Show LIVE MINING ITEMS FROM COLORADO thomas wells graduate of the colorado school of f mines and son of buckley wells well known colorado mining minin 6 man has purchased the noam mine a gold and sil 1 l ver producer at near lake city from j T IV v vickers for a consideration of reports from the west end of montrose county state that salt lake city capitalists have started work to the famous cashin mine near paradox this thi IS mine lias has not been worked for many years and has filled with water the efforts of the salt lake company whose name flame has not been announced are under way to reopen the mine the company is not giving out anything relative to its plans says the grand junction sentinel the lackawanna mill building is completely enclosed and ready for the flotation equipment some of the machinery having arrived superintendent despain expects to have the plant in condition to make a test run by not later than september the installation is a 75 ton unit provision having been made for additional mill units as development warrants tunnel no 3 is being extended on oil the vein the za grade of ore having steadily increased for the last feet silverton standard that routt county may occupy a prominent place p ace in the mining revival is indicated by an investigation now bein being 6 made here by one of the noted mining engineers ot of the west avest etienne A ritter of denver according b to steamboat springs advices advises of the in company with H norris lynch mr ritter is now in the upper tipper elk nyer river country where discoveries have recently been made which interested mr ritter so much that he is making a thorough thorough examination of the country neither prof ritter nor mr lynch cared to say much about their present investigations nor the exact location except that it was in the upper tipper elk river country strikes made in rece recent it yea years one of the largest copper in saguache is reported in the rawley mine at bonanza sixth the SL county count y where a vein of ore has been uncovered on oil lo 10 of the level of the old tunnel says a salida calida report t is 11 re the A S R company owners of the property develops develop deve lopi ported to have spent six million dollars in be before 0 work and finally penetrated the paragon fault never streak afric of rich pierced beyond the fault was uncovered a copper and development work is being pushed rapidly rapi the arese prese present nearly men being employed at the mine at er time at one time the rawley ra alev mine was the largest copp ore 0 the producer in colorado but was abandoned after all faulta had been taken out on one side of the Para paragon goll tile theory has long existed that if the fault were penetrated penetrate vein would be found to continue on oil the other side ed have arria three directors and twelve stockholders at ophir from milwaukee for the stockholders being held by the butterfly consolidated mines jines and nd also for the official opening of the mill sunday two of the directors failed august 19 to arrive as one is advanced in years and the other was unable to come due to matters necessitating his presence in the east the three directors at ophir for the meeting are max E binner alfred J and august W strehlow the butterfly nill mill will be officially opened sunday and begin work on oil a full force scale construction work has been underway for the past few months and the plant has been eagerly awaited by the company and by the people at ophir and telluride the tryout sunday will determine whether changes are necessary for the proper operating of the plant telluride journal 1 1 |