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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 123 [CXXIII], Issue No. 2Info Publication Date:
July 9, 1921Info found on page:
70Info Title:
Moffat Tunnel To Be Extended The Moffat tunnel, connecting with the Blue Flag workings of the War Eagle Consolidated Mines Co., is to be extended north-east through the Sheriff, thence to the Amanda and War Eagle. A cross-cut will also be carried from the Blue Flag through the Bogart and Happy Year holdings of the War Eagle company.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 120 [CXX], Issue No. 16Info Publication Date:
April 17, 1920Info found on page:
578Info Title:
Blue Flag Workings Draft Well with Moffat Tunnel T.R. Countryman, consulting engineer to the War Eagle Consolidated Mines Co., in reporting connection made on April 2 from the Blue Flag workings with the Moffat tunnel, stated that the "ventilation was thorough".
The entire tunnel and Blue Flag workings are completely ventilated with pure, fresh, cool air. The draft is so strong that a carbide-lamp cannot be kept alight in the drift.
The engineer further reports a streak of black sulphide in the east wall, more than six inches thick asssaying $25 in gold, with a width next to it of one foot assaying $19.40. This is in addition to 20 in. of ore opened in the drift.
The entire tunnel and Blue Flag workings are completely ventilated with pure, fresh, cool air. The draft is so strong that a carbide-lamp cannot be kept alight in the drift. The engineer further reports a streak of black sulphide in the east wall, more than six inches thick asssaying $25 in gold, with a width next to it of one foot assaying $19.40. This is in addition to 20 in. of ore opened in the drift.Above Info was Last Updated on 02.02.2023 (17:10:18)
Above Info was First Seen 24.02.2020
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 120 [CXX], Issue No. 15Info Publication Date:
April 10, 1920Info found on page:
541Info Title:
Blue Flag Tunnel to Moffat Tunnel Connection John W. Sheafer, Judge of the District Court, this week denied the application of L. T. Gray, claiming interest in the Moffat tunnel property, for a writ of injunction to prevent connection with the tunnel from the Blue Flag mine workings.
The War Eagle Consolidated Mines Co., the Blue Flag Gold Mining Co., the Moffat Tunnel & Transportation Co., and Hildreth Frost, attorney of this city {Cripple Creek], were named as defendants.
It was alleged in the complaint that damage would result "through the filling of the tunnel with bad air" if connection were permitted.
The War Eagle company is cross-cutting from its 1200-ft. level of the Blue Flag shaft on Raven hill to connect with the tunnel, in accordance with a contract with the Blue Flag Gold Mining Co., of which corporation Tully Scott of the Supreme Court of Colorado is president.
With connection made, ventilation will be afforded to the Blue Flag and War Eagle mines as well as to the tunnel.
The War Eagle Consolidated Mines Co., the Blue Flag Gold Mining Co., the Moffat Tunnel & Transportation Co., and Hildreth Frost, attorney of this city {Cripple Creek], were named as defendants. It was alleged in the complaint that damage would result "through the filling of the tunnel with bad air" if connection were permitted. The War Eagle company is cross-cutting from its 1200-ft. level of the Blue Flag shaft on Raven hill to connect with the tunnel, in accordance with a contract with the Blue Flag Gold Mining Co., of which corporation Tully Scott of the Supreme Court of Colorado is president. With connection made, ventilation will be afforded to the Blue Flag and War Eagle mines as well as to the tunnel.Above Info was Last Updated on 15.07.2023 (10:05:43)
Above Info was First Seen 24.02.2020
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 120 [CXX], Issue No. 5Info Publication Date:
January 31, 1920Info found on page:
168Info Title:
War Eagle Ore in Cross-Cut Towards Moffat Tunnel The cross-cut from the 1200-ft. level carried from the Blue Flag to the Moffat tunnel for air-connection on the War Eagle property to the north, has passed through ore for a distance of 70 ft.
The vein is reported as being two feet wide and samples taken by the War Eagle Consolidated company gave returns of $24 in gold and 13 oz. silver per ton.
No work will be done on this vein until the tunnel connection is made and ventilation obtained.
The vein is reported as being two feet wide and samples taken by the War Eagle Consolidated company gave returns of $24 in gold and 13 oz. silver per ton. No work will be done on this vein until the tunnel connection is made and ventilation obtained.Above Info was Last Updated on 02.02.2023 (17:10:46)
Above Info was First Seen 24.02.2020
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 120 [CXX], Issue No. 4Info Publication Date:
January 24, 1920Info found on page:
129Info Title:
Blue Flag Working to Connect with the Opehelia The Blue Flag company is driving to connect with the Moffat or Ophelia tunnel, and thence through the War Eagle property to a point under the Scott or main shaft. Ore assaying about 1,25 oz. gold and 12 to 15 oz. silver per ton has been opened up on the 1200-ft. level of the Blue Flag by the War Eagle Consolidated company.
Work in the Blue Flag lateral is done under air-pressure on account of the presence of mine-gases, and except for the ore taken out in drifting no attention will be paid to mining until the connections are completed.
Work in the Blue Flag lateral is done under air-pressure on account of the presence of mine-gases, and except for the ore taken out in drifting no attention will be paid to mining until the connections are completed.Notes/Text been Edited:
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 119 [CXIX], Issue No. 21Info Publication Date:
November 22, 1919Info found on page:
754Info Title:
Moffat Tunnel Soon Connected to Blue Flag Connection will shortly be completed by cross-cut between the Moffat tunnel and the Blue Flag workings.
On account of the Blue Flag adjoining the Ida May group of the Elkton company on the north, its development from that direction is impossible.
On account of the Blue Flag adjoining the Ida May group of the Elkton company on the north, its development from that direction is impossible.Above Info was Last Updated on 02.02.2023 (17:07:55)
Above Info was First Seen 10.03.2020
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 119 [CXIX], Issue No. 7Info Publication Date:
August 16, 1919Info found on page:
246Info Title:
Ophelia/Moffat Tunnel Under Sheriff to Connect with Blue Flag The Moffat tunnel heading is now in the Sheriff claim on Raven hill, one of the War Eagle group, at a distance of 1,5 miles from the portal, which is on the western slope of Gold hill about a mile south of Cripple Creek.
Development was commenced August 1 from the Blue Flag Gold Mining Co.'s main shaft, to connect with the Ophelia or Moffat tunnel, at a depth of 1150 ft., thence to a point directly under the Scott shaft of the War Eagle Consolidated Mines Co., and connection made therewith by raise. This work will be done under a contract between the Blue Flag company and the War Eagle Consolidated company, which now controls the Moffat tunnel.
With ventilation perfected through the two shaft connections, the Moffat tunnel will become a public utility and will be used for transportation and operating purposes by mining companies, mine owners, or their lessees, on properties along the line of the tunnel.
Development was commenced August 1 from the Blue Flag Gold Mining Co.'s main shaft, to connect with the Ophelia or Moffat tunnel, at a depth of 1150 ft., thence to a point directly under the Scott shaft of the War Eagle Consolidated Mines Co., and connection made therewith by raise. This work will be done under a contract between the Blue Flag company and the War Eagle Consolidated company, which now controls the Moffat tunnel. With ventilation perfected through the two shaft connections, the Moffat tunnel will become a public utility and will be used for transportation and operating purposes by mining companies, mine owners, or their lessees, on properties along the line of the tunnel.Notes/Text been Edited:
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Oak Creek Times. Volume: 9 [IX], Issue No. 22Info Publication Date:
November 16, 1916Info found on page:
3Info Title:
Puzzle lode Shipment of Tungsten Through the Ophelia Tunnel Colvin & Day, lessees on the Puzzle lode mining claim on Gold hill, Cripple Creek, operating through the Moffat or Ophelia tunnel, have completed a shipment of tungsten ore that is confidently expected to carry large values in both gold and silver.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 30.10.2020 (11:04:30)
Above Info was First Seen 19.10.2019
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Modern Tunneling [1914]. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
1914Info found on page:
51Info Title:
Resumé of Data; Ophelia Tunnel Ophelia tunnel: Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Purpose, mine drainage and development.
Length, 8,500 feet.
Cross-section, 9 feet square.
Rock, granite and breccia.
Power, steam.
Ventilation, blow with pressure blower through 15-inch pipe.
Two Sullivan drills in the heading.
Mounting, vertical column.
Three shifts per day. Two drillers, two helpers, and three muckers per shift.
Compressed air haulage.
Average monthly progress, 350 feet.
Started, 1905; completed, 1907.
Reference, Mine and Quarry, May 1907, page 118.
