Show COLORADO A cripple creek dispatch of the chronicles the death there of W L late lafe fyffe rated as the most picturesque tur esque mining man and prospector of the early boom days of colorado he is reputed to have made more than during his career and to have spent it all he was 65 years of age the falcon mining b company has started this week to ship lead silver carbonate ore from the north lilly property this ore assayed 40 per ton 25 in silver and the remainder in lead and there is better than ten cars of it mined and in sight at the present time however according to present indications the carbonate body should extend along the whole length of the vein near the surface at depth the ore is a sulphide and is being opened up for mill tonnage only rico item news that a shot in the wall of a tunnel of a small coal mine twenty miles from durango had opened a flow flo w of natural gas has raised excitement to fever pitch there it is reported that the roar of the escaping gas can be heard a mile from the mine and the sound is reported to be growing louder the mine is filled with gas which witnesses declare is petroleum gas and preliminary estimates place the flow at cubic feet in twenty four hours |