The Ordway new era., 1912-03-28
WE ERN
MINING NEWS
IN BRIEF
.ern Newspaper Union News Service.
Colorado.
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Copper. casting brand ....... 14.12h
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
reorganized. Extensive operations are
contemplated. This mine has produced
more than $2,OOOOOO.
Another shipment of high-grade ore
has been shipped from the War Dance
mine in Gilpin county. The settlement
on the lot was $40 per ton. or SO
per cent better than the one before.
Four carloads OF ore were recently
Gilpin county, from which returns OF
$22 per ton were received. The ore
II being taken from the 1OO-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
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
eral years past. In the tungsten field.
Sugar Loaf and along Left Hand, par
ticularly. will this be noticeable.
Empire gives promise Of enjoying u
season OF great prosperity during the
next few months. Many properties are
undergoing development. The Con.
queror company will soon start con.
struction of II 3O0-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 a 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 q
four-foot vein of quartz through which
runs p number OF streaks OF very high
gradd~ Ore.
Sinking of the main shaft o: III"
Elkton. Cripple Creek. has been rt>
sumcd. II Is expected that II lit Of
100 feet can be sunk before water will
be reached. This will give abou; 1;u
feet OF stopping ground on the main
vein. as the new level is down J6O
feet. The vein has been driitcd upon
Tor 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 800 to 500 gold per
ton. A. Horstman. the lessee. is also
shipping fair tonnage Of smelling
ore running so to $50 per ton.
\ bonanza strike has just been made
on he Sevcn-Thirty property. George
town. a streak OF ore from seven to
ten inches wide having been uncov-
cred. that carries values of 325 to 400
ounces silver Il ton. The streak Is
showing in the slope for n length of
twenty feet, and as ground is broken
there is n marked Improvement for
tn" better. in silver contents rs well
as size OF the ore body.
The Gold Bullion Mining Compa Nv
of Boulder has inauguratcd the work
which is to remodel the old Prussian
mill. making it modern up-to-date
concentrating plant specially equipped
for treating the ore from the Prussian
and Slide mines. The force OF men
now employed at the mill will be in
creased as soon as they can wo'k at
an advantage. and in about co days 1t
Is expected that the plant will be in
operation, treating about 75 tons daily.
On Tenderfoot and Womack hills in
tn" vicinity OF the Mollie Kathleen
mine, Cripple Creek, important ore
discoveries have been reported and de-
velopment shows them to be pcrma-
nent. In the Emma Abbott and the
Ella w. claims the ore has been prov
On at depth. In the Emma Abbott a
heavy black sulphide is mined. return
ing $40 per ton and better. The val
u"s in the Ella W., under lease to
Johnson & Co., are found in granite
formation. The vein is about two feet
wide. There are three producing prop
critics in this vicinity and TcnderfOot
hill Is coming to the front as pro
duCng section