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Type/Category of Info:
Article
Info Source From:
United States Investor. Volume: 8 [VIII], Issue No. 52
Info Publication Date:
December 25, 1897
Info found on page:
1560
Info Title:
Fort Wilcox Reports High Grade
DENVER, COLO., Dec. 20, 1897—A good strike of high grade ore is reported in the "Fort Wilcox" claim adjoining the "Fluorine" to the north of the town of Cripple Creek.
graphic for visual presentation of text It would seem as if the limits of the productive region of Cripple Creek district were surely extending.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 75 [LXXV], Issue No. 13
Info Publication Date:
March 28, 1903
Info found on page:
497
Info Title:
Sioux Falls & Cripple Creek Mining Co. Into Copper Mtn.
Sioux Falls & Cripple Creek Mining Company.
graphic for visual presentation of text This company is driving the Fort Wilcox tunnel into Copper Mountain, in the northern part of the Cripple Creek District, with machine drills.
graphic for visual presentation of text It is in about 1,000 ft., and has cut the Flourine vein, where so much rich ore was taken out a few years ago. This company intends to erect a cyanide mill at the mouth of the tunnel to treat the low-grade ore exposed.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 75 [LXXV], Issue No. 23
Info Publication Date:
June 6, 1903
Info found on page:
872
Info Title:
Fort Wilcox Tunnel is a Bust
Considerable work has been done on the Fort Wilcox tunnel, but it is understood that no ore has been found there.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
Mining Reporter. Volume: 49 [XLIX], Issue No. 3
Info Publication Date:
January 21, 1904
Info found on page:
69
Info Title:
Sioux Cyanide Plant Treats 50-Tons Daily
Sioux Falls.—The cyanide plant on Spring Creek, operated by this company, is treating fifty tons a day, saving, it is said, 95% of the values. The ore coming from the Fluorine and Fort Wilcox claims on Copper mountain assays about $8 a ton.
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