Show COLORADO the smuggler mine at rico lias has some very good looking ore krantz showing development work is being prosecuted by SUP apt the E empire ampire consolidated mining company at atje george town has put firemen five men at work getting the property in for a thorough examination F G watrous manager of the silver plume mines company located just above silver plure plume says mey nave just finished an up to date mill an increase of twenty five cents per day has been giep ga all employees except office men by the durango smelter the minimum wage of this plant is now per day A rich ore strike of silver and lead has been made i ln n the midnight mine at aspen colo dispatch according to a the denver post the strike w discovered discover miners was d cu e by cutting eting a side wall i gio oberto is planning to put a small force of men at work on the silver pick property in the mt aft wilson district says the telluride journal when the silver pick gets under way there will be two operating mines in the mt wilson district harry short and eastern parties have incorporated the star tunnel mining compa company ny with a capitalization of to operate the black eagle group it is the intention of the new company to drive the star tunnel to cut under the black eagle several hundred feet several men are at work in the capital mill overhauling machinery preparatory to the new installation A minature flotation machine perfect in every particular made by W W wolcott olcott of this town has been installed it will be used for experimental purposes says the georgetown courier rier quite a little excitement is being felt by the people of dunton and the west dolores over the gold strike made by dick and william carter and matt jacobson on their prospect across the river and north of the mouth of geyser gulch As says received lately that were taken some two weeks ago show the ore to carry in gold and 20 in silver per to ton n however upon gaining ora ining depth the gold shows up better and chunks that were roasted in the fire oozed out the gold in big gobs the vein is between fourteen and sixteen inches wide and the ore seems to occur above what is known as the la plata sands although as yet enough development work has not h been done to make any definite statements as to its extent operations at the rico wellington are being carried on under the leasing system according to the annual report of general manager H R trenholm Tren bolm to stockholders the strike that was described in the last annual report did not develop according to expectations but was worked out in forty days no other sizeable ore bodies were discovered during the year so the tonnage shipped for 1922 was small development footage totaled 1282 feet expenses are high because the need of keeping air courses open requires that two or three men be kept fr timbering continually ore sales for the year aggregated 16 bills payable of and other miscellaneous items brought the total receipts of the company up TO disbursements of for bills payable interest 2640 labor taxes office expense and mistel miscellaneous laneous ex |