The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-23

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Colorado.
The Midget-Bonanza mine, on Gold
hill, Cripple Creek, is shipping $25 ore
regularly.
From the Vindicator No. l shaft,
Cripple Creek. fifty cars of $35 ore
was shipped in August.
Oscar Fogleman. operating the w.
p. H.. on Ironclad hill. Cripple Creek.
shipped sixteen cars of ore in August.
which averaged better than milling
grade.
The recent strike in the Modoc, at
Cripple Creek, looks better every day.
The vein is larger and richer than
anything ever before mined in this
property.
Erickron & Johnson, leasing in the
upper workings of the Seven-Thirty
property, Georgetown, have seven
inch streak of ore that mills 400
ounces silver per ton.
Iron ore, which experienced mining
men believe carries gold in consider
able quantity. has been discovered in
the Royal gorge about three miles
west of Canon City
The Blue Bird mine is one of the
heavy producers of the Cripple Creek
district. The present output from that
Bull hill property Is sixty tons day
of ore that averages $40 per ton.
The Trilby mine on Bull hill. Grip
pie Creek, shipped twenty cars in
August. running about $50 per ton.
September will show close to forty-five
cars at the present rate of production.
Deep shafts on the Amethyst, Last
Chance. Park Regent and other prom
inent mines at Creede are projected
by syndicate of capitalists in which
Creede and Denver are well represent
ed.
Coggswell Bros, leasing on the old
'aker property on Kelso mountain,
Georgetown, have started shipments
of smelling ore which carries $50 to
IFS ounces silver and rs ounce gold
per ton.
A round of shots in the Abe Lincoln
property in Poverty gulch, Cripple
Creek, resulted in quite an increase in
ore values, with some of the mineral
broken down returning 5000 and $500
in gold to the ton.
Bryant & Co., leasing through the
Rercules tunnel on the Bismark vein,
Georgetown. have one OF the best pay
ing leases in the upper Clear Creek
district. A body of smelling ore re
turns $40 to sl10 per ton.
A bonanza discovery has just been
made on the Seven-Thirty property,
Georgetown. In running drift from
the Hercules tunnel level a streak OF
ore six 10 eight inches wide was un-
covered that runs COO ounces silver
per ton
A big English syndicate is shipping
ore containing vanadium and uranium
which is worth between 500 ana $500
ton from mines near Paradox and
Placerville, from fields believed to be
the richest in these deposits yet
found in the state.
The Commonwealth, in Arequa
gulch, Cripple Creek, is the scene of
a rich strike, new vein containing
sylvanite having been encountered on
the 300-foot level, on the east side OF
the large phonolte dyke which ira
verses that section. The screenings
are assaying high.
Development at the Cumberland,
Ouray, has reached a point 400 feet
from and to the west of the Reve-
nue. tunnel, and about 1900 feet from
the surface. The breast shows six
feet Of ore and quartz. There are
two streaks of lead, and the balance
of the shoot is quartz.
Hollis & Rattle are shipping two
cars every three days from the Yer
million mill in California gulch, Ouray
Since starting opertions about $50
tons of ore has been put in the tanks
at the Kavanagh MILL Cripple Greek.
the rock coming from the old 10 Dan
dy dump 1t is said that the average
value of the rock is from 81 to Sc per
ton. The sulphide content is about
seventy-five per cent of the total.
Information from the company's
New York office is to the effect that
the Governor company, Ouray, is to
be reorganized and work resumed on
larger scale than ever. The Atlas
Cumberland-G Governor vein is consid-
cred to be one of the most valuable
gold. producing fissures in the district.
A rich body of ore was opened re-
Gently in the property of the Jewell
Tunnel and Mining Company in Taylor
sulch and Cree Camp, near Salida.
The strike was made in New York
tunnel No. 8 and vein No. 3. Two
feet of solid lead and sand carbonate,
bearing lead, silver and copper, laying