The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-30
Colorado.

I The November output from the
Forest Queen mine on Ironclad hill.
| Cripple Creek. by Lessee John Con-
nors. is about car day.
Heavy shipments OF lead and zinc
ores are being made from the Mendoza
mill at Silver Plume and a handsome
revenue is resulting for the operators.
With installation of new machinery
in the Maggie shaft, Cripple Creek.
Lessee Carl johnson will increase the
output from this property. A divi-
dend OF $1,000 will soon be declared
by the Maggie company.
| In. the Forest Queen property at
| Cripple Creek phenomenal strike
has been made. In y large. flat vein
found north OF the shaft near the con-
tact enough ore has been blocked out
to make steady output for years.
Jacob Kretz and associates. who re-
Gently took over the Cow Boy group
OF claims in the Silver Crek section.
| Gilpin county. have encountered some
! good ore. In drifting on ten-inch
vein, ore running $3.50 to the ton Is be-
ing taken out.
/
shipped two loads OF ore recently that
yielded for first class. 1904 ounces
/ In silver and 1G-100 ounces gold to
the ton. the second class bringing six
ty-nine ounces silver and 12-l00 ounces
gold to the ton.
Brokers in Cripple Creek. who have
not been dealing much in stocks OF
late. report a good business and there
are many buying orders which cannot
be fIfed. There is a general inclina-
ton to hang onto stocks and walt for
dividends, rather than sell at small
profit.
The Federal mine. operated by X.
\ Hughes a. Co., In Gilpin county. Is be-
coming one OF the steady producers OF
good grade ore. During the past week
a shipment OF eight cars. OF sixty-four
tons was made to the Iron City mill
for treatment. This made fifteen tons
Of concentrates worth $50 per ton.
The main ore shoot OF the School
Section Leasing Company. Cripple
Creek. has been opened at depth OF
$50 feet and has ben found to be wild
er. while the grade OF the ore Is even
better than that taken out on the 45O
. level. An output OF twenty-five cars
month OF ounce ore is now made.
Three eight-hour shifts were put to
work in the Linn mill at Georgetown
and from now on this company VIII
endeavor to make record production
from that property. The motor Tor
the compressor at the mine, which
was burned out last month. has been
replaced and operations started In
earnest.
Jack Gaffney, leasing in the Empire
State shaft on the Buena Vista vein
Of the Isabella property, Cripple
Creek, between the fifth and sixth
levels, has opened large body Of
milling grade ore from which ship
ments are being made. While the
grade is not high, there is large
quantity in sight.
Engineer Countryman reports the
flow through the portal of the Roose-
welt tunnel at Cripple Creek as about
5000 gallons a minute. an increase OF
about 100 gallons over the last meas
urement. The recession in the Bat
tie mountain shafts is three inches a
day and in other parts of the camp
the average fall is about the same.
Five sets of sub-lessees are now
working in the Abe Lincoln property
in Poverty gulch, at Cripple Creek.
A body of quartz two feet wide.
alongside OF which is two inches OF
solid ore carrying $40 per ton in
gold and silver, has been cut at the
bottom OF the forty-foot shaft on the
Georgetown. The quartz is heavily
Alaska mine, on Argentine mountain,
minera1ized and test mill run re-
turned $3S; per ton In gold and sill.
yer.
Andy Carlson and three others have
taken two years lease on the Bon
ner mine, San Juan county, and will
continue active operations there dur
ing the winter months. They have
considerable ore already opened up
that they expect will average about
$50 to the ton crude. A car was placed
at the Burro siding before the recent
troubles on the railroad and this will
be loaded by the time traffic is re-
sumed to Durango. They have pack
animals at the mine and expect to
ship about thre cars before the end oi
the year, and then devote all their
time to opening up the property sc
as to be in good shape next spring
for operations on a larger scale.
On the 1,OOO-foot level of the E.
Paso, Cripple Creek, mining has beer
resumed small stream of water is
flowing through the bottom level Of
the main Ell Paso shaft, but will moi
interfere with work. The station al
800 feet will be cut within a week or