Gilpin observer., 1911-09-14
TIVE AWAKENING or
THE OUTSIDE DISTRICTS.

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THE OUTSIDE DISTRICTS.
The general revival Of interest In
the remote mining camps Of the
county Is worthy Of comment. With
comparatively little effort many mine
outside Of what has been considered
the heart Of the camp. have shown
great results, in some instances bo-
nanza shipping ore. The London
mine at Twelve Mile is but one in
stance. With a comparative limited
depth. q showing has been made
equal to many of the mines in the
mineral belt at a greater depth In
shaft sinking alone a carload ship
ment returned $500 per ton net.
this including crevice broken that
was not sorted for this shipment.
Drifts just STATED from the shaft
give assays from two feet samples
across the smelter streak Of better
than ounces gold, while the bottom
Of shaft give returns Of ounces
gold. Altogether the shipping value
OF ores 80 far exposed when sort
cd for shipment, promise returns Of
10000 per ton and better.
The Lone Star mine in the Phoe-
nix district, has recently made new
strike Of shipping ore under the abe
management Of John Doyle. who is
operating this property at the pres
ent time. Including the smelling ores
uncovered there is a large tonnage Of
milling grade, sufficient to warrant
the operation of the 10-stamp mill on
the property. which will be placed
in operation at once.
work on the Mountain Monarch in
Jumbo gulch with more than good re-
suits.
Tho mill on the Smuggler is near
ing completion. when the large re-
serves, made under the supervision
Of Manager Ashmore Will be mined
for the continuous operation Of the
mill. McFarlane & Sons are COM
pleting the installations Of the mill.
Manager HANDLE is pushing work
on the Penobscot mine with good
results.
The Hygiene has started up and
IL now ready to ship ore. Governor"
Waite is overseeing the work.
The Booster mill. at Apex. is in
shape to treat the ores OF this dis
trlct. and IL awaiting the completion
Of the power plant q the P1onesr
company down the creek
A new strike Of very rich ore was
made by Fred Landis in the Barrick
tunnel, and the Denver owners will
be up this week to examine same.
The Josephine tunnel. Geo. Gariick
In charge, IL cleaning out old work
ing. preparatory to active develop
ment. This tunnel Is in 80 feet and
showing is very encouraging.
]. II. Elspass. manager Of the Col
den Slipper tunnel, is obtaining good
results In shipping values in the de
velopment Of this we'll known proper
ty.
The Sun tunnel on South Boulder
creek. = under active operation. the
breast Of the tunnel being in 240t
feet and worked by machine drills
The veins cut SO far show valuei
up to $1,000 per ton. with upwards te
6 feet. The depth gained by thii
tunnel is over 1900 feet A 50-tor
mill Is on the syound and finel,
equipped and ready to treat thu
large tonnage in sight.
The Kelly tunnel is being put n
shape for winter work.
Superintendent George Waite ha,
started up the Ideal tunnel. which
IL projected to cut several importan
veins that give big results at sur
face.
The Derby mine. one of the old
timers In the way Of pay ores. 10 be
ing put in shape for production.
The Rexall company. who recent.
took over several Of the pay minei
Of this section, II actively engage
." o~PsoaeauS oahics ~ uIo0Be AoE tu'
working Of the placers il now on u
way from the manufacturers in Eng
land. and will be installed within tn
next two months. Among the prom
inent properties acquired by this CON
pany are the famous Periso an,
Gold Dirt mines. Altogether som,
twenty mines are included in thii
company's holdings. including tn,
War Eagle group. the Detroit. Ben
ton and Ezra White. altogether will
a record Of production Of over IS.
100000. The placers alone acquired l.
this company are expected to add (,
the production of this section, with
improved methods of extraction. up