Show COLUMBIA GOLD MINES CO the columbia gold mines company was the first association formed for the development of mining property in gold circle district and its extensive domain is most favorably located in reference to the other attractive propositions of the camp the columbia company has a group of 0 six claims which are located but a short distance south and west of the gold crown and adjoining the st paul group on the south on the columbia Colu rabia group there are three north and south veins or fissures covering the south extension of the gold crown ledge and also from all indications the extension of the st paul vein there are also two east and west veins which are quite strong and which prospect well on the surface the main north and south vein on the columbia measures from twenty to thirty feet in width on the surface all of which shows values by fire tests and in the pan assays essays made from surface droppings crop pings run all the way from 2 up to 1000 in gold the company is sinking a shaft on columbia no 3 claim and at a depth of forty feet the entire bottom of the shaft was in ore of good milling value the working force is to be materially increased and considerable prospecting will be done by the company an effort is to be made at once to disclose the continuation of the st paul vein into columbia ground the armstrong hoisting plant of the columbia is one of the best to be found in the district all work is being well and substantially done and the future outlook for the company has a most rosy hue the officers of the company are adam paterson president J A foley vice president george F busch secretary and treasurer M E and john browning and frank jardine general manager on the ground |