Purpose, mine drainage and development.Length, 8,500 feet.Cross-section, 9 feet square.Rock, granite and breccia.Power, steam.Ventilation, blow with pressure blower through 15-inch pipe.Two Sullivan drills in the heading.Mounting, vertical column.Three shifts per day. Two drillers, two helpers, and three muckers per shift.Compressed air haulage.Average monthly progress, 350 feet.Started, 1905; completed, 1907. Reference, Mine and Quarry, May 1907, page 118.Above Info was Last Updated on 30.10.2020 (11:04:30)
Above Info was First Seen 11.03.2020
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Modern Tunneling [1914]. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
1914Info found on page:
151Info Title:
Ophelia Drilling Info Drilling Speed, includes time used in setting up and tearing down column or bar and in shifting machine to new holes and in changing steel; but down not include time of mucking for set up or in loading, blasting, and clearing smoke, as given from the table this info is from.
Info reported from Ophelia Tunnel say the Drill was Piston in Granite Rock and 8-10 in drilling speeds per machine per hour.
Info reported from Ophelia Tunnel say the Drill was Piston in Granite Rock and 8-10 in drilling speeds per machine per hour.Notes/Text been Edited:
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Modern Tunneling [1914]. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
1914Info found on page:
202Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Illumination Method While Candles can't be recommended as a means of lighting a tunnel or adit during construction, this is the type of Illumination chosen for the Ophelia Tunnel.
Practically everything that can be said in the favor of candles, or open-flame oil lamps, is that they require a much smaller initial outlay than electricity or acetylene, yet they are more expensive per unit of light than either acetylene or electricity, consume a greater amount of oxygen, and give off a correspondingly greater amount of noxious gases. Candles not only do not give enough light, but what they do supply is flickering and unsteady unless there are no drafts, and since they are quickly extinguished by the exhaust blasts from air drills they cannot be placed to light properly the work of the drillers; hence the efficiency of a high-priced drillman is greatly reduced. Candles are often wasted or dropped into the muck-pile, and item of loss which may amount to a considerable sum in the long run.
Practically everything that can be said in the favor of candles, or open-flame oil lamps, is that they require a much smaller initial outlay than electricity or acetylene, yet they are more expensive per unit of light than either acetylene or electricity, consume a greater amount of oxygen, and give off a correspondingly greater amount of noxious gases. Candles not only do not give enough light, but what they do supply is flickering and unsteady unless there are no drafts, and since they are quickly extinguished by the exhaust blasts from air drills they cannot be placed to light properly the work of the drillers; hence the efficiency of a high-priced drillman is greatly reduced. Candles are often wasted or dropped into the muck-pile, and item of loss which may amount to a considerable sum in the long run.Notes/Text been Edited:
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Modern Tunneling [1914]. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
1914Info found on page:
220Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Hole Info The Ophelia Tunnel used 20-24 Numbers of holes in Driving its Tunnel Heading in Granite Rock with 80 square feet of Approximate area of heading and with 3.6 – 4.0 square feet of Heading per hole in Igneous rocks.
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Modern Tunneling [1914]. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
1914Info found on page:
235Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Hole Making Info The Ophelia Tunnel used Wedge as Type of cut, with 9 feet as Height of heading and 9 feet as Width of heading, while the Average depth of cut-holes was 7 feet and the Average depth of other holes was 6 feet, and the Average depth round drilled was 6 feet, with 67 Percentage average depth to width of heading, all in Granite Rock.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 65 [LXV], Issue No. 1685Info Publication Date:
May 9, 1912Info found on page:
xxxivInfo Title:
Fauntleroy Gold Mining Co. Lessees in Promising Vein Lessees on the Gold hill property of the Fauntleroy Gold Mining Co., prospecting through a crosscut from the Ophelia tunnel, penetrating Gold hill, have cut a promising vein, believed to be the southern extension of the vein first exposed on the Index.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 29.06.2023 (15:13:00)
Above Info was First Seen 14.07.2010
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 64 [LXIV], Issue No. 1653Info Publication Date:
October 5, 1911Info found on page:
332Info Title:
Callie Worked Through Moffat Tunnel The Humphries-Thompson syndicate is doing some work on the Callie claim, between that property and the Morning Glory, operating through the Moffat tunnel.
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Science; Volume 64; July to December 1911
Above Info was Last Updated on 03.06.2023 (09:07:04)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 63 [LXIII], Issue No. 1630Info Publication Date:
April 27, 1911Info found on page:
456Info Title:
Iron Master Lessees Makes Important Find Through Ophelia Tunnel An important discovery for the Jack Pot Mining Co. has been made by Lessee Moore and associates on the south end of the Iron Master mine, on Gold hill. The property adjoins the Mary McKinney claim of the Mary McKinney Mining Co., and the lessee, prospecting through the Ophelia tunnel, have opened up the northern extension of the main Mary McKinney lode, or the Le Clair vein running parallel to the McKinney lode.
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Science; Volume 63; January to June 1911
Above Info was Last Updated on 14.05.2023 (09:33:57)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 63 [LXIII], Issue No. 1615Info Publication Date:
January 12, 1911Info found on page:
48Info Title:
Gold Exploration Tunnel Happenings The Eastern parties who recently purchased the rights and property of the Gold Exploration and Tunnel Co. are about to effect a reorganization, and it is reported here that the tunnel is to be carried eastward as originally projected.
The heading of the tunnel is now under the Sheriff mine, on Raven hill.
The Gold Mining and Leasing Co., recently organized by J. M. Parfet, is seeking a contract whereby the Nil Desperadum and Rhinoceros claims on Raven hill, crosscut by the tunnel, may be developed from that point.
Mineral-bearing veins and dikes passing into the Gould properties from the south having producers on the Ingham, Work and Doctor-Jack Pot properties, will be extensively developed by the leasing company.
The heading of the tunnel is now under the Sheriff mine, on Raven hill. The Gold Mining and Leasing Co., recently organized by J. M. Parfet, is seeking a contract whereby the Nil Desperadum and Rhinoceros claims on Raven hill, crosscut by the tunnel, may be developed from that point. Mineral-bearing veins and dikes passing into the Gould properties from the south having producers on the Ingham, Work and Doctor-Jack Pot properties, will be extensively developed by the leasing company.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Science; Volume 63; January to June 1911
Above Info was Last Updated on 07.05.2023 (10:09:25)
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Special/Editorial CorrespondenceInfo Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 90 [XC], Issue No. 22Info Publication Date:
November 26, 1910Info found on page:
1074Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Sold Denver, Nov. 20—The long tunnel which has its portal in Cottontail gulch, just below the town of Cripple Creek, with its course through Gold hill, and its heading under Raven hill, and which is called the Ophelia tunnel, but more generally known as the Moffat tunnel, after its original owners, has been sold by the master in chancery to William Faxon, of Boston, for $24,000.
This was a foreclosure sale on behalf of the bond holders. The value of the property is rated at $327,000.
This was a foreclosure sale on behalf of the bond holders. The value of the property is rated at $327,000.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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Above Info was Last Updated on 24.12.2021 (21:22:01)
Above Info was First Seen 25.03.2010
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 62 [LXII], Issue No. 1608Info Publication Date:
November 24, 1910Info found on page:
506Info Title:
Moffat Tunnel Property Sold The Moffat Tunnel property has been sold by Sansford C. Hinsdale, master of the chancery of Denver, to William Faxon of Boston for an upset consideration of $24,000.
The sale was brought about by a foreclosure of bonds bought by Mr. Faxon, acting as trustee for the bondholders and the State bank of Chicago, subject to the judgment held by J. M. Parfet, the Morrell Hardware Co. and others.
The sale was brought about by a foreclosure of bonds bought by Mr. Faxon, acting as trustee for the bondholders and the State bank of Chicago, subject to the judgment held by J. M. Parfet, the Morrell Hardware Co. and others.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Hathi Trust Digital Library; Link to Page: ⊞ 506
- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Science; Volume 61; July to December 1910
Above Info was Last Updated on 02.05.2023 (09:51:18)
Above Info was First Seen 11.07.2010
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Special/Editorial CorrespondenceInfo Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 90 [XC], Issue No. 9Info Publication Date:
August 27, 1910Info found on page:
426Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel to Be Sold Denver, Aug. 23—The Ophelia, which in the early days of Cripple Creek was known as the Moffat-Bush tunnel, is to be sold at auction, Sept. 22, to satisfy a debt of $371,580. The tunnel is 1½ miles long, and penetrates Gold and Raven hills.
This illustrates the history of most of the long transportation tunnels in the State. Most of them have proved of enormous benefit to the owners of the mines on the surface, but nearly all of them have been a loss to those whose money first built them.
