Show COLORADO there is said to be ninety men working at silver plume at the present time which looks like somebody was doing something in the camp pour four mining companies three at tel telluride au and the denbigh mining corporation of silver plume have filed notice of wage reductions duct ions with the state industrial commission in each case the cut announced was 50 cents a day to become effective on february 15 the report is current this week that the colorado central mining company will within the next sixty days pay their indebtedness in full and have the bankruptcy proceedings ce edings dismissed an endless amount of litigation will thereby be avoided the company it is said will reopen the mill and keep it in operation on material from the old slopes in the mine instead of trying to mill the dump ge georgetown orge town courier men have been put to work cleaning the machinery and placing the boilers in shape at the buell mine near central city preparatory to hoisting water the buell group of mines and the mill have been taken over by the american mines development company who have a lease and bond on the property they will the buell and modernize the mill it is said to be their intention to put up a sampler sampled and buy custom ore outright we are looking for better mining conditions the coming season reports an official of the master key mining company operating in the hahns peak district and expect to put down at least two core drill holes on our property next spring to prove whether we have ore bodies in the second and third lime contacts under us and from surface indications we should have plenty as we get the same high grade in pockets that they got in leadville in early days and we know the contacts are there besides it is much cheaper than shaft sinking at the present time after this work is done we will know what we have at what depth and the value without throwing any money uselessly away as has necessarily been done in the past |