Show COLORADO the primos mining ining Nl company of empire is is shipping two carloads of a good grade of molybdenum ore weekly the silver swan property about a mile from rico being operated iby by A E arms and P G day has about tons of lead zinc ore carrying some silver on the dump ready for shipment plans for sinking the C 0 D shaft on gold hill cripple creek from tile the present depth of feet to the 1300 level are completed and manager frank vetter will start machine drills on the work amille immediately dia tely actual work of construction on the gold crown mill at ouray has commenced the work is under the personal diree direction tion and supervision of manager roots the intention is to handle custom ores as well as those from the companas comp anys property frank caley of littleton operating the jerry johnson mine on ironclad hill in the cripple creek section reports an important dist covery of high grade ore he has recently uncovered four feet of rock averaging forty dollars in gold on the foot level the black bear mines at telluride are producing regularly and the ore is improving in grade about six cars of lead concentrates cen and twenty of zinc are the monthly average issac Par has recently accepted the position of mine engineer at this property the davey leasing and mining company made up of ouray people has made its in bial shipment of ore to the durango smelter this company is working the national belle property under lease the first shipment is from the dump but work is progressing in the shaft also the ouray herald says that F S beach robert long joseph friedinger and smith E hilton having a bond and lease upon the star and crescent mining properties are quite elated over a surface find made upon the property several days ago they had a good surface showing show ing and started a shaft within seven feet the ore body increased to two feet assaying per ton the raven property at ward operated by L A ewing and associates has made another strike in the shaft which has produced heavily during the past three years the ore is similar to that taken out in the past but of a much better grade the percentage of bismuth being higher and the silver values greater wire silver shows through the quartz the crystals giving a beautiful appearance to the rock A despatch from cripple creek contains the following hugh mclean and associates leasing on the foot level of the ajax property have one of the best paying leases in the east end of the cripple creek district in the that is being carried a body of ore is exposed that has a width of from four to seven feet and settlement on the screenings show values of 60 a ton while the coarse ore mills about 40 on the average |