Show in nearby states ARIZONA four of the cyanide tanks at the gold dust mining company oatman are in place and the plant will soon be ready to turn over this cyanide plant replaces the amalgamation ga mation system which was not satisfactory the hardshell and the flux mines both at harshaw are being worked under supervision of E F bohlinger administrator of the estate of the late col R R richardson the flux has been a steady shipper of high grade lead sil ver ore for the last two years consideration is being given by the american smelt ing and refining company as to the installation of a concentration cent ration plant at the el paso smelter for the separation of lead and zinc complex ores according to howard H fields ore purchasing agent for the company the mine superior is to be opened very shortly by W J forback former tucson mining engineer who has leased the mine for two years the mine was an extensive producer in the early days but has been idle about 30 years the construction of the superior highway and the magma smelter have made possible the reopening of the mine the calumet and arizona mining company harry A dark clark general manager bisbee will start the erection very shortly of the new hoist building for the giant hoist to be installed at the junction shaft by april workers have begun tearing down the old power ouse located at the oliver shaft shut down for a number of years and the materials will be used in the building of the hoist house COLORADO the ruby joe mining company opera operating tinz the bonanza group of thirty two claims consisting of acres adjoining central city and black hawk in gilpin county is said by the officers to be producing regularly although the production to date has been comparatively small they say a larger amount of ore will be taken out of the bonanza tunnel during the next few weeks the carbonero Carbin ero mine near ophir which closed about december 1 shows signs of reopening in the near future the mine and mill were both being operated by the shoup interests near colorado springs and when it was closed it was feared that the machinery would be moved to other shoup mining interests in arizona interested parties are now negotiating with the owners in colorado springs for a lease articles of incorporation have been filed in the county clerks office for the himrod mines company davs the georgetown courier C J hancock george K kimball and F L collom all of idaho springs were the tors the principal office of the company will be at idaho springs and the principal mines are the himrod mines at lamartine this property has made a record production that is hard bard to beat and its future seems assured J C kirkpatrick completed the remodeling of the mill of the midwest mining company at black hawk and the wheels are now turning and the results are even better than was expected about all the old machinery has been taken out and the process is straight selective flotation and the tnt products are as clean as can be wished for the lead product runs 55 per cent lead and it carries all the gold I 1 and silver values with less than 3 per cent of zinc the zinc product runs 50 per cent in that metal and less than one half per cent of lead the cost of the chemicals for this mill averages 23 cents per ton while the machinery is running on 27 horsepower less than the old mill required henry bolthoff Bolt hoir one of the pioneers of this district in th the e manufacture of mining machinery passed away at his home in denver saturday night he was 88 years of age having been born in holland funeral services were held in denver thursday he was a member of the well known firm of hendrie bolthoff he owned the silver king property near dumont where he built a small mill that he used for many years as an experimental plant quite a number from this county attended the funeral idaho springs gazette dec 25 reports of the discovery of platinum in paying quantity in a quartz vein on red mountain in the northwest corner of chaffee county current for the past few days appear to be authentic says a buena vista dispatch the red mountain district is located west of twin lakes south of lake creek and mount elbert and has been noted for its many veins carrying gold and silver values should further exploration prove the find to be of real value it will likely attract a good deal of attention among the mining men of the state the discovery of a large vein of heavy lead ore on raspberry mountain two to three miles southwest of the hotel antero is reported john mohr who owns the property has been a persistent prospector in that district for years and his many friends in this section rejoice in his success MONTANA the new mine merger created by consolidation of the tuolumne and north butte properties in montana will be managed by paul A gow general manager of tuolumne according to butte dispatches the program calls for resumption of operations at the granite mountain and speculator mines of the north butte and the adjacent tuolumne mine intensive operations in a newly discovered copper deposit on the 2200 level of the main range mine mine and development of a project in the east butte district heirs of the late W A clark former se senator and mining magnate have paid as a part of the inheritance tax on his estate it is announced by the state board of equalization iza tion the sum was represented as an advance payment to be applied to the settlement of the states tax when the full amount is determined an inventory recently valued mr darks clarks montana estate at the board ot of equalization considered this estimate too low and authorized an expenditure of to make an audit of the estate half of the will be apportioned to the state public school fund and theother tb the other eother half goes into the general fund NEVADA it has been reported in tonopah for several days t that ht the mining companies at elbare ely are to add 1000 wen men to their present working forces of about says the tonopah the mining reporter if this report is true it shows that tn great copper district is back nearly to the normal number nunly of men employed or about it is said that a number of new projects are under way the U S smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company compa ny ned has taken a 30 day option of purchase on mining claims gar by thomas dixon and situated at mount hope on the u den pass summit twenty five miles north of here says s y eureka advices advises to the nevada mining press george oswell superintendent of the richmond eureka mines on ruby hill in this district which are controlled by the U S smelting smelling Sm elting company examined the dixon property and the option was taken upon his recommendation silver pick has a showing in a raise above its foot level that makes the management hopeful of opening up an old time bonanza this is in the pipe dream claim immediately adjoining the jumbo and combination mines which were such rich producers twenty years ago during the past few weeks the west end consolidated mining company has opened up a new body of ore in the macnamara ground being operated under lease which appears to have important possibilities values were first cut in drag material on a fault but the solid vein has since been found and sloping is now being carried on in this ore which is five feet wide and of excellent grade A mining deal of more than ordinary importance in this section was consummated recently by the mason valley mines company taking over on an option to purchase the champion extension mine in champion canyon three miles east of luning b in santa fe mining district says the western nevada miner the property is owned by S J dillabaugh well known prospector and miner of luning lu little mina merchant and F B foltz merchant at schurz the deal was made through the medium of chris smith according to general manager gordon M beetles rapid progress is being made with the companas comp anys plan for opening th the yellow tiger 6 mine at stonewall mountain to put it on oil a producing basis A second shift of miners has been started so that the work will go on night and day efforts are being concentrated on advancing the raise from the tunnel level to connect with the bottom of the shaft which was sunk stink from the surface to a depth of feet this raise has been going ahead for several weeks and there still remains feet of intervening ground to connect up with the shaft goldfield deep mines is is officially announced will put down a diamond drill hole from the bottom of its shaft now 2160 feet deep during recent weeks it has been apparent that the shaft was approaching the ore channel and in order to insure against any sudden influx of water in in greater quantity than the pumping equipment is capable of handling the drill hole will be put down ahead of the shaft in order to furnish information on this vital point the drill will bring up a two inch core of the formation passed through so that at the same time it will give the management a complete cross section of the vein showing its width and character the goldfield deep mines shaft to date represents an expenditure of more than all of which was provided by the stockholders who have regularly paid their assessments |