This illustrates the history of most of the long transportation tunnels in the State. Most of them have proved of enormous benefit to the owners of the mines on the surface, but nearly all of them have been a loss to those whose money first built them.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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Above Info was Last Updated on 20.12.2021 (19:56:54)
Above Info was First Seen 25.03.2010
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 62 [LXII], Issue No. 1595Info Publication Date:
August 25, 1910Info found on page:
188Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Co. Property To Be Sold at Public Auction September 22 Under the decree of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Colorado, in chancery, entered in favor of the State Bank of Chicago as trustee, complainant vs. the Cripple Creek & Pueblo railway company, John T. Plummer, J. M. Parfet and the Morrell Hardware company, respondents, Sandford C. Hinsdale, master in chancery, will offer for sale to the highest bidder at public auction on September 22, at the portal of the Ophelia tunnel in this district all rights, title and interest of the defendant company in the tunnel, certain lode mining claims, machinery, tolls, contracts, rentals and revenues derived from the transportation of the ores, waste, rock and other commodities.
The sum involved is $371,582.10, with interest from June 15, 1910, together with costs and interest of the suit to be taxed.
The sum involved is $371,582.10, with interest from June 15, 1910, together with costs and interest of the suit to be taxed.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Science; Volume 61; July to December 1910
Above Info was Last Updated on 27.04.2023 (15:59:52)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 90 [XC], Issue No. 4Info Publication Date:
July 23, 1910Info found on page:
186Info Title:
Lessees Works Fauntleroy Via Ophelia Tunnel Fauntleroy—Lessees operating this property through the Ophelia tunnel are working a large body of milling ore discovered at a depth of 275 ft. beneath the surface.
The ore carries about one ounce gold to the ton and it is expected to output about 50 tons per week.
The ore carries about one ounce gold to the ton and it is expected to output about 50 tons per week.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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ArticleInfo Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 88 [LXXXVIII], Issue No. 22Info Publication Date:
November 27, 1909Info found on page:
1062Info Title:
Ophelia tunnel as a Drainage Tunnel The Ophelia tunnel, cutting the granite at the west base of Gold hill, has an elevation of 9268 ft., and when 2600 ft. in length is reported to have had a flow amounting to 2100 gal. per min. According to Lindgren and Ransome's latest report on the geology of the Cripple Creek district, this tunnel water came entirely from breccia in fissure zones connected with the main volcanic neck.
This tunnel became dry in 1898 with the drainage of the Standard tunnel which had been under construction for about two years previous.
This tunnel became dry in 1898 with the drainage of the Standard tunnel which had been under construction for about two years previous.Notes/Text been Edited:
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Above Info was Last Updated on 30.10.2020 (11:04:30)
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 60 [LX], Issue No. 1542Info Publication Date:
August 19, 1909Info found on page:
157Info Title:
Ophelia as a Drainage Tunnel The Ophelia tunnel, 2,600 ft. long, discharged 2,000 gal. per minute. This water came from the breccia or from fissure zones connected with the main volcanic neck. It flowed for a year and in 1898 ran dry when the Standard tunnel began to drain.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 09.04.2022 (19:27:05)
Above Info was First Seen 21.06.2010
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 57 [LVII], Issue No. 26Info Publication Date:
June 25, 1908Info found on page:
599Info Title:
Humphreys-Thompson Leasing Co. Shipment The Humphreys-Thompson Leasing Co., operating on the Little Clara, made its usual weekly shipment of 5 carloads. This ore was taken out through the Ophelia tunnel.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 19.03.2023 (22:33:53)
Above Info was First Seen 13.06.2010
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 96 [XCVI], Issue No. 2500; 25Info Publication Date:
June 20, 1908Info found on page:
827Info Title:
Prinseti Properties Worked Through Ophelia by New Lessees A leasing company has been formed to work the Prinseti properties, which include a large number of claims in the Cripple Creek district. The life of the lease is three years. Operations will be started soon, and will be carried on through the Moffat tunnel under Gold hill.
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining and Scientific Press Vol.96 (January-June 1908)
Above Info was Last Updated on 09.08.2023 (10:07:25)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 28 [XXVIII], Issue No. 24Info Publication Date:
June 13, 1908Info found on page:
965Info Title:
Humphries-Thompson Co. Working Gold Hill Lease Through Moffat Tunnel Cripple Creek—The Humphries-Thompson lease also on Gold hill, operating through the Moffat tunnel, recently made a day's shipment of five cars. This firm is given credit as being the heaviest producer in the district.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 28.12.2023 (03:11:26)
Above Info was First Seen 28.12.2023
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 28 [XXVIII], Issue No. 18Info Publication Date:
May 2, 1908Info found on page:
733Info Title:
Little Clara Shipments Through Ophelia Tunnel Cripple Creek—Five cars of ore averaging between $55 and $60 were sent out this week from the Little Clara property. The large, flat vein is holding out well, both in size and values, and 10 cars of ore are shipped every week from the mine.
The ore body is being worked at a point almost a mile and a half from the portal of the Ophelia tunnel, through which operations are conducted. The property is owned by the Work Mining Co. and is under lease to Harold Thompson and associates.
The ore body is being worked at a point almost a mile and a half from the portal of the Ophelia tunnel, through which operations are conducted. The property is owned by the Work Mining Co. and is under lease to Harold Thompson and associates.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 96 [XCVI], Issue No. 2487; 12Info Publication Date:
March 21, 1908Info found on page:
375Info Title:
Little Clara Leasing Co. Happenings The Little Clara Leasing Co., operating on the south end of the Little Clara through the Ophelia tunnel, is reported to have worked the main No. 45 vein up to the side line of the Lucky Corner claim of the Doctor-Jack Pot Co.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Western Investors Review. Volume: 14 [XIV], Issue No. 10Info Publication Date:
March 1908Info found on page:
49Info Title:
Humphreys-Thompson Corporations Ships Through Ophelia Tunnel Cripple Creek.—Six cars of ore, ranging in value from three to seven ounces gold to the ton, were loaded out one day last week over the tunnel tramway from the Little Clara and Lucky Corner mines, operated under lease by the Humphreys-Thompson corporations - the Lucky Corner and Little Clara Leasing Companies.
The total value of the consignment will approximate $18,000.
The total value of the consignment will approximate $18,000.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ The Western Investors Review, Vol.14 (July 1907-May 1908)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 57 [LVII], Issue No. 4Info Publication Date:
January 23, 1908Info found on page:
105Info Title:
Opehlia Tunnel Cyanide Plant Rumors M. E. Peters and Denver associates are said to be planning on the immediate erection of a custom cyanidation plant near the portal of the Ophelia tunnel.
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Science; Volume 57; January to June 1906
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Western Investors Review. Volume: 14 [XIV], Issue No. 2Info Publication Date:
July 1907Info found on page:
11Info Title:
Little Clara D. Co. Shipments Four cars of smelting grade ore were shipped to-day by the Little Clara D. Company, from the Little Clara of the Work Company, and one car of the same grade from the Lucky Corner of the Doctor-Jack Pot Company.
These properties are operated through the Ophelia tunnel.
These properties are operated through the Ophelia tunnel.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 26 [XXVI], Issue No. 22Info Publication Date:
June 1, 1907Info found on page:
703Info Title:
Little Clara Shipment Through Ophelia Tunnel Cripple Creek.—A five-car shipment has been made from the Little Clara of the Work Company in Gold hill. The mineral which is broken in the big stope nearly a mile from the portal of the Ophelia tunnel goes without sorting and runs over $60 per ton.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 26 [XXVI], Issue No. 15Info Publication Date:
April 13, 1907Info found on page:
486Info Title:
Callie Lessees Marsh & Hodges Ships Weekly Through Moffat TunnelCripple Creek.—Marsh & Hodges, who took out $1,000,000 gross from the Little Clara lease on RavenGold hill, are now working the Callie of the Stratton estate through the Moffat tunnel at about 500 ft. depth, and sending out 3 cars per week of $50 ore.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 26 [XXVI], Issue No. 3Info Publication Date:
January 19, 1907Info found on page:
76Info Title:
Machine Drills at Work Through Moffat Tunnel in Little Clara Lease Denver.—Eleven machine drills are used on the vertical veins in the Marsh and Hodges lease on the Little Clara claim of the Work company, operating through the Moffat tunnel.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 26 [XXVI], Issue No. 2Info Publication Date:
January 12, 1907Info found on page:
48Info Title:
Little Fauntleroy Discovery From Ophelia Tunnel Drift Denver.—A discovery of considerable importance occurred in the Little Fauntleroy on Gold hill on the morning of the 4th instant. It was made in an upraise from a drift in the Ophelia tunnel, 1,000 feet from the portal and 300 feet from surface.
The vein is about 2 feet in width and is understood to carry as high as 12 ounces gold per ton.
