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The Observer extends greetings of the season and wishes its many friends and patrons a Merry Christmas. Let the day be fittingly observed in honor of the Blessed Savior, whose every act was that of kindness and who suffered the tortures of the cross that the children of man might believe in Him. *£/ THE GILPIN OBSERVER VOLUME 29. AMONG THE MINES WORTHLESS IRON ORE | IS RICH TUNGSTEN ' Some thirty-odd years ago the camp cl Huglie&ville, situated about two end one-half miles north of Black Hawk, Gilpin county, Colorado, was a producer of silver, and continued to until the low price of the white metal made production unprofitable. In the course of their work the min- j ops frequently encountered what they considered to be a worthless species of iron ore, and this they threw on the dump. It now appears that this supposedly waste material was nothing less than tungsten, run ning high in value to the ton. This fact was discovered recently by a mining man who operated in Hughes*' villa in the early days. He was shown samples of tungsten ores from mines in the Nederland district and their, appearance recalled the discarded [ ores of Hughesville. He went back j to the old camp, secured samples of j ore, had them assayed, and ascer tained that his suspicions were well founded; the ore was tungsten and assayed from 7.3 per cent to 28.2 per cent. 1 As a result he and his associates quietly secured various claims in the district and are organizing the Gil pin Tungsten Production company to operate the properties, which com prise about 100 acres. Some of the [ claims are well developed, but the tunnels thru which they were mined need to he retimbered and put into condition before active development work can begin. The ores in these claim.? contain silver, lead, zinc, gold and tungsten. The silver-lead-zinc ores will be treated by the Moulton mill at Black Hawk, as goon as it starts opera tions, and good profits are anticipat ed from this source. However, tung- j eten is expected to be lie largest i revenue producer. THE PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN ♦ Denver, Colo.—Tungsten, it is as serted, can no longer be considered ; a rare metal, since as far back as 1913, the tungsten output of the world exceeded in. weight that of the combined productioi of mercury, gold bismuth and cadmium. In 1913, the ITnlted States produced 1,397 metric tons of tungsten ore (60%WO); as compared to 1,732 tons produced in Burma; 1,403 tons in Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina; 1,380 tons in Portu gal, and 752 tons in Australia (prin cipally Queensland). In the United j States, Boulder county, Colorado, is the largest producer, ferberite of iron tungstate being the principal ore; | the Atolia district in the Mohave, desert of California is the largest sc heel it e (tungstate of lime) produc er in the world; hub era tie (tungstate of manganese) deposits are worked in Arizona, Idaho and Nevada; some wolframite (tungstate of iron and manganese) discoveries have been made in South Dakota and New Mex-| ico. The Conger mine, In Boulder j county, Colorado, 's said to be the greatest mire of Its kind in the world, having produced nearly $1,500, 000 of tungsten. F. W. Bertognolll and W. J. Stull accompanied Robt. Sayre on a tour , of inspection of the workings of the | Burroughs and Concrete in the New-j house tunnel, Monday. Work In both those laterals to cut the respective veins is being prosecuted without in terrupt icn and good bend way is be ing made, in the Burroughs, operat ed by the Pike Leasing Co., a two foot vein of SOO ore is being drifted on, ami on the Concrete the lateral ip being pushed to make connection J ■with the shaft. It will bo necessary to drive about 80 mare feet before the shaft is reached. 3T. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Sunday school will hold their Christmas exercises with tree Christ mas night. Regular service Sunday At 11 a. m. The Observer.