The new era., 1911-07-20
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.
The Trend of Metal Prices.
Colorado.
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averaged about $25 per ton.
In the large vein recently opened in
the Shoe Basin property at Brecxen-
ridge. three-foot pay streak carrying
very high grade "steel galena" ore has
been developed.
That mining is as lively at Cripple
Creek as at any time for years is
buzzer drills are selling more ma
chimes than for years.
The Gold Dollar Consolidated Com
pany, owning large estate on the
east slope OF Beacon Hill. Cripple
Creek, shipped in June fifty-six cars
running from $14 to- $1S.25 per ton
Andrew Smith has brought from his
claims in Little Red park, in Hahn's
Peak district. quantity OF ore from
his recent strike of vein which he
says is over 20 feet wide. The ore is
Hon. c. L. Westerman has opened
up some good grade gold quartz on the
Keystone, about quarter of nile
north of the north end of Main street,
Breckenridge. The free gold is plainly
visible in the quartz, which often
runs a couple of dollars to the pound
of ore for selected specimens.
The Snider placer in the upper por-
tion of Swan valley, Breckenridge. is
working with couple of hydraulic
giants" in the pit. This placer for
several years has been operated dur
ing the winter by drifting on the three
to four feet thick bed rock pay-streak
which is said to "go" from 81 to SO per
cubic yard.
From the Favorite mine, on Bull
hill, Cripple Creek. owned by the
Stratton estate and operated by the
Cripple Creek Mohawk Mining and
Leasing Company, about two cars
week of milling grade ore is being
shipped. The ore mined from the
third level, is said to be improving in
value steadily.
From the Jerry Johnson, at Cripple
Creek thirty cars were shipped in
June, the average value being $50 per
ton. In the main shaft seven sets of
sublessees under Frank Galley are
making occasional shipments. Galley
sent out eight cars of $40 ore from the
new strike on the 500 level where the
vein is five feet wide.
Rankin & Finley leasing in the Squaw
mountain tunnel, Cripple Greek, have
one of the best strikes reported in the
camp for weeks. Their ore body has
been opened for 100 feet and the width
ranges from twelve inches to four
feet. They will ship two cars imme-
diately, which should run about $50
per ton. Assays run from 500 to $500
per ton.
Another rich strike has been re-
ported in the Casey mine in Niagara
gulch, near Silverton. ]. o. Kelly and
George Casey, owners of the property,
have uncovered a three-foot cropping,
rich in silver and native gold. Fif-
teen assays showed an average of
1924 ton. When the rock was placed
in an oven, gold and silver poured
from 1t like solder.
The biggest thing, undoubtedly,
that has been opened in the mines of
the Idaho Springs district in many
years is luS Sllihe maui py oLoiACi
Bros. & Co. in the eleventh level of
the Gem mine. A streak of five feet
of solid ore worth over twenty dol
lars per ton has been followed for
considerable distance and in driving
the drift in weeks time 100 tons of
the ore were broken.
quartzite heavily iron stained and is
highly praised by mining men. Sam
pies taken at random were sent to
Leadville assayer who reports that
they return 3.20 ounces gold and 40.S
ounces silver, or over $S4 per ton.
Active development is in progress
at the famous old Baker mine, on
Kelso mountain, West Argentine dis
trict, by Coggswell Brothers, lessees,
and 1t is expected to start shipments
of high grade ore within month
| The Baker vein was recently inter
sected through the lower workings.
A small streak of ore has just been
cut which assays as high as 1000
ounces silver per ton.
In the section surrounding Monte
yuma, there is considerable activity.
mines and ore mills are producing or
are being put in shape for produc-
tion. The Saints John mine and mill
are being operated under lease. At
present the mill is being run on
dump ore. The lead ore concentrates
are said to run up to II per cent to
lead with As ounces in silver, while
the iron concentrates carry 15 ounces
in silver-both lead and iron concen-
trates carrying some gold.
! The output for June from the pop
| critics of the Granite Company, on
Battle mountain, Cripple Creek, made
entirely by leasers, was eighty cars,
the highest from this estate in some
months. The ore runs between $25