Show COLORADO telluride examiner development work is still going forward on the alta no effort has been made to start the mill but some high grade ore has been packed down and shipped to the smelter in the new tunnel or lower level there still remains about feet of dead work before ore production will be resumed the mine it is said will be on a better footing than ever when connected with the new tunnel and capable of a large output leadville democrat jap hensley thomas ovens and william deaner have been working the golden gate claim in east tennessee park section and yesterday brought to the city some good looking ore that was encountered at the bottom of the shaft shaf t the shaft had gained a depth of eighty feet when the ore was caught and also water the body of ore so far is four feet wide no assays essays have as yet been made so the values cannot be given but it is safe to state that it will run from 3 to 5 ounces gold per ton the water encountered is probably surface gurvace water and will let up as the ground is drained the property the jennie june telluride examiner the pandora gold mining and development company have just completed a test run at eighty tons at the pandora mill the run was more than satisfactory and far exceeded expectations A contract has been let for the transportation of a stated amount of ore per day from the companas comp anys upper tunnel on the pandora vein to the tramway at the mouth of the pennsylvania tunnel the mill has been started running steadily on the second class ore the first class is shipped to the smelters shelters sm elters direct an average of a car a week is shipped returning nearly 2000 per car the car being loaded this week is expected to run somewhat higher as it con bains a great deal of native silver leadville democrat rock hill is one of the busiest sections in the camp not only for the amount of ore that is daily being shipped but for the new work that is under way in a number of new enterprises the recent strike in the crecentia has had a great deal to do with the present conditions on the hill and next to the reindeer it is the most important strike that has been made on the hill for several months As work proceeds on the ore shoot it widens out and the values are on the increase the mine is now shipping fifty tons daily and as the ground is opened the tonnage will be increased to catch the extension of this ore body on iron hill mr G H P meyer will shortly resume work on the star of the west and thoroughly prospect the territory eldorado record rich specimens of sylvanite are being exhibited that were taken from the Syl vanic group of claims near sunshine and owned by the golden message G M company the property is located on lee hill and comprises two claims which run parallel with the hill and are opened by a crosscut tunnel which cuts the vein at a depth of forty feet the ore shoot in each vein has been opened up for feet in length and its extent has not been fully determined as the ore shows in the breast of each drift the ore streak is of unusual width for this character of ore the high grade running in places as high as 10 a pound the sylvanite is not confined alone to the streak on the hanging wall but running out in places at right angles disseminating the values throughout a good part of the vein |