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The Herald Democrat. Volume: 13 [XIII]Info Publication Date:
March 19, 1892Info found on page:
1-2Info Title:
Orphan Bell With Good Indications of Mineral
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 is the Orphan Belle Mine on Bull Mountain.
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City Briefs
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The Morning Times. Volume: 3 [III], Issue No. 271Info Publication Date:
March 1, 1896Info found on page:
1Info Title:
Mr. George Sprague Escaped From Severely Injury in Maloney Mine
George Sprague had a narrow escape from being severely injured yesterday in the Maloney mine. Sprague was working at the bottom of the shaft which is 400 feet deep when a large rock fell from the top knocking Sprague's hat from his head.
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
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The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 61 [LXI], Issue No. 17Info Publication Date:
April 25, 1896Info found on page:
405Info Title:
Orphan Bell Group Worked by Several Sets of Lessees
ORPHAN BELL GROUP.—This group of claims on Bull Hill is being worked by several sets of lessees, two of whom have recently erected steam hoists, and are prepared to do deep mining.

A set of lessees have just started to drive from the bottom of the incline shaft, 170 ft. The shaft was sunk in 1892. Shipments are being regularly made from the Munger lease, the ore sampling from 2 to 4 oz.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 04.10.2024 (19:02:58)
Above Info was First Seen 04.01.2015
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 61 [LXI], Issue No. 17Info Publication Date:
April 25, 1896Info found on page:
405-406Info Title:
Orphan Bell Group Shaft Houses Damages During April 12 Snowstorm
Three shaft houses on the Orphan Bell were demolished: one shaft house was carried 70 ft. and lifted on the top of another shaft house during a snow storm, accompanied by a severe wind, that inflicted Cripple Creek on Sunday, April 12th.
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General Mining News
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The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 62 [LXII], Issue No. 1Info Publication Date:
July 4, 1896Info found on page:
12Info Title:
Orphan Bell Lessee Maloney Improves His Shaft Machinery
ORPHAN BELL.—R. M. Maloney is putting in a new 25 H. P. double hoist and boiler on his lease on the Orphan Bell, on Bull Hill. The new double compartment shaft where the machinery is being installed is down over 40 ft.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 09.10.2024 (08:24:50)
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General Mining News
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The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 62 [LXII], Issue No. 8Info Publication Date:
August 22, 1896Info found on page:
181Info Title:
Orphan Bell Property Vigorously Developed by 18 Sets of Lessees
ORPHAN BELL.—This property is being vigorously developed by 18 sets of lessees, employing over 100 men. Five steam hoists are on the property. Not a few of the lessees are making regular shipments.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 12.10.2024 (09:08:40)
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General Mining News
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The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 62 [LXII], Issue No. 10Info Publication Date:
September 5, 1896Info found on page:
229Info Title:
Orphan Bell Group Worked by Several Sets of Lessees
ORPHAN BELL.—These properties, containing about 25 acres of patented ground on Bull Hill, are being worked on lease.

The Munger Lease is a steady shipper, and the ore is being extracted from the 170-ft. level;

the Granville lease is not a regular shipper; the shaft is being sunk to the 100-ft. level, and at that point a crosscut will be necessary to intersect the vein.

The Wolcott lease has a shaft 250 ft. deep, but at present they are not shipping, although shipments have been made from an upper level.

The Maloney lease is being vigorously worked. The shaft has been sunk 120 ft. and sinking will be pushed until the 200-ft. level is reached.

The Parrot lease is being worked on the vein, at an incline, the present depth of shaft being nearly 200 ft. The vein is well defined, and about 3 ft. wide, and the pay streak is 10 in. wide.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 12.10.2024 (16:45:06)
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 62 [LXII], Issue No. 23Info Publication Date:
December 5, 1896Info found on page:
541Info Title:
Orphan Belle Being Improved by Lessees
Orphan Belle.—This property, on Bull Hill, has shown much improvement, an ore chute having been found at the depth of 200 ft. by one of the lessees. Machine drills are now being put at work to prove its extent.

It is reported that an English company has secured an option on the Orphan Belle properties until December 15th.

