ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940
PAGE 3
Atlas Gold Boat Increases Capacity
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sizeable tailing piles that are worth
reworking. It is predicted that the
Atlas concern will be profitably em
ployed for some time to come.
Dredging Company
Uses Modern Method
On Leonard Property
TIP-TOP HARDROCK
PROPERTY WORKING
The Atlas Dredging Co., operators
on the Leonard property, who have
been operating on their lease with a
two and one-half yard Link-Belt
dragline and a Bodison floating wash
ing plant, are adding to their capacity
by installing a new walker-type five
yard Marion dragline.
The new
equipment will be Deisel-electrically
operated and will feed the present
electrically driven washing plant.
The Atlas people came to the Leon
ard property last October and have
been busily engaged in erecting their
plant and digging in with the lighter
equipment since coming on location.
They are running three shifts of men
on the job with resultant payroll ben
efits to the community.
The Leonard property is located
on the Althouse creek just south of
Holland and is part of one of the
earliest and best strikes in the coun
try. It was first operated in the
late 1850’s; since work has been car
ried on intermittently, first by hand,
then by hydraulic hoist and later by
various types of mechanical equip
ment.
Among the things of interest in
the property is the old drift driven
by the Chineses on the bedrock of
the creek, which was exposed by the
VonDer Hellen work. The old posts
and caps were still in place and in
fair condition. Some of the best
ground in the pit was directly along
side the Chinese workings.
At a
later date two tunnels were driven
from the Althouse side of the ridge
to the Democrat side to deliver tail
ings from the Althouse creek work
ings. The bed of the Althouse creek is
some sixty feet higher than that of
Democrat slough.
These two tun
nels are still to be seen.
After the 75 years of work on
the property there is still many acres
of virgin ground to be mined and
The Tip-Top Gohl Lode property
above Holland is working with a
twenty-five ton rod mill and amal
gamation plant. The property is own
ed by the Denton Brothers and is
under lease and option to Los An
geles interests. Mr. Ray Denton is
in charge of the mill and Mr. J. A.
Sollitt is the manager for the Los
Angeles people.
The Tip-Top Mine bids fair to be
come one of the steady producers at
the completion of its development
work. Values are well above the
profit making margin and are in free
gold almost entirely, a small amount
being in sulphides. The property pre
sents very few metallurgical diffi
culties making a high percentage of
recovery possible.
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Hundreds of Small
Operators Wrest Good
Livelihood with Picks
Sometimes as we look over a com
munity for its economic development
we notice tiie larger industry but
overlook the small fellow and his ef
forts. Throughout the valley there are
hundreds of small one or two man
g( Id operations that in the aggregate
are producing many ounces of pre
cious metal a year. These boys work
ing with Giants, self shooters, Ground
sluicing, sniping box, cradle and dip
box are working out the small cor
ners. high ground that cannot be
reached at a profit with larger equip
ment, and bed rocking the older dig
gings are rendering a service to the
community as well as making a liv
ing for themselves.
In this manner many men have
“made a job” for themselves and
have become independent of labor
conditions and are self supporting.
.Many thousands of dollars a year
into the valley through this source
that would not be here otherwise.
Reliable .Abstracting
for
36 Years
The very fact that this firm
has been in operation for
more I’ ; n 36 years is in it
self a guarantee that its ser
vices are of vital interest to
people dealing in Real Es
tate, and its survival is proof
of its Reliability.
josenrire County Abstract Co.
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