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THE GILPIN OBSERVER VOLUME 30. AMONG THE MINES HAWKEYE COMPANY READY FOR BIG WORK' Tlhe Hawkeye Mines Co., which re cently acquired the Hawkeye group on. the west end o( Quartz Mil, htuve about completed the erection ot a large shaft house, installed a good sized holler, finished the foundation for the holtt and a:e now laying the foundation for an air compressor. The proposition is tacked mainly by Petnneyilaania capital and sufficient money will be spent to sink the shaft and explore the wide expanse of ground embiaced In the three claims of the group. There is a shaft on the Hawikeye 100 feet deep and this will! be sunk to a depth of 300 feet when the top improvements are finished. The sliaft huis been sunk on a big porphyry dyke and shows a fair-sized crevice of copper ircn ore at its present shallow depth. It is the purpose of the operators to drift both sides of the sliaft, one drift to be run in the direction of the It.di’ana, whose 900- foot level has been extended to the endlilnes of the Hawkeye lode. The drift to be ruh in the opposite direc tion will cut a junction of two dykes showing on the surface, which cross at a point within 300 feet of the Hawkeye shaft. The surface formation of that por tion of Quartz hill where the Haiwk eye, Gilpin and Sep'ember are locat ed would surely indicate that big ore bodies are to be found below. Two prononuced porphyry dykesi traverse this territory and are readily traced in one direction through the Hawk eye ground, beyond the Ivanhoe and on to Alps bill; the other dyke run ning in tlie direction of tile Hubert. Mines adjoining the Hawkeye and on the course of these dykes have been wonderful producers for years and indications point to the possibili ty of this group taking rank with its neighbors when the present cam paign of development is carried out. To one acquainted with the Quartz hill section and who lias studied the surface formation of ttlie west end of th® hill, tlie Hawkeye appears as a splendid prospect and one that would warrant the expenditure of a suffi cient amount of capital to explore the ground. C. A. FYost is mamaging the mine and S. S. Hambly is superintendent. Both have very practical Ideae to mining and are capable of keepdng the exist of operations within the bounds of economy. They have al ready demonstrated tills by equipping the property with a shaft home# and a plant of machinery at a cost two or three times le s than It wpuld have cost, those not as familiar with the mining game ajs these two min ers. SUB-TREASURY SHIPMENTS Tlie Sub-Treasury mine leased by O. L. Patterson and operated under his practical direction, made a record production laet month. Two hundred tone of smelting ore were shipped, about 190 tons of which averaged $52.00 to tlie ton and 12 tons that returned $211.00 a ton. Tlie tonnage of the mill dirt wee 250, wiiich made 50 tons of concentrates. A settle ment has been lied on 26 tone which averaged $38.00 a ton. Tie other 25 tone have not been settled for but are expected to run about the same. Sinking of tlie shaft has been completed at tlie Sub-Treasury and the oth level la now being extended to the north to cut the ore shoot. This shoot will be cut within a dis tance of 60 feet. Lumber, Cement, Brick Hay and Grain Mine Timbers Steam and Family COAL Lowest Prices Consistent With Quality FAIRCHILD & PARSONS Phone, Central 101 Black Hawk Ordera mar be left at Rials’ Book Store, Central eitjr LAKE MINE This mine, out i<n the Big Five tun nel at a dearth of 2,300 feet from surface, has been our longest pro ducer of once, toth in quality and quantity, for the paßit two year®. The I. D. L. Leasing company, un der the management of George K. Kimball! has let two sub-leases on No. 1 w’nze, be’ow the tunned level, one east and the other west of winze that are turning out a Urge tonnage of ore. On No. 2 winze, leased to tilie Aurora Gold Mining Co., the lessees yesterday received returns from a lot of conoeiutrati s that returned $68.80 per and they also received return® from a lot of smelting ore that was worth $63.31 per ton. Qudgileyi, Moor© & Co., who are wicnMnig the old Mother slope, re ccmtfy shipped a lot of smelting ora that returned $68.97 per torn. This slope has produced