The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-08-25
tunnel. 1t is owned and worked by

itnStOn, On Elk CIeek, Has <o-u
shaft on it, which is substantially and
nicely timbered. A contract was re-
Gently let BY the owners, n: R. and
&C. w. Cornell and Merrill, for an adj
ditional 10 feet to be sunk on it. The
vein where exposed by the discovery
shaft is about E feet wide but very
much decomposed, and the owners
are sinking the new shaft 10 strike the
solid vein. Assays from mineral In
the old shaft have run es high as 365
silver per ton.
Work on the Venango continues to
progress very satisfactory. In the
lower east drift the pay streak has
widened to four feet, all of the quartz
being thoroughly impregnated with
rich mineral. The east winze sunk to
connect the upper with the lower
east drifts is down about 50 feet, and
in few days a junction will take
place and then 65 feet more stoping
ground will be opened Up: The mine
is sacking and shipping ore every
day. The total number of fee. of
work done to the present time,
amounts to 657. Mike Cowley, the
ifrepressible, entertained our reporter
at the Hotel de Cowley during his
visit. s.
The Beeswax tunnel is in 9z feet
and is being run to cut the vein at
right angles. 1t Is expected that the
vein will be reached at any time. Ihe
pay streak at the discovery cut is
about IS inches wide and carries an
timonial, brittle, wire silver and silver
glance. The tunnel now being run
will cut the vein at depth of 100 #.
The owners, DcVries, Harding, Kel;
logg, Thomas & McDougal, say this
claim is not for sale, but will be
worked without cessation all winter.
They firmly believe in the value Of the
mine and mean to stay by it. The
vein of this claim is parallel with and
about 800 feet west of the Fenango.
Since our last visit to the Belmont
tunnel vein Ia inches wide has been
cHt which shows very fine mineral.
\/'rhe Chiquita shaft is down 90 feet
and will be sunk until it is $50 feet
deep. From The bottom Of the shaft
there is a drift run in on the vein
about 50 feet in length. On the sur
face prospect trench has been dig
for the purpose of ofuncovering the vein
and from it large quantity of rich
mineral is being taken. 1t contains
silver glance, ruby, wire silver and
black sulphurets. The ore is being
sacked for shipment. Mr.. Duncan
superintends the working Of this
claim, which is controlled by Gllkln-
son & Gurley.
Messrs. R. A. Estes & Sons are
pushing work on the Lee Taylor mine
with laudable vigor. The tunnel
which inclined downward towards the
breast was half filled with water just
after the late heavy rains, but since
the floor has been stopped out and the
incline pitched downward to the
mouth Of the tunnel, the drainage has
been perfect. The character of the
mineral las changed in the breast of the
tunnel A brownish red decomposed
substance is making its appearance,
beneath which runs the tein of gouge.
The gouge is rapidly hardening and
the vein along the floor is showing
some beautiful crystalized quartz high
ly charged with mineral. The dark
brown substance will doubtless run
high in gold. An assay on the gouge
matter showed two ounces of gold
per ton as we'll as 49s ounces of silver.
The vein Of this claim shows precisely
the same characteristics as that of the
Venango, and upon development will,
we think, run into the same kind of
mineral. The location oF the claim is
very favorable for its being cheaply
worked and kept thoroughly drained.
The face Of Ruby peak, below the
present tunnel site, is very steep and
d new tunnel run from the level of
Green lake basin would cut the vein
fully 500 feet below the present one.
In all of our reportorial rounds IN
Ruby Camp We have not seen claim
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