The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-04-10


Colorado.
Construction work has been started
On the Leadville zinc smelter.
Michigan capital has decided 10 take
. hand in developing certain mines In
the ouray district.
High-grade carnotite radinm.bcaring
ore has been discovered In silver
mines in Eagle county.
The Rico Consolidated property. In
Silver Creek gulch. II showing up fine
~ development work progresses.
Pike 4 CO., leasing on the fourth
level OF the 10 Reynolds mine. At Law.
son. have one Of the best paying leases
In this district
A mass meeting OF citizens was held
1t Delta to further consider the ad-
visibility OF raising a fund with which
TO prospect for oil or gas.
The Tennessee tunnel property. sit
uated up Chicago creek, near Idaho
| Springs. is to be provided with mod
ern and up-todate plant OF machinery.
The Independence group Of claims On
Albro mountain. Georgetown. Is re-
ceiving well merited attention, and the
outlook Is bright for shipments being
started early this spring.
Lawson q Co.. leasing on the Prin-
cess OF Indian property. near George
town. are sending out carload ship
ments OF smelling ore that brings q
mill settlement running around go .
ton.
During 1918 the Iron Silver Compa-
ny (which owns the Meyer and Tue
son groups In Leadville) mined 53,32G
tons Of crude ore, which was sorted
down to 47.6Gs tons and sold for $685.
1919.
Mining conditions In the Gunnis0n
country show much Improvement
| Many properties are changing hands,
abandoned mines are being reopened
and several important negotiations are
under consideration.
According to officials Of the Weller
Gold Mining and Milling Company. the
company IN now contemplating the sd
dition OF cyanide process 10 the mill
Of the company In Bear Greek canon
in the Telluride district.
The good news comes from across
the range that the recent development
In the famous smuggler mtpcs ut A.
pen In responding literally. The ORE
body II now 300 feet long. from forty
to sixty feet In thickness and Is be.
lieved by many mining authorities to
BE- one Of the strongest bodies OF lead
ore ever opened In the state.
The Kalamazoo Leasing Company
recently broke into big body ot
smelling ore 1t the junction II the
Burns-Accacial basalt vein and the
Kalamazoo. the ore block being 1t 4
depth Of 400 feet. The ore samples
from e3t TO $3.50 . ton. and IL one al
the most important strikes Of the
year In the wild Horse section.
Wyem,aS.
The Mountain States OIL Company
has struck q fifty.barrel Gusher ut .
depth Of COG feet near Cody.
Two carloads Of material for tho
big storage tank thst In beins erected
by the Biz Horn Oh q Gas Co.. 1t
0reybull. has been unloaded and work
h progressing.
The annual report Of the Midwest
OIL Company. operating over In the
Basin country, shows that the com.
pany's OIL surplus for the past year
amounted 10 over ei.350.000.
The first well Ia the Lander al
field 10 - shot has been increaasd In
capacity from . ten-barrei well 10 =
io0.bsrrel well. The oil h very heavy.
Other wells will BE- shot 1t once.
The section q Wyoming, extending
from Hasin to Frannte. near the Mon.
tana line. h the scene Of great activi.
" on The part Of prospectors for al.
ThousanAs of acrcs Of land have beea
located. and. while Il n the rule that
no publicity b given To discoveries.
enough news has leaked out 70 indi.
cate that petroleum Of the highest
grade sxluls IN paying qsantities over
the larger paSt Al the secttoa.
e1ew nsnise.
I'll. Hosa an1 Paul A. lArsch have
sold H. lsehy Blli milne q Dayard
70 >. a. nslssrhoef and Wn. ntAosn
q MiIwsukes for ess.o0o.
TIE CaFishs1 OH . Gas Company
add the Hartford Development coap&
iny. opssatins a the east an1 rect
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