There are six steam hoists at work, all erected by lessees.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 22.10.2024 (22:39:49)
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Metallurgical Journal. Volume: 17 [XVII], Issue No. 4Info Publication Date:
May 15, 1897Info found on page:
11-12Info Title:
Orphan Bell Lessee Maloney Working Hard
Mining Record—Mr. R. M. Maloney is keeping up production at the Orphan Bell, where he made a sensational strike some weeks ago. Last week he sent out 100 tons of ore and expects to keep this rate up. The stuff went to the Cripple Creek Sampler.

The shaft is being continued down. It is now forty feet below the 300-foot level. A new station will be cut at the 450-foot level and the indications are that a larger ore chute which will be found when that depth is reached.

The level has been driven 315 feet all is in ore with the exception of the ninety feet in the south drift. This drift still has 170 feet to go before it reaches the Buena Vista side line and it will be opened for the full length.
Above Info was Last Updated on 04.09.2024 (13:22:14)
Above Info was First Seen 30.10.2012
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Metallurgical Journal. Volume: 17 [XVII], Issue No. 7Info Publication Date:
July 1, 1897Info found on page:
12Info Title:
Orphan Belle Lessee Harrington Shipment
The Harrington lease on the Orphan Belle made a shipment of 30 tons last week. F. S. Johnson, the new manager, has taken charge of the property and will increase the force and make a much larger output than has been made the last month.
Above Info was Last Updated on 05.09.2024 (16:27:53)
Above Info was First Seen 03.11.2012
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 5 [V]Info Publication Date:
September 2, 1897Info found on page:
1Info Title:
Orphan Belle Robbery
NO CLEW.

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Robbers of the Maloney shaft Have Not Been Apprehended.


The five men who held up the engineer and other men yesterday morning at the Maloney lease on the Orphan Belle, have apparently made good their escape.

No clew has yet been found, though the police are on the lookout, and all the mills and smelters have been warned not to accept the ore if it is offered for sale.

The ore missing amounts to ten 50-pound sacks, valued at $400 a sack, or $4,000 altogether. It had been sorted and sacket the day previous, and the robbers evidently knew just what they would find.
Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 07.02.2019
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Metallurgical Journal. Volume: 18 [XVIII], Issue No. 3Info Publication Date:
November 1, 1897Info found on page:
11Info Title:
Orphan Belle Lessee Maloney Ships Smelter Ore
Mining Industry and Review—For the first half of October the output from the Maloney lease workings on the Orphan Belle aggregated 119 tons, all of the ore going to the smelters.
Above Info was Last Updated on 06.09.2024 (17:31:10)
Above Info was First Seen 10.11.2012
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining and Metallurgical Journal. Volume: 18 [XVIII], Issue No. 3Info Publication Date:
November 1, 1897Info found on page:
11Info Title:
Orphan Belle Lessee Herrington in Rich Ore
Mining Industry and Review—The new find in the Herrington lease is rivalling the Maloney one in richness and the width is greater. From 10 to 15 tons are now being broken daily with the machine drills in driving the levels both ways from the crosscut.
Above Info was Last Updated on 06.09.2024 (17:33:34)
Above Info was First Seen 10.11.2012
Type/Category of Info:
Mine Info
Info Source From:
Colorado State Mining Directory 1898; Buyer's Guide to Representative Mining Machinery and Supply Houses of America. Info Publication Date:
1898Info found on page:
196Info Title:
Ida Belle Mine
Principal Producing Cripple Creek Mines - 1898:


Name: Ida Belle Mine (Bull Hill)

Owner: Orphan Belle Gold Mining Co.

Capital:

President:

Vice-President:

Secretary:

Treasurer:

Superintendent: Wm. Heflin, Altman

Manager:

Lessees: Hostain & McGee, Altman

Description: 300-foot shaft; 40-horse power vertical Fairbanks-Morse boiler; 6x8 double flat Fairbanks-Morse friction hoist.

Employes:

Contact:

Notes:
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Mine Info
Info Source From:
Colorado State Mining Directory 1898; Buyer's Guide to Representative Mining Machinery and Supply Houses of America. Info Publication Date:
1898Info found on page:
201 & 202Info Title:
Orphan Bell, aka Orphan Belle Mine
Principal Producing Cripple Creek Mines - 1898:


Name: Orphan Bell Mine (Bull Hill)

Owner: Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Co.

