A two days' jaunt on horseback took me from Rhyolite hill, on the north, to Grouse mountain, on the south, and from Pisgah, on the west, to Wilson creek, on the east, within which boundaries some four thousand claims have been located.
The greater part of those have nothing more than the assessment work done upon them, and in many instances, this has been so indifferently done, and with such an utter abandon and disregard of the statues, that they cannot be held for a moment to comply with the legal requirements.
But, in traversing Ennis, Globe, Gold, Bull, Tenderfoot, Womack, Mineral and a score or more of hills in the district, sources of Cripple, Wilson, Requa, Squaw and other water courses, I came upon scores of properties that were being developed with more or less vigor and intelligence, some with tunnels or inclines, others with shafts or open cuts, and the owners of each full of hope and expectations.
Among those having already good indications of mineral was the Poorman lode claim on Ennis mountain. From statements made to me by different parties I have that the Poorman had $170 in Smelter or Mill Returns.

Principal Producing Cripple Creek Mines - 1898:

Name: Poorman Mine (Raven Hill)
Owner: Work Mining and Milling Co.;
Peterson, Erickson et al.
Capital:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Superintendent:
Manager: M. Peterson, Anaconda
Lessees:
Description: 115-foot shaft; whim.
Employes:
Contact:
Notes:

PUTTING UP A PLANT
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Kennerly and Company Will Push Work.
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SHAFT BEING RETIMBERED
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THE LESSEES HAVE ABUNDANCE OF MONEY BEHIND THEM—WILL PROSPECT THE GROUND THOROUGHLY.
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Kennerly and associates, who recently took a lease on the Poorman of the Work company, are putting up a fine plant of machinery, and will be ready for work in a few more days. They are using a 6x8 hoist. They will retimber and line the shaft throughout. The shaft is straight for about 40 feet, and from that point it follows the incline of the vein. The shaft is located just above the Midland Terminal fill in Squaw gulch, in the upper part of the town of Anaconda.
The lease is the same which Peterson, Ericson and others once operated, and from which they made several shipments. Kennerly has associated with him John Stovekien and August Stumm, and the combination has abundant money behind it.
The ground will be thoroughly prospected.

PUTTING UP A PLANT.
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Kennerly and Company Will Now Push Work.
Kennerly and associates, who recently took a lease on the Poorman of the Work company, are putting up a fine plant of machinery, and will be ready for work in a few more days. They are using a 6x8 hoist. They will retimber and line the shaft throughout. The shaft is straight for about 40 feet, and from that point it follows the incline of the vein. The shaft is located just above the Midland Terminal fill in Squaw gulch, in the upper part of the town of Anaconda.
The lease is the same which Peterson, Ericson and others once operated, and from which they made several shipments. Kennerly has associated with him John Stovekien and August Stumm, and the combination has abundant money behind it.
The ground will be thoroughly prospected.

MORE ORE FOR WORK
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A Strong Chute Has Been Opened in the Poorman Claim.
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ORE IS OF A GOOD GRADE
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JACKSON AND HARTIG ARE THE LUCKY MEN THIS TIME
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The Jackson and Hartig lease on the Poorman of the Work company is showing a fine body of ore at the 175-foot level. Just how people who worked the property missed the mineral it will be hard to explain.
When the ground was secured a few days ago by the present people a rail in the floor of the level mentioned was taken up, a shot put in and twelve inches of ore was exposed, and it has since been opened for a distance of 50 feet.
No assay so far had has run under two ounces, and from that up to 65 ounces to the ton. The vein has also been found in the bottom of the shaft that is 205 feet deep, and a level is being driven out that is in ore of as good a grade as that found above.

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

Name: WORK M. & M. CO.
Capital: $1,500,000; par value, $1; $7,000 cash in treasury.
President: Irving W. Bonbright
Vice-President:
Secretary: D. D. Lord
Treasurer:
Superintendent:
Manager:
Office/Contact: 68 P. O. Bldg., Colorado Springs. Transfer International Trust Co.; office, 111 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs.
Lessees:
Description/Note: Two sets of lessees are working on the Morning Glory, the larger part of the claim being operated by the Morning Glory Mining and Leasing Company, a corporation of the Woods Investment Co. On this lease a three-compartment shaft is now down 700 ft., but development is temporarily suspended by water. On the other lease a shaft is down about 300 ft. and now in good ore. See Plats F, M.
Owns: 1. Morning Glory, 10.331 acres,
2. Morning Glory No.2, 2 acres,
3. Morning Glory No.4, 9 acres,
4. PoormanPoor Man, 5½ acres, and
5. Ida B., 2 acres, in S. W. ¼ Sec. 19, and
6. Little Clara, 10 acres, in N. E. ¼ Sec. 19, all on Raven and Gold Hills, patented.