Show COLORADO ouray herald three cars of ore are ara being shipped from the newsboy mine this week the strike which was recently made while making a crosscut to the foot wall for the purpose of making a raise to the ore body above has proven to be greater than was at first anticipated though sufficient development has not yet been done to deter mine the extent of the strike samples of the ore in the office of joseph H tumbach bumbach Tum bach who has the property under bond and lease are said to be the richest ever taken from the machelor district one sample ing about pounds is heavily impregnated with chloride of silver and contains grey copper ouray herald the national bell has been started and will be in a condition to to commence shipping in a short time the property is one of a group of claims operated by the blue belle mining company and while the organization is separate from the red mountain company it is under the same management the gold lion is also under the same management and is pushing its development tunnel to cut a number of rich veins george crawford has the management of the three companies ouray herald one of the largest strikes reported in the camp this season is that on the yankee girl which was made this week the ore runs as high as 47 per cent silver while the average average value of three feet of the ore shoot is 1200 ounces to the ton the ore body is in the form of a chimney which is characteristic of the properties of this group owned by the red mountain railroad mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company the property was recently cut between the sixth and seventh levels by a crosscut cross cut from the joker tunnel by which the old workings of the property were drained this strike is the same character of the ore that was mined from the yankee girl several years ago when the property produced in the neighborhood of telluride examiner the invincible gold and silver mining company is reported to have sold its properties to a wealthy syndicate of new york people who will undertake an active campaign campag n in that section the property is located in navajo basin on the opposite side of mt wilson from the famous silver pick it consists of about twenty patented claims a number of locations and mill sites and an excellent water power the property is well developed by the wheel of fortune tunnel over 2000 feet in length it is one of the lowest tunnels in the district well down in the timber where winter weather is not as severe as higher up four years ago a large vein was cut by a crosscut tunnel feet long on the zero the zero is a remarkable vein thirty feet in width of heavy sulphide ore running in gold silver and copper another promising pom ising vein is called the silent friend telluride examiner all but eight or nine towers of the black dear bear tram are it ir place and the company is getting out a lot of shipping ore which they expect to be able to send over the tram to the cars at pan dora within a few weeks there is still los lofs of work to be done at the mill but for the present all energy is being concentrated on an effort to complete the tram in the shortest possible space of time the lower tram is working nicely operated by an electric hoist at the mill A wagon load of lumber can be sent up at one time the cable w was Is strung very nicely in a half day A small rope was wa s first taken up by hand and at and the hoist assisted cached to the wire cable and on the the ground by men on towers succeeded in stretching it over the route very nicely about sixty men are now employed by the company the black bear is a wonderful mine and dividends are not far away eldora record ore of a grade so nearly pure gold that state history records nothing to approach it has been discovered on the tenth level of the little johnny mine at leadville within the last few days and when the assays essays are completed today it is asserted that the figures will show a mineral wealth almost beyond credibility on tuesday twenty sacks of ore were taken out that are confidently expected to run to the pound in gold or to the ton it was expected that worth of ore would be sacked in the two days A vein of this ore thirty inches wide makes the new strike the richest in mining history anywhere in the wo world ald the strike was made at the tenth level on what is known as the hahnewald lease one of the leases which are being operated on the little johnny property under the terms of the lease the ibex 1 mining ning company owners of the property receive 65 per cent and the lessee 35 per cent of all proceeds this means that the company will get out of every ton taken from the new vein and tho the ceasee will receive |