several hundred thousand dollars in the past two year®, and the highest point in the stop© i® only 250 ftet high. As there i® sit till 2,000 feet of virgin ground to surface, and taking the first 250 feet a® ap estimate, it shows con clusively that ti er© are millions of dollars’ worth of one xear.aHning in thd® ground, and also show® that our fissure vein® have ritlh ore art great depth and i®, so far a® prospected, inexhauetdble. At ti e No. 4 tunnefl op the sur face, C. Wi Tfliopas has scld his lea®© and taken another on No. 2 tunnel. GILPIN-EUREKA MINE The Gilpin -Burden mdne, a short distance from the city, never was in a more productive condit/on than it 4® today. The mill ha® recently pro duced 116*& ounces of geld retctUs from concentrating ope, and eleven ton® of ounce ntrales returned $23.93 per ton, twelve tone concentrates that returned $75.83 per ten, trweflve ton® of concentrate ® mixed with aino that returned $12.60 per ton, fifteen ton® that returned $11.23 per ton, five ten® that returned $12.10 per ton, and twenty tor® tfliait returned' $6-1.20 per ten. making a total of $2,- 416.12, outdid© the value of the re tort gold. ORANOKE TO BTART W. G. Boyle, of Denver, i® here to start werk cn the Oranoke mine on K*«ng Flat. It wi n be operated by the Revmed Mining Co., composed of Denver paid Eastern people. They wflfl put up a shaft house and plant of machinery and will sink the shaft. The shaft is 100 feet deep and last wenked about 25 years ago, pro duced $20,000. The mine Is In a rich territory and give® every promise of becoming a profitable producer. PROMPT PAY STARTING J H. H. Griffin, cf Denver, i® in the city and has concluded to start work on the Prompt Pay mine, west of the Topeka. A shaft house will be erected and a plant of machinery in stalled. The pi aft 's 180 feet deep and will be sunk to greater depth.* The Prompt Pay ha® been idle 15 years. It has produced a high-grade of ore and is located in a section that is noted for rich go-id values. I FOR SALE The Fnontenac mil, bud Idling, lum ber, iron and windows. Will sell in quantity to suiti purchasers. Inquire of McFar’ane & Co. CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER sth, 1916. MINING PROFITS 'Some people axe so dense that they actuary believe tl at there is no such a tiling a® a legitimate min ing industry. You may not believe this statement, hut it i® a fact. Oth er® admit that some effort is being made at mining and that metals are being produced, but they do not be lieve that there is any profit in tlie industry. A large part of the mining indus try i© in tl.e hands of individuals, partnership® and close corporations, in which cases there i® no informa tion of public record available ©bout t|i© profit®. Ti.eje axe many prop erties in Alaska that have been spec tacular producers, lut be ng owned by individuals cr close corporations no definite information a/bcut the profit© is obtainable. A long list of North American mines could be recited that eo far have paid theip shareholders a million or more in dividends. To this ld©t could be added a still longer list cf mines that have Ik gun paying dividends, but have not yet had time to reach the million merk. They are going forward steadily and successfully and many of the pi are bound to rise into the top column of big divi dend payers ap the years come. Had someone prophesied fifty years ago, that the west would produce Die many million© that it Ims, he would have been dubbed the wildest kdnd of a dreamer. A repetitdicn of these fact© will occur in Alaska and Chose who axe fortunate enough to be aJtrte to supply the needed capdital for the opendng of these properties will reap the b’g profits;. The available records from all sources slow conclusively to persons open for conviction Chat, compared with the capital invested, mining i® the most profltab e industry.