Gilpin observer., 1920-01-08
MIDWEST WILL DO
EXTENSIVE MINING

Cyclops Group Which Has a Rec
ord Production of Thousands
of Dollars, Will Again Produce
Untold Wealth.
The Midwest Mining & Milling
company, operating the famous
Cyclops group of mines in the sill
yer district at the northerly city
limits of Black Hawk, with Nels
G. Olson as manager, should be
given much credit for the excep-
tionally good business methods
used in operating, which goes to
show that they are here to stay.
Not only have they exercised great
care in selecting these mines in
which to invest their money, but
have been equally as careful in
every move they have made rela-
tive to the operations in general.
Every dollar is being used in the
most judicious way and at the
proper places, viz, underground,
using the only proper system for
successful mining, which is, first
and above all, developing the
mines thoroughly, blocking out
large ore reserves, because such
is the only way that. warrants a
permanent production for the fu-
ture, as we'll as steady dividends.
A high-pressure air compressor
of large capacity has been INSTALL
ed, and sinking a winze below the
tunnel level on the Peru vein with
two shifts is now in progress and
as soon as depth of $50 feet has
been attained, a drift from the
bottom will Immediately be start
ed and continued until it connects
with the old main shaft on the
Cyclops. The vein in the winze
is about four feet wide and of
good grade of concentrating ore
with liberal portion of smelling
ore of the lead variety, showing
some copper also, having values
much above the average, ranging
from $125.00 to over $4,000 to the
ton. The last round blasted in
the bottom of this winze disclosed
another substantial streak of the
solid galena nature, which in this
district is a sure indication of the
ore going down and that the larg-
er main shoots of a still higher
grade are no great distance from
the present workings. If no mis-
hap occurs, checking the progress
of the development work now car
ried on, the mine will, inside of
sixty days, be in shape that ship
ments to the amount of fifty tons
a day can be made, should the
company decide to commence reg
ular shipments of ore at that time.
That, however, will largely de-
pend on certain facilities for
places to treat the ore.
In the early-day period the Cy-
clops was noted thruout the coun-
try for its high-grade silver pro-
duction and as one of the best sill
yer mines in the state, and it is
certainly pleasing to announce
that it will again in the near fu-
ture take it's place in that rank.
where it justly belongs. To show
the great future of this group of
mines, it is only necessary to point
out this fact: When operated
last the work was confined to only
a place or two on the Cyclops vein
alone, while the operations by this
company will extend to all other
prominent veins in the group
known to be good, of which there
are quite a number, and which
will assure an enormous produc-
tion when all these other veins
have also been opened up.
The working force will be in
creased as soon as sufficient
ground has been opened up (and
other things arranged) to work
more men to advantage but not a
man will be added to the present
force until such a time, because
the money will be conservatively
expended by working men where
needed and every click" in the
mine must count. While the man.
ager and all interested in the COM
pany are very much elated over
the strikes of ore already made.
as we'll as the bright future, they
are cool-headed enough to adhere
strictly to this policy.
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