The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-02-02
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
THE TREND OF METAL PRICES.
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Colorado.
Leasers on the Wano at James
town are taking out good ore.
The night shift on the Wolf Tongue
mill, Nederland. has been laid off.
vanadium production is an industry
rado.
The leasers con the Gold Dirt and
Tenth Legion mines, Georgetown, are
all working again and are taking out
cres.
The company who for some time
had been operating the Bachelor mine.
Ouray. have pulled the pumps and
quit work.
From the Requa-Savage property on
Beacon hill. Bushaw & Devine OF Grip
pie Creek are shipping, after working
"a short time.
Franchin & Co.. who are leasing
the Smuggler. at Silver Plume. recent
ly shipped ore that ran 800 ounces OF
silver per ton.
An output of about twelve cars
month is being maintained from the
Deerhorn on Globe hill. one of the
Stratton properties. Cripple Creek.
In driving the Market crosscut of
the Ramsdell mine. Idaho Springs. the
Golden Jack vein was encountered.
end a good body OF rich ore is at hand.
Resumption of work in the several
shafts of the Prince Albert estate. on
Beacon hill. Cripple Creek. by the
Union Leasing Company, will occur
soon.
The Rockford tunnel is proving to
be one OF the best mining propositions
IN Clear Creek county. and is increas-
ing in the production OF valuable ore. ,
Messrs. Lowell. owen and Willkie.
who have been successful leasers on
the Sun and Moon mine. have taken
a lease on the Bellman vein in the
Central tunnel.
The bondholders of the Ramsdell
Mining & Milling Company OF George
town. have inaugurated a campaign OF
development and II is understood work
will be prosecuted indefinitely.
Sotari & Co.. who are leasing on the
Philips lode OF the Burleigh mine.
Silver Plume. have discovered ore
that runs from twelve to twenty
inches in thickness OF lead and silver.
The Grace Greenwood OF the Mary
Mckinney estate on Gould hill. Grip
pie Greek. has Just shipped a carload
OF ore OF milling grade. The quartz
IL oxidized and the values range from
3l2 to $50 per ton.
The Lincoln company. Boulder, Is
aCtively pushing the development OF
his company's properties and with his
associates is planning n campaign for
the summer which means considerable
activity at Sugar Loaf and Poorman
Bill.
At meeting OF the board OF d.
rectors OF the Metal Mining Associa-
ton recently in Boulder. 1t was de-
cided to at once inaugurate the cam
paign for a custom mill near Boulder
to treat the low grade ores OF the
various mining camps.
The Magalona and Donaldson
veins of Idaho Springs are being
worked by the North American
Mines Company through the Rock
ford tunnel. and the monthly produc-
ton is about 1000 tons of good ore.
all of which goes to the smelter at
Goldel.
Assays made at the company's Grip
pie Creek office. show the highest
grade of gold ore discovered for some
time in the Isabella. The ore was
mined on company account in the
eleventh level south of the shaft. and
yields over twenty-three ounces in
gold or $4752O to the ton.
Leadville, once camp of gold,
later a producer of silver and lead.
the camp that at one time boasted
O,OOO inhabitants and a marvellous de-
gree of toughness. January 25th cele-
brated the discovery that its wealth
now lies In zinc carbonates, millions
of tons of which, for years considered
worthless, have been found in the
great privately owned mines, and
shipping of which has already COM
menced.
Rumors from st. Louis, the home Of
President John T. Milliken of the
Golden Cycle Mining Company, state
that the sale of the Golden Cycle
mine at Cripple Creek and the Golden
Cycle mill at Colorado City has been
completed and the properties are now
owned by the Consolidated Gold Fields
corporation of South Africa, with
headquarters in London. The pur-
chase price is said to be in the neigh
pcrhood of s5.O00.000.