—s2.oo per year. INGALLS MINE i j The Ingalls Leasing Co., working j one of the Quartz hill* great produc- j of other days, shipped four tons of smelting ore to the Chamberlain sampler at Black Hawk as a trial lot, .that returned 3.86 ozs. gold, 24.75 ozs. i 1 silver and 2.65% dry copper to the ' ' ten. I Tli is mine was once a large producer, but Las lain idle for sever al years, until a pool of our success ful business men abtained a lease last summer and began operations. Un til recently they have been doing dead work, by putting the mine in proper shape and blocking out ore reserves in .virgin ground. The mine is now in condition for regular ship ments, and in future may expect to see a steady production. FRONTENAC MINE j The Frontenac mine, in Willis gulch, near the southern line of the county and owned by English capital ists, has been leased for a period of three years to a pool of j responsible business men of this i city, who will start to un waiter the mine from the 700-foot level to bot tom of shaft January 1, where good bodies of ore were exposed when the mine closed down. | There has been of late, several leasing pools of busness men form- • ed here, and nearly all are taking out good ore. It is a good sign of increasing prosperity and faith in our large fissure veins when business men take an equal chance with the miner, regarding profit and loss. j SENATOR MINE i James Daly and company, lessees |on this famous mine that has been i a steady producer for the past year, shipped 12,110 pounds* of concentrates tlids week to the Chamberlain samp ler that returned 2.25 ozs. gold. 10.55 locs, silver, 36.41% lead and 2.40%, dry copper to the ton. ; This mine is another of Gilpin | county’s famous producers in palmy I days, that was closed when the ore : pocket pinched, and remained in that condition until Daly and company; »leased it and uncovered new- treas ures. EUREKA MINE The Eureka mine in Prosser gulch continues to be a steady producer, j Their last lot of concentrates cf 44.- 060 pounds, returned 1.28 ozs. gold. 1 5.45 ozs. silver and 12% lead to the j top. also a gold retort from the am- > I algaim weighing 53 ozs. This mine and miW have been in constant operation s nee early spring, and under the watchful eye of Man ager Clark and Foreman Rotner, who watch every detail, has proven to be one of our substantial and reliable mimes. DEATH OF MRS. CARLIN Mrs. Matilda Carlin, wife of D. Carlin, of Russell Gulch, died at St. j j Joseph’s hospital in Denver, Monday. ! She was taken from her home in Russell to the hospi al last Thursday, i Mrs. Carlin was a native of Italy and | was 35 years of nge. The remains | were shipped to Central Tuesday ev ening and the funeral was held from the Catholic church this morning. Mrs. Walter Funk returned Mon- 1 | dpy night after an extended western trip with Mr. Funk. On their return I Mr. and Mrs. Funk stopped off in > I Arizona on mining matters. Mr. Funk j crime on home, arriving Sunday, but j Mrs. Funk ream in ed in Trinidad to . be the guest of her mother for a day —ldaho Springs Siftings. Republican editors envy the Demo cratic newspapers because the latter arc in a position to print reliable new s of the work of congress obtain-, cd through Congre««maa Keating. Of course, the G. O. P. scribes make light of these letter*, but with them | ! It is merely a case cf “sour grapes.” j CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23rd, 1915. GOVERNMENT MAY CONTROL THE PENN OF FADIUM Senator Walsh, of Montana, has introduced a bill in the United States ! senate, to place a-li radium bearing lores under the control of the Federal * government forever. This, of course, ! interests Colorado more than any oth : er state, as the most of the radium j bearing ores in America are found 1 in Colorado. | • This bill upon first reading, would seem to be a drastic bill and would work an injury to the state, but a careful perusal of its several sections reveals much that tends not only to promote the gcod of the industry, ' but provides for government aid in the manufacture cf this valuable ele- j ment so essential to the welfare of tji§ human race, whose extraction is i so costly that it is beyond the means of the individual mine owner, and j who would be compelled to sell his | product to a combination who would I set any price they saw fit for th£ j purchase of ores. Section one provides “that all ra- ( dium ores shall be sold to the gov- f 1 eminent at a price fixed by the 1 secretary of the interior *at the world’s market price on the first of January and July of each year.” This may seem compulsory, but it gives ■ the producer the benefit of the price j : of the radium market cf the world, and prevents the building cf a gigan- j ! tic radium trust. A portion of this section we give verbatim. 