The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

John j. Roche, secretary treasurer of
the Rocky Mountain Fuel company,
Sundayed in this city. He was piloted
over the city by his friend Ira Pollard.
,Messrs. A. A. Alexander and John c.
Stenson Of Cleveland Ohio, have been
in the city for several days. They are
largely interested in the Banner Consol-
lpated Mines company and are making
a trip of inspection of the holdings of
the company, with the view of enlarging
on their investment. They were shown
everything pertaining TO the workings of
this company by Manager Fred Nye and
were well satisfied with what has been
done and what is in contemplation.
The effect of sulphuric acid water that
percolates through the veins on some of
the mining properties, causing the rapid
eating up of the iron with which it comes
in contact, is strikingly illustrated by an
axe on exhibition in the window of the
office of Mr.. John Owen. The dropping
of the acid water on the blade of the axe
has eaten two holes entirely through it,
one about the size of silver half dollar
and the other about the size of a quarter.
They are as round and smooth as though
they wero bored out with a drill.
In the Stella group of mines, a cross
cut is being driven to connect two paral
lei veins. The miners have finished
about twenty five feet and it is probable
that the crosscut will be completed
within the next ten feet. The property
is located short distance from Dumont,
or about 1900 feet from the station. The |
work is being done under contract The
crosscut is about seventytve feet below
the surface. The vein from which this
work began has fine streak of copper
ore, tests running from l.32 to 1.56 ozs.
in gold. The other vein has fine show
ing on it and shaft has been sunk
about fifty feet. There is good show
ing of copper and iron on it
Two very promising strikes have been
made in the workings of the Almaden
Mines company by lessees. One was
made by Frank Phillips about 27o feet
above the lower tunnel and the streak IS
fifteen inches in width. He is now stop
ing and will be able to get full car in
short time, when he will ship to the
smelter. The other strike was made by
leasing company composed of Alexan-
der Holm and some of our business men.
They have lease on block of ground
in the lower tunnel, 1Go feet in length
and 200 feet in heigth, one half being
above the tunnel level and the other
half below. While sinking they ran
into fine lot of ruby silver Of high
grade, 1t is very much like some that
was struck in this tunnel sometime ago
that gave assay values of 1000 ounces
in silver 1t is expected that develop
ment will result in opening up an exten-
sive body of this high grade ore.
A party of expert mining engineers
was in the city the first of the week for
the purpose OF inspecting the properties
of the Perkins Consolidated Gold Mining
company. 1t is claimed that as soon as
the litigation is settled, it is the design
of the owners to begin driving the tun-
mel and opening up the properties The
property and all the right, title and in
terest of the company is advertised at
sheritf's sale to satisfy claim of ID. Z.
Bradley for something over nine thou
sand dollars. This tunnel has been
driven distance Of approximately 2,0Oo
feet and is we'll equipped with machinery
for further development, While cutting
the properties Of the company in general,
it has also cut the Bruce near its east
ern end line, about 1900 feet from the
portal and at a depth Of 600 feet,
through which this property could be
worked to decided advantage. The
visiting party comprised S. NJ Soupcof, 7,
], S. Bradford and A. w. Mccormick,
all graduates of the School Of Mines, of
Golden, Colorado,
In the Great Northern tunnel, that is
now in a distance Of l 600 feet, the breast
is being driven to cut the nine other
veins that compose the Great Northern
Mines Claims company. The portal OF
the tunnel is on Mill creek and it is be-
ing driven as an adit tunnel on the Elm
City claim. The first of the nine other
claims will soon be cut and it is the in
tention of the company to push ahead
until all are reached The Elm City
and the Buckeye No. claims are extern
sions of each other and the end lines are
contiguous. The workings OF these two
claims are only about three hundred feet
apart. The group Of ten claims is owned
by Cozad, Nebraska, parties in partlcu-