Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
THE PER|GO AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS

The Phoenix, above Rollinsville, Is
working steadily and is looking good.
H. F. Lynch and assistants are driv.
ing the Grand View tunnel above
Rollinsville. They are driving on the
vein and are in 400 feet. 1t Is look
ing better as the breast is advanced
from the portal and it is anticipated
that the operations will soon open
into good pay ore.
Quite a lot of assessment work is
being done around Perigo and Rollins
Vile.
| Tom Tregay G. Co., have a lease on
the War Eagle in the Perigo section,
owned by ]. E. Lightbourn, and have
been working the property for some
time. The milling product is sent to
the Perigo mill, about two miles dis
tant, via the wagon road. This gives
fair returns. The smelling values are
also of fair average.
Operations on the Penobscot in
Perigo are being looked after by P.
]. Handle. 1t is a tunnel proposition
and is in between 2,200 and 2,3O0 feet
from the portal. The tunnel is being
driven on the vein all the way in
and the crevice matter is fine There
is 10-stamp fast drop mill in con-
nection with the Penobscot and all
the dirt is milled by the company.
Operations have been suspended until
spring on account of the very dis
agreeable weather prevalent in that
locality in the winter.
Only lessees are working on the
Perigo property, owned and managed
by j. E. Lightbourn. Good looking
dirt is being taken out and this is
transported to Black Hawk in wagons
and then shipped to Denver. The
concentrates, which are accumulated
in car lots, are sent to the smelters
over the Moffat road.
Empire State lode in Moon gulch
owned by the Siren Gold NJ. & NJ.
Co.. according to information receiv-
ed from seemingly reliable source,
is to again become active. This is
considered one of the best mines in
the Moon gulch section. When work
was started in the spring of 1908 it !
was just a prospect. but notwithstand- |
ing the absence Of development, had !
strong showing in the shaft. At
that time, before additional depth |
was added, ore was taken out of the |
shaft which assayed $4,000 a ton. A
good shaft house and a plant of ma
chinery of sufficient capacity for
sinking several lifts stands on the |
property and the mine is we'll equip |
ped for active operations. L. :. Todd, |
who was first installed as manager,
will again act in that capacity.
The Smuggler mine in Moon gulch
must be regarded as the chieftain
among the producers of this promis
ing section. This bonanza (for that
it truly isl is operated by the A. X.
R. company and has made good from
the very day it was opened up as
mine. 1t is an exceptional produc
er and big retorts from the mill dirt
handled by the company's own plant
have been frequent to a gratifying ex-
tent. Improvements to the mill were
made this year and the profits to be
received by the company during 1910
would seem large indeed. A good |
sized force Of men is working in the
mine, where there is an ore body ten
feet in width, seven feet Of which is
iron. Geo. NJ. Ashmore is personally
supervising operations.
AT the Golden Flint in Perigo oper-
ations have been under way steadily
during the year. The shaft was sunk
100 feet. giving it. depth of 400
feet. In the 300 level, both east and
west the showing Is excellent. In
the west there is four feet Of milling
dirt ard two feet OF iron and in the
east level there is some very high
grade ore, which runs from 5 to %
ozs. The first Of December a new
boiler was installed Of 60-horse pow
er, and a larger pump was added to
the equipment. Shortly after the first
Of the year the company mill will be
enlarged by the addition of 10 stamps, |
giving 1t total Of Is stamps. Wal
ter Scott is managing the property
and has made most favorable re-
ports right along. He says the output
Of the Golden Flint during 1910 will
be greatly increased.
THE LONDON GROUP OF MINES,