The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-20
EMPIRE NEWS
BY Booster Brady

that mining 5 n I d gamble, but y IN
ordinary judgment. much safer in
yestmcnt than any other line ofs~busl-
ness. Examine Bradstreet and you vi
find that 81 per cent Of the people that
start IN business fail. The causes are
lack Of capital or experience. very few
are dishonest. Compare this With min
ing and you will find the failures great
| er in the so called business woridrttaH
in the mining industry. and the return
! for the money invested not near as
great. The days of wild cat mining
have gone by never to return. Mining
"a row worked as it should be For a
business basis. The many rich strikez
Of hjpn grade ore from Idaho Springs
! to silver Plume hardly cause ripple Of
excitm Mt. In Empire strikes are fire.
quent. There has been ch strike On
the Denver CITY, the assays running
sIZ5 pzr ton. The road leading 20 the
mine is being repaired and shipment
will be made in the course of week.
The Gold fIssure Mining Co., is. in
stalling gasoline engine and large
fan TO furnish air to the men. stopins
On a large body Of smelling and milting
ore is being done by air drills The
Trenbath Lease on the Gold Dirt is ~put-
ting out ten ounce gold ore. The Mar
shaH-Ku usseu tunnel when compietec
VIII opeu all the VEINS on The North
a. d do r Empire what the great New
house tunnel has done for Idaho Springs
Fne Duluth and Empire tunnel on the
south has cut bodies of lead and zinc
and when completed w,ii have cut al
the great veins OF the camp. On Lin
coin mountain. Robert Christensen has
a tunnel site and large number OF
good veins to inlersect. The hanging
wall of large vein has ueen cut win /
good mineral showing. The size OF the
vein cannot be determined at this writ /
ing US 1t has just been struck. With
small cunt f capital II
could be made equal to any N
the camp. The Virginia City on the
North slope OF Lincoln mountain Is IL
good ore and the cross cut tunne! that
was drove to lntersect- the shaft is com
pleted. The h a t is ira n q
and splendid body Of ore opened and
last bat not least, Michael Gredell who
has been prospecting on the South slope
of Lincoln mountain for the past Tour
wears, has opened some fine ore, assay
ing from ten to sixty dollars per ton
one picked sample assaying 81, 900
There are other properties in this yicin-
ty that have not had time to visit,
but will do so later.
Charles Hickman has received the
contract FOR repairing the Church ditch.
The water is carried over Berthoud Pass
from Currant creek The ditch is three
miles long and considerable cement
work and strengthening OF the retain
walls is necessary.
Mr.. Kelly who started the Kelly
tunnel at Georgetown some years ago
spent several days ia town examining
mining property.
Rose Schauer, Longmont; Cecil Ga
voett, Denver and Sister Agness OF
ST. Joseph's Hospital, Georgetown,
visited friends Wednesday.
H. L. Machol, wife and son, and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Grasslight of Detroit, Mich,
spsnt Sunday visiting friends here.
The citizens of Empire are expecting
the county commissioners to decide
in a few days whether or not they
will complete the cut off on the Ber-
thoud Pass this fall. The Forest Ser
vice spent So, 900 on this cut off and
made fine road out of the section
they worked on. There is considerable
rock work TO be done before the road
is completed. If the commissioner re-
fuse to finish the road now it will be
at least three years before the Forest
service can raise the money from the
mining industry the tariff on mining
timbers to complete it.
Last Monday Lidia E.. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Sharpe, was married to
Harry F. Holleans of Denver The
happy bride and groom arrived in
camp Wednesday evening and had q
western welcome. They will be in
Golden, October first where they will
make their home. We extend our
hearty congratulations.
Mr. Joseph Teoporten and wife Of
Superior, Wis, are visiting here.
Mr.. Tepoorten is heavily interested
financially in the Duluth and Empire
tunnel and is making an inspee ton Of
the property. He is delighted with the
showing of ore and property in general.
He will return to his home the begin
ming of next week.