The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-17
MINING PURE GOLD IN
TWO FAMOUS CAMPS
Wonderful Finds of yellow Metal
at Cripple Greek and Leadvillc
$4,000 Chunk.

Cripple Creek. Colo, June 10. -
Gold ore pronounced by Mayor Van
Tilborg, assayer. to be 900 fine, has
been opened on the Wilson claim on
Bull hill, owned by the Free Coinage
company. a close corporation. whost.
stock is not listed on exchanges.
The rich streak of metallic gold.
tive-eight:ts of an inch wide. has
been Encountered by Lester W. Red
and L. A. Van Tilborg. 1essees. a..
| the 25O-foot level of the Grace SHAFT,
in hitherto undeveloped territory.
and at point $50 feet south of the
dividing line between the Wilson and
the Runea Vista claim of the Isabel
company.
Drifting north on the Wilson vein.
the values commenced to improve
late last week, and Monday a rich
knife blade seam made its appe ar
ance. The seam has now w;denca
to five-eighths of an inch and in al
dition two inches of phonolite uuarrz
| lying next the gold on the footwal,
of the four-foot vein, is of great
richness. Assays made by Van Til
borg have returned as high as 5000
ounces of gold per ton, not includ-
inf the metallic gold. which was
eliminated as far as possible from
the test.
The shoot has now been opener
for - to . feet. the seam of gold
is as its strongest. and the values
obtaining in the heading have
10 deterioration. A grab samp,s
taken back Of the machine drill to
day, from the muck pile. gave II
ounces gold or 1920 per ton, ana
the miners We're instructed to leave
richer strike untouched.
The rich ore broken is carefully
sorted out. sacked and brought out
by Lessee Reid to be stored until
shipment has accumulated.
Necessarily the strike has caused
watchmen guard the mine workings
at night.
There are Is sets Of lessees at
work on the Free Coinage estate.
and practically all the mining ore o.
a high average grade Returns re-
ceived yesterday from a o7-ton shin
ment by Armstrong and COMPANY,
leasing on the south end of the VII
son. at the 3OO-foot level, gave
S45.50 per ton. while eaton ship
ment made by Sam Banour & Co..
returned s21.60 per ton. This lease
has been transferred for substanl
tial sum to J. R. Adams and asso.
ciates.
The entire estate below the $50
foot level Of the Pinto shaft. is I'M
der lease to the Altman Leasing COM
pany. Boston corporation. This
company has recently sunk the shaft
to depth of 765 feet and cross
cut carried out from the 750-foot
level has entered the "black dixie"
intersecting the claim. the ore rur-
ming s26 to s3s per ton. The cross
cut will now be continued east and
under the Reid-Van Tilhorg shoot.
4 skip has been installed in the
shaft. and every preparation maze
for heavy tonnage.
The Free Coinage COMPANY owns
the Pinto Rising Sun Wilson. Riso-,
No. 2 and Pueblo claims. on Bun
hill and Bull cliffs. and all of these
are active. The president of the
company and general manager is i.
B. Neville of Denver. with Judge
Charles Lavender vice-president ana
treasurer
rich strike is also reported made
on the Upper Dead Pine mine or,
Battel mountain. owned bv the Ophir
company. also close corporation
controlled by Colorado Springs an,
eastern parties. The upper shaft
on the Dead Pine is under lease to
the Furst brothers Of Victor, who
have opened an ore shoot in new
territory at the eighth level The
vein is four feet between walls ana
the screenings run $40 to 500 ner
ton. with the coarse quartz runnin.
$50 to $40 per ton. The lessees will
make their initial shipment this
week.