1 “Sec. 1 The exclusive right of. the United States to purchase and ' receive said ores from the owners I of such lands, their lessees and as signs, together with the right of the United States to enter upon the j lands so patented and mine, develop, and remove said radium-bearing ores in the event that the patentee, his j lessees or assigns, shall fail to de velop and mine such ores with rea sonable dilligence, upon payment to 1 such patentee, his lessees or assigns, of the market value of the said ores so mined and removed, as fixed by the secretary of the interior under the provision® cf section four of I this act, less the cost of mining and ' removing same, shall be expressly reserved in any and all patents which j may hereafter be issued for lands located under this act: Resolved, That if the United States shall at any time fail or refuse to purchase any such radium ores of sufficient value to be merchantable, extracted I from any such lands so located, | whether patented or un pa ten ted, up on the tender of the same for sale in carload lots at any railroad sta tion, the exclusive right of the Unit ed States to purchase such ore or any ores thereafter extracted from all other mining claims contiguous j thereto and held in common tliere ; with as well as the right to enter upon the same for failure dilligently to mine any of such claims shall thereupon cease and the unrestricted right of disposition of all ores with in such claims or extracted therefrom , shall thereupon accrue to the owner, | lessee, or other rightful occupant . thereof.” j This section prohibits the accu mulating of radium lands by private owners cr companies for speculative purposes, and compels them to eith er work the tame or allow of gov ernment control. This may seem drastic, but it reveals the govern ment's intention when it ceded its right and granted the mineral patent that its intent was to lave the same j diligently developed instead of re ! maining idle for an indefinite period. 1 and retard the progress of the camp, j “Sec. 3. That the sale, gift, or other dlspos’tlcn of said rad'um bear j log ores from lands located under the provisions of this act to any person, association, or corporation other than the United States shall be unlawful. 1 and any violation hereof shaM subject j any location made or patent issued to forfeiture, and the person, nssocia- J tion, or corporation so selling, giv ing or otherwise unlawfully disposing of said ores shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not leas than twice the value of the ores Iso sold, given away, or unlawfully | disposed of; Provided, That when, ; in the opinion of the secretary of the ’ interior, special conditions arise s which made such action necessary ; j lie may, by gejfejal order and public : 1 i notice, permit tsfc gale and delivery j . of said ores after or without tender! - to the United States, as he may i deem advisable.” I “Sec. 4. That the secretary of the * interior be, and he is hereby, aut or l ized to erect, maintain, and operate | I a plant or plants for the concentra- 1 i tion and treatment of radium-bearing i ores and the extraction of the rad • ium and by-products therefrom; to' purchase radium-bearing ores mined from lands occupied and held under ■ j the provisions of this act at the market price to be determined by him i , from time to time and publish in advance on the first day of January and of July in each year.” This section is easily seen to be cf immense benefit to all kinds of mining in the future, and should be | encouraged by all producers of met als, it interests the government in mining, and places it in a position ' as an interested ow ner, a thing that we have been striving for these many ( years. radium mines being associa ted with gold, silver, and other prec- ! ious metals will of necessity cause the government to build its own {smelter and refining plants and there by ent.r into competition with the j American Smelting & Refining Co., a,s regard smelting and refining who i arc new the sole manipulators of the ! metou market of the United States, - exjets such excessive tolls, that 1 U.ey wax wealthy eac]i year, while 1 t;:e producer is reduced to abject pov . ertv. ; Section 6 provides for great out- j ; lay for reduction plant and is as fol- ! ■ lows: ! “Sec. 6. That there is hereby ap > propriated for the erection and gen . eral equipment of a suitable building • or buildings for radium extraction the ■ sum of $150,000, and for the