Show THE DOUBLE STANDARD the double standard group three and a half mile north of crescent is being worked under bond and lease by the red star mines company of which samuel G mcmullin of into the mountain one on a vein and the other on a gold fissure A remarkable feature is the regularity of these two veins T they hey parallel each other at a distance of only thirty feet apart and are traceable for feet or the length ot or three full claims at the surface both veins are from three to six feet in width and carry remarkably good values at a small depth A shaft has been sunk stink on one of these veins to a depth of eighteen feet in the bottom the ore body is five feet wide carrying a shoot of high grade that is from eight to ten inches in width the red star company may so soon on put in a reduction plant embracing stamps concentrator cen and cyanide annex it is the intention to develop the property co commensurate with its merits and to this end preparations are being made leasers leaders on the property are making good and this fact is very encouraging to themselves and the executive office Is the owners as we well grand junction colorado is president and timothy manion mine manager mr manion has had twenty five years experience in some of the best mines in colorado and the company is fortunate in having the development of its property in his hands M mr manion has been on the ground but a short time and yet he has succeeded in opening up a new body of ore from which sixty sacks have already been taken assaying 54 gold and 38 ounces silver to the ton this rock was taken from an open cut where the pay shoot is four feet nine inches wide and at a depth of only six feet six hundred feet to the west the same vein is exposed by an open cut where the ledge is four feet wide and assays essays 50 to the ton in the east open cut selected samples go as high as 78 in gold to the ton and 14 ounces in silver in the old workings of the mine there are two tunnels which have been run located at grand junction in charge of mr mcmullin s the davis russell lease on the double standard is owned by jeff davis H 0 russell J F stanish and owen short the lease embraces feet square and covers the two double standard veins on the silver vein a shaft has been sunk to a depth of forty feet the bottom showing three feet of ore of good milling value which includes seven inches of high grade averaging ounces silver and in gold the shaft will be continued to the fifty foot level when drifting on the ore will be the order of the day and a crosscut cross cut will ba run to the gold vein only thirty feet distant the leasers leaders believe that they have a fortune in sight and the outlook is certainly most excellent cel lent the silver vein is growing in size and value with depth |