Gilpin observer., 1911-05-18
Colorado.

Cripple Creek.
The Running Lode mine, another Of
Gilpin county's big producers, has re-
sumed operations.
The Concrete mine, one of the old
est producers in Gilpin county, has
resumed operations.
The War Dance mine in Gilpin
county is coming to the front with
good shipments OF rich ore.
A night shift has been put on at
the Sporting Times mine, on Griffith
and Alpine mountains at Georgetown
Within month, it is said, the Little
Giant mine and mill in Pony Gulch,
three miles west of Cripple Creek, will
be started.
ir Cripple Creek district, 90 cars were
shipped in April, the average value
being $40 per ton.
The output from the Forest Queen,
Ironclad hill, Cripple Creek, is six cars
week from the mine. The ore runs
$40 to $40 per ton.
The Golden Smelter Company are
operating the Anchor mine, in Rus
cell district, and are keeping up a
steady production of 25 tons per day
Gold has been found in vein OF
quartz cut by workmen on the Lara.
mie-Poudre tunnel near Greeley, and
samples were shipped to Denver for
assay.
Semmens and Company. operating
the Baker mine in Gilpin county
shipped during the month of April 80
tons of ore which brought returns OF
$50 a ton.
Boulder county is enjoying a SUBJ
stantial mining revival in the gold
districts where the gold and silver
mines are outputting greater ton
mage of ore than for many months.
Messenger & Harvey, leasing on
the East Griffith mine, at George
town, have encountered body OF
lead-zinc ore from two to three feet
wide and is worth from SIG to SIS per
ton.
The peculiar water conditions in
the jolly Tar mine, in East Victor.
reported during the last 80 days, harn
disappeared and the lessees are now
able to work on the third level with
out interference.
Recently there has been a number
of gentlemen in Leadville who have
been taking samples of the low grade
carbonate of zinc with the intention
of testing it to see if it could not be
treated at a profit.
Development on the Key West mine
on Leavenworth mountain, George
town, is being pushed. A fine show
ing is made. For $50 feet vein of
lead ore is exposed that carries high
values in gold and silver.
New veins have been opened on the
ninth and thirteenth levels of the
Modoc shaft on the east and north
slope of Battle mountain at Cripple
Creek as a result of recent develop
ment. Shipments have brought S120
per ton.
The working force at the Wilcox
tunnel, in East Argentine district, is
gradually being increased and within
a short time so men will be en-
ployed Heavy shipments of bott,
smelling and concentrating ore will
be made soon.
A body of smelling ore s to IL
inches wide has been opened in the
lower adit being driven on the Welch
property, on Leavenwortn mountain
Georgetown. The ore is heavy lead
and carries 40 to so ounces silver
and one and half to three ounces
gold per ten.
The Shampion-Trio Mining Com
pany in Gilpin county, shipped during
the past week, 32.295 pounds of ore
from their tunnel, at depth of $50
feet, which gave returns of 1872 ozs
in gold, 5.45 ounces in silver, value
of S21.SS a ton.
Report is current that the Gambet-
ia mine. on Republican mountain, will
be equipped with a modern concen-
trating plant during the summer. This
property is recognized as one of the
hest silver, lead and zinc propositions
in the upper Clear Creek district.
The ore found by Ed Brady and as
sociates on the Dunkin property,
Fryer hill, at Leadville. by the acci.
dental caving of the ground, still con
tinues to hold out as big as ever. and
this lease is considered to have the
best showing Of any on Fryer hill.
The Sugar Loaf Mining Company,
located in the Leadville district. is
still continuing the drift running to
the north of the breast of the tunnel
along the vein encountered some
time ago. Ore has been discovered
in several places but the drift is be-
ing pushed ahead and ais soon as com.
pleted prospecting will be done on the
streaks encountered.
New Mexico.
Work continues to be pushed in the
Ernestine mines at MQgollon, the vein