GENERAL MINING NEWS FROM COLORADO. Ill 



GENERAL MINING NEWS FROM COLORADO. 



PITKIN COUNTY. 



The Farwell Consolidated Mines embrace 19 claims in and about Independ- 

 ence or Farwell Pitkin County, Colorado. The following are the most exten 

 sively worked : The Independence, Last Dollar, Mammoth and Mount Hope. 

 The first two have been worked about 300 feet on the veins, with some sloping ; 

 tunnels are driven to reach the vein at a considerable depth, and are within 40 feet 

 of the ore-bodies. In March, the average yield of gold ore was $26; in April, 

 $32 per ton. The company operates its own mill of 50 stamps, 30 of which 

 have been running all winter. The mill is wet crushing, amalgamation process ; 

 the concentrates are caught on blankets and huddled. The following statement 

 is the quarterly output : January, $25,000; February, $29,000; March, $38,- 

 000; to April 15th, $19,500, 



The Hamilton Company has finished the survey of its placer and lode 

 claims, and will receive a patent for them from the Government in a short time. 

 This property, adjoining as it does the Farwell, is known to be very rich and the 

 Company is doing a wise thing to obtain ownership of the land before develop- 

 ing the mines. 



CHAFFEE COUNTY. 



The mines of the Chalk Creek District, including the Alpine, St. Elmo and 

 Hancock mines, are getting into shape, preparatory to an early resumption of 

 active mining. At Alpine the Diamond Queen Company is developing its prop- 

 erty, consisting of several lodes, the most important of which, the Diamond 

 Queen, is opened by an incline of 135 feet, from which a drift has been run 

 north and south about 25 feet each way. Some good ore is reported to be ex- 

 posed in the workings, and the company propose, during the coming season, to 

 erect machinery and ship ore to the Buena Vista sampling works. The grade of 

 the ore from the Kerber Creek mines is said to be improving, some of it showing 

 a net gain of 50 per cent in value. 



GILPIN COUNTY. 



The numerous claims in the vicinity of Central City, many of which are 

 worked by private parties on leases, continue, as at last report, shipping consid- 

 erable quantities of ore. The Wyandotte Consolidated Company is pushing ex- 

 plorations on the west lower level from the working shaft on the Wyandotte vein. 

 The Cameron Consolidated Company is meeting with a fair degree of success in 

 the operation of its properties. 



GRAND COUNTY. 



One of the properties in the North Park that is reported showing up ex- 

 tremely well for the amount of work performed on it is the Wolverine. There 



