The new era., 1911-05-11
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MININGNEWS
THE TREND OF METAL PRICES.
Colorado.
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Crystal basin.
| The April output from the Isabella
properties, Cripple Creek, will come
up to that of March. which was the
best made in years.
The mill at Elko. Gunnison district,
to treat low grade ores of the Galena
mountain mines, is to start as soon
as the snow permits.
| From all reports and indications the
property of the Torpedo Eclipse Com
| pany, in the Sneffles district, is likely
| to be scene of considerable activity
| this summer. r. F, ll
! James Murphy, lessee on the south
| half of the Little Joe property, Grip
pie Creek, on Bull hill, owned by the
| Alert Company, has made the first
shipment. The ore Is of good grade.
Aspen in Pitkin county, as the re-
sspects unique drainage project, is pre-
pared to resume it's old rank among
the principal mining camps of Colo
RADIO. .scei5
The cyanide plant for the re-hand-
ling of the tailings dump of the Union
mill at Florence, one Of the plants
owned by the United States Refining
& Reduction Company, is ready for
work.
The favorable weather of the past
month has caused the snow to disap-
| pear with wonderful rapidity and the
active season of 1911 is opening with
the most favorable conditions prevail
ent at Silverton.
A mill is among improvements
billed for the Lead King mine at
Crystal, Gunnison, this coming SUM
mer. The Lead King has shipped
much high grade ore, but at large
cost, owing to distance from a rail-
road.
An unexpected eight foot vein of
fine coking coal is reported to have
been opened recently in the big c. F.
| & /. mine at Gunnison. Should this
| prove out to be vein never found or
worked before it will be worth mil
lions.
From the Dante estate or Bull hill,
owned by the Dante Company OF Grip
pie Creek, 20 cars Of ore were shipped
in April. On the 500-foot level of No.
2 shaft good ore has been opened IN a
vein about two feet wide which re-
turns about $40 per ton. g.
| The Cashier Gold Mining Company
4 in Gslpln county has completed the
sinking Of their main shaft to a depth
OF 1000 feet. A good sized vein has
been in the shaft during the sinking
that showed nice streak of yellow
copper and heavy in iron.
The Gilpin-Eureka Mining Company
of Central City, have shipped during
this month, five tons of smelling ore,
which brought returns OF $50 a ton,
three cars of concentrates worth $24 a
ton, and fifteen ounces and seven
pwts. of gold retort from the mill.
Brown, Puell and associates, leas-
ing the Shutleff property on Bull hill
Cripple Creek, are pushing deve'oE.
ment in the upper levels. On the
eighth level, two sets Of sub-leases
are working in ore of good value, and
making regular output of two cars
week.
The 81 mine in Russell district,
which is being operated by pool of
| home capitalists, have opened up a
nice streak of ore in sinking the
shaft, an assay taken recently went
s24 ton, the ore shows both yellow
and grey copper, and is improving as
depth is gained.
A. ]. Vancil of Denver, owner of the
extension Gum Tree mine near the
Freeland, Idaho Springs, has force
at work and some good ore is in evil
dence, showing from recent assays,
values of $40 to $50 per ton. There is
z good body of this smelling ore, and
shipments soon will be made.
A big campaign Of development will
at once be inaugurated on the Con-
queror mine, Georgetown district, sit
uated on Covode mountain. The adit
tunnel will be driven ahead. while
stopping will also be started on the ore
bodies that have been exposed. A
new mill with capacity of 200 tons
daily has been started.
The Cresson shaft at Cripple Creek,
is being sunk at the rate Of four feet
day. The Blue Bird has been com-
pleted some time. The 10 Dandy
shaft, on Raven hill, will be sunk an
other 500 feet, the work to commerce
shortly. The Altman Leasing Com
pany, working the Pinto shaft of The
Free Coinage estate, contemplates
sinking the shaft.
From the Vindicator mine at Cripple
Creek about 60 tons per month are
being shipped.
New Mexico.