Show COLORADO telluride examiner the liberty bell mining company this week purchased four claims east of and adjoining their property at the head of cornet creek the price agreed to be paid is said to be about the greater part of which goes to D L dutton the balance being divided between two brothers and al dutton button sr the liberty bell company bought an interest in the two of the claims the lone ione and lucky boy last spring and now have purchased the remaining interest of D I 1 L dutton button including the golden eagle and another owned by the buttons jointly telluride examiner the new black bear mill near ingram ingrain falls was fini finished shea the first of the week and will soon be tested on ore from the cascade lode situated near by A short surface tram has been built from mine to mill over which a man can easily push a loaded car directly into the mill the work of hauling up lumber and materials for the wire rope tram between the black bear mine and mill was started yesterday but the management have not much hope of getting the tram in running order before the closing in of winter hence they would be greatly pleased should the test they are about to make on cascade ore prove satisfactory eldora record this company owns over forty five acres of patented land on the top of this mountain they are re timbering all the workings of the lost lake mine and catching up a cave in they will be ready to begin taking out ore in about a week the tunnel is now in feet there is a five foot vein of tellurium ore that will run from 15 to 25 per ton this is one of the greatest veins in guinn mountain they have shipped from this property before but on account of high charges for freight by wagon for twenty six miles and high charges for treatment work was suspended but now that a mill will be running in eldora this property will pay handsomely mr wilson davis is manager of this property and has quite a force of men employed A cripple creek special says the gold sovereign mine on the west slope of bull hill has resumed shipments and in seven days has shipped out twelve cars of ore which will give returns of about 35 in gold to the ton the richer ore is now being mined north of the shaft from the to 1000 foot levels the larger bodies of ore are to be found south of the shaft where on several levels the shoots are forty feet wide the ore south of the shaft is not as high a grade and runs about 25 in gold to the ton if the present rate of tonnage is maintained during the month this well known producer will ship out about afif fifty ty four cars of ore in november even this tonnage will be increased when the mine manship can ship to the golden cycle mill which will be about jan 1 ouray herald the atlas tram is now completed the cables having been stretched this week and everything put in readiness work has been somewhat hampered by a lack of carpenters but it is probable that the mill will be started up tomorrow or monday the new boarding house at the mill will be ready for occupancy by the first of the week and in a short time everything at the atlas will be in readiness for the winter campaign owing to the outside work which has been done recently not a great deal of work has been done in the mine however they have drifted about 1500 feet on the crown point and have a remarkably good showing in it As we stated some time ago the ore bodies in the crown point are persistent and carry values of about 20 to the ton 90 per cent of the values being gold the company owns about feet of this vein the crown point was nas cross cut by the chattahoochee tunnel about feet from its mouth |