The vein is about 2 feet in width and is understood to carry as high as 12 ounces gold per ton.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ The Mining World, Vol. 26 (January-June 1907)
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Industrial/Construction NotesInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 25 [XXV], Issue No. 25Info Publication Date:
December 22, 1906Info found on page:
755Info Title:
Lucky Corner Lessees Working Through Moffat Tunnel Improvements Morse Brothers, Denver, have installed a Franklin compressor (Chicago Pneumatic Tool company), for the Lucky Corner Mining company, Cripple Creek, Colo., operating in the Moffat tunnel property.
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ The Mining World, Vol. 25 (July-December 1906)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Reporter. Volume: 54 [LIV], Issue No. 21Info Publication Date:
November 22, 1906Info found on page:
526Info Title:
Tunnel Tramway Co. Incorporated & Runs Aerial Tramway From Ophelia The Tunnel Tramway Co. has been incorporated, and is now operating an aerial road between the portal of the Ophelia tunnel and the railroad tracks of the Florence & Cripple Creek railway. This means of transportation has been made imperative by the bad roads over which the producers were obliged to haul their ore.
It is now expected that lessees on the Little Clara will ship about 150 tons of ore daily.
It is now expected that lessees on the Little Clara will ship about 150 tons of ore daily.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Reporter; Volume 54; July to December 1906
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Company InfoInfo Source From:
The Railway Age (Chicago). Volume: 42 [XLII], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
July 6, 1906Info found on page:
30Info Title:
Cripple Creek & Pueblo Co. Sued Cripple Creek & Pueblo.—A suit in the United States circuit court at Denver commenced by the State Bank of Chicago asks the appointment of a receiver and the foreclosure sale of this property to satisfy bonds for $250,000 issued for equipment, the interest on which has never been paid.
The company, which was incorporated in 1902, receives some revenue from the tunnel in Cripple Creek used to drain surrounding mines.
The company, which was incorporated in 1902, receives some revenue from the tunnel in Cripple Creek used to drain surrounding mines.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ The Railway Age (Chicago), Vol. 42, 1906
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 24 [XXIV], Issue No. 23Info Publication Date:
June 9, 1906Info found on page:
703Info Title:
Moffat Tunnel to Be Pushed Forward Denver.—The Moffat tunnel, penetrating Gold and Raven Hills from its portal on Cripple creek half a mile south of the city, is to be pushed forward to its original point of destination, the Victor mine on Bull Cliffs.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Aspen Weekly Times. Volume: 24 [XXIV], Issue No. 44Info Publication Date:
October 22, 1904Info found on page:
1Info Title:
Sampler At Ophelia Tunnel Plans Been DrawnIMMENSE SAMPLER
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THE OPHELIA TUNNEL WILL HAVE ONE AT ITS MOUTH.
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The Project a Gigantic One and Calls For a Mill Second to None.
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Cripple Creek, Oct., 20.—The greatest project ever proposed in the Cripple Creek district is now assured, plans having been drawn for the erection of an immense sampler and mill at the west entrance of the Ophelia tunnel one mile south of Cripple Creek.
The project is a gigantic one and calls for a mill second to none in the state. The work of finishing the tunnel, which is now only half completed, will also be arranged for by the sale of stock of the company at the same time.
The tunnel will cut the Bull hill portion and will carry and drain away much water which will be an incalculable benefit to all the mines in that region.
C. C. Chapin of Boston, president of the Cripple Creek and Pueblo Railroad company which has just been incorporated, and who is the owner of the tunnel, left yesterday with plans in his pocket for Colorado Springs.
His scheme will be financed in Colorado Springs and Boston.
————————————THE OPHELIA TUNNEL WILL HAVE ONE AT ITS MOUTH.————————————The Project a Gigantic One and Calls For a Mill Second to None.———————————— Cripple Creek, Oct., 20.—The greatest project ever proposed in the Cripple Creek district is now assured, plans having been drawn for the erection of an immense sampler and mill at the west entrance of the Ophelia tunnel one mile south of Cripple Creek. The project is a gigantic one and calls for a mill second to none in the state. The work of finishing the tunnel, which is now only half completed, will also be arranged for by the sale of stock of the company at the same time. The tunnel will cut the Bull hill portion and will carry and drain away much water which will be an incalculable benefit to all the mines in that region. C. C. Chapin of Boston, president of the Cripple Creek and Pueblo Railroad company which has just been incorporated, and who is the owner of the tunnel, left yesterday with plans in his pocket for Colorado Springs. His scheme will be financed in Colorado Springs and Boston.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Aspen Weekly Times, October 22, 1904
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Aspen Democrat. Volume: 5 [V], Issue No. 65Info Publication Date:
October 21, 1904Info found on page:
1Info Title:
Sampler At Ophelia Tunnel Seems AssuredGreatest Project Proposed for Cripple
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Cripple Creek, Colo., Oct. 20—The greatest project ever proposed in the Cripple Creek district is now assured, plans having been drawn for the erection of an immense sampler and mill at the west entrance of the Ophelia tunnel, 1 mile south of Cripple Creek.
The project is a gigantic one and calls for a mill second to none in the state. The work of finishing the tunnel, which is now only half completed, will also be arranged for by the sale of stock of the company at the same time.
The tunnel will cut the Bull hill portion and will carry and drain away much water which will be an incalculable to all the mines in that region.
———————————— Cripple Creek, Colo., Oct. 20—The greatest project ever proposed in the Cripple Creek district is now assured, plans having been drawn for the erection of an immense sampler and mill at the west entrance of the Ophelia tunnel, 1 mile south of Cripple Creek. The project is a gigantic one and calls for a mill second to none in the state. The work of finishing the tunnel, which is now only half completed, will also be arranged for by the sale of stock of the company at the same time. The tunnel will cut the Bull hill portion and will carry and drain away much water which will be an incalculable to all the mines in that region.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Aspen Democrat, October 21, 1904
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Reporter. Volume: 50 [L], Issue No. 9Info Publication Date:
September 1, 1904Info found on page:
229Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Co. Raised Funds to Continue Ophelia Tunnel.—It is reported that the management of the Cripple Creek and Pueblo Railway Company have succeeded in raising funds with which to continue work on this tunnel.
The ultimate destination is the east slope of Bull hill. If completed, the tunnel will open Bull hill at a depth of 1,500 feet, permitting properties on that hill to work at greatly increased depth.
The ultimate destination is the east slope of Bull hill. If completed, the tunnel will open Bull hill at a depth of 1,500 feet, permitting properties on that hill to work at greatly increased depth.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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PersonalsInfo Source From:
Mining Reporter. Volume: 49 [XLIX], Issue No. 20Info Publication Date:
May 19, 1904Info found on page:
509Info Title:
Mr. C. C. Chapin Been Inspecting Ophelia Tunnel C. C. Chapin of Boston, Massachusetts, has been inspecting the Ophelia tunnel of the Pueblo & Cripple Creek railway, at Cripple Creek, Colorado, of which company he is president.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Reporter. Volume: 49 [XLIX], Issue No. 14Info Publication Date:
April 7, 1904Info found on page:
358Info Title:
Pueblo Tunnel (aka Ophelia) Runs Into Bull Hill 14 Feet Per Day PUEBLO TUNNEL.—The Pueblo & Cripple Creek Railway Company is driving this tunnel into Bull hill at the rate of fourteen feet each day. It is now in 7,000 feet, and is to have a length of three miles. It will cut under Bull hill at a maximum depth of 1,550 feet, and is expected to do for Bull hill in the way of drainage what the El Paso tunnel has done for Beacon, Raven and other hills in its territory.
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Reporter 1904 (Jan-Jun)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
PROFITS; A Journal of Finance and Mining Worth While. Volume: 3 [III], Issue No. 52Info Publication Date:
March 26, 1904Info found on page:
4Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel to Resume Operations The Ophelia tunnel, the largest tunnel proposition in the Cripple Creek district, which has been idle for the past year, will resume operations within a few days.
This tunnel traverses the heart of the district for two miles and has cost to date over $300,000. The breast of it is now under the crest of Raven hill.
This tunnel traverses the heart of the district for two miles and has cost to date over $300,000. The breast of it is now under the crest of Raven hill.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ PROFITS, Volume 3 (April 1903-March 1904)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Mining Reporter. Volume: 49 [XLIX], Issue No. 12Info Publication Date:
March 24, 1904Info found on page:
304Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Reported to Resume Driving Ophelia Tunnel.—It is reported that operations will be resumed on this property, which has been idle for the past year. When started, six years ago, it was known as the Smith-Moffat tunnel, and later as the Gold Exploration tunnel. It traverses the heart of the district south of Cripple Creek for nearly two miles in an easterly direction.
The breast is now under the crest of Raven hill and the tunnel will have to be driven as far again before it reaches its destination. It has been driven for transportation and drainage purposes, none of the veins intersected being owned by the company.
About $300,000 has been expended in driving it thus far.