Capital:

President: T. S. Hunter

Vice-President:

Secretary: D. H. Imler

Treasurer:

Superintendent: Lessees 1.

Lessees 2.

Lessees 3.

Lessees 4. Richard Fitzgerald, Cripple Creek

Manager:

Lessees: 1. F. J. Crane, Cripple Creek

2. Herington Mining and Milling Co.

3. R. M. Maloney, Cripple Creek

4. Parker & Gardener

Description:

Lessees 1. 90-foot shaft; windlass.

Lessees 2. 140-foot shaft; 60-horse power horizontal boiler; 4-drill Rand Compressor; 8x10 cylinder Mine and Smelter hoist.

Lessees 3. 315-foot shaft; 80 and 40-horse power horizontal boilers; 3-drill Rand compressor; 35-horse power 8x10 friction hoist.

Lessees 4. 75-foot shaft; 85-horse power horizontal boiler; 6-drill Band compressor; 40-horse power 8x10 cylinder Mine and Smelter hoist.

Employes:

Lessees 2. twenty-five employes.

Lessees 3. fifty-five employes.

Lessees 4. fifteen employes.

Contact:

Notes: leased.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 11.04.2011
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 6 [VI], Issue No. 212Info Publication Date:
January 14, 1899Info found on page:
3Info Title:
Orphan Belle Gold Mining Co. Works Again
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Above Info was Last Updated on 03.01.2025 (09:04:52)
Above Info was First Seen 03.01.2025
Type/Category of Info:
Mining Deeds
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 7 [VII], Issue No. 203Info Publication Date:
July 27, 1899Info found on page:
3Info Title:
Orphan Bell Nos. 1 & 2, Ida Bell Nos. 1 & 2 Lodes; Mining Deed to A. L. Dickerman, trustee
MINING DEED.—Orphan Bell M. & M. Co. to A. L. Dickerman, trustee, Orphan Bell Nos. 1 and 2, Ida Bell Nos. 1 and 2, $1.00
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Deeds
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 7 [VII], Issue No. 203Info Publication Date:
July 27, 1899Info found on page:
3Info Title:
Orphan Bell Nos. 1 & 2, Ida Bell Nos. 1 & 2 Lodes; Deed to H. M. Blackmer, trustee
DEED.—A. L. Dickerman, trustee, to H. M. Blackmer, trustee, Orphan Bell Nos. 1 and 2, Ida Bell Nos. 1 and 2, ($210.50 revenue stamps) $1.00.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 12.03.2025 (19:38:42)
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Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 70 [LXX], Issue No. 23Info Publication Date:
December 8, 1900Info found on page:
677Info Title:
Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Co. vs. Arrow Gold Mining Co.
Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Company.—This company has filed suit in the District Court to have a transfer of certain property to the Arrow Gold Mining Company 18 months ago, set aside, claiming that there was a fraudulent conspiracy between former officers of the Orphan Bell Company and other parties to defraud and to profit by selling said property for a sum far less than its actual market value.

The sale was for $210,000, while the plaintiff claims the market value to have been $400,000.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 06.08.2024 (20:49:34)
Above Info was First Seen 06.08.2024
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General Mining News
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The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 70 [LXX], Issue No. 26Info Publication Date:
December 29, 1900Info found on page:
768Info Title:
Orphan Gold Mining Co. Happenings
Orphan Gold Mining Company.—The case of the minority stockholders of this company and of the Orphan Bell against Williams has been reset for February 20th. Mr. Spurgeon has surrendered his lease. The defendant is to make no sale or lease nor give any bond on the property in dispute. Nor shall any consolidation of two companies take place pending the hearing of the case.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 07.08.2024 (14:04:05)
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Company Info
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Cripple Creek: A Standard Handbook Mines & Companies January 1901. Info Publication Date:
January 1901Info found on page:
11Info Title:
Arrow Gold Mining Company
Company is active or promise to be active trader on various exchanges.


Name: ARROW G. M. CO.

Capital: $1,250,000; par value, $1; 150,000 shares in treasury; $300 indebtedness.

