Show BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR georgetown renewed activity among the mines of this old colorado camp courier georgetown colo this spring and summer promise the commencement of a number of mining propositions which will materially revive the mining business in the georgetown district among the rumored mines upon which work will be commenced are the pixley and aunt jack properties on saxon mountain owned by mcdonald cDonald II and poindexter of seattle wash who are organizing a company and will expend a large sum suin of money in development work these men are extensive operators in the alaska gold fields and have a great deal of faith in the saxon mountain property of georgetown and they claim that their operations will be a great benefit both in point of money anoney expended and in point of ore production which they anticipate from these mines As soon as the snow is off the ground and the warm weather begins operations opert ions will be resumed at the linn mill which was recently shut down the mill will at that time be put to work on the old dumps owned by the linn mining ning company upon which stephens bros old hold a lease the mineral chief dump will be the first to receive attention having a great supply of low grade ore which can be profitably concentrated the malm electrochemical electro chemical ore reduction plant which has been in course of construction st just below town and which promises to solve the problem of economical treatment of the refractory ores of this section it is reported will be completed in the near future and soon be ready to receive custom ores it is currently reported that work will be resumed upon this plant within a few days operations on a small scale are being pushed ahead at the sidney tunnel where it is expected that a good vein of ore will be opened up soon this property is just penetrating one of the richest mineral bearing sections in the county and with further development should become a great producer of both milling and smelting smelling sm elting ore the capital which is now employing a large force of men in the many leases and in ground worked on company time will soon commence in earnest on the raise to the surface on the aetna vein which will undoubtedly open up numerous large bodies of high grade ore this raise when completed will be 1700 feet in height and will aside from furnishing ventilation to the workings open up ground wherein a large army of miners can be put to work the big indian which is being developed on leavenworth mountain will soon be in condition to put on an increased force of men it is also reported that a new tunnel will be driven on the key west property to intersect that vein at an increased depth and to overcome teh difficulty of pumping water from the old shaft workings this property has produced some very rich ore and with the new tunnel it schuld soon become a heavy producer the property is being operated by local business men the everett tunnel on republican mountain which has been operated opera ted for the past several months by denver capitalists has a small streak of rich silver ore and it is understood that as soon as the ice in the creek thaws so that ane water power compressor can be run more men will be put to work on that property at the pulaski which was cleaned out a short time ago a car of ore is being extracted which will be shipped to denver for testing and provided the ore is satisfactory a large force of men will be put to work in breaking down ore this property is being operated by a company of capitalists under the management of B F kelly and it is reported that if the ore is of satisfactory richness a milling plant willbe erected near the portal of the hall tunnel and the property worked through that tunnel |