Show COLORADO some very fine deposits of copper have recently been discovered in routt county the new camp is called farwell mountain district several new leadville companies camp anies are do ing cons considerable id erable prospecting k in the down town basin and most favorable results are anticipated while cutting a station at the foot level in the mable M mine on beacon hill cripple creek a few days ago the men at work unexpectedly uncovered a three foot body of ore some soine of which runs up into the thousands in the yellow metal on oil the of the gold cup in tin cup district a two foot body of ore oie has been disclosed which assays essays from 50 to ounces silver 30 to 40 per cent lead and a little gold to the ton I 1 L johnson and W G Neider hut of pitkin are working the mine under lease A special from canyon city says free gold assaying has been found on the great republic one of the lucky day gold mining and milling companas comp anys mines which was incorporated recently it is a well de vein 40 feet wide in the greenhorn range cripple creek gold W J davenport expects to start monday making daily shipments from the lease on the excelsior of the anaconda company the ore idof is of high grade the anaconda received royalties of about 2500 on ore shipped in may and the outlook is that the june receipts will be fully twice as much A dispatch from ouray states that a very rich strike of gold and silver ore has been made in the old salisbury rv mine on corbett creek the vein is two feet in width and pieces of the ore picked up at random show average values of nearly to the ton somo very rich 0 ore re was shipped from the salisbury in 1884 but afterwards the vein was lost cripple creek gold that well known prospector john barbee is again in luck on beacon hill his old stamping ground leasing on the columbia he has broken into the main orzina vein for which he has been diligently prospecting his first assay gave results of a ton from the reports his prospects are brighter than ever he believes he has once more opened up a bonanza and his assays essays certainly bear him out it is understood here the north american gold dredging companas comp anys placer on the swan river will be vigorously developed this season and that the dredge boat and hydraulic lift systems of operating large deposits of rich gold bearing gravel will be fully tested says the breckenridge journal this summers work will probably decide the relative merits of the two systems it is said that will be expended in proving up the values of the seven miles of placer ground owned by the company cripple creek gold the railroad graders workings working on the colorado springs and cripple creek district cut a lead on the property of the key west company compan y on gold hill the ground was leased and the ahe lessees lessels were not pursuing very active work but with this encouragement given them by the graders rade they are going ahead to follow up the lead this is the latest of several strikes which have been made by the railroad graders on gold hill the most important of which was that on the jeff davis of the lexington company which has turned out to be a shipping proposition colaramo Col arado springs mining investor the fanny rawlings mine in leadville is now shipping regularly a consi considerable demable de rable amount of smelling smelting Lr grade ade ore which was broken in the drifts while the shaft was being deepened by contractors and shipments were prevented A few days ago the contractors threw up the job before the shaft was finished to the foot point and in the interval before the mine mine management can let another contract the opportunity was seized to clean out all the ore that had accumulated the ore is being beinar shipped to different smelters shelters sm elters in the state and it is ia understood that it is of a very good grade |