WORK ON UNCLE SAM.
Active work has commenced on the Uncle Sam claim of the Blanch company on Bull hill. A small army of men are employed and already the surface of the property is torn up as though a cyclone had struck it. Great things are expected from the property and it is safe to say that it holds many surprises in store.

The Uncle Sam, a fraction of 2.17 acres, has been sold for $67,500, and the Blanche Gold Mining Company, with a capital stock of $1,500,000, will operate the property.

WILL SHIP NEW YEARS
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Uncle Sam Claim Enters the Outputting List for 1900
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The Uncle Sam claim of the Blanche company will commence to-morrow to ship daily ore valued at $1,000.
Such will be the shipment from a property that was only taken hold of thirty days ago by a company headed by A. E. Carlton, who bought the Uncle Sam claim on the north slope of Bull hill. The stock was listed at 10 cents a share and almost immediately rose to the price of 15 cents.
A few days ago the biggest strike made recently was encountered in the Blanche property. The vein opened up was all of thirteen feet in width and the assays clear across ran about three ounces of gold to the ton.
The ore was encountered at a depth of 54 feet and all of it is being raised by a windlass. Only $500 has been invested in surface improvements and greater returns cannot be shown in the district.
A contract was let yesterday to sink the shaft 300 feet and a steam hoist has been ordered, together with air drills and within a few weeks the property will be in good working order.

Company is active or promise to be active trader on various exchanges.

Name: BLANCHE G. M. CO.
Capital: $1,250,000; par value, $1; $10,005 cash in treasury.
President: A. E. Carlton
Vice-President:
Secretary: F. G. Whipp
Treasurer:
Superintendent:
Manager:
Office/Contact: Cripple Creek.
Lessees:
Description/Note: Deepest shaft 300 ft. Leased, royalty 20 per cent. Gross production to date $9,000. Equipped with three-drill compressor and hoist; shaft 300 ft. deep. See Plat L.
Owns: Uncle Sam, 2.16 acres, patented, on Bull Hill, in the S. E. ¼ of Sec. 17.

Shipments have been resumed from the Blanche Gold Mining Co.'s Uncle Sam fractional claim containing about 2½ acres, adjoining the Acacia company's Morning Star mine.
The property was recently leased to the Morris brothers of Cameron, who are also operating a lease on the Morning Star, and the vein recently opened up by cross-cut from the 100-ft. level of the Uncle Sam shaft is the northern extension of the Morning Star vein.