Comstock.—This claim, on the south slope of Raven Hill, is being developed by a shaft 130 ft. and by drifts, but has no mineral of value.

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

Name: SOLITAIRE G. M. CO.
Capital: $2,000,000; par value, $1; 600,000 shares in treasury.
President: W. A. P. McDonald
Vice-President:
Secretary: H. H. Barbee
Treasurer:
Superintendent:
Manager:
Office/Contact: 29 P. O. Bldg., Colorado Springs.
Lessees:
Description/Note: The Elkhorn is leased, 20 per cent. royalty, and the Comstock is being developed by the company. The Elkhorn is a shipper and has produced some very high grade ore. See Plats G, A-5, N, S, A-1.
Owns: 1. the Solitaire, about 5 acres, and
2. three-fourths interest in the Comstock, about 10 acres, on Raven Hill, in N. E. ¼ Sec. 30, and
3. the Eldredge, Elkhorn, Hayward, Pinto and Roudebush, about 33 acres, on Carbonate Hill, in S. E. ¼ Sec. 12, all patented.

Solitaire Gold Mining Company.—A strike was made in a shallow shaft on the Comstock Claim by some lessees which looks promising. The claim is situated on Raven Hill near the Eclipse. This company also owns the lease on the Columbia No. 1 lode of the Cripple Creek-Columbia Company on Beacon Hill.
This lease is at present doing very well.

STARTS WORK ON SOLITAIRE.
Allen Siddell, who recently secured a lease on the Solitaire claim and that portion of the Comstock lying to the north of this claim, has started work trenching and has already accomplished considerable.
On September 1 work of sinking the shaft will begin in earnest. The old original location shaft which is down 60 feet will be utilized and will be put down to a depth of 500 feet.
Mr. Siddell was the locator of the Solitaire and owned it up to the time when he sold it to the Solitaire company, reserving the right to take the first lease on the property, should the company wish to lease it. The lease is for a period of two years from September 1 at 20 per cent royalties.
It is said that Mr. Siddell expects to spend at least $5,000 which in addition to the ore which will probably be found will pay for the sinking of the shaft to the anticipated depth.

Solitaire Mining Co.
13282. (Monson, Mass.) Will you please see what can be learned about the Solitaire Mining Co., of Cripple Creek? In March, 1900, C. W. Winslow, Pitkin, Colo., was its secretary and treasurer. It is thought that the company was merged into the Bonnie Nell Stock Company; officers of the latter company: J. E. Freeman, president and manager; Orrie S. Moore, vice-president, and C. W. Winslow, secretary and treasurer.
These people fail to reply to any communications sent there, and any information would be most welcome and gratefully received.

Ans. The stock of the Solitaire Mining Company of Cripple Creek is not listed. At least two years ago the company sold a portion of its holdings to the Bonnie Nell Mining Company, taking stock in the latter company in payment therefor and distributing such stock as a dividend, each stockholder of the Solitaire Company receiving 500 shares of the Bonnie Nell Company for each 1,000 shares which he held in the Solitaire Company.
According to the best information which we have been able to get, no work is being done upon the properties of the Solitaire Company. As the stock is not listed, there are no quotations upon it and we do not know and cannot learn what price the stock would bring, if any.
We are making further inquiries, and hope to publish something more in an early issue.

Bonnie Nell—The stockholders have ratified the sale of this company's property to George Sturgis for the sum of $40,000. This will entirely cover the indebtedness of the company which was incurred in the purchase of the Comstock and Solitaire claims.
The new company will be known as the Bonnie Nell Merger Gold Mining Company.

Denver—Work has been resumed on the Bonnie Nell group on Raven hill near Elkton after an idleness of five years. The controlling interest in the Bonnie Nell Gold Mining Co. recently passed to H. H. Barbee, vice president of the company.

The officers of the Bonnie Nell Merger Gold Mining Co. have decided to resume operations on the holdings of the property, which comprise 26 acres on Raven hill.
A contract has been given to Dave Roberts for cleaning up the workings and re-timbering the upper portion of the shaft. A complete electric hoisting and compressing plant will be installed and active operations started at once.

Cripple Creek—The Bonnie Nell Merger Gold Mining Co., operating on Raven hill, will put new machinery over its shaft.

Cripple Creek—H. H. Barbee of Colorado Springs, president and general manager of the Bonnie Nell group comprising 12 acres in the northeast slope of Raven hill has retimbered the shaft on the north end and is now installing an electric hoist.
The machinery at the main shaft is being overhauled and operations are proceeding on an extensive scale.