Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
Biz lead ore in MayfIower.

Big Lead Ore IN MayiloWer.
The winze being sunk from the
bottom of the upper level in the May
flower has reached a depth of over
fifty feet and shows an enormous
vein of gelena ore the whole distance.
The average width for the whole dis
tance is in the neighborhood of feet
Of shipping gelena ore and large
body oil good milling ore running
along side of the gelena vein. From
the development work sufficient eX-
traction is made daily to keep two
strings of pack animals constantly
employed packing the ore to the load
ing station on the railroad. As soon
as sufficient depth has been obtain
| ed to give reasonable assurance that
| the vein continues to the lower tun-
mel, the same will be pushed through
10 make connections with all possible
| speed, tramway connections made and
then the milling ore will be shipped
in the crude to the mill for treat
ment and the higher grade to the
smelter. The future of the great
company certainly looms before the
operating company brightly and full
of promise from its present show
ing there can be no doubt but that
ii will continue downward to depth
far below the lower tunnel, which
should cut it in very short distance
from the present breast. When this
is done it will be { .ficult indeed
to comprehend it greatness.
Wifley-Mcars Mill Starts.
The Whitley -Mears mill which has
installed flotation unit to work in
connection with the new Whitley sluic-
ing tables made its initial run Tues
day and started off without a hitch.
The new flotation plant has been in
stalled under the direction of A. X.
/ Whitley, the inventor Of the famous
Whitley concentrating table. The pri
mary object of the mill is to retreat
| the failing of the old Silver Lake
mill, which are deposited in the lake
at the mine. These tailings are
pumped from the lake, carried to the
| top Of the divide between Arastra
| guch and basin and after flowing
over the cliff into reservoir at their
base, they are conducted to the mill
through a cemented flume and some
piping to the mill where they are soon
converted into rich concentrates.
The Broad Guage in Good Ore.
Under the superintendency of r. E.
Ferguson, the Broad Guage mine in
Burns gulch, which is being operated
under lease and option to purchase
by Pueblo capital, is rapidly round
ing into shape for one of our big
future producers. Within the past
few weeks the veins has shown mark
ed improvement in every way. Be
side the heavy sulphide vein, large
vein of sulpho-telluride quarts, char
acteristic of the eastern belt was en-
countered some time ago, which holds
its course strongly with the sulphide
vein. Some of the samples taken
from this ore show remarkable val
ues in gold and silver. Nearby the
Carlson group, now being developed by
the Carlson brothers records conditi-
ons very similar to the Broad Guage.
A short distance further up the gulch
the Mollie Bawn group, owned by
James O'Kelly and associates, show
remarkably rich gold and silver val
sues. In the Molly Bawn, Ferguson
and Governor veins. Taken together
they form one of the richest and most
promising sets of mining claims in
the county, and when properly de-
yeloped will likely be found among the
leading producers.
Champion Looks Good.
The vein in the Champion mine,
just south of the city, which is be-
ing worked unded lease and bond
by the American Ore Flotation COM
pany, has shown a decided improve
ment. While the Slopes have been
producing quite heavily development
work has been going steadily on un-
der the direction of Superintendent
Schafer, and every foot of last weeks
work has been most encouraging.
Shipments are being made regularly
to the Silver Lake mill where the
ore is treated by the new flotation
process. The ore being sulphide
carrying good percentage of copper
it is peculiarly amenable to the flo
tation process, which is proven by
the heavy percentage of saving made
from the ore thus far treated at the
mill.
Hamlet Mill to Start.
The Hamlet mill will likely be in
operation before the next issue of the
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