The breast is now under the crest of Raven hill and the tunnel will have to be driven as far again before it reaches its destination. It has been driven for transportation and drainage purposes, none of the veins intersected being owned by the company. About $300,000 has been expended in driving it thus far.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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- Hathi Trust Digital Library: ⊞ Mining Reporter 1904 (Jan-Jun)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 75 [LXXV], Issue No. 16Info Publication Date:
April 18, 1903Info found on page:
610Info Title:
Gold Exploration Tunnel Breast Under Raven HillGold Exploration Tunnel.
Work is being pushed, and good progress made. The breast is now in Enterprise ground. The tunnel was originally started by D.H. Moffat and associates, and afterwards sold to Eastern men.
It is being run for drainage and transportation. J.M. Parfet, of Cripple Creek, is in charge. A number of lessees are working various properties through the tunnel.
Work is being pushed, and good progress made. The breast is now in Enterprise ground. The tunnel was originally started by D.H. Moffat and associates, and afterwards sold to Eastern men. It is being run for drainage and transportation. J.M. Parfet, of Cripple Creek, is in charge. A number of lessees are working various properties through the tunnel.Above Info was Last Updated on 30.10.2020 (11:04:30)
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 75 [LXXV], Issue No. 8Info Publication Date:
February 21, 1903Info found on page:
310Info Title:
Gold Exploration Tunnel in Dolly Varden Ground Cripple Creek Gold Exploration Company—The tunnel being run in the Dolly Varden claim of the Enterprise Company starts in to Gold Hill a short distance below Cripple Creek, runs through Gold Hill and into Raven Hill, where the terminus is at present. Several leasers are working on different properties through the tunnel.
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Aspen Democrat. Volume: 2 [II], Issue No. 5Info Publication Date:
August 10, 1901Info found on page:
3Info Title:
Alamo to Be Worked Through the Ophelia Tunnel(From the Cripple Creek Press.)
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ALAMO.
The management of the Alamo company has decided to do all work through the Ophelia tunnel instead of through the shaft which has been used until recently.
The depth obtained in the tunnel workings is about 450 feet, the expense of working here being only about $6 per foot, while the cost of sinking in the shaft is about $20 per foot.
The drift which is being run has about 200 feet further to go before getting directly under the shaft and connection will be made at that point with the shaft by means of an upraise.
The drift along the vein has so far accomplished a distance of about 1,000 foot, the company having been at work for the past three or four months.
Besides drifting a considerable amount of crosscutting has been done to explore the territory and more will be done as soon as the drift has been run the other 200 feet. The vein shown about 3½ feet in width and assays have been obtained running as high as $300 to the ton.
All work will be done through the tunnel until the workings are connected with the air shaft.
—————————ALAMO. The management of the Alamo company has decided to do all work through the Ophelia tunnel instead of through the shaft which has been used until recently. The depth obtained in the tunnel workings is about 450 feet, the expense of working here being only about $6 per foot, while the cost of sinking in the shaft is about $20 per foot. The drift which is being run has about 200 feet further to go before getting directly under the shaft and connection will be made at that point with the shaft by means of an upraise. The drift along the vein has so far accomplished a distance of about 1,000 foot, the company having been at work for the past three or four months. Besides drifting a considerable amount of crosscutting has been done to explore the territory and more will be done as soon as the drift has been run the other 200 feet. The vein shown about 3½ feet in width and assays have been obtained running as high as $300 to the ton. All work will be done through the tunnel until the workings are connected with the air shaft.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Aspen Democrat, August 10, 1901
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Aspen Democrat. Volume: 2 [II], Issue No. 4Info Publication Date:
August 9, 1901Info found on page:
3Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Progressing Fast(From Colorado Telegraph.)
The management of the Ophelia tunnel enterprise is driving the big bore ahead as fast as three shifts can do the work. The progress now being made is from 12 to 15 feet a day.
During the month ending July 10 the company drove the tunnel a distance of 350 feet. The record of the present month is expected to be even greater.
The tunnel is now in a distance of one mile and a quarter. It is entering Raven hill and is gaining depth rapidly.
The management of the Ophelia tunnel enterprise is driving the big bore ahead as fast as three shifts can do the work. The progress now being made is from 12 to 15 feet a day. During the month ending July 10 the company drove the tunnel a distance of 350 feet. The record of the present month is expected to be even greater. The tunnel is now in a distance of one mile and a quarter. It is entering Raven hill and is gaining depth rapidly.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Aspen Democrat, August 9, 1901
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Aspen Tribune. Volume: 6 [VI], Issue No. 228Info Publication Date:
May 23, 1901Info found on page:
2Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Trip Offered Upon the occasion of the session of Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress, which meets in Cripple Creek July 16-19 inclusive, superintendent Parfet has offered the Ophelia tunnel to the entertainment committee. This tunnel penetrates the heart of the district 5000 feet and there are three miles of laterals. The committee will arrange trolley rides under the hills, the cars in the tunnel being operated by electricity.
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- ⊞ The Aspen Tribune, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, Thursday Evening, May 23, 1901 (page 2)
- ⊞ The Castle Rock Journal, Castle Rock, Colorado, Friday, June 7, 1901 (page 8)
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ArticleInfo Source From:
Aspen Tribune. Volume: 6 [VI], Issue No. 226Info Publication Date:
May 22, 1901Info found on page:
2Info Title:
Ophelia Tunnel Trip Offered The Ophelia tunnel, which penetrates the district for a distance of 3000 feet has offered the delegates during the session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress, during certain hours of the day the whole congress week, the trip into the interior of the mines.
The trip for the delegates can be made with perfect safety, the shafts on all the big producers being furnished with safety appliances. There will be no more danger attached to this trip than there would be in taking the elevator of a large hotel.
The trip for the delegates can be made with perfect safety, the shafts on all the big producers being furnished with safety appliances. There will be no more danger attached to this trip than there would be in taking the elevator of a large hotel.Notes/Text been Edited:
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
Fairplay Flume. Volume: 23 [XXIII], Issue No. 10Info Publication Date:
April 12, 1901Info found on page:
1Info Title:
Puzzle Drifted Into Sylvanite Ore That Surpasses Anything Found Sylvanite ore that surpasses anything that has been found in the locality has been found in the Puzzle claim of the German-American company on Gold hill. It was cut into at a depth of 250 feet from the surface in the drift from the Ophelia tunnel.
The high-grade streak from which the rich ore was obtained is only a few inches in width, while the vein is mineralized for a foot and one-half across its width.
The high-grade streak from which the rich ore was obtained is only a few inches in width, while the vein is mineralized for a foot and one-half across its width.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Aspen Democrat. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 189Info Publication Date:
March 19, 1901Info found on page:
2Info Title:
Gold Exploration and Tunnel Co. Rumored to Erect SamplerGOLD EXPLORATION.
It is understood that the Gold Exploration and Tunnel company, operating the Ophelia tunnel will erect a sampler at the mouth of the tunnel to have a capacity of handling 500 tons of ore per day at the start, and will be built so that, its capacity can be easily increased as the demands are made upon it.
It is understood that the Gold Exploration and Tunnel company, operating the Ophelia tunnel will erect a sampler at the mouth of the tunnel to have a capacity of handling 500 tons of ore per day at the start, and will be built so that, its capacity can be easily increased as the demands are made upon it.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Aspen Democrat, March 19, 1901
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The Aspen Democrat. Volume: 1 [I], Issue No. 181Info Publication Date:
March 9, 1901Info found on page:
2Info Title:
Callie Lease Said to Be in BonanzaDenver Post.
Now the lease on the Callie, located on the south slope of Gold hill, just east from the Mary McKinney, is said to be in bonanza where the vein was cut by the Ophelia tunnel.
W.S. Stratton owns the ground and the lease will undoubtedly be transferred to him for a large consideration, as negotiations are now pending and makes it reasonably certain that no outsider will be able to buy the lease.
The price to be paid will be very large for a mere lease, but there being from 6 to 10 feet of smelting ore in the ground where cut by the tunnel, the lease is worth considerable money.
Now the lease on the Callie, located on the south slope of Gold hill, just east from the Mary McKinney, is said to be in bonanza where the vein was cut by the Ophelia tunnel. W.S. Stratton owns the ground and the lease will undoubtedly be transferred to him for a large consideration, as negotiations are now pending and makes it reasonably certain that no outsider will be able to buy the lease. The price to be paid will be very large for a mere lease, but there being from 6 to 10 feet of smelting ore in the ground where cut by the tunnel, the lease is worth considerable money.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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United States Investor. Volume: 11 [XI], Issue No. 38Info Publication Date:
September 22, 1900Info found on page:
1227Info Title:
Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co. InquiryGold Exploration & Tunnel Co.
5335. (Boston, Mass.) Please give us any information in regard to the Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co., head offices at Denver, Colo., incorporated under the laws of West Virginia and capitalized for $5,000,000. What value is there attached to this stock?
