The Deer Horn Nos. 1 and 2 were purchased a few days ago by Messrs. Amos, Henderson et al., of Leadville, the purchase price being $40,000.
The ore on the claims is found within two feet of the surface, a common street-scraper being employed to remove the surface dirt. The owners have entered into a contract with the Kokomo smelter to furnish 100 tons per month for one year, which output will be increased just as soon as more teams can be obtained, which are a notable scarcity at Cripple Creek.
One hundred teams have been advertised for, but, it seems, cannot be secured. The ore shipped from the Deer Horn mines averages $35 per ton.

The Deer Horn is shipping considerable high grade ore to the Austin smelter at Kokomo.

The Deerhorn mine recently purchased by the French syndicate (owning the French mill), is a noted property of Cripple Creek. There are some 4,000 tons of good smelting ore worth about $15 per ton on the dump.
There are also several tons blocked out in the mine, the vein or chimney being about 30 feet in width. Ore of value of about $150,000 has already been extracted from this mine at a very handsome profit to its former owners.

The new purchasers are now erecting a hoisting engine, and will develop the mines in a systematic manner.—X., in Mining Industry.

Principal Producing Cripple Creek Mines - 1898:

Name: Deer Horn Mine No. 1 (Globe Hill)
Owner: Gold Crater Mining and Milling Co.
Capital: $500,000
President: W. S. Stratton
Vice-President:
Secretary: W. H. Houghland
Treasurer:
Superintendent:
Manager:
Lessees:
Description: 575-foot shaft; steam; 60-horse power boiler; 8x10 double flat friction hoist.
Employes: twenty-five employes
Contact:
Notes: own Deer Horn mine.

Principal Producing Cripple Creek Mines - 1898:

Name: Deer Horn Mine
Owner: Gold Crater Mining and Milling Co.
Capital: $500,000
President: W. S. Stratton
Vice-President:
Secretary: W. H. Houghland
Treasurer:
Superintendent:
Manager:
Lessees:
Description:
Employes:
Contact:
Notes:

That the late Mr. Stratton had abundant faith in the future and believed in deep mining was evidenced by the amount of work he did on Bull and other hills.
An example is the Deerhorn shaft, which is 567 feet deep, and where 8,720 feet of lateral work has been done.

Stratton Estate.—Two hundred tons of ore have already been shipped from the Deer Horn lease this month. The average value is reported to be about $35 in gold. The mining of ore on this claim is most economical as regards the use of explosives. The ore is mined from a big surface cut, and is gathered in road scrapers.