Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-20
CRIPPLE CREEK
MEN At AUSTIN
Take Hand in Reviying Old Mines
Of Famous Nevada
Silver Camp.
SHAFTS ARE GOING TO DEPTH.
Nevada Equities Company VIII Wiring
Wealth from abandoned Dumps
Throughout Camp.

i Tho famous ola silver camp OF Aus
Tin Nevada. is being revived 600 utting
sylc and many off tho men who won
riches 100 the Cripple creek country
arc ON the ground Go wiring riches
from ground there. Relative Co tho
conditions of the camp. J.. w. llaworth
has the following 20 say:
New fuctoAs arc being added TO the
working forces that are pulling Austin
ont of tho Inactive class with on core
tainty that this noted producing camp
WIN carly resume n regular output ~
bullion The guarantee ~ a. long period
of prosperity for This place lies SOB On"
thousands of tons of orc ON the dumps
and iu 90 miles Of underground work.
iugs. which was too low a grade tp
be handled at a. profit with the sys-
TENS OF reduction In vogue when the
mines were operated Boo the past With
MIN costs reduced Co the minimum
Of the present day. these ores assure
immense profits. This Us t0 say MOTH
ing Of the virgin ground, % which
there g. vast acreage and nothing
OF the unmeHsured possibilities ~ the
Austin hlgh-gra1c assures. when miu-
ed To- the deep. The average depth
OF the workings which have a. record
of many millions is less than 600 feet
The Austin Manhattan company is
rushing preparations Co sink o. central
shaft 90 the i1co-loot level
NEW FACTOR IN FIELD.
The Nevada Equities company is ono
of the new factors iu the rejuvenati0u
OF Austin This company has an estate
~ more than 200 acres. Tho manage
"a ID
carved out fortunes iu Cripple Greek
They are men who in The Colorado
camp have led an others Zoo making
profit from ores OF the lowest grade.
The general manager OF this company.
after survey OF the underground
workings asserts that there is $500 OC0
net profit Ina the ores in sight This
SIS wealth that could not Zoe saved when
the property was last operated. Ion the
not distant future DEVELOPMENT work
VIII Doe commenced on this acreage.
"A tunnel viii be nun from Slaughter
House canyon iu a southorly direction.
crosscwtlug tho vein system OF the
district, and az a distance OF about 5000
feet. forming junction with the Moss
shaft. This viii give ready access 90
these milling orc reserves above allud-
ed 20.
This company now favors the install
ldtion Of q concentrating plant. which
VIII follow the practise Of the Mexican
ana Australian systems for the reduc-
ton Of ore similar Con character % than
OF Austin. The United States smelling
Mining company, after Two years of
experimentation at pauchuca. Mexico.
has perfected this system TO "a point.
making possible a saving 90 s5 par cent
OF the values. with 30 per cent from
straight concentration and tho remain
der saved from the shines Iu Mexico
nine-ounco ore is made Co yield q pro-
No. This ore is identical with that OF
Austin.
HAS LARGE ACREAGE.
Tine Austin Nevada Consolidated Is
another company. headed also by "a
cripple Creek operator. m. G. Richard
SON which has acquired an important
Austin acreage and viii develop the
same az once. II includes a tract ot
100 acres through which runs such fs
NOUS producing veins as the panamiut
the Independence and the North Star
2 nese great leads arc p8laloIed hy
some ten on dozen smaller veins. aII OF
which have been opened up showing
similar value. t1 those found u AN tho
workings on Lander Hin Nevada Con
sohdated has in us favor the fact that
lls acreage i7 am virgin ground that has
Teen proved up by the workings ou add
lacent territory and tho further fact
that the percentage uf gold greatly m-
treascs ou the auutheaatsr.y trend of am
these veins. The uorthNcstcliv rud
lne OF this property is within 400 loot
Of The Frost and thc Lander Hul uu-
mel which effectively drains the antIre
acreage.