| Show THE troublesome MINE observer central city colo the Troubie troublesome some mine located on hill just north of town tow and ma aged by R G griffith of the Trouble leso soi leasing company shipped POU of smelting smelling sm elting ore to the sampling works t week that returned ounces gold 7 ounces silver and 10 per cent dry OP copl nl to the ton eighty tons of concen colice ore are hoisted and awaiting cars car to 6 grif gr it to the iron city mill manager is sinking the east shaft that is now d feet and also a froni from the ia laifi bt ot level that when down feet will in 14 e drifted back to the shaft thus insuring ev et iod od ventilation throughout the mine this e inze anze as well as the shaft carries a streak it in concentrating ore averaging three feet s t ide besides a streak of high grade smelt to lg i ore from fifteen to twenty inches wide lat at will average 2 ounces per ton I 1 in 1886 mr wm C stevens the preset owner of the mine and his two brothers were prospecting on winnebago hill pd nd rolled over a large piece of surface dartz from which they pounded up and banned nned the snug sum of in gold dust his immensely rich chunk of quartz led b the discovery of the lode in place and ibm am surface to forty feet in depth was forked corked for gold the quartz averaging 14 inces aces gold to the cord below this point he e ores turned wholly to silver silve r and lead nd d the mine was idle for a period of hirty five years A few years ago some lasers aaers obtained a lease and sank the shaft ai own to the foot level when the silver tead d played out and gold ores took their bace and continues to gat larger as depth i gained mr stevens is one of the few ar daining ema ining ones who came into the county I 1 11 i 1859 when gold was first discovered is 4 years of age aad and claims to be in the enday of life with excellent prospects of assing the century mark |
