Show COLORADO la plata miner the empire tunnel cut an eight foot vein last week that samples 10 per ton manager price is confident that sixteen feet more will reach the small hopes vein and this week should see this accomplished silverton miner cyrus W mcarthur of the gold prince mill has gone to denver this mammoth mill is ready to make its initial run next week and it is anticipated that everything will start as smoothly as thou though gh already tested and found to be perfect this mill has been under construction for two years and is the biggest in the san juan it is up to the best in the latest and improved machinery and is a marvel of workmanship it is the intention of the company to keep the mill running continuously on the vast body of ore now waiting to be treated and the mine will turn out the ore as rapidly as the mill can handle it ouray herald E S degolyer general manager of the copper gulch mining and railroad company operating on red mountain no 1 left last week for the east where he goes in the interest of the company before leaving mr degolyer saw the starting of the great development which the company proposes to run well under way at present it is in a distance of over thirty feet the work of erecting suitable buildings and blacksmith shop etc is well under way and the work will be continued during the winter with as large a force as can be worked to advantage in the tunnel the work during the winter will be by hand next spring it is the intention to put in machinery and drive the tunnel ahead as rapidly as possible the tunnel will ultimately be about two miles in length and reach a depth of more than two thousand feet telluride examiner ono one of the richest ore bodies uncovered in any mine in the district for some time past was recently disclosed on the golden rose located near the head of bridal veil basin the golden rose mining company only came into control of the group comprising seven claims a few months ago and a short time since manager S L fulkerson commenced development which will be in mine fashion but as economical as possible the exact point at which to start a crosscut tunnel to intersect the golden rose vein was difficult to determine on account of slide rock which covered the mountain side but men were put to work and in forty six feet the vein was encountered calculation being exactly right at the point the vein was cut it carries from two to three inches of gouge on each wall which yields phenomenal values in gold and between the gouge streaks are five feet of solid gold bearing quartz assays essays return as high as 1800 per ton in gold but the management does not rely upon these high values to make the golden rose one of the best paying mines in san miguel county but pins its faith to repeated tests of large average sa samples amples which show that the five feet of quartz carries from 1280 to 1740 in gold per ton which in these days of modern cheap milling and close saving of values will yield a handsome profit n |