Show t COLORADO ouray herald judge rathmell manager of the black bird property states that work will be started there about the first of april this is another of the bear creek properties which made a good showing last year and shipped some high grade or ore the prospects of this property entering the list of permanent shippers are very flattering for the coming year boulder miner the machinery for the morning star mill in spring gulch is all on the ground and manager alex H martin is hurrying the work of installation with a full compliment of mechanics meantime the workings of the mine are being gotten into shape for steady production the dump ore will be gradually worked off with the mine product in running the mill telluride examiner geor george geore e B pickett general manager of the bayfield group of claims in waterfall basin near ophir has let a foot contract to charles hedlund and john mcaskill and others to drive on the vein it is stipulated in the contract that they shall save all of the ore encountered the mineral in the ore at present is of high silver lead proposition and an extra price will be paid to the contractors to make a close saving of the mineral ouray herald the force on the news r boy mine which is under lease to joseph H tumbach bumbach Tum bach has just been increased and the outlook on that property promises even better results in the shipment of ore during the coming summer than those of last year while the property has been continuously operated during the winter the force em J aloyed has been much smaller than that of last summer the recent increase will be followed within a short time by another telluride examiner the Matt erhorn group of mines on the west wea exposure of yellow mountain is being developed by an eastern company under the direct supervision of con 1 who is a heavy stockholder this last summer buildings were put up necessary for the convenience of a moderate size force and development has been going on constantly since then frank ensign J INT pulver and E barrett are sinking a shaft under contract on the orion vein which they expect to complete in a i month or so leadville herald democrat A large number of lessees lessels are now at work on the iron property on iron hill W A heller and others who are leasing on the north incline of the property are removing large quantities of iron ore which also bears considerable lead there are half a dozen other leases on the place and all are meeting with success some of the work is being carried on at a depth of feet from the surface while many lessees lessels are working only brinly twenty five feet down about fifty tons per day are being shipped ouray herald B J baker and lars reported this week on their return from denver that they had fiad been able to close a deal on what was formerly known as the golden monarch group of sixty claims near gladstone in san juan county the company has recently been incorporated as the gold monarch mining company the property joins the gold cold king and the sunnyside Sunny side properties it is the intention to start work on the property in the near future they also stated that they had seen the karns boring machine in operation and believe it to be a remarkable machine and a success ouray herald reports from the snow flake at red mountain which is being operated with a small force by mr karl kling say that it is now no and that the force will be increased at once in a shaft feet deep on this property is exposed a large body of ore that will run above 35 to the ton where the vein was drifted upon at a depth of ninety feet is exposed ore that will run from ten to forty per cent in copper and ten to seventy ounces silver the shaft will be sunk deeper and drifts run on the vein the equipment is sufficient for a fair sized force and the hoist and other ma chin erfy are comparatively new boulder miner millet mr W F of the fortune dyke mining company returned from the east on monday and re ports complete success in financing the enterprise ter prise A meeting of the stockholders will be held at an early date to take action on the lines agreed upon between mr and the eastern investors after which operations looking to extensive development of the companas comp anys property at summerville will be begun and carried forward vigorously the present showing in the property I 1 is such as warrants the belief of mining men that with proper development it will soon be brought to profitable production leadville herald democrat in the window of the tomkins hardware company is a specimen of ore recently taken from the bartlett tunnel which is being driven by charles manson on sugar loaf mountain the richness of the ore can be easily seen with the naked eye as the wire silver glistens from all parts of it in heavy proportions many have stopped to inspect and admire the ore during the week the section of the property from which this specimen was obtained is in a about forty feet from the main tunnel several hundred feet from the surface and about 1250 feet from the mouth of the bore the men were at work in the one day last week when they struck the ore body which from first appearance showed up exceedingly rich A blast broke down a large quantity of it if sufficient to fill several mine cars exposed the vein which is about three feet in width |