Ans.: The officers and directors of this company are: president, David H. Moffat, president of the First National Bank, Denver; vice-president, Syl. T. Smith; secretary, W. F. Jones; treasurer, Walter S. Cheesman, president of the Denver Union Water Co.; directors, Charles J. Hughes, Major L. E. Campbell and Eben Smith, all of Denver.
The above parties, however, have sold out their interests in the company to Boston, Chicago and Detroit parties, and so soon as the present officers and directors can be got together, some of them being now abroad, new officers and directors will be elected, comprising or representing the new owners. The company is capitalized at 5,000,000 shares, fully paid and non-assessable, of the par value of $1 each.
The company owns the Ophelia tunnel, with all the rights appertaining thereto. Such tunnel starts in on the western edge of the Cripple Creek ore bearing district, a little south of the town of Cripple Creek, and will traverse the entire centre of the district, along a line of producing mines, having for its eastern terminus the shaft of the Victor mine on the eastern edge of the district, or a total length of 14,000 feet or about 2¾ miles.
It will cut the Victor shaft at a depth of 1,250 feet below the surface.
The tunnel is nine feet by 10 feet in the clear, with double track of 30 pounds steel rails. It has already been driven over 4,000 feet and work is being vigorously pushed. It is equipped with complete up-to-date plant of
machinery, including air compressors, motor engines for transportation purposes, etc.
The tunnel (1) is at the lowest practical depth; (2) will strike the general trend of the dykes and ore bodies at right angles; (3) tapping such ore bodies at depth, thereby dispensing with hoisting ore and pumping water, admitting of the ore being mined at the minimum of cost.
The company has secured valuable leases on different properties along its route, for the mining of the ore bodies from the level of the tunnel. It is proposed to erect sampling, ore treatment and electric power plants at the portal of the tunnel. The revenue of the company will be:
(1) royalties from the owners of patented surface properties, for transportation and drainage through the tunnel;
(2) profits from the operation of leases granted to the company by the owners of patented sur-???
??? from acquiring, on moderate terms, from the and ore treatment plants to be erected at the entrance of the tunnel;
(4) profits from power supplied to the owners of patented surface ground in themselves, working their properties from and through the tunnel;
(5) profits from acquiring on moderate terms, from the owners, surface ground, by reason of probable important discoveries of mineral veins in the tunnel, not known to the surface owners.
The company also owns about 50 acres of ground at or near the mouth of the tunnel, especially valuable for dump room, sites for sampling works, ore treatment plant, electric power plant, etc. Of the capital of the company, 1,500,000 shares were placed in the treasury, a large part of which remains unsold. The treasury stock is now being sold at 35 cents, and the proceeds used for development purposes.
5335. (Boston, Mass.) Please give us any information in regard to the Gold Exploration & Tunnel Co., head offices at Denver, Colo., incorporated under the laws of West Virginia and capitalized for $5,000,000. What value is there attached to this stock? Ans.: The officers and directors of this company are: president, David H. Moffat, president of the First National Bank, Denver; vice-president, Syl. T. Smith; secretary, W. F. Jones; treasurer, Walter S. Cheesman, president of the Denver Union Water Co.; directors, Charles J. Hughes, Major L. E. Campbell and Eben Smith, all of Denver. The above parties, however, have sold out their interests in the company to Boston, Chicago and Detroit parties, and so soon as the present officers and directors can be got together, some of them being now abroad, new officers and directors will be elected, comprising or representing the new owners. The company is capitalized at 5,000,000 shares, fully paid and non-assessable, of the par value of $1 each. The company owns the Ophelia tunnel, with all the rights appertaining thereto. Such tunnel starts in on the western edge of the Cripple Creek ore bearing district, a little south of the town of Cripple Creek, and will traverse the entire centre of the district, along a line of producing mines, having for its eastern terminus the shaft of the Victor mine on the eastern edge of the district, or a total length of 14,000 feet or about 2¾ miles. It will cut the Victor shaft at a depth of 1,250 feet below the surface. The tunnel is nine feet by 10 feet in the clear, with double track of 30 pounds steel rails. It has already been driven over 4,000 feet and work is being vigorously pushed. It is equipped with complete up-to-date plant ofmachinery, including air compressors, motor engines for transportation purposes, etc. The tunnel (1) is at the lowest practical depth; (2) will strike the general trend of the dykes and ore bodies at right angles; (3) tapping such ore bodies at depth, thereby dispensing with hoisting ore and pumping water, admitting of the ore being mined at the minimum of cost. The company has secured valuable leases on different properties along its route, for the mining of the ore bodies from the level of the tunnel. It is proposed to erect sampling, ore treatment and electric power plants at the portal of the tunnel. The revenue of the company will be:(1) royalties from the owners of patented surface properties, for transportation and drainage through the tunnel;(2) profits from the operation of leases granted to the company by the owners of patented sur-?????? from acquiring, on moderate terms, from the and ore treatment plants to be erected at the entrance of the tunnel;(4) profits from power supplied to the owners of patented surface ground in themselves, working their properties from and through the tunnel;(5) profits from acquiring on moderate terms, from the owners, surface ground, by reason of probable important discoveries of mineral veins in the tunnel, not known to the surface owners. The company also owns about 50 acres of ground at or near the mouth of the tunnel, especially valuable for dump room, sites for sampling works, ore treatment plant, electric power plant, etc. Of the capital of the company, 1,500,000 shares were placed in the treasury, a large part of which remains unsold. The treasury stock is now being sold at 35 cents, and the proceeds used for development purposes.Notes/Text been Edited:
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The Morning Times. Volume: 7 [VII]Info Publication Date:
September 21, 1899Info found on page:
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Gold Exploration Tunnel Temporarily ClosedCOMPRESSED AIR.
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It Will be Used as Motive Power in a Tunnel.
The Gold Exploration Tunnel company, operating the Smith-Moffat tunnel under Gold hill, has closed down temporarily to install another big compressor and put in a compressed air engine to haul the waste and ore out of the big bore.
Some time next week work will be resumed, when twelve air drills will be in operation. There will be two compressors, and should one get out of order, the other will be ready for immediate use.
The tunnel is now almost 5,000 feet under the hill. They will be the first people to use a compressed air engine in the state{of Colorado], and when work is again started, the cars can be hauled out the long tunnel as rapidly as they wish.
The company intends equipping to work most systematically and at the same time get the best results.
--------------It Will be Used as Motive Power in a Tunnel. The Gold Exploration Tunnel company, operating the Smith-Moffat tunnel under Gold hill, has closed down temporarily to install another big compressor and put in a compressed air engine to haul the waste and ore out of the big bore. Some time next week work will be resumed, when twelve air drills will be in operation. There will be two compressors, and should one get out of order, the other will be ready for immediate use. The tunnel is now almost 5,000 feet under the hill. They will be the first people to use a compressed air engine in the state{of Colorado], and when work is again started, the cars can be hauled out the long tunnel as rapidly as they wish. The company intends equipping to work most systematically and at the same time get the best results.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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The Morning Times. Volume: 7 [VII]Info Publication Date:
August 11, 1899Info found on page:
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Gold Exploration Tunnel Co. Wants a Sampler & Railroad TracksWILL ERECT A SAMPLER
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Gold Exploration Company Will Make Many Improvements.
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EXTEND RAILROAD TRACKS
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THE TUNNEL IS RAPIDLY BEING DRIVEN TOWARD BULL HILL. A MILL IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
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If the expectations of the Gold Exploration and Tunnel Company are realized, that property will very shortly be shipping at least 500 tons of ore a day from the big bore that is slowly but surely going through toward Bull hill.
Mr. C.C. Chapin, of the Chapin Brokerage company of Boston, accompanied by parties from the East, arrived in the city{Cripple Creek] yesterday and will remain here several days inspecting the property.
The Chapin company have the property under bond and lease from the Smith-Moffat company, and should the bond be taken up by the Eastern people they will become owners of five-sevenths of the property.
The Eastern people contemplate big improvements down the gulch where the bore is penetrating the ground.
Some time between now and the first of the coming year they will have completed a big sampler to handle all the ore mined. All of it will be sampled before it goes to the mills and smelters.
Some people are now experimenting with the low grade ore now being found in the tunnel and should their experiments prove successful, it is believed that a mill will be erected on the property to treat the ore.
At one point in the tunnel there has been encountered a vein running from twelve to twenty feet in width, that will average in value $12.80 in gold to the ton.
The company has a lease on the Anaconda ground from their level up to the lower workings of the Anaconda, and when the vein of the Anaconda is encountered, a drift will be started north and air drills will be used to push the work as rapidly as possible.
Before any ore is shipped the tracks of both the Midland Terminal and Florence & Cripple Creek roads will be extended to the mouth of the tunnel.
