The new era., 1911-06-01
WE STE RN
MINING NEWS
THE TREND or METAL pRIcEs.
IN 3 a EF

copper ........... ........$1l. a. I1sd
iead .......... ..........- $40 q go
splitter -. .S6.2S
Colorado. 1i3
Salina, Boulder county, is keeping up
her record Of about ten cars Of ore Q
week to the Globe smelter. ss Z. =
The Russell mine. Idaho Springs.
operated by a home pool have opened
up nice body Of ore, in the 800 level.
The Josephine mine in Jenny Lind
gulch. In Gilpin county. is to resume
operations after being closed down for
a number of years.
from the Sunshine. Boulder district,
including some of the old dump ran
about $12 per ton throughout.
A production OF five cars week is
beiug made from the Midget mine on
Gold hill, Cripple Creek. operated by
the Midget-Bonanza Company. 81
The Annie, on Leavenworth noun
tain. Georgetown. is shipping smelling
ore running 1.1O ounces gold and 45
ounces silver per ton. with per cent
copper.
Eade. & Co., leasing on the Aetna
vein. Georgetown, received $1,18S net
for 400 tons of mill ore which was TAX
en- out in two weeks at total cost Of
less than $3.50. a1as
The shipments Of ore from Idaho
Springs In April were Ill cars as
against SO cars for the corresponding
April OF 1910, showing an increase OF
about 13 per cent. .ag5
James Beshears, owners of the
Clyde, Georgetown, expects to make a
Cotton shipment of smelling ore soon.
The ore shows liberally of free flake
gold and assays averag $50 per ton
gold. ea5
Tho MARSHALL Russell tunnel at EN-
pire has been driven nearly 5000 feet
and the heading is now penetrating the
mineral zone OF Covode mountain. A
vein recently intersected shows good
values.
A body of solid ore three feet wide
has been uncovered IN the Holcomb
lease on the Aetna vein in the Capital
mine at Georgetown. The ore is of a
fair grade, milling 1.79 ounces gold
and four ounces silver per ton.
Ccwles & Harper. who have been
working on the Stemwinder property
Of Georgetown. made small shipment
Of high grade sulphide ore recently and
returns of 1926 ounces in silver to the
town were received In settlement.
Heavy shipments OF lead, zinc and
iron concentrates are being made by
the Pelican mill at Georgetown. An
average Of 200 tons OF ore is treated
daily. The lead concentrate mills bet
ter than $50 per ton in silver and lead.
Loasers on the Gold Dirt mine at
Georgetown, are doing well and the
output this year promises to be the
heaviest in its history. Cutting & Co.
are shipping heavy tonnage of smelt-
ing ore, returning $140 gold per ton.
Development will soon be started in
the Conqueror mine, on Covode noun
tain at Georgetown. The workings are
now in condition whereby the property
can become heavy shipper in short
time. The 5O-ton mill will soon be
started.
| The Bard Creek Mining Company,
operating big group two miles above
Camr Beshears, on Lincoln mountain,
Georgetown, has shipped SO tons Of
smelling ore accumulated during the
winter which will run better than $50
per ton in gold and silver.
III the west Lake mine in the Cen
trail tunnel, Idaho Springs, the ore is
gaining in value and Samnle tests
maze show as high as 2 OF. gold per
ton. Shipments from three-foot
streak return s11.00 per ton. In the
cas-. lateral Larson &Co. have fine
body of ore also.