The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-10-21
WE STERN
MINING NEWS
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
THE TREND OF METAL PRICES.
Colorado.
IN q r E :


keeping up its record for good pro-
duction of high grade ore.
The demand for miners in the
Georgetown district exceeds the sup
ply. Every day operators are in
search of men.
The Highland tunnel of the High
land NJ. & NJ. Co., Idaho Springs, is
being pushed steadily ahead and is
now in 1000 feet.
Shipments of a car a week will be
made from the Gold Bond property at
the southern end of Gold hill, just
south OF Cripple Greek.
The West Point Mining Co. has
opened fine body OF shipping ore in
their tunnel, in Gunnison county. They
are not giving out their assays.
The report of the total ore output
for September in the Cripple Creek
district shows 77,30S tons, the total
valuation of which is placed at $1.316.-
$50.
A rich streak of ore carrying values
going dollars to the pound has been
opened OF. the Pinto claim of the Free
Coinage group on Bull hill. Cripple
Creek.
There has recently been encoun-
tered in the Coaley mine in Gilpin
county some valuable ore. the vein be-
ing about Is inches wide. The ore
is said to run $125 ton.
The Cement creek road from Star
mine on Italian mountain to Gunni-
son has been completed and it is said
this road will open one of the richest
mineral fields in Colorado
The Black Jack mine, in Silver
gulch, Gilpin county. operated by the
Black Jack Mining Company. has re-
timbered the main shaft and unwat-
cred the mine to its present depth of
140 feet
Denver parties have taken a bond
and lease upon the Alabama mine,
situated on Leavenworth mountain.
Georgetown, and an active campaign
of development is to be inaugurated
at once.
From the School Section property on
Bull hill, Cripple Creek, Is cars were
shipped in September, which ran mill
ing grade. 1t came from filled slopes
j. on the $50 and 550-foot levels where
Dveins were mined some years ago.
From the portal of the Roosevelt
Deep Drainage tunnel, at Cripple
creek, there is at this time, as for the
last six months, flow of $500 gal
Ions per minute, which means a reces-
sion in the mines of about six feet
month.
Bert Couverry & Co., leasing on
the Millineton mine on Columbia
mountain, Idaho Springs. have started
stope d streak of ore from six to
eight inches wide that carries values
of from 225 to 375 ounces in silver
to the ton.
The Gold Dollar estate on the east
slope of Beacon hill, Cripple Creek,
shipped 100 tons of milling grade ore
in September, paying the company
about $4,000 in royalties. All ore was
shipped by lessees. 1t is expected
that the company will be shipping ore
by the middle of November.
Within few days the sacking Of
a car of rich gold ore will have been
completed at the Angel mine up Wee
hauken creek, Ouray county, and
shipped to the smelter. During the
last few days samples taken at the
Angel ran per ton in gold, $500, $1,000
and s1,1S0-these three out of eight
assays-the remaining five containing
shipping values.
car of ore was shipped from the
Peggy shaft by Lessee Ross Lewis.
= who is operating in the Colorado Boss
claim, on the west slope of Gold hill,
A'ripple Creek, returned about $50 per
ton, while the coarse rock ran around
$25. There is a large quantity of ore
in sight. This vein is new one.
Work was resumed on the Queen Of
the West property. situated in the Pc
ru district. 1t is proposed to drive
the lower adit a good distance as a
streak of high-grade ore is showing In
the breast. The Queen OF the West
mine was a heavy producer for num-
ber of years, ore having been extract
ed that carried values running as high
as 1900 ounces in silver to the ton.
A streak Of ore eight inches wide
has been uncovered on the Ruler
property on Griffith mountain. Idaho
Springs, that shows assay values OF
300 ounces in silver to the ton. The
vein was intersected 2S0 feet from the
portal OF the tunnel and after cross
cutting twenty feet the hanging wall
has not been reached. The entire
vein matter is heavily mineralized and
carries average values of $50 to the
ton in silver and gold.
The lease operated by Gabriel 4
Sharp in the Lamartine mine, Idaho
Springs. is becoming OF bonanza char
acter. A foot streak OF ore in the
stope runs $3.50 ton net, the lead
values being sufficient to pay trans