The new era., 1911-06-29
w STERN
MINING NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
THE TREND OF METAL PRICES
Colorado.
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Springs, which is worth $500 per toll.
Seven tons Of smelling ore have
been shipped from the Running lode
mine IN Gilpin county worth $40 per
ton.
A. Lanstrom, operating the Tran
sient group at Sunset in Boulder com
ty, has struck a fine streak of high
grade tungsten.
The National tunnel In Black Hawk
shipped during the past week eight
tons Of smelling iron, which brought
returns of $40 ton.
Several carload shipments made
from the Gold Dirt Legion mines, EN-
pire, few days ago, by various leas-
ers, received returns which gave from
to TX ounces in gold ton.
Shipments of ore from Idaho Springs
to the smelter for the month Of May
were lis cars, showing a small gain
over 1910 and SO far this month shows
a decided improvement over 1910.
From the Old Town mine. Idaho
which netted 1871. BY Hutchins &
Co.. two cars were shipped from the
same mine, which netted $1,606.2O.
The Buffalo Gold Placer Mining and
Milling Company is putting things in
shape for an active summers opera
ton with a steam shovel on its rich
"high-bar" placers at Breckenridge.
The Nevada-Capital Gold Mines
Company. in Idaho Springs district
have resumed operations in Spook
gulch. There is said to be an 8-inch
streak in the bottom which runs $50
a ton.
A test run of about 13 tons of
dump ore from the Grand View, at the
Pollock mill. Boulder county, gave on
the plates about 5000 and 11s tons of
concentrates estimated to be worth
about Sc.
Thevillion and Kane, operating un-
der lease in the Gold Dirt at Empire,
viii make carload shipment of gold
ore soon. They have been making
regular shipments this year and meet
ing with success.
Work has been resumed on the Jer-
sey Blue group of claims at Empire,
and will be carried on permanently.
Shipments soon will be made of good
grade of ore. Extensive development
work is planned.
Ritter & Co., leasing on the P. T.
mine. Idaho Springs, have just made
shipment of ore to the smelter, which
it is estimated will carry from $25 to
$40 per ton. Another car will soon be
shipped which carries $25 per ton.
The Wellington Mines Company of
Breckenridge is keeping it's concentra-
ton mill running full time on ore from
the property. Four teams are kept
busy hauling ore and concentrates to
the depot at Breckenridge for ship
ment.
Molybdenite has been found in the
Lenawee tunnel at Breckenridge. In
shooting out slip" to widen the bot
tom of the Lenawee tunnel several
hundred feet in from the mouth gray
granite literally impregnated with
molybdenum ore was disclosed.
The first run on Black Crook ore
with the Rankin process at Central
City was successful in every particu-
lar, giving even better results than
previous runs on other ores. The
acid saving was 971a per cent and the
saving of metal contents of the ore
was practically 100 per cent.
There are sixteen sets of lessees at
work in the Lee shaft, and the Empire
State shaft at Cripple Creek. Isabella
Mines Company is also active under
| lease.
The Marshall-Russell tunnel, which
is now in over 5000 feet, is entering
| Covode mountain, where are situated
some of the best gold mines in the EN-
funds to carry on the work, which is
one of the most important tunnel prof.
ects in Clear Creek county.
Captain R. G. Diel of Denver, operat-
ing the Nevada Capital Gold Mining
Company in Seaton mountain, Idaho
Springs, is installing machinery and
will sink the shaft 200 feet from the
tunnel level. The company owns
eleven veins and some of these, cut in
the Newhouse tunnel. showing some
good bodies of ore.
Judge Grahaf and Angus Sutherland
have obtained lease and option on
the Treasure Vault mine in Seaton
mountain, Idaho Springs, where the
leasers last year took out over $4,000
in short time Active operations
have already begun and the property
is looking fine and some small streaks
of good ore in evidence.
On the seventh level in the Matte
mine, under lease to F. NJ. Smith at
Idaho Springs, some rich ore is being
taken out in a pocket just uncovered
showing large nuggets of gold valued
at from $40 to $40 each. The extent of
the pocket has not yet been determ-
ined.