--------------Gold Exploration Company Will Make Many Improvements.--------------EXTEND RAILROAD TRACKS--------------THE TUNNEL IS RAPIDLY BEING DRIVEN TOWARD BULL HILL. A MILL IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE CONSTRUCTED.-------------- If the expectations of the Gold Exploration and Tunnel Company are realized, that property will very shortly be shipping at least 500 tons of ore a day from the big bore that is slowly but surely going through toward Bull hill. Mr. C.C. Chapin, of the Chapin Brokerage company of Boston, accompanied by parties from the East, arrived in the city{Cripple Creek] yesterday and will remain here several days inspecting the property. The Chapin company have the property under bond and lease from the Smith-Moffat company, and should the bond be taken up by the Eastern people they will become owners of five-sevenths of the property. The Eastern people contemplate big improvements down the gulch where the bore is penetrating the ground. Some time between now and the first of the coming year they will have completed a big sampler to handle all the ore mined. All of it will be sampled before it goes to the mills and smelters. Some people are now experimenting with the low grade ore now being found in the tunnel and should their experiments prove successful, it is believed that a mill will be erected on the property to treat the ore. At one point in the tunnel there has been encountered a vein running from twelve to twenty feet in width, that will average in value $12.80 in gold to the ton. The company has a lease on the Anaconda ground from their level up to the lower workings of the Anaconda, and when the vein of the Anaconda is encountered, a drift will be started north and air drills will be used to push the work as rapidly as possible. Before any ore is shipped the tracks of both the Midland Terminal and Florence & Cripple Creek roads will be extended to the mouth of the tunnel.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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United States Investor. Volume: 10 [X], Issue No. 20Info Publication Date:
May 20, 1899Info found on page:
676Info Title:
Ad; Geyser Gold Milling and Mining Co.SEND FOR PROSPECTUS
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The GEYSER
GOLD MILLING AND MINING CO.
Owners and operators of the property formerly controlled by
THE GOLD EXPLORATION
AND TUNNEL CO.
of CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.
BOSTON OFFICE,
113 Devonshire Street.
———The GEYSERGOLD MILLING AND MINING CO.Owners and operators of the property formerly controlled byTHE GOLD EXPLORATIONAND TUNNEL CO.of CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.BOSTON OFFICE,113 Devonshire Street.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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The Morning Times. Volume: 6 [VI]Info Publication Date:
May 4, 1899Info found on page:
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Ophelia Tunnel Going at 15 Feet a DayTHE OPHELIA TUNNEL
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Making Headway at the Rate of 15 Feet Per Day.
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ALL THE WATER HAS DISAPPEARED
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The Ophelia tunnel, under the management of Mr. Parfet, is making headway rapidly. On an average it is being driven 15 feet each day. So far no attempt has been made to drift on any of the many veins that have been cut, but it is likely that prospecting in that line will shortly start.
There is one thing very remarkable about the Ophelia tunnel just now. It will be remembered that a few months ago a regular river was flowing from it, and now to-day there is not a drop of water in sight.
A few days ago the engineer discovered that his boilers were about dry and that the tanks were empty, and it actually became necessary to pull the fires until water could be had.
The supply now comes from the little reservoir below the road that was built to make ice.
Within a very short time the Ophelia tunnel will be lighted by electricity and not only that but the cars are to be run by the same power - a regular trolley line.
The speed of the cars will be about ten miles per hour, but this can be increased if necessary, as the rails used in the tunnel are monsters, the same weight in fact as that used by the Rio Grande railroad [might mean F&CC].
--------------Making Headway at the Rate of 15 Feet Per Day.--------------ALL THE WATER HAS DISAPPEARED-------------- The Ophelia tunnel, under the management of Mr. Parfet, is making headway rapidly. On an average it is being driven 15 feet each day. So far no attempt has been made to drift on any of the many veins that have been cut, but it is likely that prospecting in that line will shortly start. There is one thing very remarkable about the Ophelia tunnel just now. It will be remembered that a few months ago a regular river was flowing from it, and now to-day there is not a drop of water in sight. A few days ago the engineer discovered that his boilers were about dry and that the tanks were empty, and it actually became necessary to pull the fires until water could be had. The supply now comes from the little reservoir below the road that was built to make ice. Within a very short time the Ophelia tunnel will be lighted by electricity and not only that but the cars are to be run by the same power - a regular trolley line. The speed of the cars will be about ten miles per hour, but this can be increased if necessary, as the rails used in the tunnel are monsters, the same weight in fact as that used by the Rio Grande railroad [might mean F&CC].Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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Aspen Tribune. Volume: 4 [IV], Issue No. 159Info Publication Date:
February 18, 1899Info found on page:
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Blanche lode Leased to Boston Syndicate The Boston syndicate, which is shortly to start work on the Ophelia tunnel, has secured a lease for a term of two years on the Blanche lode claim, located on Gold hill, and owned by the Blue Bell company.
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The Morning Times. Volume: 6 [VI]Info Publication Date:
February 2, 1899Info found on page:
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Ophelia Might Soon Be Boston WorkedTHE SMITH-MOFFAT BORE
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Boston People Will Likely Soon Have Charge of the Work.
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EXPERTS HAVE EXAMINED IT.
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MR. CHAPIN, WHO IS PROMOTING THE DEAL, TALKS ENTERTAININGLY OF THE FEELING IN THE EAST TO CRIPPLE CREEK AND PREDICTS THAT THIS CAMP WILL HAVE A BOOM.
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Mr. C. C. Chapin, of the Chicago Brokerage company, and representative of the Boston gold mining syndicate of Cripple Creek, was in town yesterday looking mining property. Mr. Chapin, in speaking of Eastern capital, said:
"I am very well acquainted with moneyed men of the East who are going to invest in Cripple Creek mines. When I left Boston a few days ago, Cripple Creek was all the talk there. Myself and Mr. Parfet, our mineral expert, are here in behalf of Boston people, and are thinking of taking hold of the Moffat-Bush tunnel.
''I do not know of any camp in the world that is more substantial than Cripple Creek.
''In 1866 I was in Alder Gulch, Montana, and then when the Sammon river excitement was so popular, I was there.
In fact, every great mining excitement of any consequence since 1866 I have visited, but never in the whole course of my many years of experience have I witnessed such a marvelous camp as that of Cripple Creek.
''The syndicate which I represent is ready and willing to invest in Cripple Creek mines, but we must be given a run for our money.
A boom is near at hand for this camp, and all through the East I heard moneyed men talking about the output of gold of the Cripple Creek district for 1898."
Mr. Chapin refused to make any definite statement about the Ophelia, or Smith-Moffat tunnel, but from other sources it is learned that the people he represents are shortly to take work in hand.
That the merits of the tunnel have been gone into fully is corroborated by the people who live in that vicinity, as they say a small army of experts in the last sixty days have been traveling over the ground and sampling the rock on the big dump.
--------------Boston People Will Likely Soon Have Charge of the Work.--------------EXPERTS HAVE EXAMINED IT.--------------MR. CHAPIN, WHO IS PROMOTING THE DEAL, TALKS ENTERTAININGLY OF THE FEELING IN THE EAST TO CRIPPLE CREEK AND PREDICTS THAT THIS CAMP WILL HAVE A BOOM.-------------- Mr. C. C. Chapin, of the Chicago Brokerage company, and representative of the Boston gold mining syndicate of Cripple Creek, was in town yesterday looking mining property. Mr. Chapin, in speaking of Eastern capital, said: "I am very well acquainted with moneyed men of the East who are going to invest in Cripple Creek mines. When I left Boston a few days ago, Cripple Creek was all the talk there. Myself and Mr. Parfet, our mineral expert, are here in behalf of Boston people, and are thinking of taking hold of the Moffat-Bush tunnel. ''I do not know of any camp in the world that is more substantial than Cripple Creek. ''In 1866 I was in Alder Gulch, Montana, and then when the Sammon river excitement was so popular, I was there. In fact, every great mining excitement of any consequence since 1866 I have visited, but never in the whole course of my many years of experience have I witnessed such a marvelous camp as that of Cripple Creek. ''The syndicate which I represent is ready and willing to invest in Cripple Creek mines, but we must be given a run for our money. A boom is near at hand for this camp, and all through the East I heard moneyed men talking about the output of gold of the Cripple Creek district for 1898." Mr. Chapin refused to make any definite statement about the Ophelia, or Smith-Moffat tunnel, but from other sources it is learned that the people he represents are shortly to take work in hand. That the merits of the tunnel have been gone into fully is corroborated by the people who live in that vicinity, as they say a small army of experts in the last sixty days have been traveling over the ground and sampling the rock on the big dump.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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Mines and Minerals. Volume: 19 [XIX], Issue No. 7Info Publication Date:
February 1899Info found on page:
327Info Title:
Bush-Moffat Tunnel Started Up Again The starting up of work in the Bush-Moffat tunnel, Cripple Creek, is regarded by the mining men of that place as one of the most important enterprises of the year.
