The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-10-17
SEtMANN'S BIG MINING ENTERPRISE

mission line, with an additional 5000
feet of line to reach the Lombard mine
Transformers are here installed which
reduce the voltage from 10000 to 440.
and it is to this property that Captain
Seemann will direct his first efforts.
This valuable mineral holding has al
ready produced over a quarter of a
million Of dollars. and this under ad
verse mining conditions and with
comparatively crude mining appli-
ances. A shaft about $50 feet in depth
and two adits of 500 and 1,500 feet
each practically comprise the develop
ment work, the average values rang
ing from SO to $50 per ton; the smelt-
ing product averages as high as $50
per ton, but stuff that runs more than
$500 has been found. The vein proper
has an average width of four feet.
This development work is but small
portion of the work accomplished by
Captain Seeman upon the property
some four miles Of underground work
having been accomplished since the
property has been acquired. In speak
ing of the wonderful resources OF this
vast property. an experienced mining
writer recently said;
One Of the most important ledges
on the line of the Seeman tunnel is
expected within the next 500 or 6O(
feet of driving, This is the monster
Leviathan vein or dyke. This gigantic
lode measures eighty-four feet In
width at the narrowest point yet un
covered. while it is more than 500 fee,
vide at other points where the vein has
been exposed for prospecting purposes
The entire dyke is mineralized ane
at almost any point on the surface
oae may obtain colors of gold by pan
eing. There have been disclosed
,srrinsers of tungsten at several point.
and this valuable mineral win make
profitable hy-product when mined ant
treated separately. Alongside of th'
Leviathan lode on the south there il
a large porphyry dyke, whiae on tn,
north side the formation rs granite
The Continental Mines, Power and Re
duction Compans owns between thre
and four miles ~ this immense ledgt
and the reia viii be encountered at
good, workable depth ny the tunne
within short thine. ENsu if the con
pany owned no other ,tiaims, this pal
: ticulAr vein, with economical facil
ties for mining and milling the or.
should prove ne be the biggest kind g
a bonanza"
Reans OF paper and columns G
| space could he devoted to the prol
, erty and enterprise ,of this most pr
gressive company, tor the consumm:
tiOn of desires of the owners mean
:. millions of added wealth to sectio
of the state Ihat has for many year
, been handicapped by adverse cond
| tSons, and It seems now that Captai
Seemsan amt his associates are abou
tn realize the dreams OF their lives il
revealing 10 ttbe world the magnificen
mineral possibilities ,eS the Yanke
, Hiil difxnct
The company has bsen most fortun
ate in having - conservative operate
at the head of the enterprise, an,
they have been given this assuranc
by the tact that Captain Seemann de
votes alInSat ihis entire time to 81
| lspFviSiOp of all the Werk and ha
thoroughly posted himself as to ever,
cetzl Captain .Seemann,s closest az
sfstant is MT William H. ,Warriner o
Denver. 3 very .ekterprisiug and Pre-
gressive sestlsman. who also devote
his entire time to the welfare of tn,
Continental Mines, Power a.ad Reduc
tion C0nnanT- The acquisition Of tn
property through which the tunnel will
go was thoroughly exploited before
property vas embraced In the group
and the possibilities of the future dis
cussed before an snxestmant was made
with mills at the pontsl, which ar,
contemplated, with the sast area O
valuable mineral ground, with mod
em mining methods In all depart
mense, the Seeman1 tunnel proposj
ton promises to become an important
| factor in the mining field of Colorado
! end IN Ahe great West
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