The new era., 1911-06-15
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
Colorado.
I N 3 r IE r

Beque Is being rushed day and night.
The Forest Queen at Cripple Creek
is now shipping thirty cars of ore a
month.
From the Ajax mine at Cripple
Creek about sixty cars were sent out
in May. "
Heavy shipments of both smelling
and concentrating ore are being sent
out from the Capital mine at George
town and handsome returns are being
received.
The Maggie mine on Raven hill,
Cripple Creek, sent out nineteen cars
of good grade ore in May. Two cars
shipped returned $96 and s9S per ton.
respectively.
The old Boneita mil at Idaho
Springs is being torn down and moved
away to make room for an entirely
new plant for amalgamation and con-
centration.
Leasers on the Woodstock property
at Ouray, have opened up vein of
high grade ore. Samples show five
ounces of gold and 227 ounces of sill
yer to the ton.
Some excellent ore has been taken
out lately at the Angel Group, in the
Sneffels district, and plans are be-
ing formulated for very active sum-
mer at this property.
Work of cleaning up the fourth and
fifth stations in the 10 Dandy shaft
at Cripple Creek, just opened, follow
ing the retimbering of the shaft, Is
completed and operations will be re-
sumed.
The Prize mine in Nevadaville dis
trict, owned by New York capitalists,
is to resume operations after lapse
OF about fifteen years. The property
at tina. time was one of the heavy pro-
ducers Of the camp.
The Monument mine of the Granite
estate, Cripple Creek, is shipping
three to four cars a week of milling
ore, mined from the 300, 400 and 500
foot levels of the property, some of it
running $40 per ton.
Leasers on the Gambetta mine on
Republican mountain at Georgetown,
are making ready to inaugurate regu.
lar shipments Of ore and the output
for the present year will be the largest
during the history of operations.
The Yukon Mining Company re-
Gently received complete ventilating
equipment to be installed at the tun-
mel workings of the property in Alice
district The fan has sufficient capa-
city for all the workings of the mine.
The output from the Capital mines
at Georgetown, now averages nearly
200 tons a day. A body of smelling
ore has been exposed that is eighteen
inches to two feet wide and mills sl25
per ton in gold, silver and lead, with
gold predominating.
After thirty-seven years of delving
into the mountains for riches, during
which time he lived on government
pension OF $12 a month and supported
family, Hugh Melrose struck $1,000
ore in his mine, The Whistler, in
Custer county, recently.
The Abe Lincoln and Virginius prop
critics, consisting of twenty acres or
patented ground at Turrett, are going
to be pushed at once. A party OF
mining men recently accidently op-
ened up an original vein eight inches
to four feet in width that assayed $6S.
The Roosevelt deep drainage tun-
mel at Cripple Creek, will be continued
another 1000 feet east into Beacon
hill in order to tap the Gold Dollar
water courses. Work of driving the
main headings will com nence at once
and the money necessary is being
raised.
During the first half of May there
were shipped from the Humphrey mill
at Creede 4O15 tons of concentrates.
Owing to a recent reduction of 81
per ton in treatment charges by the
smelter for silicious ores, mining ac-
tivity throughout the Telluride dis
trict, has been greatly stimulated and
a marked increase in production OF
low grade ore is noted from many
camps.
The Columbia mine in Gilpin county
shipped during the month of April
from the 100 and 200 foot levels east
below the tunnel level fifty tons of
smelling ore worth ounce gold to the
ton: twenty tons of screenings worth
$50 ounces to the ton, twenty CORDS
of mill ore worth two ounces to the
cord, the tailings bringing $40 ton.
The discovery of float gold ore in
the gravel along the Gunnison river
near the mouth of Black canon, seven
miles from Delta, is causing consider
able excitement. 1t has long been
known that gold existed in this section
as colors have frequently been panned
by prospectors, but pay dirt had not
been encountered until the past few
weeks.
The Gold Fissure mine at Empire |
will soon be equipped with new and |
modern machinery and operations re-