neces- . • sary expenses connected with the [ purchase and treatment of radium- I bearing ores and the extraction of • radium therefrom during the fiscal i year endring June thirtieth, nineteen ; hundred and fifteen the further sum , of $300,000.” There are features in the bill that » will not meet the approval of many t western senator® and congressmen, ! I but these features will be debated, ( , and no doubt stiaightened cut be-j -‘fore final passage to the entire satis-j ■ faction of all. The bill as a whole, j ■ marks an epoch w here the great smelt ■ ing trust, that has so persistently out • raged hunien endurance for nearly a i quarter of a century, will find a com t in the United States govern • ment. TELLER HOUSE * The Teller House has changed hands, Mr. Harry Teller, one of the j a owners being the manager. This i * celebrated hostelry, that has been; ■ (111 pin’s pride for nearly half a cen tury, ard under whose! sheltering roof many of the no*ed of this and foreign lands lave sought sweet re-1 pose, as they quaffed the pure mounl tain ozone that lulled them Into peaceful slumbers, w.'ll be renovated 1 from bottom to top. The woodwork will be repainted, the walls decorated * and in the beautiful spring time, if the business cf the town warrants It. ? steam heal and an elevator will be installed. TUNGSTEN GOES UP ON BOULDER MARKET Boulder, Colo., Dec. 20.—Tungsten on the local market today rose from $35 to $45 per unit, for ores running ‘ 50 per cent and over. For ores run j ning between 30 to 50 percent the price is quoted at S4O and ores be tween 5 and 30 per cent the price is $33 per unit. , x The top price marks a rise from t sls during the pnst eight months. s ———————— y The First Nation ail bank yesterday, i, shipped 140 czs. of gold ot the Den* b vqr mint. BLACK HAWK HEWS Vivian Fritz made a business trip to Denver on Monday. Henry Eatwell, niece and nephew left this morning for Longmont to i spend the holidays with relatives. Mrs. D. W. Taylor made a trip to I Denver yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hartman will leave tomorrow morning for Wheatridge, I Colo., to visit relatives. | The various grades in the school : are having Christmas trees and ex ; ercises tills afternoon. The M. E. church will have a pro-, gram and a Christmas tree Friday afternoon. i Arthur Seibertz came in Wednes day' evening from Moon gulch. Ev-, ; ery member of his family is sick. VV. G. Kriley cut a fine tree for the Firemen’s Christmas entertain ment to be held in Fritz* hall on ' Saturday afterncon at 3 o’clock, j There will be a musical and literary , program and 125 boxes of candy and 125 balls of pop corn besides other presents, will be given to the child-1 ren. The exercises are open to the public. Miss Frances Grutzmacher, who is teaching school In the vicinity of Golden, was an arrival Sunday even ing to spend the holidays with her! parents. f 1 Mrs. Frank Maughan. of Golden, ' came up Tuesday evening to spend Christmas with ti e Grutzmacher fam ! ily. 1 Donald Taylor arrived Monday fron Fl Collins, to spend his holidays with his parents. Miss Viola Kriley was an arrival ( Sunday evening from Idaho Springs, i Lost —Pocket knife containing a cork screw and bottle opener. Re turn to W. G. Kriley, who may have use for it after the first of the year. OPERA HOUSE The photoplay of “The Pit.” shown last night at the opera house gave the audience a fair idea of how for tunes are made and lost on the stock exchange. The five-reel film to be shown Wednesday night will be that great production of Robert Warwick entit led “The Man of the Hour,” and should be seen by every man and woman in Gilpin county, as it shows what a necessary adjunct the man, and a kind husband is to the human family. Not that we wish to throw’ bouquets to the masculine gender, but this play shows that men and women are as necessary to each oth ers happiness, as the sparkling dew’ on a sultry July morn is to the Life of the withered leaf of the suffer ing grain. Everybody should attend and witness this play. BRITAIN’S INTERFERENCE PARCELS POST PROTESTED Wahsington, Dec. 20.—The United States lias protcet< d to Great Brit ain against interference with parcel post shipments between this coun try and Sweden, Secretary Lansing announced today. Mr. Imising said that the Swedish, minister had complained to the state department that parcel® post ship ments had been held up by British warships on ti e high seas. Besides a protest the state depart ment has asked Great Britain for an explanation, Mr. Lansing said. