Show COLORADO T the bureau of mines and commerce of gilpin recently held a meeting to protest on the recent increase of rates of the colorado power company amounting to per cent on power delivered to the mines of that section the surety gold mining company of colorado springs robert C lane president and general manager advises the mining review that the plant recently installed on the companas comp anys property is giving excellent satisfaction and that the work of opening up the mine is progressing satisfactorily A per cent saving in the treatment of tungsten concentrates is claimed for a new process of boiling slimes now in force at the wolf tongue mill at nederland the low grades and mill dirt of the nederland prope rites will be used and the results of the process will be watched with interest an attempt was made on the life of frank E parks manager of the minnequa Min nequa plant of the colorado fuel iron company late in december as a result of the reopening of the plant after the steel strike while driving from the plant office to his home four shots were fired at mr parks none however taking effect the caribou silver mines corporation recently organized to take over the seven central claims on caribou hill near boulder is planning an extensive development campaign and has selected R L alexander as manager mr alexander has had bad years of successful experience in large mining properties in arizona colorado and south america the guadaloupe mining company at ouray has been very successful since taking over its property from the leasers leaders lea sers it was necessary to drive but fifteen feet in the tunnel which the leasers leaders had already carried for a distance of feet before the big ore body was encountered four shipments have since been made netting the company better than development work that is being prosecuted on the matters property on boulder B a ulder county hill near boulder is progressing very favorably under the able direction of william berryman foreman for the commonwealth mon wealth metals company an ore shoo shoot averaging from 94 to to the ton in silver and gold has been encountered in the breast of the sweet home tunnel lit 1 the new tunnel being driven op 04 the tie nell claim of the rey silver mines company operating in the alma sacramento district near fairplay has uncovered some excellent silver values samples assay as high as ounces ot of the white metal with a general average of all the ore uncovered of ounces to the ton the width and extent of the new ore body has as yet not been determined the gravity tramway at the sunburst mine near georgetown has been repaired and is again in operation regular shipments of low grade ore will now be resumed from the territory on the property where from 1200 to 1500 tons were shipped during development work recent shipments from the grant level of the mine which is entirely virgin territory showed values of 1359 ounces of silver and per cent lead accompany A company is now being formed to take over the old town and becky sharp mines near idaho springs recently leased by albert R clark of denver the two properties have been operated under lease during the past year by hughes and who are said to have taken out a total of net from the becky sharp the work of the new company will be under the direction of george kimball with charles fuller in charge of the work underground J H robeson and G L cole of georgetown have secured the group of claims comprising the holdings of the dives pelican and seven thirty mining companies and a large force of men is to be put to work getting the properties in shape for shipping there is a large quantity of milling ore on the dumps and a notation flotation unit will be added to the mill already located on the property the work will be under the direction of J AT robeson who was formerly in charge at the annual meeting of the ouray consolidated soli dated mining reduction company held at ouray in december the following board of directors to serve for the ensuing year was elected thomas B crawford carl J sigfrid dr john hayden of denver richard davis of alamosa alamona and J R patterson of trinidad it is the plan of the company to place the mill at ironton in operation within sixty days at which time the other properties of the company will be placed in a position for maximum production |