It is now nearly under the apex of Gold Hill, and the breast is only 500 or 600 feet from the Anaconda lines.
If work is steadily maintained during this year it is believed that it will open the rich ground in the vicinity of Anaconda.
It is now nearly under the apex of Gold Hill, and the breast is only 500 or 600 feet from the Anaconda lines. If work is steadily maintained during this year it is believed that it will open the rich ground in the vicinity of Anaconda.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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The Morning Times. Volume: 6 [VI], Issue No. 200Info Publication Date:
December 31, 1898Info found on page:
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Ophelia or Smith-Moffat Tunnel to Start Up Again, with a lease on BlancheWANT BLUE BELL GROUND
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Moffatt Wants a Lease on the Blanche.
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AND HE IS TO GET IT
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WHEN IT IS GRANTED IT IS GIVEN OUT THAT WORK ON THE SMITH-MOFFAT TUNNEL WILL BE RESUMED.
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D.H. Moffat intends to start the old tunnel, sometimes known as the Ophelia and at others as the Smith-Moffat, that enters Gold hill a short distance south of the city{Cripple Creek] limits.
The Englishmen got sick of their bargain after putting up only a small amount of money, and the title to the ground has reverted to the original owner, or owners.
Some people say that Mr. Moffat is the sole man in the enterprise, but others insist that Eben Smith is also interested in the bore.
Be that as it may, that it is to start up again must be true, for the tunnel management that at one time had a lease on the Blanche, one of the properties of the Blue Bell company, have asked for a renewal of their option to work the claim, and while the lease has not been made out at this writing it will be within a day or two.
The tunnel has now entered the mountain a distance of some 2,400 feet and in Blanche ground it is known that a vein was cut, but before prospecting it work on the tunnel was suspended.
That its prospective value must have been regarded favorably is evidenced by the fact that the lease that was held is to be renewed.
--------------Moffatt Wants a Lease on the Blanche.--------------AND HE IS TO GET IT--------------WHEN IT IS GRANTED IT IS GIVEN OUT THAT WORK ON THE SMITH-MOFFAT TUNNEL WILL BE RESUMED.-------------- D.H. Moffat intends to start the old tunnel, sometimes known as the Ophelia and at others as the Smith-Moffat, that enters Gold hill a short distance south of the city{Cripple Creek] limits. The Englishmen got sick of their bargain after putting up only a small amount of money, and the title to the ground has reverted to the original owner, or owners. Some people say that Mr. Moffat is the sole man in the enterprise, but others insist that Eben Smith is also interested in the bore. Be that as it may, that it is to start up again must be true, for the tunnel management that at one time had a lease on the Blanche, one of the properties of the Blue Bell company, have asked for a renewal of their option to work the claim, and while the lease has not been made out at this writing it will be within a day or two. The tunnel has now entered the mountain a distance of some 2,400 feet and in Blanche ground it is known that a vein was cut, but before prospecting it work on the tunnel was suspended. That its prospective value must have been regarded favorably is evidenced by the fact that the lease that was held is to be renewed.Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
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The Morning Times. Volume: 5 [V], Issue No. 221Info Publication Date:
January 1, 1898Info found on page:
12Info Title:
Bush-Moffat Tunnel in 2000 Feet. The Bush-Moffatt tunnel is already in 2000 feet and has tapped all the water in Gold hill to say nothing of the wells in Anaconda and the wet shafts of a hundred and one other mines in the vicinity.
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The Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner. Volume: 17 [XVII], Issue No. 2Info Publication Date:
September 1896Info found on page:
58Info Title:
Short Description of the Moffatt Tunnel Below the town on the bank of the creek we found a gigantic tunnel scheme in progress, called the Moffatt tunnel, which is being driven in to crosscut the main portion of the mining area to find what the ore bodies will do at considerable depth. This, whilst a sort of prospecting tunnel, expects to encounter many as yet unknown leads and veins, and to undercut others already known on the surface, such as the Anaconda.
It will also be utilized as a drainage and exportation tunnel. We understood that it was to go clear through the district by way of Anaconda, on to the Victor mine and Bull hill. Such a tunnel, if completed, will be a great boon both to science and Cripple Creek, by showing us a little more what Cripple Creek is made of, and clearing up many doubtful points relating to the continuity with depth of its ore deposits.
It will also be utilized as a drainage and exportation tunnel. We understood that it was to go clear through the district by way of Anaconda, on to the Victor mine and Bull hill. Such a tunnel, if completed, will be a great boon both to science and Cripple Creek, by showing us a little more what Cripple Creek is made of, and clearing up many doubtful points relating to the continuity with depth of its ore deposits.Notes/Text been Edited:
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The Morning Times. Volume: 3 [III], Issue No. 259Info Publication Date:
February 16, 1896Info found on page:
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Ophelia Tunnel Buildings and Machinery Erection The Ophelia tunnel is one of the big things which will explore Gold hill, starting in about one-half mile south of Cripple Creek.
The building and machinery now in process of erection are of the most substantial character. The two 100-horse power boilers are in place and the 6-drill Norwalk compressor, the largest in the camp, was set up yesterday. The compressor room is 34x56, and store and blacksmith shop each 20x30.
The tunnel is the property of the Cripple Creek Gold Exploration and Tunnel company, of which Moffat, Brush and Ray of Denver are members.
The building and machinery now in process of erection are of the most substantial character. The two 100-horse power boilers are in place and the 6-drill Norwalk compressor, the largest in the camp, was set up yesterday. The compressor room is 34x56, and store and blacksmith shop each 20x30. The tunnel is the property of the Cripple Creek Gold Exploration and Tunnel company, of which Moffat, Brush and Ray of Denver are members.Notes/Text been Edited:
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- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ The Morning Times, February 16, 1896
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PersonalsInfo Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 3 [III]Info Publication Date:
January 25, 1896Info found on page:
4Info Title:
Mr. Dave Buckles Will Work for Moffat-Smith Tunnel Dave Buckles, who has been operating in the mines near Silverton for a couple of years past, arrived here yesterday and will have charge of setting the boilers for the Moffat-Smith tunnel.
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- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Morning Times, January 25, 1896
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General Mining NewsInfo Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 3 [III]Info Publication Date:
January 15, 1896Info found on page:
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Gold Exploration Tunnel Working With the large number of tunnel projects now projected and in actual progress the auriferous hills in the great Cripple Creek district are certainly going to be thoroughly explored and much of their rich treasure brought to light.
The Gold Exploration tunnel, a little further down below the Gold & Globe tunnel, has begun the work of building at the mouth of its tunnel to cut Gold and Bull hills and the machinery is expected to be on the ground in a few days.
The Gold Exploration tunnel, a little further down below the Gold & Globe tunnel, has begun the work of building at the mouth of its tunnel to cut Gold and Bull hills and the machinery is expected to be on the ground in a few days.Notes/Text been Edited:
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- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ Morning Times, January 15, 1896
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The Morning Times. Volume: 3 [III], Issue No. 224Info Publication Date:
January 7, 1896Info found on page:
1Info Title:
Gold Exploration Tunnel Co. Work BegunBig Projects Under Way
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Messrs. Wm. H. Bush, E. M. Ray and Major L. E. Cambell came in from Denver last evening. These gentlemen are the chief promoters in one of the largest mining prospects yet attempted in the district.
They represent the Gold Exploration Tunnel company of which Mr. Bush is president. In speaking of their plans Mr. Bush said:
"We have begun work on the tunnel which starts in about one mile south of the city of Cripple Creek near the Gold Geyser mill and heads in the direction of the Victor mine. Its total length will be 12,000 feet. It will cut through Raven hill and attain a depth of 1,589 feet under Bull hill.
Air compressors and a complete plant of new machinery has been ordered and rapid work will soon be in progress."
————————— Messrs. Wm. H. Bush, E. M. Ray and Major L. E. Cambell came in from Denver last evening. These gentlemen are the chief promoters in one of the largest mining prospects yet attempted in the district. They represent the Gold Exploration Tunnel company of which Mr. Bush is president. In speaking of their plans Mr. Bush said: "We have begun work on the tunnel which starts in about one mile south of the city of Cripple Creek near the Gold Geyser mill and heads in the direction of the Victor mine. Its total length will be 12,000 feet. It will cut through Raven hill and attain a depth of 1,589 feet under Bull hill. Air compressors and a complete plant of new machinery has been ordered and rapid work will soon be in progress."Internet Source Text Link(s) {Found/Seen/Known]:
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: ⊞ The Morning Times, January 7, 1896
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