The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-07
news FROM the MINES AND MILLS
Great Cripple Creek Activity.

The low treatment rates put in =.
feet by the mill corporations. lie
Golden Cycle and the United States r..
duction and Refining Company, al rtet,
plants at Colorado City and Floreuee
is having direct results, as evidenced
by the enormous tonnage leaving The
camp, not only from mines, but from
the mine dumps, found scattered over
the hills, says the Cripple Greek cor
respondent Of the Daily Mining Record
under date of February 29th Thee
dumps are now undergoing thorough
test and some idea OF The values COu.
tained therein is best evidenced By the
demand made on mine managers fUr
leases. Manager Keith. OF the Stratfla
estate, reports that in excess OF LOO
applications have been filed with his
Office, and similar conditions obtaa n
with others.
Old abandoned shafts. idle for years.
are also subject to examination, and
scores of prospecting permits, W.-h
options. have been secured.
The new rate OF 50 so announced and
put in effect by the United States Re-
duction and Refining Company, has Te-
suited in the starting up of propertie.
long idle, and that the other camps
will be benefited thereby is already
assured. n
At a conservative estimate there
$500 miners on the mine and lease
pay rolls, and desirable miners haY
no difficulty in securing permanent en-.
ployment. 1t is required that every
man who works shall carry recon-
h,- h.
Owners and Operators Associate
and this requirement is rigidly eu.
forced.
The month closing today, in adat
tion to the marked increase in the
number of properties active, has been
featured by numerous important
strikes. Practically every section in
the recognized producing area Vas
represented, as will be seen by the fol-
| lowing brief notice: Beacon Hill
| "a on the properties of the Ell Pasp
Consolidated CD the Henry Adney, and
Requa Savage Mining Companies es.
tates Bull Hill-(4 the Isabella es.
tate, Lucky Gus and Nightingale of the
Stratton estate. and the South Burns
| of the Acacia company. Gold Hill
| t3) the Midget Gold Bond and Matoa
Companies holdings. Raven Hili-t2b
| by the Cresson Consolidated Company,
and by lessees on the Doctor-Jack Pot
| estate. Battle Mountain-(3) on prop,
| erty owned by the Republic, Rigi and
| Creede and Cripple Greek companies.
| Tenderfoot Hill % on the Black Dia.
mond claim. owned by Coloradc
| Springs capitalists, Messrs. LennUS
and Giddings.
| Probably the most important of these
jS ha iEa ma tho enD-fnnf leyaI
! of the Cresson mine, on Raven hill,
where a six-foot ore body Of five ounce
| grade was entered and is now under
| development. Car after car has been
sent out from this strike of an average
value of 800 to the ton. 4
The Lucky Gus, formerly owned by
British corporation. was the scene
| of two rich discoveries. The richest
made by G. E. Copeland and Stewart
| Brown, was of ore returning values
| of $1,000 a ton. or $3.50 pound This
| mine is now shipping the highest ay
| erase grade ore in the camp. Few
cars leave the mine of less value than
| five ounces gold to the ton.
| Two rich strikes were made on the
! property of the Ell Paso Consolidated
| Company, on the western slope of Bea
| con hill. Both were in practically yir-
gin ground. ana VIII materially Denent
the company's treasury from the roy.
alties accruing
| Bull hill was represented by finds on
the Isabella and Free Coinage estates,
| in addition to the Stratton estate.
A cleanup made this week by the
lronclad Milling Company at its leased
mill on 1ronclad hill, resulted in a re-
| tort of the gross bullion value of 81
| 800. The mill during the fifteen daNs
run, hauled 1,500 tons of Gre and saved
| Sl.tt per ton. The ore was Quarried
from the immense open cut on the
Magma Charta claim under lease to the
| milling company. The rock Is literally
quarried out. and every rock broken
down goes through the solution tanks,