Show ELDORADO DISTRICT NOTES AND COMMENTS the erwin group the erwin group of six claims joining the on the west and the celebrated buster mine on the west also is owned by henry and D J clements this group is believed to cover the extensions of the and buster ledges and in the workings of the property considerable ore going 25 to 30 a ton is exposed A recent strike of nine inches of ore by a fifty pound mill test went 98 to the ton work is being pushed in the development of this promising and valuable property mill for the crown and gold hill bowers and axx of san pran francisco have purchased the homestake Home stake twenty stamp mill in bulls head canyon cannon forty miles down the river from eldorado canyon and will move ten of the stamps to the crown and gold hill mines in eldorado district the crown and gold hill are owned by john mcgreer and bowers and axx will secure an interest in the property because of mill equipment it is expected the plant will go into commission within the next four months the Eph strete gold mining mi ni ng co the Eph strete gold mining compa company of los angeles owns a group 0 of six claims in eldorado canyon below the and adjoining the jubilee on the west the Eph strete also adjoins the crown and gold hill upon which a milling plant is soon to be constructed the company has a large tonnage of good milling ore exposed in its wayside claim and expects to begin active work at an early date james E N babcock of washington D C is president of the company and charles E haas of los angeles is secretary and treasurer in eagle wash N H finney matt and D J callahan own a group of five claims in eagle wash just west of the morning star on this property crosscutting cross cutting on the surface has disclosed a strong ledge which pans free gold and which assays essays well in silver and lead the owners are now engaged in doing location work and when this is completed shaft sinking will be the order of the day the lucky luck Y dan group the rhe lucky dan group gropp of four claims a mile and a quarter northwest of the capitol mines is owned by D R newton D L newton thomas jackson and thomas bar bogee this is a strong east and west fissure in schist and the vein is four feet wide between well defined walls A shaft is being sunk on the vein and already a small shipment of high grade ore is stored on the dump the ore carries gold silver and galena the gold is free and the pan aings show large pieces of the yellow metal this is a new discovery and prom 0 A A Z 4 V ga ap sacking ore at the lucky dan mine hj by will C higgins savage vein on the wharton mine aises much with development the lucky dan is a proposition which should appeal strongly to the investor and those looking for gilt edged prospects the victor queen bee the victor queen bee mining company of which 0 A ellis is manager has a group of eight claims and two mill sites on the south side of the belt between the nob hill mines on the west and the capitol mines on the east development work consists of two tunnels shallow shafts crosscuts cross cuts and trenching drenching tren ching the ore bodies are large and represent good milling values while sensational assays essays are occasionally obtained it is the intention of the management to put in a small e experimental mill at an early day a and nd wall street the wall street and a number of other mines in eldorado district are owned by the wharton gold mines company of which joseph wharton of phila delphia is the chief stockholder and chas gracey of eldorado canyon general manager formerly these properties were owned by the southwest mining company and this company is now generally referred to when the wharton company property is discussed the wall street and the te chatti cup the mocking bird the savage buster morning star and other old wharton mines have been productive of thousands of tons of high grade ore these old mines were wonders and they are great today all of them however are idle at this writing with the exception of the te chatti cup from the tunnel level of which a whize is being sunk on the vein on contract this is down to the where the ore body is as large and as rich as it was at the surface it is the intention to go to the on the dumps of the wharton properties there are thousands upon n thousands of tons of ore which will yield a handsome profit after being treated at milling plants in the district the roche group the roche group of seven claims owned by al T owens is located two and a half miles northwest of the wall street in the development of this promising property a shaft has been sunk to a depth of feet upon a strong fissure vein in diorite and schist the vein is from three to ten feet wide and will average 6 in gold and silver to the ton mr owens has a fine camp on his property and a well of good water he is interested in other valuable properties in eldorado district and is an experienced and able miner and mine operator the admiral group the admiral group of six claims is I 1 owned by william burke and J M evans this meritorious domain adjoins the town site of nelson and is easily accessible the formation is a contact between diorite and oxidized porphyry and the vein is from six to twenty feet wide surface values range from to 8 to the ton in the development of the admiral me sars burke and evans have driven a foot tunnel and it is their intention to push operations this summer besides the admiral group these gentlemen have other claims throughout the district some of which are extensions on the ledges of famous properties what they want is capital to assist in the development of these valuable and promising holdings the mckinley group the mckinley group of claims on the eastern extension of the blackhawk ledge is owned by E P jeanes and W W copp 0 this property is being develop edby means of an incline shaft which is beings being sunk on a ten foot vein of good milling ore in which there is a foot of mineral of high grade the ore is a gold sulphide in J its ts character the mckinley is equipped with a four horsepower fairbanks morse gasoline hoist the black hawk by far the most extensive equipment in eldorado district is to tie be found on the black hawk one of the famous old mines of the canyon the black hawk has a fine milling plant a substantial hoist and power plant and good surface structures the equipment is entirely new but not in commission owing to financial and other conditions dit ions principally it is stated internal dissensions the mine is reported to be in excellent physical condition the silver legion the silver legion mining company of nob hill has one of the noted properties of the district upon which to continue operations erat ions the ledge on this property is a strong one and well defined the mine is equipped with a good hoisting plant boarding house and office ore bins have been constructed and it is stated that the mine is on a producing basis some little work is being done at the 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