Show COLORADO leadville herald democrat the damascus mill is being rapidly brought to a high efficiency the product now averaging over 40 per cent zinc a very gratifying product from tailings at the same time the dust evil is being overcome in a great degree and no doubt will be eliminated to the point where health and smooth working of the mill will not be jeopardized telluride examiner wm T rynard manager of the vanadium mill at returned from new york the latter part of last week and immediately granted the hours and wages asked by the men at the works the furnaces were quickly fired up and are now running 0 full blast telluride examiner the pandora gold mining development company are sorting over the ore that has accumulated from the winters development work and though it is not certain at the present time just how much they will have for shipment it is probable that it will exceed a train load should such prove to be the case it is the intention of the company to send a solid train loaded with high grade ore to the durango smelter just the same as cripple creel creek the ore is expected to run 40 or 50 to the ton and it will probably be the largest and most valuable single shipment in the history of the camp la plata miner the durango girl mine is evidently to be heard from this season as a new ore shoot has just been struck in the breast of the main drift which is now in about feet the lower drift has also encountered ore much sooner than was expected and manager gill is highly elated over the improvement made in the short time he has been working he has purchased a pack train of seventeen mules and will handle all ore and supplies the trail is open to the mine and the present force of twelve men will soon be largely increased and it will not be long until ore shipping commences leadville herald democrat the bohn mine on east second street Is beginning to produce some of its old fashioned chloride ores which it will be remembered made it at one time the highest grade producer of the district assays essays of hundreds and even thousands of ounces can be had if wanted and the general value of the ore is excellent the body is now of fair size and on the whole the property is looking extremely well but a very small part of the bohn has been worked and the present f ind find is in virgin territory feet above the parting quartzite all below this parting quartzite is undeveloped eloped the bohn is another of Lead villes old mines which has every prospect of reviving to a production even exceeding that of the good old days ouray herald the big silver lake mill near silverton is now a mass of ruins last friday morning shortly before four flames were discovered in the vanner room of the mill by the f fireman ireman who gave the alarm the men responded but the hose which was to be used in such an emergency 0 was found to be cut and the nozzles n carried carr led away it is a certainty that the fire was the work of incendiaries although no clues have been obtained as yet by officials who are in vesti gation the mill which was built several years ago together with all improvements cost about and was insured although to what extent is not known whether the mill will be rebuilt is not known as yet although it is believed that its construction will be commenced immediately eldora record the boulder consoli dated mining company has awarded a con tract for the erection of a ton cyanide plant to replace the one destroyed by fire last winter the contract calls for the completion of the mill early in august it will be built so that its capacity can be readily increased to tons daily A large roaster will form an important part of the equipment of the mill it having been demonstrated that better results can be obtained by roas roasting the ore before subjecting it to the cyanide solution in all details the mill will be modern in every respect and built along lines on which cyanide experts agree is best applicable to the treatment of this character of ore the property of the company is lo 10 bated on poorman hill and there is enough ore in sight to keep the mill in operation for an indefinite period |