Gilpin observer., 1911-01-12
Colorado.

Colorado.
The electric hosting plant for the
Avalanche mine at Alice has been
received.
Abe Lincoln and Virginius mines
st Turret recently put several men to
work on the properties.
The German mine at the head of
Virginia canyon, Idaho Springs, idle
for many years, is being reopened.
Work has been resumed upon the
Ramsdell group of claims situated on
Lincoln mountain, Idaho Springs.
In the Red Mountain district the
Red Mountain Mining Company has
gone into the hands of a receiver.
The Big Four-San Juan Oil and De-
velopment Company is the name of a
strong company organized at Cortez.
There is much activity noticeable at
the Gold Hammer group of claims
situated on Donaldson mountain.
Idaho Springs.
The Colorado bureau of mines. in
its report on Ouray county, shows that
the production of gold last year was
S3,011,3SS.
The Blue Ridge and Senator mines
al Dumont have been revived upon
firm financial basis and are oper-
ating quite largely.
Camp Beshears on Bard creek,
known as the new Eldorado of Clear
Creek county, attracted a great deal
of attention during the past summer
and fall
Two and one-half miles southwest
OF Empire and on the south slope of
Lincoln mountain is located the newly
discovered gold fields of Upper Union
mining district
The Dorit Mining, Milling, Tunnel
and Transportation Company is an
important development enterprise in
the Chicago creek and Alps noun
tain. Idaho Springs district.
The Terrible mine is said to be one
of the best properties in the Silver
Plume country and the owners could
be producing ore in ten days from the
time of opening in the lower levels.
Thirty million dollars has been
taken from the metal mines of Colo
redo during athe past year. A far
larger amount has been added to the
value of the ore that remains in the
ground.
The most extensively and perfectly
developed mining property in the
Clear Creek-Gilpin gold belt is the
Old Town which has been near the
head of the list of producers for many
years.
Work was begun January 1st in
grading a site for hundred ton mill
by the Ajax Company at Cripple
Creek. The mill will use the Clancy
process. cyanide-electric, process
. that is new to Cripple Creek ores.
The Two Kings Gold Mining Com
pany operating the Centennial mine
Ill dukill gulch at Idaho Springs is
one of the new concerns which, hav-
ing acquired one of the undeveloped
mines of the district, is making an i'm
mediate success.
One of the heaviest producing prop
critics during the summer in the up
per Clear Creek district was that of
the Waldorf Consolidated Mining &
Milling Company. The company mill
with a capacity of $50 tons daily, was
kept in steady operation.
The Pickett group of four patented
lode mining claims. situated up Trail
creek in the Freeland district, was
the scene recently of most import
and discovery, a body of solid smelling
ore having been uncovered that is
eighteen inches wide. Assay tests
that have been made show values of
from $40 to $11O to the ton in gold,
silver and copper.
Mr.. W. F. Crawford, Idaho Springs,
received returns recently on a car lot
c. ore from the Kinda mine on Belle
vue mountain. The value of the ore
was $35 per ton. A large body of ore
has been opened In the slopes of the
mine and steady shipments will now
be maintained.
In running drift on the Peterson
vein, Ten Spot mine, Idaho Springs,
for length of $50 feet ore was fol-
lowed for almost the entire distance,
tests showing values of from $14 to
SIS to the ton in gold, silver and
lead. The ore is adaptable to concen,
tration and providing milling facilities
we're at hand no doubt the product
could be handled at a fair margin OF
profit IA
Eureka mountain is one and one
half miles west OF Empire and is
traversed by many well known large
mineral veins. The Missouri, Bergelin
and Three Kings lode claims, the
Charter Ration group of three claims.
the Boston and Great Northern group
OF mine claims and the Breckenridge
mines group. The Breckenridge vein
is twelve feet wide and with values
scross the crevice Of from $12 to $50
nor ton