The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-08-23
EMPIRE NEWS
By Booster Brady

The Conqueror Mining company is
leasing out blocks of ground on its
property. For the past two Yeas this
property has been idle. the COMPANY
refucing to work or lease the ground
There are many good blocks Of ground
on the Conqueror and in . short time
this property will be producing with
| its old time vigor.
/ The Gold Fissure Mining Co. will
have the retimbering of the mine com
pleted by the first of the month. The
/ Conqueror Mining Company will fur
nish air for its machine drills and
by the middle Of August it will be
among the list of shippers. For many
years the Gold Fissure was the leading
producer OF the camp and it il yery
gratifying to have the mine reop. q un-
der the former management
The new mill process for handling
low grade orrs that is being worked
out by Mr. Winget at the Silver noun
tain mill is ready for the test. The
wagon road leading to the Silver Noun
tain mine is being repaired and in the
course OF week or ten days the mill
will be grinding away on mill dirt.
Later we may be able to describe the
process but at the present time the
company does not want to give any ex-
pianatiou of the process other than it
/ 10 in hk,t ~ ~
The Tennessee M& N Comps ny is
hrving plans drawn for mill to handle
the Mill dirt from the Gold Bug prop
erty. There are large bodies of mill
dirt on this property that would keep
mill running for many years. Mr..
Guyon mining man of many years
experience has charge
TIE Grand Clear Creek Tunnel COM
pany is enstalling a gasoline engine
and fan. They will work two shifts on
the tunnel as soon as the engine and
fan are placed. The bore is in q dis
tance of eight hundred feet and. within
the next hundred feet will cut some
verv good veins.
The Argo tunnsl company are en-
stall'ng gasoline englue and fan. One
of the Iodes in the tunnel shows large
body Of Zinc, iron and lead ores. 1t
looks as though mill will make it a
good paving proposition
b Jacobs, manager of the Shoe
Basin mines is spending his vacation.
There is none SO welcome as b G.
He has the happy faculty of spreading
sunshine wherever he goes
The following are registered at the
Peck house: J. E. Littejohn, wife
and son of Pueblo, Floyd Wingett,
J. W. Wingett. Mr.. George BRISTOL,
w. W. Krope and wife, w G. Krope
and wife, Frank Peck OF Denver.
John Green, Silver Plume, Mrs. Lee
Rockwell. Georgetown; Enzor l.. Work
W. S. Bethel. Greeley, J, L. Cutting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Potter. of Naragansett
Mass are visiting here. Mr.. Potter is
president Of the Gold Fissure miaing
company.
Charles Iermate, banker of Detroit
and Simeon Miner retired business man
visited at the Brady home for several
days, they are interested in the Duluth
and Empire tunnel. They returned to
their homes the early part of the week.
The following are registered at the
Hickman honse: Mr. Shepard and wife
John Lumpkin: Denver; Louis Lemin-
ger. Warren, Ind. H. H. Pratt, Grand
Lake; c, A. Scott and mother, Kansas,
w. B, Symonds. Colorado Springs, A
Aleson, Ebert; Bill Winslow, Hot
Sulphur; A. P. Williams, Kansas: w.
Gree n, Fraser; B. Miller, H. G. Kalb,
Denver
Mr.. Floyd and wits of Denver are
spending a short vacation at the Guam
ella ranch.
Empire will give their annual ball
and supper for the benefit of St Joseph
hospital, Saturday evening. August %
An early supper will bs served for all
who desire it.
j. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swanson have
been in Las Auimas for the past week
ombining business and pleasure.
: Miss LYDIA Sharp Of Rocky Ford is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George Sharp.
TIE delegate sent by the Empire
commercial association to the Denver
Motor club with the request that the
libel on our town be removed from the
guide book was well received. The OBJ
iectionable part will be removed al