The Delta independent., 1910-11-18
THE MINING CAMPS.
Telluride.

ero mines at Ophir. are producing
regularly.
The Lewis mine and mill is run
ming full blast and the product is
gratifying.
The Japan mine is running full
blast and shipping crude ore.
E. ]. Carter is milling his ore from
the Pandora mine lease at the new
mill owned by the Smuggler CO.
Development work is still under
way at the Mountain Flower mine
on Deep Creek.
The vanadium plant down at
Newmire has shut down, at least
the operating company let out all the
miners for time.
The Gold Pioneer company have
discontinued work on the dumps un-
der lease to them in Marshall Basin
and are now running ten stamps in
the old Pandora mill on the product
from the Seventy-Six mine.
The Liberty Bell and Tom Boy
mines, our best shippers, still keep
up their large force of men, and
will keep them all winter. If Tel
luride could only dig up a couple
more like these two, our output of
gold would startle even Cripple
Creek
A. E. Lund, who is operating the
mines in pa .'tnership with A. NJ. will
son, down on Fall creek, is just
back from a visit to the vanadium
fields of Paradox valley and it is re-
ported that he may take hold down
there later.-San Miguel Examiner.
Cripple Creek.
The now completed drainage tun-
mel is rapidly draining the mines
of the district.
The last months pay roll of the
big gold camp was about s237 900.
Deadville.
Leadyille district is reported i'm
proving since the recent discovery
of overlooked zinc forms in the
blankets and mine dumps. 1t has
been discovered that forms of zinc
heretofore unknown, exist in pay
values in much of the dump waste
and in veins otherwise considered
of too low value to work in the past,
and this discovery is causing a
radios greatest lead-silver camp.
With Leadville's big smelters at
hand to treat the ores and separate
the zinc. the discovery of that
metal in its new forms will doubt
less mean much to the camp. and
its importance may also reach to
other sections.
Ouray.
Ouray has been doing exception
ally well the past year. few
bonanza finds having been made In
both new and old worked properties.
Ouray is one of the standby dis
tricts of the state and developments
will bring to light mineral riches
in its great mountains throughout
the lives of countless future genera
tons
OF Colorado camps there are
scarcely any but have been doing
good work this year. Georgetown.
Clear Creek camps. Breckenridge,
Alma, Silverton and LaPlata have
not only shown the usual activity
but have made marked progress in
the way of development and i'm
provements. A new smelter has
been built and is running at Alma.
Great achievements in dredging
the gold placers around Brecken-
ridge is reported. In most sections
more men are reported working
than usual.
The Nevada camps, while hold
ing their own, are not creating the
interest and excitement they did
a year or two ago.
What the mining world is now
looking forward to with hope at
this time is the discovery of new
mineral section of value. A district
that will develop into a bonanza
such as other great camps of the
state have proven. The prospector
or set of prospectors who shall sue
ceed in this. will do much TO add
to their own fame and wealth. as
well as to add to the wealth of the
nation. Money from the mines Is
new money. 1t hurts no one and
helps everybody.
Preparing Fowls for the Show.