
rock in which lie the fissures. Were
this district overlaid with sandstone
and limestone with granite and quart
zite intermingled with porphyry under
meath there would be an element of
unce rtainty in tunnel operations. The
latter conditions exist in numerous
sections Of Colorado, and experiences
in these regions has caused some to
condemn tunnel driving Another
thing with which the Clear Creek
district may well boast, is the lack
of faulting in the veins and
lodes'
Tunnel mining is yet in its infancy
in this section, but the present year
will begin to demonstrate its advan-
tages. People are prone to look upon
the big subways as merely drainage
bores, which would be handy to haul
ore out of, if the ore is there. If
there were no lateral development this
view would be correct But the less
than Is, 600 feet of laterals already
driven from the Newhouse tunnel,
have disclosed more ore than ten times
the present number OF mills in this
camp, or all of the rolling stock of
the Colorado & Southern railway
could begin to handle, if actual ore
production We're started on scale
commensurate with possibilities.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

average than ever extracted from the
he upper levels Of the mine, should
convince the skeptical that it must be
there, and it is at depth of ., ,400feet be-
l3w the surface.
The great Saratoga lateral has open
ed nearly quarter of a mile Of ore
bodies in succession Of ore shoots.
The lateral known as the Hot Time en-
countered ore toe often to suit the
management, which feared an injunc-
ton suit to restrain them from driving
the lateral through ground owned by
others. The number of courses fol-
lowed by the lateral from the tunnel
to the bottom of the Old Town shaft,
81 in number, really were caused in an
effort to get away from the ore bodies
encountered. 1t would have been
thousands of dollars cheaper to have
driven straight west from the tunnel
and the work could have been accom-
lished quicker but litigation was avoid
ed. The Hot Time lateral was driv-
en- for over three-quarters Of mile
under a string of abandoned bonanzas
for which it is now furnishing free
drainage, at depth of a quarter of a
mile below the surface.
Among the great advantages of the
Idaho Springs district for tunnel pro-
jects for exploratory purposes is the
great depth which may be reached
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
A II a n dy Picket Fence.

DR.. John Atcheson met with a pecu-
liar accident the first of this week when
he put his left hand down on the picket
of an iron fence on Colorado street more
or less gently, and found that the pic
ket had penetrated the feshy part Of
that member. The doctor was greatly
surprised when he found his hand i'm
paled, and it was half minute be-
for he could figure ont what had hap
pened. He looked at the point Of the
picket protruding from the back of his
hand, and wondered. The picket was
not sharper than any other picket on
an iron fence, and what puzzled him
was the ease with which it went through
his hand. Had the doctor worn gloves
the accident probably would not have
occurred. He Immediately had the
wound cleaned and dressed and does
not anticipate any bad results from the
injury.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Moscript Has The Habit.

E. NJ. Moscript, the inveterate min
er, is engaged in running an adit on the
Rough and Ready claim above Freeland,
owned by himself and Geo. f. Nc
Clelland. The heading of the adit is in
an excellent body Of quartz and Mr..
Moscript believes that when juno
ton is reached the vein matter will be-
come greatly enriched. The Rough and
Ready claim adjoins the Great East
ern and Western claims and is directly
in line with the Lone Tree vein of the
Freeland- L Larartine vein system. AS
yet no depth to speak of has been
reached, but the big strong character
of the the lode is such as to
encourage the belief that when an
ore shoot is encountered it will be a
bonanza, and not merely knife blade
seam of high grade material. A
blacksmith shop has been erercted at
the mouth Of the adit, and the work will
will be carried forward to the first
junction, and trial shipment of the
quartz viii be made The assay val
ues Of the vein matter already show
a pay grade for milling ore, but al
lowing for the loss in milling, it is not
advisable TO ship the ore on TOO small
margin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
YOungberB REFLECTED.

Alfred Youngberg and wife returned
Wednesday morning from Denver, they
having been in attendance at the
annual meeting of the Swedish
American Mining and Milling Co,
held Tuesday, at which meeting Mr..
Youngperg was reelected president and
manager of the company. The meet
ing was well attended and the interest
shown augurs well for the future of
of the company as each stockholder is
booster Work is now under way on
and the next few feet of driving may
result in opening the ore shoot caused
by the junction which is visible on the
surface some 200 feet above.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
wiywed Headquarters.

{ Mr. and Mrs. A l.. Yates registered
at the Club hotel last Wednesday morn
fpe, coming from Denver where they
wers married the day previous. The
new ~ married couple were given the
brida. suite and Proprietor Alexander
mac extraordinary efforts to see that
theE' We're comfortably cared for. Mine
Tor the Club as one of the most desir-
Abe places in Colorado for newly we'd
ded pairs to spend the honeymoon
per-. The scenery, mountain ozone
and a.ttude are all conductive to en-
Joy III, and under these conditions
divuree proceedings are less liable to
be the result Of the marriage.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

