The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-03
WORKED OUT,
BUT PRODUCING
Cripple Creek Mines Refuse to
Cease Usefulness on
Expert Advice.
DEAD GROUPS ARE
BROUGHT TO LIFE
StrattOn's Famous Gold Mine of
Colorado One Point in
Illustration.
Finding ore, and getting it out profit

Finding ore, and getting 1t out profit
ably.afterward are two separate things.
In the first the jenderfoot as often
makes a rich find as does the cXperlenced
miner OF prospector. not that the knowl'
edge of the miner is not useful, but rather
that the tenderfoot acknowledges thai
he knows nothing about the game. and
therefore makes sure he tests everything
in the line OF rock that comes III ms
way.
When il comes TO working the property
afterward, however. the experienced miner
has all the advantage, inasmuch as he
profiting by his knowledge, VIII kno"
best how 10 proceed with its develop
ment.
The experience of the practical miner
has also led many times to the reopen
inc of old mines, abandoned or about TO
be abandoned. As an instance OF tnls
may be mentioned find last week In thS
san Juan section OF Colorado. whlcn
was made in the tunnel OF an aoandohea
property Properties declared TO be
worked out have been taken over ana py
persistent prospecting new ore BODIES
have been opened which have indefinitely
prolonged the life OF such properties.
Instances such as the last menuoned
are known in every mining camp when
has passed It's first youth. lew OF we
Colo. are mentioned in the following from
the Cripple Creek Times ~
How many mines In this camp have
been declared worked out above water
Level that are paving dividends? rake
the Beacon Hin properties for instance.
The El Paso didn't have q pound OF ore
above the fourth Level four years ago, II
was said, and today in that same groun99
II is producing sixty cars a month anG
has produced that amount since the
ground above water has been worked.
1T was five years ago that the pres
cnt management OF the Gold Dollar took
hold of the companys workings. Every
thing has been worked out above The
water level and the former controilhg
interests told the new miners that they
could have the ownership OF the mine. Tor
they wouldn't have anything after they
got 1T. What has happened? Above the
water level leasers have taken out enough
orc and paid the company ROYALTIES WIFI
which TO pay of an old Indebtedness OF
$500. paid dividend OF S3l 900. pul OH
so5 900 in improvements and has about
500. 600 In its treasury at this tlme. Win
ground above the water level 10 be
opened up.
This is ono Of the many properties
worked out that has been developed and
'mond, a great mining man. came TO this
district some seven wears ago and looked
over Strstton's Independence mine.
Played out was his verdict. Was 1T:
Since that statement the Stratton In
dependence has produced almost 5000.
900 and is today shipping s5OeoO worth OF
ore each month
Played out mines arc the thing
There's the place where trained miners
can get the money. After while an
expert will be afraid 10 declare A prop
crty worked out
AS stated passing final judgment upon
the working out OF mining property
has proven to be somewhat hazardous. fol
often a mine condemned has surpassed
its former record. Changing conditions
affect costs of production, and thereby
the profits. This is one OF the primary
facts TO be considered. Again, further
prospecting may open up new ore bodies
before unsuspccted.
There are many mines in operation to-
day bearing witness to the fact thai
worked out is an Indefinite term &
relative matter. depending often upon 10
or pertinacity of the operator.--Denver
Mining Record.