Show COLORADO MINING NOTES an invalid for the last several months marvin B tomlin 69 years old secretary of the colorado metal mining association and the colorado metal mining fund died at his home in denver on the instant the carbonero lead silver mine about ten miles southwest of silverton owned and operated by carlo girardi of telluride is employing forty two men the mine production averaging fifty tons daily which goes to a flotation mill of like capacity A substantial mining revival is underway in the lake city district out of silverton where the empire chief company is completing erection of a foot aerial tram line and installing modem machinery to handle tons of ore daily the company generates its own electric power and is otherwise equipped to operate economical eco economically nomica Y reports from cripple creek are to the effect that the portland gold mining company is timbering and making plans for the extraction of ore recently discovered in the captain area of the big battle mountain property this ore has been found on several levels during the past several weeks it is believed that when the company starts production from these levels that the tonnage and nd value of the ore shipments will be improved at a recent meeting of the board of directors of the mineral queen mining company in denver a change was made in the personnel of the managing officers by electing L J gould as president and general manager says the georgetown courier john C crouch remains as vice president and superintendent with peter F boese as treasurer mr gould has recently become financially interested te rested in the company and will devote his entire time to to development of this property he is an experienced mining man and financier he states that the development of ore bodies in the two tunnels will be pushed as rapidly as possible idaho springs gazette manager george rowe of the wasatch colorado mining company operating the mendota mine at silver plume has been engaged the past two weeks in placing a new pump on the fifth level of the famous mine with this job now completed the water can be handled much more economically and allow operations to be carried forward without interference the mendota mine is one of remarkable record having been a steady producer from 1868 to the present time with the new development work completed as now planned the life of the mine will be extended another fifty years at least the electric smelter which has been under tinder development by the evergreen mines company during the last four years at apex northern gilpin county is reporter by the company officials as a complete solution of their ore treatment problems trial runs made to test the efficiency of the plant during the last sixty days are credited with having conspicuously demonstrated the efficiency of this method on the copper gold silver ores which the evergreen mine contains president J L reading declares it is the first electric ore smelter to be installed commercially in the united states and is therefore an innovation iv in american metallurgy gas that is likened to a blue haze preventing a light ten feet away from being seen has forced a temporary stop of operations in the amethyst leasing company mine at creede the gas does not affect the burning of lights but has a weakening effect on the miners making their hearts pound so the sound can be heard some distance away says the creede candle continued exertion is rendered impossible there has been some gas in the workings before but not sufficient to stop the work recently there was a strong wind from the south and that was believed to have made conditions underground worse than they had bad been any time previous As the company will have an air air compressor in operation in a few days work will be eased up until the compressor can be installed and pipes run into the mine then it will be possible to ventilate all the workings |