Gilpin observer., 1916-02-17

BIG STRIKE
THE STAR OF THE WEST MINE
UNcOvERS ONE OF THE GREAT.
EST BODIES OF GOLD ORE SEEN
IN THE COUNTY FOR MANY
YEARS.

The Star of the West mine, in the
Lake district, that was purchased
last fall by Tole6o, Ohio people, is
surely one of the Gilpin county mines
that has bright future
This mine that produced some $780,.
900 in early days from surface poe.
ket has lain dormant for many years,
and its silent shaft house furnished
secluded retreat for bats and owls.
Last fad H. R. Wade of Toledo,
Ohio, who was sojourning here, at
ter an examination of the rich pro-
ducing gold mines that surround it,
concluded that this mine. with devel-
opment, ought to he as rich as neigh
boring mines, and acting upon his
business judgment, secured the prop.
erty. He returned to his former
home and formed company. and re-
turned in October and began the
work of putting the mine in shape
for development. The cynic looked
on with eye askant and predicted
a monumental failure. But taunts
and jeers were not suffered to i'm.
pede the work. that has now uncov-
cred one of the greatest bodies of
geld ore ever found in the county.
that reveals a streak Of high-grade
10 feet wide.
In the west 300-foot drift from
the staft where this body of ore
IS encountered. they are driving
6-foot drift on tie hanging wall on
the broken up portion of the vein
that returns high grade, values. This
drift has been driven into the ore
body some 10 feet and has produced
so tens CT ore that is now being
shipped. The ren aiming portion Of
the streak. 4 feet wide, Is a solid
smelling ore, and the estimated ton
mage ready TO break down is from
80 to so tons. Ttis streak has been
sampled as uae work progressed, and
the values found average $55 per
ton.
The east DRIFT en- Star of the West
No. 2, has been driven 20 feet from
Shaft and while the vein is much
ema.Cer, the value of ore is much
greater, assays taken as the drift
progresses ranging in values from
$50 to $273.60 per ton.
A pipe lire las recently been
laid from the Hampton mine to Star
Of West Shaft to convey air. and
hereafter machine G-ills will be
used for the breaking of all ground.
In order to care for this great
body of ere with economy, Manager
VIM. Mcleod is having large bins
built at edge of dump, surmounted
by an ore house where the ore Is
trammed and dumped, separated dn-
to classes. and dumped through tie
floor over grizzlies into the differ
ent bins.
For the amount of development.
this mine undoubtedly shows as
much, IL net greater amount of
h.gh-grade ore than any in the coun-
ty. and Mr.. Wade is to be congrat-
uldteu lot IfS lOTeslSlt IN securing
mine that will not only return
great profits to tie company. but
will prove OF lastirg benefit to the
county.
Gilpin county, the county that Is
world-famed as the spot where gold
was first discovered in the Rocky
Mountains, and whose mammoth fis-
sures have steadily produced the
golden wealth that has assisted in
turning tie wheels CT commerce fer
over half century. T. again COM
irg to tie fore with immense strikes.
These g'gart'c cliffs and sloping
mesas bear the imprint of untold
wealth that st'll les hidden beneath
the surfece CT tNe lofty peaks and
romantic rfens. b-ckorfng the Idle
capital of the land TO investigate the
va-t f'el"s of hidden weafh.
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