Show CYANIDE PROCESS FOR SAN JUAN milling plants will be constructed for treatment of low grade ores special correspondence silverton colo feb 20 what the cyanide mills have accomplished for the cripple creek district can be and will be done in other parts of 0 the state where there are adequate supplies of similar ore recent developments in the san juan prove that capital is alert for this kind of opportunities along don t the boundary between san juan and hinsdale counties from henson creek in hinsdale county south to bear creek in san juan county there is a mineralized zone whose ores are characteristically tel rides eurides lu from some of the older mines in this zone years ago shipments of wonderfully rich ore were made the distance from the railroad prohibits shipments of ore that is not high grade but distance makes little difference in the shipment of bullion and the prospecting and development of the last two or three ye years ars has proved up large bodies of ore amenable to cyanide treatment wood for roasting the ore is abundant and cheap this year several plants similar to those that handle cripple creek ore will be built at or near the mines in this part of the san juan the isolde in burns gulch san juan county is one of the older ginesin mines in this region the isolde has shipped in two and three ton lots ore that runs as high as 34 ounces in gold to the ton on the headwaters of minnie gulch san juan county c are the Kit timas and the 0 K state senator J T joyce from silverton is manager of the Kitti mac and owner of the 0 K A cyanide plant will be erected on the 0 K in the spring and the mill on the Kitti mac will be remodeled for the use of cyanide between two and three thousand feet of development has been done on each of these mines the ore is found in big veins twenty feet wide in the pay streak and runs from 16 to 20 a ton principally in gold returns of several hundred dollars a ton have been obtained on some of the alie shipping ore good results obtained with a five stamp experimental plant by the intersection mining company operating operatic ope ratin g at the head of maggie gu gulch ich have led the management to make arrangements for a much larger mill in the same locality are the empire mascot and the victor hugo each with 1000 to 1 1500 feet of development tre buffalo boy at the head of cunningham gulch it is reported has ore to the value of in sight it is the most extensively developed property in this region and is owned by joseph boidleau Bord leau and the de la mar interests on bear creek are the gold bug and the good hopes the former has a record of 0 shipped in the nineties from one feet long and twenty feet high was taken carload shipment ran thirty ounces in gold to the ton the milling ore of which there are large bodies blocked out averages about 30 a ton the mine is owned by a kansas city syndicate and is now being developed and promoted by a group of chicago capitalists who will erect this season a cyanide plant men heavily interested in the A B G C brewing company of st louis according to a report in circulation here are securing options on partially developed properties in the telluride zone near the heads of minnie maggie and cunningham gulches and a nd are planning to build a large cyanide plant at the mouth of maggie gulch where the ore from all of their mines can be treated |