The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-13


tor.
From Gunnison there were shipped
1.O55 cars Of coal in 1911 compared
with 256 in 1910.
A car of $50 Calliope ore is at Bach.
elor Switch, Ouray, waiting shipment
to the Salida smelter.
During the year just closed it has
been demonstrated that much valuable
ore exists in Gunnison county.
A shipment of $4,000 pounds Of lead
concentrate was recently made from
the mineral chief mill at Georgetown
Three sets Of leasers are working on
the Shurtleff mine on Bull Hill, Grip
pie Creek. and ore of medium grade
is being shipped.
Measurements of the flow in the
Roosevelt tunnel show that 5000 gall
Ions per minute pass the portal. The
flow appears to be steady.
The Union Leasing Company of
Cripple Creek, during December,
shipped 81 cars from the Gold Sover-
eign and &c from the Hustled shaft
A low grade mill will be put in at
the Pinto mine at Cripple Creek to
treat the unmarketable ore produced.
The scheme Is being financed in New
York.
On the eleventh level of the Ameri
can Eagle on Bull Hill, Cripple Creek,
a new ore shoot has been uncovered.
Three or four cars of two-ounce ore
are being shipped every week.
Some good ore bodies have been
opened up at the Maine mine in Gill
LIN county with values that were per.
fectly satisfactory, and which would
give good profit over operation.
The Egyptian mine on Quartz hill
has been a steady producer for the
entire year, and the values in both
smelling and mill ore have averaged
closely with those of former years, the
smelling ore being worth as high as
5000 per ton, with mill ore returning
as high as 10 ounces gold per cord.
At the War Dance mine in Gilpin
county. sinking is in operation and will
be continued until the AIS point is
reached, when the vein will be devel.
oped by drifts both ways from the
shaft. During the year 1000 tons OF
dump material were shipped to the
Golden smelter, which brought re-
turns of $50 per ton.
The old smelter plant OF the United
Of int
pany at Canon City will soon be put
in operation. Seventy men have been
employed. The old dump of the plant
will be worked over by the new chemi
cal process. The plant will be oper
ated continuously and more men will
be employed in the future
Compared with 1910, Chaffee county
showed a general increase of eleven
per cent. in the production of precious
metal for the year just closed. In zinc
alone, which was favored with higher
prices, the gain was twenty per cent
In 1910 the geological report credited
Chaffee county with $261,190 all told
Of which $23,242 was for 42S,53e
pounds of zinc.
The Coeur d'Alene mine on Acad
emy hill in Gilpin county has been op
Grated continuously during the year
and at the present time is in fine con
dition for big production during thi
coming year. The shaft is down 6
depth of 700 feet, and from the leve
at that that point the smelling pro
duct gives values of from $50 to 81.
per ton and the mill ore from $14 te
$50.
The indicator mine at Cripple
Creek produced 100 cars during De
cember. The average value was $25
per ton.
The Western Metal Company. own.
ing the Malm patents and building the
Malm reduction works at Georgetown
has started a campaign to raise
small amount of funds to complete the
plant and afford working capital for
the commercial introduction of the
process. The Malm process Is the
only one in the district in which the
smelling or fire treatment Is obvi
ated.
The Hubert mine In Gilpin county
has been operated quite extensively
during the past year and is in shape
for more extensive developments dur
ing the coming year. new body OF
ore was opened up recently in the
GOO-foot level. the mill dirt giving
from 2 to ounces gold to the cord,
with tailings worth from $12 to $18
per ton, and the smelling product from
$40 to $50 per ton. The shaft is 1,2OO
feet deep and will be unwatered to the
bottom so as to work the large bodies
of ore at that depth, and also connect
with the Newhouse tunnel for drain
age purposes.
Samples assaying $1,000 to $4,000
per ton are being taken from the 400
foot level OF the Ajax mine at Grip
pie Creek Several cars OF medium
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