The Meeker herald., 1911-08-05
Colorado.

Colorado.
The Old Gold mine at Cripple Greek
has produced to date ss6s.0s4 gross.
The Jerry johnson mine at Cripple
Creek produced twenty-seven cars Of
ore during July.
Many mines at Cripple Creek are
into their workings. !.
The st. Thomas shaft ON the north
and east slopes Of Bacon Hill. in Grip
pie Creek district. will be started up
soon.
Messenger & Co., leasing on the
East Griffith property at Georgetown.
have struck a ten-inch streak Of lead
zinc ore.
The San Antonio mine at Ouray.
with force of twenty men. is making
good progress. No ore Is being
shipped.
Ore has been found at the head Of
Dexter creek in the Ouray district,
that assays as high as a35 ton in gold
and silver.
The st. Paul Mining, Milling & In
vestment Company. at Cripple Greek.
who hold three year lease ON the JEFF
ferson, began operation August LIST.
Plans are gradually rounding into
form for the construction Of q low
grade mill by the Elktoh Consolidated
Gold Mining Company. at Cripple
Creek.
Shipments are now regular from
the Joe Dandy property on Raven Hill
at Cripple Creek. and the ore that
leaves the mine In returning close to
$40 ton.
Leasers on level B at the East Grit
fifth mine at Georgetown, have opened
streak of galena from ten to four
teen inches wide. The returns show
SIS to the ton in silver and lead.
A strike has recently been made In
the lower workings of the Mabel N.
Shaft of the Gold Dollar property on
Bacon Hill. Cripple Creek. which II
averaging better than $50 . ton.
A car Of ore expected to return in
the neighborhood of S25 to the ton
has been shipped from the Dahlgren
4 Ball lease ON the Last Dollar prop
erty at Cripple Creek. They are work
ing At depth Of 100 feet.
A body Of smelling orc two feat
vide has been uncovered On the third
ieyel Of the Tenth Legion mine 1t
GEORGETOWN, that returns values from
$50 to 4 ounces gold to the ton.
There ID also showing four feet OF mill
dirt that Is worth In the crude $16
ton.
The shipments of coal from the
mines at Oak creek are making con-
slant increases. There are now leav.
ing these mines over 800 cars month.
The increased production is due to the
fact that during the present year con-
siderable development work has been
done.
Two of the richests strikes in the
history of Boulder county have re-
Gently been made at Springdale In the
Earl vein at the Rip Van Dam mine.
At the Earl an eight foot vein Of $50
ore has been found and $4,000 was the
showing for 1856 pounds Of ore dis.
covered in the Rip Van Dam mine.
An important strike has been made
ON the Jerry johnson property at Grip
pie Creek. The discovery Is at depth
Of ITO feet. where the vein exposed
measures better than twelve feet be-
tween walls and carries values from
$40 to $40 in gold to the ton. The
strike is upon the extension of an old
vein.
The ore body of the Capital mine.
in the upper Clear Creek district, runs
from eighteen inches to two feet wide
and shipments that have been made
return better than 500 ton in gold
and silver. The leasers on this prop
erty have been realizing $4,000 \
month net for q period Of eight
months.
A contract has been let for the in.
stallation Of Reed electric smelter
at the Royal Flush mine at Hahn's
Peak. This will be the first one for
the state of Colorado. At present It
costs 312 per ton to get the Royal
Flush ore to Denver. With the new
equipment the railroad transportation
charges will be elimated and the ore
can be smelted for 31.92 per ton.
New Mexico.
Good mill ore 10 being mined at the
socorro, Mogollon. One thousand tons
per week are being handled.
Eight thousand two hundred and thir-
tsen troy ounces Of gold and silver bull
lion was the result Of the recent clean.
,,v ~ tha Ftrneatine mine At NoKollon.