Show COLORADO A carload of tailings was recently shipped from the ruell mill at central city by peter mcfarlane to the golden en cycle mill at colorado springs an as a test lot the tailings were listed as no good by the american smelting smelling Sm elting company and the golden cycle company may make use of them in ili manufacturing acids interests in the golconda mine hinsdale hillsdale according to eastern advices advises ad vices met recently with kirby thomas E AT at Cincin and arranged plans for the resumption of operations on this property early next season clifford R wilfley of denver deliver has been making an all examination of the golconda for the easterners the treasure vault mine up virginia canyon above idaho springs is now numbered among the list of shippers operations are being 1500 feet from the portal of the ane tunnel and sloping is in order on a body of ore that the management reports has a width of three feet and carries average values as high as 80 a ton in gold tile the mendota mine at silver plume has just completed a run on oil ore produced by tile the leasers leaders lea sers buxton and Bu bushner sliner from iron ironi i tile the Tishi mingo vein and have a splendid lot of concentrates cen ready for the smelter out of a gross tonnage of 60 tons tolls of mill dirt manager george rowe has made a saving I 1 ng of 45 tons of lead concentrates that is expected to return dietter etter than 60 per cent lead concentrate with a good silver value and 75 tons of zinc tile the saving all made by jiggs A steel dredge of new design 30 by 50 feet in size is under construction in the arkansas river in the canyon below granite the dredge e will use suction in place of a scoop shovel to raise the gravel rael from the riverbed river bed into the boat where it will be washed for the gold content boulders will be moved to one side by cranes the dredge it is expected will be in operation by the first of Dec december elliber the dredge will be tightly tig closed in so that it can call be heated and work continued through the winter if this process proves successful cess ful other boats of a similar kind are certain to be put in operation tion all along the river from california gulch down to buena vista as there must be many rich deposits of placer gold old on oil the bedrock of the river inaccessible by the present methods of placer ri mining lining |