The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-31
WILL WORK
OVER THE old
DUMP; MANY
TONS OF ORE
E. }. FINK OF CRIPPLE CREEK
AND ASSOCIATES TO RE-sMELT
STAG OF NINTH STREET. sMEL
TER.
MADE An EXHAUSTIVE
STUDY OF THE MATTER

The Fink Leasing company, of
which z. ]. Fink, of p. Cripple
Creek, president of the Fink
Kienzle Drug Company of this city,
is the directing manager. has begun
loading car with Stag frcm the
dump of the old smelter near the riv-
er bridge on Ninth street TO test it for
metallic values preliminary to re-
smelling the entire dump, estimated
to contain 100000 tons, at some mod
ernly equipped plant. Mr.. Fink and
his associates have made an exhaus-
tive study and investigation of the
matter and are convinced that the
proposition they have taken up can be
made TO pay if conducted on bust
ness-like economical basis.
. Associated with Mr.. Fink in the
undertaking is Matt Edwards. sue
cessful mining operator of the Grip
pie Creek district. and Fred Num- of
this city. They have secured lease
and mining rights from Lorenz Ritz
man, owner of the property on which
the dump lies, and have tentative ar
rangements with the city for author
ity to take out the ore and Stag under
the Ninth street roadway in the event
that the experiments now being made
warrant them in working over the en-
tire dump. They estimate that there is
in the dump values in lead. copper and
silver approximating one million dol
lars and they express the belief that
they can work il to advantage at a
profit of a dollar ton on account of
the great volume of it.
Much of the ore in the dump was
so crudely treated as to leave practic-
ally all of its value untouched. in fact.
a large part of il does not appear to
have been smeIted at all. The crude
and wastefui processes of extraction
in vogue at the time this ore was brot
here makes certain that most of the
original values are still in the dump.
These ores were hauled here by wagon
from Leadviile forty years and more
ago, and were rich in silver. lead and
copper; some. of course. richer than
others because they were not all min
ed from the same vein. By breaking
open with a hammer some of the ore
specimens dug from deep down in the
dump, the majority OF which do not
appear to have been even scorched by
the heat of the smelter, some very
rich samples of silver. lead and cop
per may be found. II the ore had not
contained high values in the metals
alluded TO It would not have been min
ed in an early day when only the best
was considered good enough to be
hauled by wagon more than hundred
miles to the nearest smelter Mr..
Fink and his associates have figured
the matter out and are convinced that
the enterprise in which they have en-
gagged will be.~a profitable one.
The company vii. send its trial ship
ment to the smelter at Salida. and
If the work there is satisfactory, and
the right kind of a freight rate can
be obtained from the Denver G. Rio
Grande Railroad company. it will,
probably. ship all of the dump there
If the undertaking proves to be the
success that II promises TO be. it will
be good thing for Canon City by
giving employment to labor. A con-
siderable number of men will be nee
essary TO handle the dump and their
employment will mean the distribu-
lion OF large amount of money in
The community.