Gilpin observer., 1911-01-26

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Colorado.
The "San Juan" district showed
reduced yield in gold in 1910.
In 1910 Boulder county mines again
showed an increase in production.
The Atlas in Oura.' district contin-
ues to make very. heavy shipments
of concentrates daily.
John Hushberger of Salida is show
ing ore found near that place which
assays $2S to $72 per ton.
During the month of December the
Yankee Girl and the Brooklyn, Ouray,
each shipped twenty-five tons of crude
ore.
The Joker tunnel lease, Ouray, has
struck a good body of ore which was
exceedingly high IL silver and the mill
is running daily with great success.
The Parkside Mining Company. Ida
no Springs, is rapidly getting in form
for steady production. The ore being
removed is paying for developments.
According to the United States Geo.
logical Survey, preliminary figures in
dicate a decrease in the production
of precious metals in Colorado in 1910.
A strong vein of copl and silver
ore has been opened on ne Three r
ranch, twenty-five miles southwest OF
Pueblo, by ]. P. Walter, an old pros
pector.
Owners of the Ohio property on Kel
so mountain, Georgetown, have inau-
gurated an active campaign of devel-
opment. Mill returns show $25 per
ton in silver and lead.
Wilson & Mottschall, leasing on the
Pelican mine, Georgetown, have start
ed shipments of high grade smelling
ore, the product returning $50 to the
ton in silver and lead.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Jennie Sample Gold Min
ing Company, Colorado Springs, a con-
tract was let to sink the main shaft
200 feet into the Grace ore body.
1t is reported that the Hidden Treas
ure mine, one of the best known prop
critics in Hinsdale county and well
known to many mining men, is pre-
pairing to reopen an a large scale this
spring.
The Lowell mill in Idaho Springs
has been leased by the Colorado Net
ais Extraction Company of Denver,
and will be remodelled at once for
installation of the Motter process OF
ore reduction.
Colorado Springs stockholders OF
Init Nvtn n-in
Company of Jerome, AriZ., received d
telegram from Superintendent Warden
telling of rich strike of copper, gold
and silver ore. t-
Shipments from Idaho Springs
showed gain in production in 1910
from Clear Creek county and Gilpin
county mines. Upper Clear Creek
mines also showed an increased out
put as compared with that of 1909.
The Topeka mine, in Russell dis
trict, operated by II. p. Lowe has 4
number of sets Of leasers who are
keeping up regular shipments from
the old levels, and as the development
of new ground is prosecuted new ore
chutes are being opened.
The new shaft house Of No. 3 shaft
OF the Barber tract, near Boulder, has
been completed and electrical equip
ment will be installed to work the
property steadily with the purpose OF
getting from deeper workings equal
values to that which has been pro-
duced above.
An important discovery is reported
from the Seven-thirty mine, George
town. In running a drift to the east
on the Seven-thirty vein solid streak
Of ore, eight inches wide, has been ex-
posed. and from shipment of five
tons returns of 410 ounces in silver to
the ton and twenty-eight per cent lead
were secured