Show COLORADO ifa harry rry B adsit well known to the entire san juan country Ilu has been made general manager of the famous ansick bassick mine in custer according to the telluride ex at niner a I 1 another shift will be put on at the watrous mill in in silver plume to take care of the concentrating ore from W he silver plume tunnel which will be sent to that mill hereafter ere after instead of to idaho springs according to the mancos times tribune a nearby almine mine isnow is now in position to supply that locality with the best t hand forked lump coal at a ton delivered the min is in position to produce twenty tons of coal a day which will probably supply the greater part of the local demand Jeffere site a yellowish brown variety of mica that ex foliates when heated has been found to occur in considerable abundance in custer county and is being mined on a commercial scale it is used to overcome hot boxes on railroad cars the mineral was first found in westchester county pa in 1866 almost identical minerals have since been found near franklin N C and pelham mass but not in such abundance as in colorado geor georgetown utown courier rier E D payne of empire who recently returned from a visit in the east of several weeks has begun the erection of a 25 ton mace furnace for the golden empire mining company at empire this furnace is aimed to treat the lead ores for the production of lead bullion and the copper gold silver ores on a matting basis it is reported that if the scheme proves a success the plant will be enlarged to a ton plant the property controlled by manager payne already has over five miles of underground workings |