Show COLORADO according to advices advises from alma f orty forty men are employed at the mine and mill of the louis louisiana iana C colorado 0 lorado mining company the mill is handling about tons daily and a shipment of concentrates carrying about ounces silver and high percentage 0 of f lead to the ton will be loaded out from the property this week A dispatch from breckenridge states that hat the wellington mines company operating near that place and which is one of the largest producers of concentrates in the state completed arrangements to resume operations the first of the month it is estimated that tons of concentrates are stored for shipment and have been held since last april when production of both mine and mill ceased it is stated that the ocean wave mining company of victor of which charles H hurst of springfield illinois is president has made arrangements to resume operations in the hurst shaft the ocean wave company holds a long time lease on the property but recently operations have been carried on by sub lessee aiken and son in the old ocean wave shaft matt edwards city clerk of victor is superintendent for the mining company the bright diamond mining milling company of ouray held its annual election of directors on august 19 and elected a board to serve for the ensuing year y as follows john A matthews syracuse new york stuart hancock syracuse new york san samuel louis P smith syracuse new york john A mccurdy rochester new york roberts sr buffalo new york john roberts jr denver colo and george beebe syracuse new york and ouray colorado the hahns peak gold mining milling at col company held its annual meeting of bine rece recently Atly and reelected re elected its board boar 91 9 and ana 1 directors as follows H 0 0 granberg E D E of oshkosh wis W sm ras A of rhinelander wis M of somers wis and H A wolter ter ot of green ur say wis the royal flush is the best developed mine in that part of the state it has large ore bodies developed and a mill has been installed for the treatment of the ore the company has arranged for immediate resumption of work I 1 the mining review is advised that the low press unit of the wax plant of the united oil companas Comp anys refinery in florence which has been under construction for several months has been completed and the plant put in full operation additional machinery and supply lines have been installed because of the constantly increasing demand for practically all prod lutcs of the refinery the storage of finished product is at a lower point than it has been for many months excavation has been completed for a n new ew concrete dyke to be built in the west yard as a precautionary measure in the event of a tank fire the purpose of the dyke being to prevent burning oil from spreading to other portions of the plant all the tanks in the yard are being painted a battleship gray which color is a nonconductor of heat it is stated that one of the most sensational en sat ional strikes in the history of the great portland mine at cripple creek and the most important discovery by reason of its great depth has been made at the roosevelt tunnel level 2131 feet from surface at the no 2 or main working shaft shaf t of the portland gold mining company on battle mountain for some months past the company has been mining rich ore from the portland no 2 and lee 5 veins and the recent discovery is on the last named vein As broken the vein is of better than average width in places some five feet wide the portland no 2 is some twenty feet between walls in the bulges and the core of the lee 5 a streak from one to three inches wide is reported almost solid sylvanite samples of this rich ore have assayed as high as ounces gold to the ton while the entire vein matter as broken may be classed as smelting smelling sm elting grade |