Show COLORADO the old fairfax mine near salina is now being operated under lease and bond by charles and associates this is a silver property which has been one of the camps greatest producers the new operators have just finished feet of sinking and have commenced drifting the primos primes chemical company at vanadium which has been having trouble because of the labor shortage is now operating at capacity with about men employed operations at its various properties and at its leaching plant are under way with full forces and a big tonnage of ore Js is being treated harold Do boericke ericke is general manager for the company the excelsior axce asior mining milling electric i company operating the longfellow mine near cripple creek under lease has cut a station at the level and is preparing for ore shipments A big ore house and a six drill compressor electrically driven have been installed the company has ore bodies opened by drifts from the adjo adjoining inin golden cycle workings J B is in charge the deep tunnel of the great camp bird I 1 limited at ouray passed the foot point late in november leaving 2700 feet to be completed before it reaches its objective the camp bird vein the company expects to complete the work about next june several important veins have been cut already but little has been given out regarding them william J cox is general manager for the company manager F C gilbert of the durango plant of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company which closed down in november says great progress lins has been made in the art of milling the san juan ores and we ive believe that the problems which seemed so difficult two years ago are now practically solved since we started in business the custom mill idea has spread and we are convinced that the interests of the camp will be well taken care of by the sin small all nills mills |