Show FOUR FOTTE billion IN SIGHT cripple creek has haa the greatest mine in the world the great independence was carefully examined by a well known mine operator of 0 leadville V a few days daya ago ana and ho he had bad this to say eay about the lh mine it la bs the gold mine in tile the state and I 1 doubt it its ita equal Is 19 in the entire world the shaft la 14 down only tet feet but the immense size of the fissure end anft the richness of 0 the ore Is what takes my breath away imagine a vein irom from live to eighteen feet act between walls and all ore are which runs rung from tw to per ton in carload lots KB tho the fin drat t level Is not nearly worked out fro from M the facend only about one third of the ore has ha been mined awl ani in the third and fourth levels no has hao been done only twenty four miners miner are on the pay roll and two men on each shift are working on ore and they take out enough ore in sinking and driving upraises up raises to leave over per month clear of all expenses to the owner of tho the mine 1 I made a rough calculation on the valur value of the ore are in eight and it certainly Is 1 not less lees than 1 I can hardly realize what ahat the value of the mine will be when opened up to a depth of 1000 feet 11 |