—Valdez Aliptr. SILVER BOUND TO ADVANCE There has been heavy buying of silver during tie past few day© by England, France, Italy and Russia for coinage purpose®, and it is believed that the recent s! arp advance in the price will be the means of bringing about si ll f arther purchases from this source. There is a brisk demand in the domestdc market from the arts, and there is now no indication of any abatement. There are substan tial inquiries in tlie market from South America. Two different pert es have been inspecting the Victor mine near the head of Virginia canon this week, owned by H. J. Hawley of this city, wtDtli a view of taking it over. This mine i® one of the early discoveries of the district and has produced an abundance of big) : grade ore in the day© when rich surface pockets were being developed, and there i® no doubt that thl® dess of ore extends to unknown depth®, if capital is fur nished for it© deve’opment. The flood of gold continues. On 1 the amo4f\t in the United States, Including that held In the treasury for redemption of outstand ing certificate©, was $2,331,000,000, showing an increase of nearly $418.- 000,000 in 12 mon’h©. In addition to what is brought in by commerce Prom | abroad there is a domestic produc- | tlon Of goQd amquntirg to $100,000,000 a year. There is now in circulation in the country nearly feur billion dol lar© of money of all kind®, and very nearly cne-holf the total is gold and certificates representing goQd. Tlie Queen tung®t?n mine 2n Gilson gufloli, owned by H. J. Hawley, of our city and operated under lease, lias 1,200 pounds of high-grade tungsten on wOidctfi an efftr ha© been made of SI.OO per pound, but the boy® have reUuiscd the offer ard await an ad vance In price which will surely come if the European war is to con tinue. NOTICE. I aj>> preparing the delinquent tttx Hat tor publication and the same will bo given to tiie printer the 16th day of October. AJI those toi arrears must settle before that date or their prop erty -will be advertlaed. , HEJNRY P. AJ-TVATER. County Treasurer. Central City, Colo., September 28, 1916. (31.) NOTICE Oarage room for rent on reason - able terms. For particulars enquire at the Obeerver office. Master Jack Welch had a birthday party yesterday and entertained sev eral of Uia boy friend®. KEATING WILL ADDRESS METAL MINERS T|>e next meeting of the Gilpin County Chapter of the Metal Miners* aseociaUen will le held in the dis trict court room on tl.e evening of Moflay, October 16th. Congressman Edward Keating has Informed Presi dent Sayre that he will be in Cen tral on that day and will be pleased to address the members on that ev ening. M r . Keatia g*© . remarks will ibe of a non-partizan nature, but wdll degj with legislat on needed to aid and promote the metal mining indus try. a large crowd should be pres ent to hear fcflm as he is a very able speaker and is in harmony with the intent and purpese® of the Metal Miners’ associatkn. At this meeting of the association. d°uimittee appointed two weeks sgdjf to look into the matter of low er Electric power rnd lighting rates will make a report. IMPORTANT LYCEUM NOTICE Not enough money has been col lected to pay fer the Gilpin county lyceum cccrse ard the opera house, ip which to hold it too a® yet, but the management beMeves that the people are going to patronize this better than anjtl leg of the kind wfctfch has ever been in Central City and hence they are gong t® take a small risk and have the first onter tanment® of the course in tl.e opera house where every* one seems to want tlvem. Therefore arrangements have been made with Mr. MoFanlane for the use of the opera house next Tues day night, Octefcer 10, at 8:15 at which time and p’ace the Beverly EtnitertcSner© will render the first en tertainment of the course. These four yoaj.ng ladit® axe musicians of rare skill and will be sure to please ewry one. AIJ s aron ticket hold ers wdCQ be given an opportunity to lay off their seats at Gcuch's store at ainy time Satirday, October 7, af ter 10 a. m. Please do not go be fore that time and piece© go very seen after that time if you derire to get good scats. Remember a large ! number of these season ticket® have • beta and Mr. Couch and a num ber of sdhcol boy© .and girls l ave tickets for sa’e. Season tickets are $2.00 fer the season for adults and $i .00 for sdl’*ool children. Season ticket® ©Hi be laid off for the sea son go that the seat© yc<u select wdll be yours for each of the five num bers. It is therefore very important flat you go early to get your seats. AM ®ea<t® are reserved. S'ngle ad mission ticket® axe 50 cmt® for adults and 25 cents for children, and these ticket© wriil be laid off for Tuesday night's