The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-27
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
THE TREND OF METAL PRICES
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found.
The main ore shute of the Mary Nc
Kinney Cripple Creek. has been op-
ened and shipments will begin imme-
diately.
The water in the shaft OF the
Strong Company. on Battle Noun.
tain. Cripple Creek, has receded and
work has been resumed.
Work at the Portland, Ouray, con-
tinues under the leasing system with
satisfactory results and a good grade
OF ore is being taken out
The sale of the Josephine mine in
West Argentine district. of which the
Pay back Mining Company is the own
er. has been postponed until Feb. Is.
On the Mary Eta vein, Silver
Plume. small body OF smelling ore
has been found, giving assay values as
high as 800 ounces silver to the ton.
The driving of the Lppert tunnel
into the Big Bull mountain, Cripple
Creek, which was begun last summer,
has been suspended on account of the
cold weather.
The hoist at the Legal Tender, Ou-
ray, has been started to lifting water
and the bottom will be reached in
few days, when the new pump will be
installed and then sinking will be re-
suMed.
The Mary Mckinney. the Oldest
company doing business in the Grip
| pie Creek district, which owns 144
| thot bac
| $8.0o0.000 will have to reincorDorate
within the next year, as its charter
| expires.
| A discovery of farreaching conse-
| Quence to Leadville mine operators
| was made in the Alps mine recently
in Little South Evans gulch, in the
Leadville district This was the cut
ting of the Cleveland fissure vein in
the Alps ground by drifts, from
depth Of 1.5 feet.
The Lake Valley Mines Company OF
Lake Valley ran into streak of high
grade ore recently. The assays show
$4,000 to the ton. The pocket gives
| promise of opening up still wider,
and, while not all the ore runs as
high as the best. nothing under 400
ounces to the ton has been found in
the pocket SO far.
The New York company which con-
trolls the patents on the MooreClancy
electro-chemical process, announces
that the Ajax mill. at Cripple Creek.
which uses this process, is a com
plete success, as 1t shows that what has
heretofore been considered waste
rock, worth 81 per ton. is now being
treated at a handsome profit.
The National mine In West Argen-
tine district. is the scene OF an import
ant discovery in lead-silver ore. At
a distance OF ITO feet from the portal
of the crosscut tunnel, the National
vein was interesected. a body OF galena
five feet wide, having been uncovered
Assays show values Of CT per cent
lead and 48 ounces silver to the ton.
The Colbu+n cyanide mill at Victor
now holds the record for economy and
efficiency of ore treatment, among
the mills OF the Cripple Creek dis
trict. After steady run OF two
months, during which time the ma
|
/ and other details OF the application
of the cyanide process worked out, the
mill appears to be an unqualified sue
cess.
The Peters property on Republican
mountain, Georgetown, reports
promising discovery. a streak OF ore
having been uncovered that is from
six to eight inches wide. Assays made
upon a number of samples show val
ues varying from 175 to 225 ounces
silver to the ton with twenty-eigh'
per cent. lead.
The ore strike at the Calliope, Gu.
ray, recently opened up through the
old workings, but in virgin ground, is
showing up in fine shape and is from
a few inches to 18 inches thick. The
extent of the shoot is now not
known. It is confidently believed
that. with the mill, the dixie is goinA
to prove a paying proposition. The
ore will 60 to 500 to the ton, prin
cipally in silver.
The showing on Big Indian prop
erty, on Leavenworth mountain,
Georgetown, is good. Several streaks
OF ore that carry high values in gole
and silver have been found. Drifting
east and west will soon be started. A
plant of machinery will be purchased
early In the spring. 1t is proposed to
drive the crosscut tunnel severa.
thousand feet to intersect all the big
mines in the mountain.
Polly and Chilson. working the Six.
points shaft on Bull hill, Cripple
Creek, are mining the best grade OF
ore now marketed in that camp and
II is said some shipments returned az
high as $240 per ton.
The Socorro mill at Mogollon han.
died between 5000 and 5000 tons In