Show COLORADO A strike of high grade lead silver ore has been made about feet from the portal of its lower by the bell mining company A J may of salt lake manager when entered the ore was two inches of shipping grade and in a short distance has widened to 10 to 14 inches in in width with a foot of good C milling ore A new gold ore body assaying from to 2000 a ton has been discovered at the level of the portland mine according to reports from cripple creek twenty six feet of the new vein which is from five to eight feet wide already has been explored the magnitude of the find has not yet been appraised by mine officials following a trip of inspection by C C julian rush T sill mining engineer and J W bandhauer Mand hauer mine superintendent all of los angeles the julian interests have purchased mining properties in the silver city new mexico district the claims purchased cover about acres embracing the john H rapp group owned by rapp and C R altman the gold gulch group af 0 f five claims owned by alford roos and two claims of william F rowlee of silver city immediate operation of the properties is contemplated by the new owners A gold strike on snow covered new york mountain near eagle which the discoverer claims is one of the largest in C colorados olo rados batory was confirmed by victor blanc denver deliver assayer and chemist a few days ago I 1 samples of ore from the new strike assayed ounces of o f gold g old a ton indicating 6 ore valued at approximately a ton according to blanc the mountain is twenty two miles southwest of oe eagle and the mine tunnel leading to the vein is feet above sea level the property is owned by a wash iii ington aton D C business woman mrs ida M butts and is being operated by her brother in law J H lemmon of eagle eagle A double drum electric hoist has been installed at the shaft of the leadville deep mines company george 0 argall manager 1 I leadville the hoist is driven by a horsepower w motor and is capable of lifting three tons at the rate of 1200 feet per minute development work on this property is being 6 done at the rate of about feet monthly and the ore tonnage handled is about tons tons of which are being sent to the colorado lead and zinc flo tation mill the development plan at the mine is being aimed towards a ton daily production and it is expected to reach that point by the first part of 1928 about ment ar are e employed report is current in black hawk that the first big strike in the new workings 6 s of the newhouse tunnel driven from idaho springs b a distance of five miles to the workings ill b s of the famous old bonanzas on quartz hill in this coun ty has just recently been made the tunnel cuts these mines at great depth and raising is under way to free the old workings of water and allow of mining operations without the expense of pumping the new strike has been made in the concrete lode claim and it is reported that there is two feet of smelting smelling sm elting ore opened that runs to the ton frank sparks who has been mining in gilpin and clear creek counties all his life is responsible for the new strike and he and his eastern associates have incorporated the concrete mining company to mine this new bonanza if this new strike strikers keis is a criterion the outlook for the newhouse or argo tunnel is certainly bright brig ht the tunnel cross cuts numerous rich veins |