President: Chas. Farnsworth

Vice-President:

Secretary: Amos S. Anderson

Treasurer:

Superintendent:

Manager:

Office/Contact: Bank Bldg., Colorado Springs. Transfer International Trust Co.; office, 111 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs.

Lessees:

Description/Note: Property is being developed by lessees. Over $20,000 expended. See Plat K.

Owns: All that portion of the Ida Bell No.1 and Ida Bell No.2, Orphan No.1 and Orphan No.2, lying in one block northeasterly of the northeast side line of the Buena Vista lode, containing 7.6 acres, patented, on north slope of Bull Hill in the N. E. ¼ Sec. 20.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 24.04.2024 (09:57:33)
Above Info was First Seen 24.04.2024
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Company Info
Info Source From:
Cripple Creek: A Standard Handbook Mines & Companies January 1901. Info Publication Date:
January 1901Info found on page:
74Info Title:
Orphan Gold Mining Company
Company is active or promise to be active trader on various exchanges.


Name: ORPHAN G. M. CO.

Capital: $1,250,000; par value, $1.

President: W. B. Williams

Vice-President:

Secretary: W. T. Doubt

Treasurer:

Superintendent:

Manager:

Office/Contact: P. O. Bldg., Colorado Springs.

Lessees:

Description/Note: About 18,000 ft. shafts, levels and winzes. Property is under lease with 25 per cent. royalties. The Ida Bell No.1 and Orphan No.2 are producing. Gross production over $650,900. See Plat K.

Owns: 1. Ida Bell Nos.1 and 2 and

2. Orphan Nos.1 and 2, 12.8 acres, patented, on Bull Hill, in the N. E. ¼ Sec. 20, near the Isabella.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 21.06.2024 (11:33:16)
Above Info was First Seen 21.06.2024
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 72 [LXXII], Issue No. 22Info Publication Date:
November 30, 1901Info found on page:
732Info Title:
Arrow G. M. Co. Deeds All Its Property to Orphan Bell M. & M. Co.
Arrow Gold Mining Company.—A statement issued by President Farnsworth, gives a review of the recent legal difficulties and explains the present financial condition. The company has been in litigation with the Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Company for about a year, but a compromise has been reached, by which the Orphan Bell Company paid $54,000, and other parties interested in this suit paid to the Arrow Gold Mining Company $4,750, making a total of $58,750.

By this arrangement, the Arrow Company deeds all its property to the Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Company, thus leaving it with no real estate. From the money received it is proposed to declare a 5c. dividend, leaving money enough to pay all the company's indebtedness.

The principal reasons for making the compromise with the Orphan Bell was the outlook for expensive litigation, which might last several years.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 22.08.2024 (14:38:56)
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 72 [LXXII], Issue No. 22Info Publication Date:
November 30, 1901Info found on page:
732Info Title:
Empire State G. M. Co. Take Over Orphan G. M. Co. & Arrow G. M. Co. Properties
Empire State Gold Mining Company.—The property recently owned by the Orphan Gold and the Arrow Gold Mining Company, has been transferred to this company, and consists of the Ida Bell and the Ida Bell No. 1 lodes and the Orphan and Orphan No. 1 lodes, situated on Bull Hill, adjoining the Isabella.

This property originally belonged to the Orphan Bell Mining and Milling Company, and was sold some years ago to an eastern syndicate. Afterwards local men formed 2 companies, the Orphan Gold and the Arrow Gold Mining Company. For some time, litigation has been in progress in which the old Orphan Bell Company claimed the right to be allowed to buy back the property.

The Empire State Gold Mining Company was organized and the largest stockholders in the Orphan Bell Company furnished the money to buy back the property. Considerable work is now being done on the south end of the properties, and it is understood that the shaft will be sunk to 900 ft. It is understood that all Orphan Bell stockholders are privileged to get into the new company on the same basis as the larger stockholders who furnished the money.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 22.08.2024 (15:32:02)
Above Info was First Seen 22.08.2024
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
PROFITS; A Journal of Finance and Mining Worth While. Volume: 4 [IV], Issue No. 48Info Publication Date:
February 25, 1905Info found on page:
2Info Title:
New Plant for Ida Bell Shaft
Colorado Springs, Col., Feb. 20.—Manager Kilborn, of the Isabella Gold Mines Company, has arrived in the Cripple Creek district and is now calling for men for installing a large hoist and necessary boilers.

