Colorado Springs, Nov. 2. Daily shipments are being maintained from the district at such a rate as was never before known in the history of the camp. The month of October is going to crowd the banner month of September with a nearly 25 per cent. increase.

As an illustration, the following table shows the ore received to-day by the different samplers of the district:

The above, with that sent direct to the smelters, would reach the figures easily of over 2000 tons per day.

At the present time there are more men working in the district than at any time in the history of the camp, and more ore with a better valuation is being sent out every day.

The Taylor & Brunton Sampler.

The Taylor & Brunton Company have two samplers in operation in the district. The below is the scheme of operations as practiced at the newer works.

This plant is the latest one erected in the district and has been in operation about two years. The method as practiced at the older plant is not given, and differs from the above more in the matter of the handling of the ore than in the process of sampling.

The automatic sampler employed is what is known as the Brunton sampler.

It will be noticed that four samples, each taking out one-fifth, are employed, so that part going to the sampling room is only one six hundred and twenty-fifth of the original. After mixing on the floor the sample is reduced by split shovel to about two shovelsful and then proceeded with as in the case of the other mills described above.

On page 314 in the March 27, 1902 (Volume XLV) issue of the Mining Reporter appears an article about the 'New Brunton Sampler'. This is one of the few machines which take a correct sample.

At the sampling works at Victor, Colo., the ore is crushed by a Blake breaker, set at from 1.5 to 2 in., and thence goes to sampler No. 1;

this sample goes to a set of rolls 36x14 in., and thence to sampler No. 2;

the sample is again crushed by 27x14 in. rolls, set to crush to 0.25 in., and thence to sampler No. 3;

the sample is mixed, dried thoroughly and sent to 20x10 in. rolls, which crush to 0.0625 (1/16) in., and thence passes to sampler No. 4;

each sampler takes out a sample of 20% of the ore, so that the final sample is equal to 0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2=0.0016 (1/625) part of the whole quantity sampled.