The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Colorado.

Colorado.
The U. S. mill at Sugar Loaf, Boul-
der county, is progressing very rap
idly and it will soon be in shape for
the trial run.
The Chickenhawk shaft on Guyot
hill, Cripple Creek. has been closed
some time and the Columbia Mining
& Development Company has given up
the lease. A new company will take
the property.
| Work has been resumed on the
/, Black Prince on Green Lake noun
| tain, Georgetown. In the bottom of the
! thirty-foot shaft is streak of ore ten
inches wide that carries $42 per ton
In gold and silver.
| 1t is said work will begin within two
weeks at the Centennial mine on Leav-
enworth mountain, Georgetown, and
that heavy development will be done.
This property was recently sold to
syndicate OF Boston capitalists for
$125.000.
| Good progress is being made in driv-
Ing the adit tunnel of the Sheelite vein
OF the Colorado Tungsten Company at
Carrie Nation park, Boulder county.
| which is now advanced about 600 feet
and IS going ahead at the rate of eight
feet daily.
Pittsburg mine, located in Lake dis
trict, is down to depth or $50 feet,
! from which point levels have been
| driven
driven to cut the south vein on the
property where very good grade OF
ore was opened up. A shipment OF
this was made recently and gave re,
turns of s33 per ton.
The new tunnel to undercut the
shaft on the Mckinney VEN, George
| town. at an increased depth of 200
feet, is under cover, and being pushed
! forward at the rate of one foot per
| day This tunnel will be 450 feet long.
In the bottom Of the shaft is streak
of ore six to eight inches wide that
carries 176 ounces gold per ton.
The Durango plant of the American
Smelling & Refining Company has re-
sumed operations after shutdown OF
nearly four months, caused by the
flood of last October cutting off the
ore supply. The smelter has been pur-
| chasing and storing ores Of the San
Juan and started with bins full and
are employing a good force, which is
pleasing news to Durango and the en-
4 tire Southwest.
The Pride of Cripple Creek will nc
doubt prove another w. P. H., owing
to the opening of new and rich fla,
vein on the sixth level. There is every
reason to believe the strike will turn
out one OF the biggest things in the
district. It is said the ore runs be-
tween $50 and 500 per ton off the
muck pile. The values are in sylvan
ite, which Is plastered on all ore and
the vein is six to eight feet wide.
The Dunkin group, on Niger hill
Breckenridge, has been operated for
years by Theo. H. knorr and c. E
Kistler OF Breckenridge and o. K
Gaymon and ]. A. Summers Of Den
yer, who have opened the property
with q tunnel over 1,400 feet long; up
raises have been driven to connect
with the upper workings, which are
credited with an output of over 800.
600. The breast of the tunnel cuts the
formation over 600 feet below the sur
face. II Is being driven ahead for the
ore shoot. A few days ago the lesseee
made q forty-two-ton shipment of part
ly oxidized heavy lead carbonate ore
that returned over forty-one per cent
in lead, seventeen ounces silver and
over an ounce in gold per ton.
The Santiago mine in East Argen
tine district promises to be one of the
heaviest shippers in Clear Creek coun
ty this year. Twenty men are EN-
ployed and soon as 1t is possible to ge,
ore to market more will be given work
An important strike was recently
made in sinking a shaft from the
fourth level, being streak of heavy
lead ore eight to twelve inches wide
carload lots returning $104 net pei
ton. The company will construct an
aerial tramway next summer, the
length to be eight miles, by which the
cost Of ore delivery can be reduced
from a to so cents per ton.
A, Stenneck and company, who com
menced operations on the Galena, in
Gilpin county. a few months ago, are
getting the levels into working order
after years OF idleness. They are tax
ing out very nice grade of ore from
the 400 and 50O-foot levels. A ship
ment made recently of smelling ore
gave returns of 2.56 ounces gold, 6.64
ounces silver and l.25 per cent copper
value OF $3.50 per ton, and six cords
of mill ore that yielded 1.5 ounces gold
to the cord.
| Work will be resumed soon upon the
Welsh property, Georgetown. Previ