The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-16
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MININGNEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
THE TREND OF METAL PRICES.
Colorado.
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Colorado.
The Mickey Breen mines and mill
In Ouray county are to be offered a:
public sale.
f. The Western Investment Company,
operating three leases in Cripple
Creek district, sent out fifty cars Of
ore in August.
The August output from the Ajax
mine. on Battle mountain. Cripple
Greek, totaled forty cars running $50
to sS5 and averaging s25 per ton.
From the Forest Queen mine. on
Ironclad hill. Cripple Creek. Lessee
John Connors sent out nineteen cars
in August. the grade being better than
usual and averaging nearly $40 per
ton.
In the Granite workings, including
the Dillon, Upper Granite, Monument
and Coin, all at Cripple Greek, twenty
sets of lessees are busy, employing
about 100 men. The average produc-
tton is about three cars day.
New and large ore bodies are being
opened every day around Ohio City,
the most active mining district in
Colorado. The discovery of rich ore
In the Carter tunnel has caused the
starting of tunnels on many claims
long idle or which have been worked
by shafts only.
The Sun Tunnel Mining and Trans
portation Company has just filed ar
ticles of Incorporation wish a capital
ization of $1,00O,O00. This company
has purchased some fifty mining prop
critics, all in one group, located on
South Boulder creek between Rollins
vile and Tolland
One of the most important strikes
made in the Cripple Creek district this
year is reported by A. I. Rankin, a
pioneer mining man of the state, '5ho
has opened a vein at grass roots on
the Fair Chance claim, on the west
slope of Gold hill. ore from which as
says of 1T to 200 ounces silver and
IS to $40 gold per ton.
The new ore body recently opened
by Matha and associates in the Phar-
macist property on Bull hill, Cripple
Creek, is steadily developing, the vein
being followed showing increased di-
mensons with values gradually i'm
proving. This shoot, encountered at
depth of 200 feet in the main shaft is
now exposed to width of four feet,
and assays returned high values.
"A steady production is being main
tanned from the Hubert mine in Ne
vadaville Ten stamps are dropping
steadily at the L. =. r. mill on mill
that has been opened up on the GOO
foot level, between the north and
south vein. which has an average
width of three feet of smelling and
milling ore. A cleanup is made at
the mill twice during each week and
is averaging forty ounces to the clean
up. A shipment of eight tons of smelt
ing ore was also made from this vein,
which yielded 1.50 ounces gold and
GO ounces silver to the ton.
William Couch, who is operating
the Golden Gate tunnel on Quartz
hill. in Gilpin County, expects any
round now will break into the Bax-
ter lode. This is cross-cut tunnel
and in a distance of ninety-four feet,
and will be driven ahead to connect
with shaft that has been sunk fur
ther up the hill, from which good ore
has been extracted, from an eighteen
inch streak, with values of an ounce
to the ton. Surface quartz was also
extracted from the lode, worth 5000
ton. A depth of about 200 feet will
be gained by this tunnel. The prop
erty is located east of the 4th of July
and Columbia Tunnel mines.
The strike made recently in, the
Cumberland property, Ouray. Is hold
ing up well. The vein is eight feet
wide. carrying lead, gray copper and
gold.
Without a question, the Topeka
vein, in Gilpin County, will now be
enriched the deeper the mine is sunk.
The bottom of the shaft at its pres
ent depth OF 1,500 feet has entered in
to the richest section of Leayenworth
gulch, and entering into Quartz hill.
and with in few hundred feet OF the
bottom of the mine, are the Wood,
Kirk and German mines. celebrated
for their production of uranium ore
one OF the most precious metals ex.
tracted from the ground, and practi-
cally the only mines producing the
metal in quantity in the United
States. There is every likelihood of
the Topeka coming into this ore at
it's present depth and enhancing the
value of the property materially. The
ore chute from which this rich ore is
being extracted has been opened for
900 feet In length, with ten inches OF
smelling. carrying high values as it
has been opened up. The mill ore
measures three feet in width with an
average value of $13.25 to the ton.
Manager F. l.. Patrick has opened
tho nra hndu of the Dnrit mine N thu