The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-04-20
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
Colorado.
IN q RE r

ounces silver. gross value 1886 per ton.
After two years of development
work on the Oneida mine at Freeland.
there is enough ore blocked out to
keep a mill busy for some time 20
come.
Leasers on the Black Cloud mine IN
Boulder county ARE making regular
shipments of smelling ore of good
grade, and are making better than
days wages.
A recent shipment of rich silver ore
from the Coley lease on the Gilpin
mine at Central City. returned an aver
age of SIS per ton. The vein runs
from rs to AGO ounces of silver per ton.
1t is the hope of the management OF
the Barstow at Ouray, to have part
of their mill started by the latter part
Of May. The mill has forty stamps.
and at least half of these will be oper
ating this summer. The mine expects
to employ sixty men before the sum
mer is over.
w. L. Shaffer Of Idaho Springs, as
trustee for the bondholders OF the
Freeland Development & Transporta-
ton Company, has filed notice OF suit
to foreclose the mortgage upon bond
issue of 100000 authorized December
l, 1911. The company owes $4,000,
the various claims being held by John
McColl of Idaho Springs.
The offices of the FL Paso Conso!i-
dated Gold Mining Company in Colo
RADIO Springs were advised recently
that the upraise to connect the main
shaft with the Roosevelt deep drain
age tunnel had been completed. After
seventy weight days OF continuous work
the rock was broken through at the
bottom of the shaft on the 1,000-foot
level.
Indications are that the April out
put from Cripple Creek district viii
show several thousand tons increase
over March, with gross bullion value
OF 5000, 900 more. Several new strikes
have been reported which are being
mined. The railroads report all avail
able cars being used for transportation
OF ore and that better business is
being done than for several years.
Hartford Loucks has received assay
returns from a sample of ore from the
Badger mines near Walden. The test
was made at the Wyoming University
| at Laramie, and showed copper con-
tent of 1916 per cent, making the ore
worth between $45 and $50 per ton.
The sample sent out was considered
of inferior grade, and the returns were
an agreeable surprise to the owners
of the mine.
The Pittsburg mine in Gilpin county
is keeping up its regular shipments OF
good ore which are giving very crafty
ing results. Two lots of first class
ore were shipped during the past two
weeks that gave returns of 9.72 ounces
gold, $50 ounces silver and 1870 per
cent copper, value of 1926 per ION
for one lot, and $50 ounces gold, 724
ounces silver and 1894 per cent cop
per, a value of $196 per ton for an
other.
The owners of the Legal Tender.
Ouray, struck the contact for which
they were hunting. At a depth of
253 feet they found a strata of lime
rock exactly similar to that of the
the point where the shaft pierced it
carries no ore value but this fact did
not in the least discourage the own
ers, as past experience with this con-
tact shows that 1t runs barren at
points.
Engineer Countryman estimates that
IA 900 gallons a minute is flowing
from the Roosevelt tunnel, Cripple
Creek, unwatering the deep shafts at
the rate OF six inches a day. or fifteen
feet month.
With the melting snow on the hills
comes the reports Of a renewal Of
mining activity in the various min
ing camps in Boulder county. At
Nederland after shutdown of almost
year, the Primos Company resumes
operations and three shifts OF men will
be employed in sinking the shaft from
approximately 500 feet to 1000 feet.
The big reduction mill is being put in
shape for operation and it is reported
will be in commission inside of the
next thirty days. The Wolf Tongue
mill on which about $4,000 was ex-
pended for Improvements during the
winter is now running steadily and
with the rapidly-improving roads will
soon be running day and night on
1easers' and custom ore. On the
Beaver the two small concentrating
plants will soon resume and on North
Boulder creek, the new mill of The
Colorado Tungsten Company will soon
be ready for ore.
shipped in March from the Kokomo
mine in Willis gu1ch, Gilpin county,
with an average value of SIT per tnn.
The vein is on the 420-foot level and
is IS inches wide.