Gunnison news-champion., 1909-09-10
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an Poverty 9utch Lexi to The AuG ~
ia lie hes another man Uith ksu
and ). hoping 10 take down the ore
this Summer
There Is considerable work eosng
ON IN Taylor park, tins year, the
owners. hoping 10 ship. wa Cotton
wood pass to the n.w kaenzel smel-
ter at bseaa Vista.
Mayor Alkine Is at Marble a lev
weeks, surveying tor parties ON the
Crystal river. County surveyor, W.
; Smith Of Crested Butte, went
with him from that pqlnt
There As quite gold excitement
at CieOra, three miles east vi salIds
Ore running to : $1,000 has been dis
covered and several hundred pr0s-
pectors have ilocked u the point.
A. l.. Whitehorn, the well known
surveyor, has completed sarvey Of
underground workings OF the Au-
gusta mime above Crested Butte, and
IL back In the Southern Gold Belt.
j. A. Norwood and son have re-
Gently had smelter test made of
the BON Ton ores The test was
made bv The new Modern smelier Oi
Denver and was more successful than
expected They are also shipping a
sample 10 the new smelter at Buena
Vista.
Three shifts, with twelve men in
mine and mill are operating the
Maple Leaf mine at Sillsville and
with excellent results. There is ore
insight iortwo years Messrs Harrison
a Chapin, owners Of the lease,
bought in the mill and other surface
buildings at the sale Friday
Emil Peterson was among White
Pine visitors at the county seat Mon
day Ore in the Victor is looking
fine The main ore shoot discovered
has widened to four ieet of S6G ore
Certainly a splendid showing and
THE EASTERN people Interested in the
Pre- pertv are much pleased with the
outlook
T. M. Griffith, otherwise known as
the SILVER, had business in town
from his Cement creek properties
this week. He ha, some good claims
up there and intends TO make mines
of them Mr. Griffith is pusher
for the Cement creek road, which has
been talked OF for so long
% The Raymond is being cleaned up
under direction Of Mr.. Statler, and
we understand it is for purposes OF
inspection by parties inclined TO
purchase. At any rate, small force
will probably be worked right along
and with signal success Of the Gold
Links aud Carter tunnel upon either
side, it will be strange If the rich
mineral bodies of the Raymond lie
idle much longer.
J. G. Reagan, owner of the Morn
ing Star at White Pine, was in our
city on business Saturday. lie has
a force Of men sinking to a new level
on the property. The main tunnel
has been pushed $50 feet toward a
new lime contact, still POO feet
ahead, a drift south $50 feet and
one north 22O feet The Morning
Ssar only needs development 10 be
come a good producer.
Z. u. McNay Of Silver City, Iowa,
is developing group oI five claims
two miles east of Waunita Hot
Springs. Messrs Sitter, Baker aud
Woodworth have been doing the an
nual work and later expect to de-
yelop ore found at the granite
porphyry contact higher up the hill
There is good showing here and
Mr. McNay has confidence he will
develop a producer from the Silver
Cary group.
Marble Age-At the annual meet
ing of the Crystal Mountain Mining
and Drainage company at Crystal
last week the Crook brothers sue.
ceeded themselves as president and
secretary and Mr. c. B. >ewell, the
prosperous ranch owner for whom
Sewall station was named was cuOs
en- general manager. Gust larson
was placed in charge Of opening
the mine and was Id town Hclucs
day arranging fog air pira aul noe
es-a-y supplies for drawing aa. t..
bad air PREPARATORY t1 starting =asr.
perm leBt work thai uIl extend .4
Unto Tue winter months.