The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-11-25
Colorado.

he 20-stamp mill running day and
night.
Ore valued at s6.741 to the ton is
being shipped from the War Dance
nine in Russell district to the smelt-
rs at Golden. This mine was sold
.ast May for 100000.
Louis Chair. leasing on the Pay
master mine in East Argentine,
shipped during the past few We ks
gearly $50 tons silver-lead ore that
aills close to $50 a ton.
The Sherman crosscut tunnel at
Silver Creek, in GiIpin county, has
been driven for a distance of about
800 feet, and a number OF good
veins have been opened up, some OF
which haYe been developed extern
siyely and lshow good returns.
A substantial vein of ore running
over $500 per ton is being developed
in a prospect discovered and located
by william Mitchell of Denver The
property is in Boulder county, be-
tween Gold Hi and the main range.
in a territory practically new.
The announcement is made that
within a few days work will be re-
sumed upon the Sporting Times mine
on Griffith and Alpine mountains,
Georgetown, the property having
passed over to a Philadelphia company
that is in process Of organization.
The showing on the National prop
erty in West Argentine district near
the base OF Gray's peak. is daily i'm
proving and the coming year promises
10 witness the mine becoming entered
among the heaviest producers Of sill
ver-lead ore il upper Clear Greek.
At the Slide mine in Russell Gulch.
III Gilpiu county, the sinking Of the
shaft to the 3J0-foot depth is expected
to be completed within a few days,
$50 feet having been reached. A nice
streak OF smelling ore, which carries
the minerals Characteristic to that
district, shows III the bottom Of the
shaft.
Manion q Woods OF the New York
and Brooklyn, III the Chattanooga dis
.rict. nave about four cars of tour to
fiye-ounce gold ore ready for ship
ment as soon as the railroad is open
rcm Silverton to Durango. The New
York and Brooklyn group is one OF
he great coming gold mines OF San
Juan county.
The Puzzler mine on Young noun
tain, is without doubt the richest and
best developed property IN the Daily
district. Shipments OF ore We're made
during the past summer that brought
settlement OF $500 u ton in gold and
silver. Occasional punches OF ore are
found that are almost pure silver. re-
turns running as high as $4,000 ounces
TO the ton.
ohe Carter tunnel at Gunnison is
still producing high grade ore and he
vein is holding about ~ feet wide
at a depth of $500 feet When the
stopping ground is thoroughly opened 1t
will be hard 10 estimate the output of
this wonderful mine, which is be-
lieyed by many one of the greatest in
the world. The new Carter mill is
doing good work.
One of the most promising mineral
discoveries that has been made in
long time is reported from the Mil
ington mine situated OIL Columbia
mountain. Georgetown, a body OF solid
ore Two feet wide having been uncoy-
cred. Assays taken from clear across
the streak show values of from 200
to 700 ounces in silver to the ton with
fair values in lead.
The Colorado Springs mining stock
exchange has felt the effect of the
sensational strike OF water in the
Roosevelt drainage tunnel, reported
recently. Many stocks took big up
ward jumps, while stocks all along
the line were materially strength
ened.
shorty" Sutton has one of the best
strikes in the Cripple Greek district.
He has sent out several shipments OF
good ore from trench made at grass
roots. The scene of this important
find is at the summit OF Globe hill on
one of the Stratton estate properties.
The claim is the Anna Stelth. A
trench fifty feet long has been made.
The best ore is at the top of the vein.
The October output from the Vim
dicator main shaft on Bull hill, Grip
pie Creek, totaled fifty-two cars OF
ore which averaged close to s35 ton.
The ore came mostly from the thir-
teenth and fourteenth levels where
several big Slopes are being pulled.
Cartee & Co., operating the No. 2
shaft. sent out fourteen cars of mill
ing grade ore which was mined from
the walls of an old stope in the bottom
level.
The El Paso at Cripple Creek, has
started work in the Fuller crosscut
of the Roosevelt tunnel, working two
machines each day. driving north and