entertainment cn Monday or Tuesday at the box office. Mr. Couch and a number of high school boys and girl© will have these tickets. Ycu had b«ttcr buy season tickets and get in the big line that wdll be in front of Mr. Couch’s stcre at 10 a. m., Saturday. You wiill get the worth of your money in the first two entcrtalnmenr© and the bureau agrees to refund the money of any one w*Mo ip not satisfied wd/th any entertainment. The writer has man aged two lyceum courses for the Mid land Lyceum Bureau (the one fur mVihlng our talent tils year) and lias j not had one person take advantage of this offer. RARE METALS CO., MAKE PRODUCT OF CONCENTRATES Ferro-tungsten furnaces are being installed In a new plant which' the Hare Metals company of Rollinaville is fitting up at Utah Junction near Denver. The company plane to con vert Its concentrates from the Rol llnsvuiq mil] into ferro-tungsten be fore trying to market the product. Nelson Franklin, formerly manager of the Vindicator gold mints In Crip ple Creek, lp at the head of the Rure Metals company. They built a tung sten mill at Roll'llsvllle last spring and hone been buying low- grade all summer. They are Bold to lave one of the best mills, if not the best mill, In tile wtjiole tungsten dilstr’ot. They i have been able to moke their con centrates 64 per cent, when the high est grade that could be acquired by other mills was between 53 and 60 per cent. Two new- electric furnaces are be ing Installed at the Utah Junction plaint. Other machinery will also be added po that the company will be able to handle all of its mill product. Utah Junction Is about t1 ree mile* from Denver on the Moffat and C. & S. railroads. Concentrates can be shipped from the Nederland district with RollinevlSJe as a starting point. When the ferro-tungsten la produced by thg refinery, the metal can be shipped direct to all parts of tlhe east from the plant.—Tungsten Light. MINES TO TRAIN U. S. OFFICERS Tlie Colorado School of Mines at Golden ha® been, designated a® Hie firs-t pcthDol in the United State® to become a federal military college under the provision® of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916. If the requirements of the War Department are complied with the local school will be made one of the dhdef train ing point© for United States Army officers. Under the new act a number of college© throughout the country will be made training school® for army officer©, the work in military tactfles being taught along with, and parallel ing, the regular school course. The course in military instruction wffll be under the direction of a United States army officer and will be of four years’ duration. The course to be taught will be modelled, to a great extent, after that at West Podnt, with an eye to local conditions. Upon the comple tion of the military course the stu dent© mupit serve pdx month© in the regular army a® second lieu tenant®. At the end of that period they have the option of taking a permanent commission in the army or retiring to private life, pmbject to cadi as of ficer© in cape of natdonal emergency. It i© probable that the course at Golden would be to fit the men to take command of companies of engin eers. Tlhe work in military mat-; ter® could be taken along with the regular school curriculum without much conflict. Tlie act provide® that no school of tlie Officers’ Reserve Corps can bo established unless at least a 1 un dred men s%n lo take tlie course. ! Tlie courpe will enable large num bers of student® to practically pay their way through, college. During the flrpt and second years the men ( will be given thrir clothing and equipment, and the JaFt, two year*, rations and lodging wdM likewise be furnished. Tlie Officers’ Reserve Corps will be entirely under the direction of the federal government and (will have no oonneot’on. with the state. Tlie men will not be classed as private soldiers and of course cannot be called for strike duly. j NOVEL WAY OF BOOSTING WILSON The rail lroad-box-car advertising campaign wMcfa is being conducted throughout tji® eastern ©t«t<© in the interests of President Wllqpn ond for the purpose of defeating Charles E. Hu gibe® at the cojn’ng presidential election has reached Grand Junction. Yesterday morn’ng a box-car rolled into the local yerds bearing this