The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-30
Colorado.

High grade silver ore has been
found in the Newsboy mine in Ouray
county.
The Barstow mine, Ouray. is max.
ng regular shipments via the Silver
:on railroad.
The Mabel NJ. and Hustled mines. To-
Gated at Cripple Creek, shipped 1000
tons of ore in August.
The Joker lease on Red Mountain is
making some fine ore in the mill and
making regular shipments to Ouray.
Paul Walker has struck new body
of ore on the Kansas City group, Ou-
ray, anu the ore seems to be of good
quality.
Work of sinking the Dexter shaft. on
Battle mountain, Cripple Creek, has
started. 1t is now down 500 feet and
will go to 1.100.
The Big Indian tunnel on Leaven
worth mountain, Georgetown, is being
driven steadily forward, having at
tanned a distance of 145 feet.
Over $50 tons of ore have been run
through the mill and treated by the cy-
anide method at the Wano mine at
Jimtown. in Boulder county.
The Alpine Horn at Sugar Loaf in
Boulder county is outputtins from
three to four cars monthly, the ore
running better than an ounce in gold.
F. d. Whitney has opened up a very
promising lode in Phoenix district, the
surface ore showing width of about
three inches, with free gold showing
throughout the rock.
Gus Meyers is developing the Meta
lode, located on Montana mountain in
Apex district, and has opened up
nice vein, from which he has received
assay values of $40 ton.
August shipments from the Ouray
district are reported at ninety cars OF
twenty-five tons each, which means .,
| $50 tons of hghgrade concentrates
and smelling ores worth Sl5 a ton.
eft Hand and Jimtown district IN
Boulder county seem to be enjoying
unceasing activity in the development
of the mines and with it is coming a
larger output of gold and silver than
for some time.
The Gold Bug claim. located next to
the Modoc, on Battle mountain, Grip
pie Creek, is the scene of rich sur
face str Ike from which samples run
! $50 per ton. The ore was encountered
at a depth of five feet.
With tae arrival a couple of weeks
ago of four carloads of machinery for
the Conqueror Mining and Milling
| Company, Georgetown, comes the an
nouncemcnt that the 3O0-ton mill.
| started a year ago, will be completed
| at once.
August and Paul Hahnewald OF
Leadville, who were recently given a
| lease on the Old Gold which adjoins
| the Ell Paso on the west slope of Bea
| con Hill, Cripple Creek, are in the dis,
| trct making arrangements to start up
this property.
| Four machines have been put to
work in the c. *. q n. by Charles Rid.
| path. superintendent of the property,
| Cripple Creek, all on development
work and besides a gang of men Is
working on repairs. A shipment is
now being prepared.
The Upper Granite shaft Cripple
! Greek, is the chief producer of the
| Granite company and fifteen sets OF
lessees are at work, most of them in
! ore. Several strikes made within
! three months are holding up well, with
heavy production.
| Reports from the Revenue in Ouray
| iubir9tp that the t'iIllGrllnU
vein is making good and is going TO
afford the means of soon putting back
| the old Sneffels standby on the profit
paying side Of the ledger with big
crew of men. 1t is believed rich gold
ore is near at hand.
Although only the limited amount OF
| work possible by one man has been
done, a three-foot vein of ore and
quartz at an altitude of $500 feet, has
been opened at the foot of Mcars
Peak, in Chaffee county. Assays give
results as high as S. in gold, eleven
ounces in silver and Is per cont in
lead.
Shipments of ore from the National
pr )perty in West Argentine have been
inaugurated and from this time for
ward until the heavy SHOWS set in a
heavy tonnage will be marketed. The
company is running an adit on body
of galena that is twelve inches Wrte
and returns of 65 per cent. in lead and
40 ounces in silver to the ton are be
ing realized. abri
Two cars of good grade orsL werG
| cb;nnad from the Sunshine mine Ii
boulder county sd 92sno
Twelve men are working at the lows
Mining and Milling Company's prop
erty on the south slope Of Straui
mountain, which is decla4AM4 4
twelve miles south of Victor by Wagof
| rnah Now machinery has iuStlalYi Y el