Gilpin observer., 1911-04-20
Colorado.

Colorado.
Ore Is coming in rapidly at the Col.
den smelter now.
The Sunshine mine at Salida is
shipping two cars per week.
The Black Cloud mill at Boulder is
now ready for custom ore.
The Lost Lake mine at Eldora will
resume shipments in the near future.
The Baxter mine on Quartz hill, In
Gilpin county, has become a regular
shipper.
The Russell mine. Central City. has
broken into a fine body of ore at the
300-foot level.
From the ]. I. C. on Battle noun.
tain, Cripple Creek, a large shipment
will be made soon.
The Lamartine mines at Idaho
Springs are making regular shipments
of good grade ore.
From the Jerry Johnson mine at
Cripple Creek over 100000 worth of
ore have been taken out.
The Joe Dandy Mining Company Of
a 10O-ton improved cyanide plant.
The Nightingale mine on Raven hill,
Cripple Creek, have recently shipped
thirty tons of ore of a good grade.
Boulder county is rapidly forging
its way to the front with some OF
the heaviest producers in the state.
The Blue Ridge mines at Dumont
are being operated steadily and ship
ments to the smelter are maintained.
In March from the vindicator No.
1, Cripple Creek. the company shipped
about 3,54O tons of ore averaging $50
per ton.
Gold ore will probably be shipped
from the Manhattan camp in the
mountains northwest of Fort Collins,
next summer.
is again working in the Ophir shaft
at Cripple Creek and in few days
shipments will be resumed.
From the Dante estate on Bull hill.
Cripple Creek. the company and
lessees in March shipped twenty-seven
cars. The ore averaged about 500 per
ton.
Sinking operations carried on at the
Pittsburg mine in Lake district for
several months are nearly completed.
Ore worth $247 per ton has been
found.
The National mine on Quartz hill,
in Gilpin county. recently acquired by
the North American Smelter and
Mines Company, are extracting nice
looking ore.
Kramer Bros. have opened one o:
the finest leases in the camp in the
Egyptian mine on Quartz hill, in Gil
pin county. The ore runs as high as
$50 per ton.
Another strike of great values was
made recently in west lateral from the
Central tunnel on the Belman vein.
Idaho Springs. The ore is heavy
copper-iron sulphide carrying fiftv
ounces silver and 2.30 ounces gold to
the ton.
A gold retort weighing nearly thir-
ty-six ounces was deposited at one OF
the Central City banks from ore
crushed from the San Juan property,
on Quartz hill. This ore produced thir-
ty-three tons OF concentrates, which
sold to the smelters for s13 per ton.
The Smuggler mine. on Brown
mountain, Idaho Springs, is to have its
shaft sunk an additional 225 feet,
making depth of 600 feet in
all. Iowa capitalists are backing the
enterprise, and it is stated that they
have already taken out 100000 from
this property.
The Katie Emmit mill, Idaho
Springs. is running steadily and do.
ing good work.
At the Gilpin Orion property on
Bobtail hill. near Central City. the
company is installing a plant and pr,
pairing to do considerable deveiopmen.
work in the group of claims under its
control. Ore has ben found giving re.
turns of three ounces gold. besides sill.
yer and copper. bringing the values
up to about $40 per ton. Assays from
ore taken from a winze sunk from
the tunnel level show values Of 500 to
$365 per ton.