Show FAMOUS OLD CRIPPLE CREEK BONANZA SLATED FOR NEW productive CAREER according to a recent issue of the denver post another of colorados famous old bonanza mines in harmony with the plans adopted by the states biggest mining operators and nd financial interests to revivify the metal mining industry of that famous and richly laden mineral empire the el paso at cripple creek is to be returned to the dividend paying class without delay the posts story which has a true ring reads as follows resumption of work planned for next week in cripple creeks famous el paso mine one of the leading gold producers of the country during its brilliant career is another step in the states mining revival the property has a record of in production and in dividends A new factor in the el paso situation is the strike made last month by col T B burbridge of denver on the fairview lease this ore shoot is no now opened to within five feet of f the east line of the el pasos roy fleming claim which is is also under tinder lease to colonel burbridge leaking of the developments there he says it is my plan to sink a on the line of the roy fleming and freeport beneath the floor of the tunnel if the ore continues down I 1 will clean out and the roy fleming tunnel and drive a crosscut about fifty five feet north to intersect the vein at seventy eight feet feat beneath the present tunnel 1 I have every reason to believe that the ore shoot will drag north in the vein as it goes down and it is my hope that at the new depth the major tonnage will be in the roy fleming ground and accessible access ble to the proposed crosscut 2 rollin rolling 9 out fine ore from shallow workings the burbridge and smith surface strikes in this immediate section have created a sensation and they have already sent to market thirty five broad gauge cars of ore averaging 40 to 60 per ton all of this has come from above a depth of forty five feet developments during the past two years in deeper cripple creek mining have convinced the el paso directors that certain intensive operations in the mine continued from points where previous operations were halted because of various factors may lead to big results it is the intention immediately to prospect the tunnel and lower levels of the el paso along predetermined lines which have been approved by leading mining men of the district thirty six miles of old workings there are thirty six miles of workings on the el paso properties with twenty two headings at any one of these work may be picked up without much delay the mine was recently re timbered and put into first class shape with the full equipment of mining machinery in excellent condition edition when the last effort was made to resume mining about two years ago funds advanced to the old el paso management by the beacon hill mining and milling company were spent in cleaning out and re timbering the mine with cally no development work accomplished at that time the present interest in mining makes it an opportune time to take advantage of the preparatory work of two years ago oy by the old management it is planned coincidentally to commence the payment of the obligation to the beacon hill company for the funds advanced for re timbering and cleaning out planning to treat dump the first ten levels of the mine each yielded about i 1 worth of ore and many millions of dollars have been mined irined in the portland vindicator golden cycle grant ajax aj ax elkton and cresson mines from levels below the lowest levels mined in the el paso the el paso management also is investigating a new process which now is being successfully demonstrated to handle the ores on the enormous el paso dump these total total tons and average a ton it is stated it is is claimed that the new process of ore separation can handle this ore at to 2 a ton and an experimental run of a few tons will be made in denver soon |