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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 5 [V]
Info Publication Date:
September 2, 1897
Info found on page:
1
Info Title:
Midget in Rich Ore
MADE TWO STRIKES.
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graphic for visual presentation of textMidget Mining Company Reported to Be in Rich Ore.
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graphic for visual presentation of text Colorado Springs, Sept. 1 - President J.F. Burns of the Midget company, returned from Cripple Creek this morning, where he has been examining the Midget property. He confirms the report that two big strikes have been made on the Midget during the last few days.
graphic for visual presentation of text Mr. Burns is enthusiastic over the prospect of the company and believes that the Midget will eventually equal in value the Anchoria-Leland and Moon-Anchor properties.
Above Info was Last Updated on 30.10.2020 (11:04:30)
Above Info was First Seen 07.02.2019

Type/Category of Info:
Article
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 7 [VII], Issue No. 231
Info Publication Date:
August 30, 1899
Info found on page:
3
Info Title:
Midget Shaft House Burned
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED
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graphic for visual presentation of textFifty Thousand Dollar Blaze Yesterday Morning.
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graphic for visual presentation of textESCAPE OF THE MINERS
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graphic for visual presentation of textWENT OUT THROUGH THE CONUNDRUM SHAFT—RESCUE PARTY FROM GOLD HILL TUNNEL PENETRATED THE FIERY WORKINGS.
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graphic for visual presentation of text The Midget shaft house caught fire yesterday morning at 5:45 and was completely destroyed.
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graphic for visual presentation of text Just how the fire started none know, and it is believed that the watchman was not in the building when it started. At the time the graveyard shift was in the mine at the seventh level.
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graphic for visual presentation of text It has been the custom for the engineer when he leaves at 12 o'clock to lower the graveyard shift when the 4 o'clock shift comes to the surface, and the mine after that is in charge of the watchman until the day engineer comes and relieves the graveyard shift when the day shift goes down at 8 o'clock.
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graphic for visual presentation of text The fire spread rapidly after it started and the heavy air current soon carried the smoke into the workings.
graphic for visual presentation of text Ed Campbell, one of the five men in the mine, detected the odor of burning pine and he expressed the belief that something was wrong. Going to the shaft they saw the burning framework of the collar and at once comprehended the danger.
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graphic for visual presentation of text The sump was filled with burning debris and the station about to catch fire, which would have shut off escape.
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graphic for visual presentation of text Connecting with the workings of the Midget is the Gold Hill tunnel, also the Conundrum shaft below the Moon-Anchor dump.
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graphic for visual presentation of text Mr. Campbell and his companions lost no time in getting to the old shaft of the latter property, and after considerable trouble and much danger, they all got safely to the surface after climbing 400 feet of ladders.
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graphic for visual presentation of text C. L. Varney, employed on the graveyard shift on the Moon-Anchor, with several others of the Moon-Anchor force, realizing the danger of suffocation, hastened to the mouth of the Gold Hill tunnel, broke in the bulkhead and penetrated the Midget workings.
graphic for visual presentation of text The tunnel was dense with smoke, but the men persevered, making headway by keeping close to the floor of the drift where air was pure. They found that the men had left the mine, and supposing that egress had been sought by way of the Conundrum, hastened to that portion of the property and found that the men had all gotten out safely.
graphic for visual presentation of text Mr. Varney and his companions went to the burning building, turned on the water from the pipes utilized some time ago by the city during the water famine, but the water could not be used effectively, so the plan of flooding the burning shaft was abandoned, and all day the timbers below kept burning. The smoke has also permeated the Moon-Anchor workings, and during the day kept pouring from the Gold Hill tunnel.
graphic for visual presentation of text The shaft is 700 feet deep and is timbered to the bottom.
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graphic for visual presentation of text The Midget is the property of a company controlled by J. F. Burns, John Harman and other Portland people. John Trevarthen, up to the time of his transfer to the Portland, was superintendent at the Midget.
graphic for visual presentation of text The mine is one of the most valuable in the camp. Although not shipping, the property is being developed. The loss on the shaft house and machinery aggregates $15,000.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 10.10.2021 (18:51:24)
Above Info was First Seen 21.12.2020

Type/Category of Info:
City Briefs
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 9 [IX]
Info Publication Date:
February 24, 1900
Info found on page:
1
Info Title:
C.S. & C.C. Rw. Co. Righ-Of-Way Deeds
RIGHT-OF-WAY
graphic for visual presentation of text The Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek Railway company yesterday filed deeds for right-of-way over the following mining claims:
graphic for visual presentation of text* Southern Boy
graphic for visual presentation of text* Robert E. Lee
graphic for visual presentation of text* Blanche
graphic for visual presentation of text* Lucky Corner
graphic for visual presentation of text* Union Spy
graphic for visual presentation of text* National Belle
graphic for visual presentation of text* Pointer
graphic for visual presentation of text* Shark
graphic for visual presentation of text* Little King
graphic for visual presentation of text* Yellow Bird
graphic for visual presentation of text* Cotton Tail
graphic for visual presentation of text* Reno
graphic for visual presentation of text* Pet
graphic for visual presentation of text* Bon Ton
graphic for visual presentation of text* Midget
graphic for visual presentation of text* Sunnyside
graphic for visual presentation of text* Maryland
graphic for visual presentation of text* Cumberland
graphic for visual presentation of text* Reno Merit
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Above Info was First Seen 17.02.2019

Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 92 [XCII], Issue No. 19
Info Publication Date:
November 4, 1911
Info found on page:
913
Info Title:
Gold Hill Tunnel Used by Lessees on Midget-Bonanza
Midget Bonanza—Carr & Co., lessees on a block of the ground owned by this company, are shipping good mill ore through the Gold Hill tunnel.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 118 [CXVIII], Issue No. 5
Info Publication Date:
February 1, 1919
Info found on page:
162
Info Title:
Midget Consolidated Co. Mines to Resume Operations
Operations will be resumed on the Midget and Bonanza King mines of the Midget Consolidated on Gold hill by the Backof Leasing Co., of St. Louis, early in February. The property has been closed since December 1917.
graphic for visual presentation of text The old sublessees, nine sets, who were in ore when the mine was closed, will return to work.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 118 [CXVIII], Issue No. 10
Info Publication Date:
March 8, 1919
Info found on page:
331
Info Title:
Backhoff Leasing Company Resumed Operations
The Backhoff Leasing Co., operating the properties of the Midget Bonanza company on the western slope of Gold hill, has resumed production after a shut-down lasting from December 1917. Ten sets of sub-lessees are at work.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 118 [CXVIII], Issue No. 11
Info Publication Date:
March 15, 1919
Info found on page:
365
Info Title:
Midget Will Ship During March
The Midget mine on Gold hill will re-enter the shipping list during March.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 118 [CXVIII], Issue No. 11
Info Publication Date:
March 15, 1919
Info found on page:
365
Info Title:
Midget Mine Gas Accident
Denver, Colorado
graphic for visual presentation of textGas in Cripple Creek Mines.
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graphic for visual presentation of text The peculiar effect of atmospheric conditions upon mining in the Cripple Creek district is again brought to our attention in two fatalities that resulted on February 12 in the Midget mine.
graphic for visual presentation of text During a heavy snowstorm the barometric pressure became so low as to permit an undue amount of the residual nitrogen gas from the extinct volcano to exude into the workings. Such phenomena were discussed by Lindgren and Ransome in Professional Paper 54 of the U. S. Geological Survey, published in 1906.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 30.10.2020 (11:04:30)
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