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES Sunday school at 14) a. m. Quarter ly review. Prencl Irg service at 11 a. m., will be conduced by Mrs. \V. S. Judy. Christirn Endeavor at O' p. m. There will be a Christmas social j at the church on Friday evening. No t set program, but the time will be de-1 voted to music, games and a good ; time generally. There will be a fine tray with gifts for the little folks and a choice treat for every one. I. N. Stevens has again sold the Pueblo Chieftain and as heretofore, the ownership continues to remain In the fnmily. The attaches of the paper are the same, the ondy change being a shifting of positions. I Get the habit, and go to church. IN RUSSELL GULCH Miss Ethel Mellow is home fro-m Boulder to spend the holidays with her parents. John Mellow and family will spend the holidays in Denver. John. Hugh Jones, of Cripple Creek is visiting his uncle, John VV. Jones. The Incidental mine is installing a steam boiler and a Cameron pump, j The Christmas exercises of the | Sunday school will be held in the I church, Thursday afternoon. | Jim Richards, who lias been ill , with pneumonia, is much improved, j D - E. Sherer went to Black Hawk j Wednesday to settle for a shipment ( of ore from his lease in the Old . Town. | Valentino Zancanella shipped two tram cars of smelting ore from the ( Old Town this week that is expect ed to rum SIOO.OO a ton or better. Walter Flagler, who is connected i with the Two-Forty mine, is now liv ing in Russell Gulch, and is boarding with Mrs. Phillips. j Angelo Targo was killed in a mine accident at Jackson, Cal., this week., | He was a former resident of Russell and at the time of his death wias a member of the Alpina and Forester lodges of this place. Mrs. Matt Edwards and children, tleft Thursday of this week for Crip ' pie Creek to join Mr. Edwards, who is working there. ! Frank Hutton and son left Wednes day for Cripple Creek to spend the holidays. Chas Ellis left Tuesday for Gol ‘ den. , *Jas. Chellew is ill with the grippe. He is trying to get himself in shape for the arrival cf Santa Claus. Miss Millie Hore is cn the sick list. Mrs. Matilda Carlin, who was ta ken to Denver last Thursday and placed In St. Joseph’s hospital, died Monday. Her death is mourned by many .friends in Russell Gulch. BOOSTING Would you like to be thought stronger and more resourceful than the average man? Would you like to have others admire you and look up to you? The recipe is simple. Have something good to say about everybody, about your neighbor, and about your town. Boost, even if you have to go out of your way to boost. Lend a helping hand. Have some word of encouragement always ready for the fellow who is down on his luck. People will think then that you can afford to do it; that you are so successful and so prosperous that you can see only good in everything. It is the man with the petty griev ance—the small man —who knocks. Remember that, and try to be above small things. A good deal of the old feudal idea still remains. The an cient lords could afford to be mag nanimous. Their mot o was “Nob'esso Oblige.” Their nob lity gave them certain responsibil tb s. They were th3 leaders. Pee pie looked up to them and depended on. them. That ‘‘Noblesse Obligt ” is a good motto to adopt today, even when there are no heredhary lords. It is a motto that the everyday man can adopt and profit by. If you kei p boosting ev erywhere you go, others will uncon sciously reccgn’ze in veu a leader. They will put you down as a man who helps because he is stronger than others. If you don’t believe thie, try if for a while and see if it'e not so. District Attorney Rush, of Denver, Laig notified the Mquor dealers in hl« district that whatever wet goods | they have on hand after the state j goes dry must be shipped out of I Colorado within 24 hours. If the meeMig of the d strict attorneys and i sheriffs to be held in Denver on | the 28th. elects to adopt uniform pro | cedatre hi the enforcement of the pro hibition amendment, it Is likely that the load of the Denver district af terney will be followed. In which ev ent the liquor dea’ers in Gilp4n coun ty would hove to dispore cf a lot of goods between now’ and midnight of Dec. 31st. or el«e ship the surplus In to wet territory. Observer—tne family paper—s 2 00. NUMBER 44