Show COLORADO la plata miner the valley view mining company Is now drifting both ways from the bottom of their 79 foot shaft on the idaho vein and is 9 getting etting fine returns from samples another carload is nearly ready for shipment la plata miner the van emmett mining com company pany of pueblo is likely to do considerable development this winter on its group of twelve claims situated about one mile northeast of the may day it is now proposed to drive a foot tunnel which will cut several of these at a good depth telluride examiner the mayflower in grays basin is putting on a few more men who will be employed all winter in running a new drift to intersect a cross vein photographer byers made a trip to the property last week and made a number of interesting views around the mine also along the site of the proposed tramway to the Alle ghaney mill the mayflower people are perfecting their plans for an active producing mining and milling campaign next year eldora record the monarch consolidated company operating the wano in mill ill and group of mines at jamestown has at last received definite word from the manufacturers rs of the big roaster which they will install in their new mill the union iron works of san francisco promises that the machinery will be shipped from that city by the of the month if possible they say that should they be unable to fill the order by that time that they will agree to have it in boulder not later than november 1st ast ouray herald the cable for the atlas mining and milling company came in monday and was taken up to the mine tuesday where the work of stretching it was commenced at once the mill is all ready tl tc start and it is expected that the atlas will be running the mill mine and tram in a few days As the atlas will undoubtedly be one of our largest producers of mineral wealth we are all interested in their getting started and putting on a full force the delay has been on account of the cable for the tram for several weeks ouray herald the strike which was made a few weeks ago in the Gauda loup property controlled by F L biddlecom and T J york has been growing better and ore is being taken out continuously for shipment it was thought at first that the ore was in a chimney but indications at present are that the ore lies in a vein and that the ore body is getting larger in the direction in which they are driving ahead however it still appears that ore is encountered in almost any direction in which they go from the first body which was struck arrangements range ments have been made for the shipment of the high grade ore to salida calida and the low grade will be taken over to the saratoga smelter ouray herald the strike which was made in the genessee vanderbilt a few days ago promises to be the largest ever made in this great producer the ore is said to be of higher grade than anything yet found in the property belonging to the red mountain railroad mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company even better than the strike made several weeks ago in the yankee girl it Is a chimney opened up at a point forty feet from the main tunnel the character of the ore is black copper and runs from 40 to 65 per cent in pure copper the ore body has been opened up for a distance of over twenty feet with ore on all sides several weeks ago a stringer was cut in the main tunnel and the company proceeded to follow with a diamond drill thus finding the chimney A drift was then started and the ore body opened up the mail maii tunnel is now in a distance of about one mile and is being driven under the crest of red mountain no 1 |