The new plant of machinery as soon as purchased will be installed on the Ida Bell claim, located on Bull Hill over the shaft which has already a depth of 870 feet from surface. While the property has been inactive for a period of two years it is the intention of the company to commence operations and push them with vigor.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 11.10.2023
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 28 [XXVIII], Issue No. 13Info Publication Date:
March 28, 1908Info found on page:
535Info Title:
Isabella Lessees Vidler and Associates Developing Vein at 250 Feet
Cripple Creek— Vidler and associates, leasing on the Maloney workings of the Isabella property, on Bull hill, are breaking ore of better than ounce and a half grade from a vein measuring almost 6 ft. between walls. This vein is under development at a depth of 250 ft. The lessees are sending out on an average of three cars a week.

A heavy monthly tonnage is being made from Isabella ground on company account, and the ore is carrying good values.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 29.11.2010
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General Mining News
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The Mining World. Volume: 29 [XXIX], Issue No. 8Info Publication Date:
August 22, 1908Info found on page:
293Info Title:
Isabella Ships 1,200 Tons Smelting-Grade Ore Monthly
Cripple Creek—The Isabella is shipping 1,200 tons per month of smelting-grade ore and 100 tons of dump stuff is run through the mill daily.
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Above Info was First Seen 31.12.2023
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General Mining News
Info Source From:
Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 97 [XCVII], Issue No. 2510; 9Info Publication Date:
August 29, 1908Info found on page:
277Info Title:
Maloney Shaft Lease Changes
E. F. Woods and associates have taken over the lease on the Maloney shaft of the Isabella Mines Co., formerly held by Wilson Bros.

A shipment will soon be made.
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Above Info was First Seen 29.09.2010
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Western Investors Review. Volume: 15 [XV], Issue No. 9Info Publication Date:
March 1909Info found on page:
21Info Title:
Orphan Belle Lessee Opened Rich Ore at 200 Feet
Leasers on the Maloney shaft on the Orphan Belle claim of the Isabella Mines Company, have opened up a rich ore body at the 200-foot level, which gives returns of $36.80 to $63 a ton.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 19.10.2010
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Special/Editorial Correspondence
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 88 [LXXXVIII], Issue No. 20Info Publication Date:
November 13, 1909Info found on page:
994Info Title:
Maloney Shaft of the Empire State is Shipping
Denver. Nov. 5—Lessees on the Maloney shaft of the Empire State, of the Isabella company, have discovered a new ore shoot at 350 ft. deep, and have begun shipping.
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Above Info was First Seen 20.05.2019
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
Mining Science. Volume: 60 [LX], Issue No. 1560Info Publication Date:
December 23, 1909Info found on page:
595Info Title:
Orphan Bell Lessees Ships Milling Grade Ore
A large tonnage of milling grade ore is leaving the Orphan Bell of the Isabella Co., operated under lease by Charles Day and associates. A 25-ton car is shipped every second day, and runs between $14 and $20 per ton.

The lessee is working through the Maloney shaft, and has opened a strong body of milling grade ore lying back of what was thought by former operators to be the hanging wall of the main Maloney vein.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 23.06.2010
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Mining World. Volume: 32 [XXXII], Issue No. 17Info Publication Date:
April 23, 1910Info found on page:
863Info Title:
Isabella Mines Co. Properties Worked Through Many Shafts
In addition to the leases in operation at the Empire State, Buena Vista, Maloney and Emma No. 1 on the Isabella estate, 16 sets of lessees are working through the Lee shaft, seven of which are breaking ore. Holman McIntosh and associates leasing on the Smuggler have also opened up a rich ore body, believed to be the extension of the rich Murphy shoot. The ore assays as high as 5 and 7 oz.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 06.09.2025 (20:07:14)
Above Info was First Seen 06.09.2025
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 90 [XC], Issue No. 12Info Publication Date:
September 17, 1910Info found on page:
575Info Title:
Isabella August Production
Isabella—The August production of the Isabella property was 1232 tons, of an average of about $25 per ton. It was produced entirely by lessees.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 25.03.2010
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
The Engineering and Mining Journal. Volume: 90 [XC], Issue No. 23Info Publication Date:
December 3, 1910Info found on page:
1125Info Title:
Isabella Properties Still Works
Isabella—The leasers on this company's properties will this month have produced approximately 1500 tons of ore, estimated at a value of 1 oz. gold per ton.