neling, the principal one being the uni
formity of the geological formation in
which are situated true fssure veins.
Many of these fssures at depth
unite with larger veins and it is these
occurrences which cause the enrichment
or deposition Of ore shoots. The small
er veins may not be classified as true
assures by the geoogists but that they
are assures nevertheless, and carry pay
ore where there are functions, has
been demonstrated time and again
A well defined and clearly established
vein system traverses the lower Clear
Creek gold district, and while the
camp has been adding annually from
one to five millions Of dollars to the
worlds supply Of base and precious
metals, the zone of profitable ore car
rying mineral has only been opened up
within the past two years. The "moss
back" theory of few years ago. that
values do not extend below depth of
several hundred feet under the surface
has been repeatedly ''knocked into a
cooked hat" by the disclosures made in
lateral driving from the Newhouse
tunnel.
A visit to the Gem lateral in the
Newhouse tunnel where a dozen leas-
ers are taking out ore with profit from
above and below the level of the tun
mel, and where the ore is of higher
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
III. q, NJ. Bank Om cials

The annual meeting cf the share
hodors of the Merchants and Miners
.Natn bank of this city was held
Tuesdav evening. January IA, in the
in tho directors room in the rear of
sthe banking offices. The following
Iofiiccrs and directors We're elected for
the ensuing year: President. c. S.
b. H; vice president, George Riley;
b er, W. A. Stover; assistant cash
H.r ". A. Roberts; directors, W. A.
Haggott, II. l.. Roberts, W Hallberg,
L. l.. Roberts, o. W. Lowell and r. r.,
Graham. The only change IN the di-
rectorate was. the selection of Mr..
Stover to succeed s. A, Moves, who
has removed to Greeley, Colo, to Ell
rage in business.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
NE. Church Gets BeQuest.

Rev. r. R. Adams this week re-
ceived letter advising him that a
legacy of $50 had been bequeathed to
the First Methodist church of this city
by member of the church, Mr.. Ben
son Hinkle, who died at Shawnee, Ok
lahoma, July II, 1906. The letter fur
ther stated that the church barely
missed legacy of $500 under the pro-
visions of the will, which provided that
$500 should be paid to the Woman s
Foreign Missionary society of which
church Mr. Hinkle's sister, Mrs. S. E.
Cunningham, should be member at
the time of his death.
The delay in notification of the be-
quest is due to the fact that the last will
and testament of Mr.. Hinkle mentioned
the First Methodist church of Colorado
Springs, instead of Idaho Springs, of
which church Mrs. Cunningham and
himself were members several years.
ago. Mrs. s. E. Cunningham is the
Administrative of the estate, and nov
resides at Shawnee, Okla, where she
is member of the Methodist church at
that place, to whom was paid the
$500 legacy.
Mrs. Cunningham was active in
church and club circles during her resi-
denee here, and will be remembered
by many. She is the mother of W. H
Cunningham. editor of the Gazette 6
number of years ago, but who is now
publisher of Profit & Loss. one of the
leading mining publications, in the
world, published in Denver.
Mr.. Hinkle was upon visit with hi:
sister and son S family in this city fol
some weeks, and while here Joined the
Methodist church. At that time the
congregation was arranging fer the en-
largement and improvement of the
church building, which work has since
been done. Rev. Adams has repliee
to the attorneys, Messrs Blakney
Maxey, and it is likely that the beques
will shortly be forwarded
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Because they are not familiar with
the value and utility of vein prospect
ing by latural development in the great
tunnel enterprises, many people fail to
appreciate the advantages of this form
of mine making. 1t is the new method.
the twentieth century system, and is
yet young; it is the common sense form
of exploi tation, and at the same time
provides Immediate means for the most
economical method Of ore extraction,
drainage, ventilation and tTansporta-
ton
The pioneer prospector dug trenches
along the top of the ground for the
purpose of locating the ore shoots
where they came to the surface. That
method is still in vogue and is most
commendable form of prospec ting
where the miner lacks capital to at
tain depth. Experience has shown
that ore shoots in the big fissure veins
of this region do not outcrop as a rule
and most of the profitable ore shoots
have been located by driving drifts
from shafts and adits on the vein. The
ore shoots almost invariably lie at an
angle in the vein and have the same
pitch as the latter, SO when they have
been definitely located they may be
worked above and below.
The Idaho Springs district possess
many advantages in the matter of tun
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Too TounG. No We ID ding

A young man Of 10 and a girl several
Years his junior, both of whom are well
Known in this city, eloped to the county
seat quite recently where they at
tempted to obtain a marriage license
he county clerk refused to issue the
desired document because of the ex-
IRENE youthfuIness of the applicants
and they were compelled to come back
home.
Local parties interested in the future
Welfare of the would be bridegroom re-
.eived hunch that the young folks
we're on the way to marriage license
headquarters and consulted an attorney.
The latter lost no time in communicating
rith the county clerk, who was posted
vhen the pair arrived No amount OF
pleading or tears would move that
lfficial, and even a bluff was unayail
Ing.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

The stockholders of the First National
bank in this city held annual meeting
Tuesday evening and reelected the for
mer officers and board of directors as
follows: President, w. l.. Bush; vice
president, J. j. Sherwin; cashier, F.
E. Angove; assistant cashier, r. J.
Davis; directors, l.. Hanchett, Salt
Lake City: F. E. Himrod, New York
City; F. D. Wiley, R. B. Morton, J. G.
Roberts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

George F. Martin, of Littleton, New
Hampshire, departed for his home
Thursday afternoon, after having
spent a week here on visit with his
brother, Elvin J. Martin. George F.
Martin worked in the mines in this
district with his brother 25 years ago,
and this is the first time the two have
seen each other since that time.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18
Crowd Enjoys Cantata.

