. The opinions of the judge and the colonel as to the vast resources of Colorado .. . onsidered paying mineral under certain smelting processes, and by thenew cyanide treatment even lower grade ores can be smelted with course you understand that these are very low grade ores, and not byany means an indication of the average, which is very much higher. Insome instances ores are discovered that run as high as $10,000 to $20,000to the ton. By the way. Major, remarked the Judge, drawing his handfrom his pocket, here is a specimen of gold ore from a Cripple Creekmine that runs $25,000 to
. The opinions of the judge and the colonel as to the vast resources of Colorado .. . onsidered paying mineral under certain smelting processes, and by thenew cyanide treatment even lower grade ores can be smelted with course you understand that these are very low grade ores, and not byany means an indication of the average, which is very much higher. Insome instances ores are discovered that run as high as $10,000 to $20,000to the ton. By the way. Major, remarked the Judge, drawing his handfrom his pocket, here is a specimen of gold ore from a Cripple Creekmine that runs $25,000 to the ton. This is all quite interesting, Colonel. The lead industry is also quitelarge, is it not? Yes. Lead is nearly always associated witli silver ores, and it isfrequently found with gold. Its fluxing quality in smelting sometimesmakes lead more valuable than its commercial price. The lead produc-tion though, like that of copper, will keep pace with the gold and silveryield, and over five million dollars worth were produced last year, ^ere ■2\ YAH £>©L@[^AP>@ rJWAiT®. are very few exclusively lead mines in the Btate, but in many instances lead predominates in quantitiessufficient to justify the operation of the mines for leadalone. Then, too, iron is frequently found with gold. ••Is tin- iron found in your mountains always asso-ciated with gold? No. The small amount found with gold has no com-mercial value. Our iron ore deposits are measured by thesize of the mountains that contain them, and iron is one ofour greatest resources, although comparatively county alone has more iron than the State of Penn-sylvania, and enough to supply the markets of the continent,and its ores can be converted into steel pig for less than $8a ton. Iron is also found in immense bodies in Chaffee and Saguachecounties as well as in many other parts of the state. Our great iron re-sources are beginning to attract widespread attention, and it is amongthe probabiliti
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