Gilpin observer., 1912-03-07
Colorado.

Colorado.
Colorado in 1911 ranked second in
the production Of spelter, having near
ly doubled its 1910 output.
David Kennedy. owner of the Cen
tennial mine on Leavenworth noun
tain, Georgetown, has sold his hold
ings for consideration of $125,000.
The United States Gold Corporation,
the people who are erecting the $50.
ton cyanide mill in Boulder, will soon
have the plant ready to handle all the
ore offered.
In the Baker mine in West Argen-
tine there has been started drift on
a streak of solid ore nine to fourteen
inches wide. assaying $160 in gold,
silver and lead.
The sale Of the Josephine mine at
y Georgetown by trustee In bankruptcy
has been postponed until March 10.
The property is considered one of the
richest in the upper Clear Creek dis
trict.
The Clyde property at Camp Besh
cars IS making fine showing. In the
incline shaft now down sixty feet
streak Of $50 gold bearing ore is show
ing. There are nearly 100 tons on the
dump.
The Smuggler Union Mining Compa-
ny at Telluride is installing cyanide
, filter and agitation plant for the treat
ment Of tailings and shines, the latest
innovation in the cyaniding process, at
o cost OF $4,000.
The new ore shoot at the Elkton
mine, Cripple Creek, has been found
to be very rich. The width OF the ore
body is increasing with depth. There
is now 1000 feet Of ore which will al.
low mining for some time.
Several idle stamp mills in Gilpin
county will be started this year.
The Galena mine, in the heart Of
Central City, has been added to the
list of regular shippers and the les
sees stand show of making good
profits.
Leasers on the Pelican mine,
Georgetown. have started drifting on
a streak of solid ore four to six
inches wide that carries IT'S ounces
silver and twenty-five per cent lead
per ton. This shoot Is showing for
thirty feet.
A recent shipment OF eighty tons Of
mill ore from the Egyptian mine, on
! Quartz hill, in Gilpin county, returned
81 900 pounds of concentrates which
yielded 2.S4 ounces gold, SAG ounces
silver and ZIG per cent. copper, a to-
tai of $50 per ton.
A gold retort weighing 109 ounces
and which is worth ST an ounce has
been sent to the Denver mint from the
U. P. r. mine in Gilpin county. The
tailings from this ore returned $507
and the two products gave the opera
tors a neat profit over their operating
and other expenses.
The present output Of the Six
Points, Cripple Creek, is from eight to
ten cars month, running from 800
to 5000 per ton, and there is enough
ore in sight to permit present opera
tions for some time. A vein has been
encountered and it is said 1t will be
necessary to drift fifty feet farther
before opening the ore.
The increased flow from the portal
of the Roosevelt deep drainage tunnel
at Cripple Creek, with a steady stream
spouting a distance of fifteen feet
from one OF the drill holes, is taken as
a good indication that the main water
course is near at hand. The tunnel
is new 16.752 feet long and the under
ground lake for which the tunnel has
been driven may be tapped at any
time.
Rich silver ore is being shipped
from the Michigan mine in the
Hughesville district, above Black
Hawk. The Michigan has a shaft OF
only seventy-five feet deep and a
streak of mineral six to eight inches
wide carries values of 500 ounces sill.
, yer to the ton, while in the bottom OF
the shaft body Of mineral eight
inches wide runs $500 ounces silver to
the ton for the first class and 1000
ounces for the second class.
The War Dance mine in Russell
gulch in Gilpin county recently
shipped carload OF eighteen and one.
half tons OF first and second-class ore.
The first-class returned $3.50 gold per
ton and ten ounces silver and the sec.
ond-class returned $120 gold per ton
and four ounces silver. Eighteen leas.
ers are at work In the mine and sew.
eral remarkable strikes have been re-
ported. The War Dance is being op-
Grated by a syndicate composed OF
Denver capitalists. The returns Of a
shipment Of 1000 tons OF the dump
repaid the stockholders the purchase
price.
enlarging the plant.
The Bard Creek Mining Company.