Gilpin observer., 1920-12-23
REVIEW OF THE WORK BEING
DONE IN HUGHESV|LLE SECTION
ONE OF THE BEST SILVER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AND
OFFERS ATTRACTIVE INDUCEMENTS FOR PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT MINES DEEP BUT HAVE A FLAT
TERING PRODUCTION RECORD.

Hughesville, the oldest silver
camp of Colorado, has been active
the past summer and indications
are that it will resume it's old
time activity next spring. Hughes
vile is two and one-half miles
from Black Hawk and Central
City, northeast, and but forty
miles from Denver.
Some of the old-time producers
have been operating this summer.
The Alaska, being operated by the
Midwest Mining company, Nels
G. Olson, of Denver, manager.
Several cars of smelling ore, car
rying over $4,000 per ton in sill
yer and lead, are shipped monthly,
and the mill ore is being hauled,
two to four loads a day, to the
Iron City mill at Black Hawk. The
mill dirt runs from 10 to 80 ozs.
of silver and 8 to IL per cent lead.
The Alaska is noted for Mammoth
specimens of wire silver.
The Midwest company has also
secured several claims farther up
the hill and adjoining the Alaska,
and drift is being run from the
tunnel level of the Alaska to in
tersect the known veins on these
properties. Preparations are be-
ing made to clean out and sink
the old shaft on the Wellington
claim. The company is also oper-
ating the Cyclops, an old produc-
er, where it has installed an cleo
trically driven compressor, which
furnishes air to the Alaska. A
large flotation mill is being erect
ed to treat the large body of sill
yer ore blocked out in the Cyclops.
At the Silver King, a new prop
erty, an English syndicate repres-
ented by T. j. Binney of England,
and managed by Charles Davies,
commodious shaft house has
been erected and boiler, hoist,
compressor and drill sharpener
installed, and the shaft sunk over
100 feet and considerable drift
ing done. The bottom of The shaft
is in ore carrying native silver.
Very high-grade ore has been min
ed and one shipment made before
closing down for the winter, on
account of the high cost of fuel.
At the Atlantic, under the man
agement of r. o. Udall, of Salt
Lake, drift was run from the TO-
foot level some 80 feet on the vein
and shipments of ore made that
gave returns of over $500 per ton.
This drift is apparently just at
the apex of the ore shoot. A sub
stantial shaft house has just been
completed and heavier machinery
will be installed soon and the
shaft sunk at least 100 feet, from
which another drift will be driv-
en- to the ore body. The Atlantic
is very promising property and
will undoubtedly be large pro-
ducer ere long.
Some development has been
done on the Sunset, the Tononto,
the West Toronto, the Fannie, the
Little Fannie, the Waterloo, the
Rough and Ready, the East Rough
and Ready, the Boss, the Joe
Bush, the Friday the 18th, the De
Luxe and the Perseverance group,
preparatory for operations next
summer.
Perhaps the best prospect in
the camp is the After Dinner, one
Of the De Luxe group. This prop
erty is owned by Hughes Bros. g.
Co. Ore was discovered at just
below grass roots. Altho most
thoroughly oxidized and leached,
1t runs several hundred ounces in
silver. A shaft is being sunk, now
80 feet in depth, on the vein and
high-grade ore taken out. Un-
doubtedly when the water level is
reached very high values will be
found. This find is only 600 feet
from the old Hard Money mine,