STSSSo I'd ) oJs 4 u - alta.
The cantata "Priast and Kiag. p,
given by the Choir of the Methodist
Episcopal church on last Taarsday
evening was well attended al.I most
eNceIlentIy rendered. Tha various
numbers as well as the chorus showed
the result Of weeks Of careful train
ing by Mrs. EEowelIs, of the Denver
Conservatory Of Music Miss Helen
Davis Caldwell. OF Denver, a pupn of
Mrs. Howell's assisted IN the rem
dition, and after the close OF The pro
gram, was entertained informally at
the parsonage by Rev. ami Mrs.
Adams, for the benefit of the members
of the choir Those composing the
chorus desiring to show their appre-
citation for the efforts in their behalf
presented Mrs. Howell's with q hand
some silver salad dish as a souvenir
of the occasion. Miss Caldwell and
Mrs. Howell's returned TO Denver
yesterday afternoon. The latter will
not resume her regular visits 10 this
city until summer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Sheriff Thos. Cunningham was dowr
from the county seat last Wednesday
on business connected with his office
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

j. G; Sturdevant- of the Brighton
mine, returned Thursday morning from
couple of days stay in the capital
city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Attorney f. L. Regennitter was
aboard yesterday mornings eastbound
flyer for the capital city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Senator Roberts went to Silver Plume
Thursday to look after his business in
terests in that end of the county.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Mrs. Percy P. Barbour departed for
the capital city Thursday afternoon for
several days sojourn.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Alderman Straab boarded yesterday
mornings train for the metropolis to
ret acquainted with his wife and the
latest addition to the family.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Howard karns went to the big burg
on this mornings fast express for a
couple of days visit.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Miss Carrie Edwards has returned
from couple of weeks visit in Denver
with her chum, Miss Carrie Ellis.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Mrs, John w Ward was taken very
sick last Thursday and for some hours
was in precarious condition.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Prof c. w. Deems went DenverWard
this morning to remain couple of days
in the metropolis on professional mis-
sion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

H. G.. Fowler, of Denver, was il
in town Thursday on his way to the
Honest John tunnel on Chicago creek
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Jas A Noone, the Georgetown pooh
bah, was in town Tuesday on business
pertaining to the preservation of the
county seats water rights before Ref
cree Palmer,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Heron were
called to Denver Tuesday morning by
the death of Mr.. Herron's brother.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

David Gilbert spent Sunday in Golden
on visit with his family in that city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

County Assessor Crosson was down
the first of the week to take in a
theatrical attraction at the opera
houee
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

George f. Kyner, editor of the Vic
tor Record, was in the city Thursday
on private business.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

John Galbreath was a passenger on
the yesterday afternoon eastbound
train
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

William Morgan has been confined to
to his home with an attack of pnneu-
monia for some days, but he is now
improving.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

A birthday surprise party was given
Mrs. jay Kane last Tuesday evening,
at which time number of her friends
assembled at the lady's home with a
goodiy supply of refreshments. In the
party were: Mesdames Kennedy,
Erickson, Esmond, Loeder, Callahan,
Peterson and Behr. Messrs. and Mes
danes Boyd, Wood, D'Rourke, Walters,
Coe, Shaffer and Miss Catherine Ryan.
Simon Anderson, who removed to
Denver some months ago with his fam
lily, has decided to return to this city.
Mr.. Anderson has kidney trouble and
finds that the mineral springs water
here gives him almost Immediate re-
lief. He has tired numerous remedies,
but as yet has found nothing which i'm
proves his condition as much as pint
or more of the Idaho Springs water
each day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Samuel J. Hawk, who for many
years followed mining in the Frceland
district and who was well known
throughout the county, died at Liskeard
Cornwall on December II, according
to adVices received in this city quite
recently. Deceased left here about
two years ago for his former home.
Mr., Hawk leaves a son, r. j. Hawk,
and brother, William Hawk, both Of
whom reside in FrceIand.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

Robert Sherman and wife returned
last Monday evening from the Pacific
coast where Mr.. Sherman has made
several attempts to reside, but on ac-
count Of homesickness is obliged to re,
turn to Idaho Springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

J. B. Mccormick, of Georgeville, Pa,
was in camp recently, inspecting the
properties of the Gold Hill Mines COM
pany accompanied by John J Hoban.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

S. NJ. Huehingson, Of Denver, on
Tuesday took charge of the big Wells
Fargo Express delivery wagon in this
city. Huntington has been with the
w. F. Co. for a couple Of years and is
no novice in the art Of delivering pack
ages
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-18

DIR. l.. G.. Blackmer, of Sulphur
Springs, Colo, was in town Tuesday,
where he went through the Elks ritual
as the chief victim, and came out
wearing a pair of horns.