Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-24
Special to The Chicftain:

Special to The Chieftain:
Cripple Creek. Sept. 22.-Thc month
of September is proving a period of
wonderfully increased activities in
Cripple Greek mining. More import
ant developments have taken place in
the past three weeks than at any time
since the first of the year. Perhaps
the most important of these is the
announcement of the plans OF n group
of outside capitalists, including Bull
kelley Wells, senator T. Coleman Du-
pont, Harry Payne Whitney, Cornc-
lious Vanderbilt and j. +. Corne-
who, it is reported, have Joined forces
with the Carleton interests here This
com bination of capitalists will mean
much TO the districts future, as part
of their plan calls for tho exploration
of considerable virgin land within the
known mineral zone of the camp.
Among other important activities
which has taken place since the first
of the month can be mentioned the
rcopcning OF tho Ajax mine, one of
the most productive mines in the past
history OF the Cripple Creek district
and the future operation of which Will
add materially to the camps produc-
tion of gold, The Ajax now has
twelve sets Of leasers at work on vari-
Gus levels of the property and can
still accommodate several more sets.
Tho sixteenth, eighteenth and twen-
tieth levels arc being operated on
company account.
Mining on Gold Hill has been great
ly aided by an extension of tho air limo
of tho Teller County Air company
from the Howard shaft of tho Mary
Mckinney mine, past tho Rittcnhousc
and Lexington properties to a point
Just cast of the Midget mine Air
from this extension is now being used
at the Rittenhouse shaft and also on
tho Lexington shaft. Hayes and Sch
ncider, who made a surface strike on
Lexington property few weeks ago
are now preparing to drift from the
shaft in order 10 develop the strike
from a depth of fifty or sixty feet,
Tho orc at surface gives good values
and If it extends downward the results
will prove excellent for tho leasers
as well as for the Moonlight company
owners of tho property.
| On tho Rittcnhousc. also the prop
crty Of the Moonlight company a 400
feet crosscut is .bcinE driven to the
old Clara ID shaft on vein that, in
the early days produced considerable
high grade ore.
b Messrs. Berry and Brown have
opened up good orc at surface Just
cast of the Midget property on Cold
Hill.
j. L. Crook and associates arc pro-
pairing to do some active development
and diamond drill prospect work on
the Bonanza Gold King shaft OF tho
Midget property. Tho shaft Is being
put In repair and other preliminary
work is progressing.
Active development rs scheduled for
tho Gold Bond mine on Gold I'M This
property was formerly ono OF the
camps best producers OF high grade
ore.
a rich strike has hocn made on the
Alpha and Omega mine. another Gold
4 Hill property. A four foot vein has
| to eight ounces gold to the ton.
Drifting Is In progress on tnc vein
on tho 400 foot level of the property
and tho orc shoot has hccn opened ur
n distance of twenty-five feet, Assays
have improved with every round OF
shots and Indications point TO n large
body OF high srndc orc.
Three Of the principal properties cf
the camp are planning extensive cam
pairns Of exploration with view 90
opening virgin territory. Tho Modoc
minc Is planning on driving a cross
north where tho territory iE virgin
from surface down. From that cross
cut other drives will he mndc TO ore
bodies that have been encountered
above. Tho Modoc has ten acres OF
territory that II untouched and most
of tho Modoc ground below tno
twelfth level is undcvcdopcd. An orc
shoot one hundred and tworiv-fivc
/ fcct In length was encountered some
time ago on the eleventh level and
still awaits full development. A Wine
/ is down from this level To n depth of
/ siNtv-cight feet. on this love, high
grade ore has boon encountered scvon
! hundred feet from tho shaft. on tho
| fifteenth or bottom level Of IN" prop
rrty an orc shoot was encountered re-
Gently which at tho present time Is
two hundred feet In length and
| is frnm .nnnn u ton frnt In widi n