A Seattle company has taken a three-years' lease on the mill and tailings dump.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
Above Info was First Seen 26.03.2010
Type/Category of Info:
General Mining News
Info Source From:
Mining and Engineering World [former Mining World]. Volume: 35 [XXXV], Issue No. 18Info Publication Date:
October 28, 1911Info found on page:
872Info Title:
Isabelle Dump Lessee Jake Herold Will Install Washer at Maloney Shaft
Jake Herold, operating the Isabella dumps under lease, will install an ore dresser and washer at the Maloney shaft. The machinery has been ordered.
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General Mining News
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Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 117 [CXVII], Issue No. 18Info Publication Date:
November 2, 1918Info found on page:
603Info Title:
Isabella Mines Lessees Beebe & Nelson Made Important Discovery Near Surface
A surface discovery of importance has been made on the property of the Isabella Mines Co., on Bull hill by Eden Beebe of Cripple Creek and Harry Nelson of Victor; lessees.

Prospecting north of the old Maloney shaft on the Orphan Belle, these operators have opened up in virgin ground the extension of the rich Maloney vein and at a depth of about 18 ft. they are mining ore carrying both rusty gold and sylvanite.

The ground is virgin to a depth of 500 ft., and from the present showing the lessees will take out a fortune if the ore persists to that depth.
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Above Info was Last Updated on 25.09.2024 (16:54:45)
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General Mining News
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The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 119 [CXIX], Issue No. 18Info Publication Date:
November 1, 1919Info found on page:
644Info Title:
Isabella Leasing Company Plans
Stockholders of the Isabella Mines company are invited by a circular letter signed by C. M. Carson, vice-president of the company, to participate in the organization of the Isabella Leasing company, formed for the purpose of further development of the Isabella estate on Bull hill.

As set forth in the letter, development on company account has been impossible "because of the advance in price of mining material and labor, occasioned by the "War."


The lease, it is understood, will be granted the new company for a five-year term, with the privilege of a three-year extension, and royalties on ore marketed will be on a sliding scale.

The ground included in the lease extends from the eleventh level of the Lee shaft to the bottom, or fifteenth, level, west from the west sideline of the Orphan No. 1 and includes the Orphan No. 2, Ida Bell No. 1 and 2, Emma No. 1, Comet and Jack Rabbit lodes No. 1 to 4 inclusive, X. J. Gold, Bully, and Tom Thumb lode claims.


It is proposed, according to the circular, to start work on the 15th level of the Lee shaft, taking advantage of a cross-cut 1000 ft. long and to continue the cross-cut 300 ft. to cut the Sump and Buena Vista veins.

The veins would then be cut at a depth of 450 ft. below the Buena Vista and Sump oreshoots that produced approximately three million dollars.

It is further proposed to continue the cross-cut some 200 ft. farther to explore the junction of the Buena Vista and Maloney veins, the No. 2 vein, No. 3 vein, and finally the Emma vein.

All of these veins have produced ore in the upper workings.


Subscriptions to the leasing company stock will be limited to 6000 shares of the par value of $1 each.
Above Info was Last Updated on 08.04.2024 (14:19:22)
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The Mining and Scientific Press. Volume: 119 [CXIX], Issue No. 19Info Publication Date:
November 8, 1919Info found on page:
682Info Title:
Isabella Leasing Co. Tries to Get Running
The old and well-known Isabella mine, during the active speculation that formerly prevailed in Cripple Creek stocks, was for years used as the basis for numerous stock-jobbing schemes.

Owing to the relative inactivity of this mine for some time past, a movement has been started by stockholders to interest a sufficient number of such stockholders in the proposed Isabella Leasing Co., to be capitalized at $25,000 with shares at one dollar par.

Capital derived from disposal of this stock will be devoted to development of new ground. Ore produced by the leasing company will be charged royalties ranging from 8% to 30%, depending upon grade of shipments.
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