Show COLORADO telluride examiner at the black bear a double shift is working on development work and in its course there is a lot of good mineral being taken out and stored on the dumps which will be moved later and worked up ouray herald the local company who for some time had been operating the bachelor mine have pulled the pumps and quit work the cost of pumping was so gre great at as to reduce the profits to such an extent that it was not considered wise to continue any longer there was a large amount of 0 ore in sight of such a low grade that it would not bear the expense of shipping to the smelter lake city phonograph at the golden wonder work and production is being maintained at an even pace the body of ore has grown larger and the pack train is steadily delivering ore at the bins on the road A big car was sent out yesterday morning and another car will go out neit week much is being done yet in cleaning up and repair of the old workings and when this is completed a considerable increase will be made in the output theo watson states that the returns from ore thus far sent out have been better than was expected yielding a nice profit per ton above all expenses such an outcome on a mining lease is certainly encouraging and as well unusual leadville herald democrat the lessees lessels on the lime california gulch resumed work woric yesterday and from now on fifty tons daily of ore will ire be shipped to the smelter the contracts for that tonnage having been signed the property contains large bodies of carbonate of zinc which is below the shipping value just being slightly below the minimum value and the time is looked forward to when the zinc buyers will concede a point or two and permit of the shipping of the ore the iron ore body exposed is well defined and the lessees lessels will have no trouble in filling the contract there is also some lead carbonates which will also be shipped the shaft and drifts are being re timbered wherever necessary and other improvements prove ments are being done to facilitate the handling of ore and the general working of the mine |