The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-06
Colorado.

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Colorado.
There is some talk OF Aspen par
ties opening the North Pole mine in
Crystal basin.
The April output from the Isabella
properties, Cripple Creek, will come
up to that of March. which was the
best made in years.
The mill at Elko, Gunnison district,
to treat low grade ores OF the Galena
mountain mines, is to start as soon
as the snow permits.
From all reports and indications the
property of the Torpedo Eclipse Com
| pany. in the Sneffles district, is likely
to be a scene of considerable activity
this summer.
James Murphy, lessee on the south
half of the Little Joe property. Grip
pie Creek, on Bull hill. owned by the
| Alert Company, has made the first
| shipment The ore is of good grade.
Aspen in Pitkin county, as the re.
suit of successful and in some re-
| spects unique drainage project, is pre-
| pared to resume its old rank among
| the principal mining camps of Colo
| RADIO.
The cyanide plant for the re-hand-
ling of the tailings dump of the Union
| mill at Florence, one of the plants
owned by the United States Refining
& Reduction Company, is ready for
| work.
The favorable weather of the past
month has caused the snow to disap-
pear with wonderful rapidity and the
active season of 1911 is opening with
the most favorable conditions prevail
| ent at Slverton.
| A mill is among Improvements
billed for the Lead King mine at
| Crystal, Gunnison, this coming sum-
mer. The Lead King has shipped
much high grade ore, but at large
| cost. owing to distance from a rail-
road.
| An unexpected eight foot vein of
fine coking coal is reported to have
been opened recently in the big c. F.
| & l. mine at Gunnison. Should this
prove out to be a vein never found or
worked before it will be worth mil
lions.
From the Dante estate op Bull hill.
owned by the Dante Company of Grip
| pie Greek, 25 cars of ore were shipped
| in April. On the 500-foot level of Nc.
2 shaft good ore has been opened in a
vein about two feet wide which re-
| turnnp aho,at fAO per ton
The Cashier Gold Mining Company
in Gilpin county has completed the
sinking Of their main shaft to depth
OF 1000 feet. A good sized vein has
been in the shaft during the sinking
that showed a nice streak OF yellow
copper and heavy in iron.
The Gilpin- Eureka Mining Company
of Central City, have shipped during
this month, five tons of smelling ore,
which brought returns OF $50 ton,
three cars of concentrates worth $24
ton, and fifteen ounces and seven
pwts. of gold retort from the mill.
Brown, Puell and associates. leas-
ing the Shutleff property on Bull hill
Cripple Creek, are pushing deve,oE.
ment in the upper levels. On the
eighth level, two sets of sub-leases
are working in ore of good value, and
making a regular output of two cars a
week.
The 81 mine in Russell district.
which Ia being operated by pool OF
home capitalists, have opened up a
nice streak of ore in sinking the
shaft, an assay taken recently went
s24 a ton, the ore shows both yellow
and grey copper, and is improving as
depth is gained.
A.. ]. Vancil of Denver. owner Of the
extension Gum Tree mine near the
Freeland, Idaho Springs, has force
at work and some good ore is in evil
dence, showing from recent assays,
values of $40 to $50 per ton. There is
e good body of this smelling ore. and
shipments soon will be made.
A big campaign of development will
at once be inaugurated on the Con-
queror mine, Georgetown district. sit
uated on Covode mountain. The adit
tunnel will be driven ahead, while
stopping will also be started on the ore
bodies that have been exposed. A
new mill with capacity of 200 tons
daily has been started.
The Cresson shaft at Cripple Creek,
is being sunk at the rate Of four feet
a day. The Blue Bird has been conl-
pleted some time. The Jo Dandy
shaft, on Raven hill, will be sunk an
other 500 feet, the work to commer ce
shortly. The Altman Leasing Com
pany, working the Pinto shaft of ihe
Free Coinage estate, contemplates
sinking the shaft.
| From the Vindicator mine at Cripple