le gend written In heavy white chalk all over the car: “Take off your hat, Take off your ©hots And do all you can To defeat Cbes. E. Hughes.” Reports from the east are to the effect that engines, passenger coach es and all kind© cf railroad' rolling stock 1© Ik 1 jig used by the railroad men to advertise the fact that Can didate Hughes must be defeated at •the coming eleot'on. Tlie men are grateful to the president fer the \d anifc-on eight-hour law. and axe show ing their appreciation by trying tl’.edr bo©t to re-elect him. Ix>cnl railroad men ore equally en thuriaFtiic, and it w<iul!d not be sur prising If, before Icjig, the Denver & liio Grande rolling ©took carried the information that tlie employees would like to see Wilson re-elected. —Grand Junction Semt'nel. Mrs. Wm. Stearns, of the Stearns ranch, two mUcs west of town, Is very low with typhoid fever. THE AMERICAN METALS PRODUCING CO. CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO Buyers of _> Zinc-Lead Concentrates and Ores • * Phone Central 116-J Black Hawk, Calo. J. J. BERNARD DIES FROM APOPLEXY. J. J. Bernard, who In tlie SO’s wa® a partner of the late Dan McKay In the nidtiing and stock raledng busi ness, died at Niwct, Boulder county* yestendoy of apoplexy. Mr. Bernard moved from here to Bourder county many years ago. and at the time of life death was the Re publican primary nominee, for coun ty commissioner. Mr. Bernard, with other nominee®!, was making a can vas© of the county and had stopped at the Niwot hotel for d'nner, and white waiting wa© stricken with the dreaded disease and dded wdth-in ten. minutes. He will be remembered by many of the old residents, a© he wn© connected with Dan McKay in the Leavenworth mine at the time when that mine was producing many* thousand© of doUr.r©’ worth of gold. Miss Gertrude Baiwdin, of tala place, who i« attending the Boulder University, was making her home with tlie family at the time of his death. Mr©. J. H. Bawden left thd© morning for Boulder to attend tlie funeral. DIED In RiUßeell Gulch, Tuesday, Ootobet 4 3 W 1916 of pneumonia, Joseph Rich j ards. aged 41 years. Mr. Richard© was born in New Jersey. January 10. 1875, and remov ed with hdp parents to Gilpin coun !ty the same year, and to Russell , Gulch two years later, where he grew to manhood. He followed mining a© an occupation, and at times was quite successful. Last Thursday nigi t he wn© stricken with pneumonia and died the following Tuesday. iHe was of a ‘retiring di-posit !< n and loved and respected by all those with) whom he came in contact. He will ever be remembered by his friends for his ‘studious and devoted atten tion to a widowed mother, and was ever found ready and willing to light en her burd'enw as her step was slow ed, by Time, wtho gently numbered her years. Hi© whole life wa© de voted to uprightness towards his fel low man, and nepe is there to say tiiat Joseph Richards was ever found 1 to dlrihJrtncr his word. He leaves behind to mourn his los©, a mother, feur sister® and two brotf ers. His ft nc al will take place from the M. E. chvrcQi In Russell Gulch tomorrow (Friday) at 2 o’olock p. m., and hi© remain© buried in Rus sell Gulch cemetery. HOW RESERVE SYSTEM HELPS In a dispatch to the New York “World” from Da’la©, Tex., Sept. 23, practical illuetralicn of how the Fed eral Reserve System he© become of vast practical uUl’ty is given. It i« stated that the total yield of cotton in Texa® will be about 4.000.000 bale® wtkdch will net about $400,000,000 to die farmer©• “Tlie Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is putting out money for hand ling the Texas crop at tlie rate of approximately $500,000 per day,” sa.\e the dispatch. “In view of the fact that coni pa rati vely little cotton i® be ing held, tlie large demand for funds with which to move the crop i® gome wJ»ot surprising. The sign'ficant thing about the matter, however, is that instead of paylhg 8 to 10 per cent for the money, the ft rmer© and cot ton buyer® are now* able to obtain it for 6 per cent. It wa© expected that iai event of low or un©atiefactory price© there would be a large amount of money advanced as loans through the Federal Reserve Bank on ware house receipts, but up to this time request© fer lcar© of thd© character have been very few.” NUMBER 33. ,