Gilpin observer., 1912-03-21
WESTER
MINING NEWS.
IN 0RIEF
Colorado.
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The Old Gold mine at Cripple Creek
will be started soon by Oscar Fogle-
man. who has taken a long time lease.
The company owning the Little
Matte mine, Idaho Springs, has been
reorgapized. Extensive operations are
contemplated. This mine has produced
more than $2,000.OOO.
Another shipment of high-grade ore
has been shipped from the War Dance
mine in Gilpin county. The settlement
on the lot was $77O per ton, or SO
per cent better than the one before.
Four carloads of ore were recently
shipped from the Black Jack mine in
Gilpin county, from which returns OF
e22 per ton were received. The ore
u being taken from the 10O-foot level.
Three shifts are sinking the Coriol-
anus shaft on Battle mountain, Grip
pie Greek, which is almost down to
the 700-foot mark. From that point
laterals will be run to develop the
ground.
Shipments of milling ore are going
out from the Pioneer mine on Covode
mountain, Georgetown. Occasional
shipments of smelling ore are also
made and returning $50 per ton or
more in gold.
With the coming of settled weather
the mining camps OF Boulder county
will show more activity than for sew
sral years past. In the tungsten field,
Sugar Loaf and along Left Hand, par
ticularly. will this be noticeable.
Empire gives promise Of enjoying
season Of great prosperity during the
next few months. Many properties are
undergoing development. The Con-
queror company will soon start con-
struction Of a 300-ton mill. for amalga-
nation and cyanidation. Most of the
machinery is on the ground.
The Mary Mckinney company of
Cripple Creek shipped seven caIs of
&26 ore in February. while leasers sent
out Is cars Of the same grade. The
drift on the vein off the new level is
in about 60 feet and values are holding
up well. The ore runs $50 per ton.
The ore body is three to five feet
wide.
Marsh Long has q dandy prospect
in a newly located claim about 300
feet south of the Ben c. Lowell at
Magnolia, Boulder country, which he
has named the Apex. In doing his
original location work he uncovered a
four-foot vein of quartz through which
runs q number of streaks of very high
grade ore.
Sinking Of the main shaft OF the
Elkton. Cripple Creek, has been rs@
sumed. It is expected that lift of
100 feet can be sunk before water will
be reached. This will give about 10
feet of stopping ground on the main
vein. as the new level is down 360
feet. The vein has been drifted upon
for 1000 feet on the tenth level.
The largest body of ore found in
years on the Gold Dirt property.
Georgetown. is exposed on the fifth
level. The streak is three feet wide
and carload shipments recently made
returned from $50 to 800 gold per
ton. A. Horstman, the lessee, is also
shipping a fair tonnage of smelling
ore running $40 to $50 per ton.
A bonanza strike has Just been made
on the Seven-Thirty property, George
town, streak of ore from seven to
cred. that carries values of 1926 to 400
ounces silver ton. The streak is
showing in the slope for length of
twenty feet. and as ground is broken
there is marked improvement for
the better, in silver contents as well
as size Of the ore body.
The Gold Bullion Mining COMPANY
of Boulder has inaugurated the work
which is to remodel the old Prussian
mill, making It, modern up-todate
concentrating plant specially equipped
for treating the ore from the Prussisn
and Slide mines. The force OF men
now employed at the mill will be in
creased as soon as they can work at
an advantage. and in about 60 days 1t
is expected that the plant will be in
operation. treating about rs tons daily.
On Tenderfoot and womack hills in
the vicinity OF the Mollie Kathleen
mine, Cripple Creek, important ore
discoveries have been reported and de-
velopment shows them to be perma-
nent. In the Emma Abbott and the
ELLA w. claims the ore has been prov
en- at depth. In the Emma Abbott
heavy black sulphide is mined. return
ing $40 per ton and better. The val
ues In the Ella W., under lease to
johnson & Co., are found In a granite
formation. The vein is about two feet
wide. There are three producing prop
critics in this vicinity and Tenderfoot
hill is coming to the from. as pro-
ducing section.
The Princess mill at Lakewood.
Boulder county. which has been closed
down for the past year on account Of