Show HIGH GRADING AT GOLD CIRCLE mining record denver colo what appears to have been an organized gang of ore thieves has just been broken up by sheriff guy harbin of the gold circle district who has been busy the past few days 16 locating cating the stolen ore and apprehending the thieves the depredations of the gang have been numerous and cover a period of a month or more the latter part of april the shaft house of the midas gold mining company was broken into and three sacks of high grade gold old ore sampling better than 1 a pound taken this high grade was sacked and piled in with the general grade of shipping ore the thieves evidently knew where the sacks of rich ore were located as none of the other grade had been opened A thorough search in the town of midas was instituted but to no avail two weeks later the st paul gold mining in companas comp anys shaft house was broken into and high grade ore and mining supplies stolen soon after this a sample of the lot was taken to the assay office of B P miller for treatment which ran a ton mr miller recognized the ore as coming from the st paul lode and promptly notified the sheriff and mr corey manager of the property A search warrant was sworn out and systematic work of locating the ore begun it was traced to several business places where the thieves had made unsuccessful attempts to dispose of it jim ney the man having the as says run was taken in by the sheriff who thus far has been unable to sweat out of him the the names of his accomplices |