The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-15
The Corstock shaft has been new

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ano the force is now engaged in run
ming cross cut from the bottom OF
i. 1t is already in 10 it, but
the foot wall has not yet been reached.
Some good mineral has been taken
out and is now on the dump.
NJ. S. Bentz has some fine speci-
mems Of ore from the Keystone, in
O,-Be Joyful, Owned by himself, Con-
ROY & Nelson. The claim was dis
covered about four weeks ago. A
aft hole has been worked on it. The
vein as lar as disclosed is about 6 feet
wide and shows pay streak one foot
wide carrying galena.
The Durango is timbering the upper
stope and cutting through the vein to
the hanging wall in the lower drift.
The windlass on the wirze IS rugged
up and the air boxes in place ard
drawing finely. The new shaft, ore
and boarding houses ere being built
as rapidly as possible and will be
completed by the end of the present
month.
| The Mountain Star, in Ruby basin,
owned by NJ. Laracy, Cassaday and
Devett, has loft tunnel worked on
20 inch vein which shows we'll. The
mineral is galena, a recent assay
Of which showed $50 ounces per ton.
The owners intend to continue work
ing the claim until pay mineral is
struck. The claim is 1So feet west OF
the Howard extension.
Swan Bros have built a cabin and
! commenced shaft house on the Little
Indian lode in Swan basin. This
claim has shaft IA feet deep on an
8-ft lead with 4 # of mineral bearing
rock. The owners intend working this
and the Kittenning lode, which is an
extension of the Indian, all winter.
The latter has 36 inches of mineral
bearing rock and Is developed by
tunnel now in 20 #.
]. M. Sturgeon is working the
Sarah E. in Elk basin. This claim
has tunnel 100 feet long on the
vein which gives depth of IS feet.
The vein is # wide with two quartz
streaks carrying iron. He is also
Working the Jennie Hodgson, on
Mt. Garfield, between Evans basin
and Elk creek, which has 55ft shaft
on vein of quartz 18 inches wide,
which is we'll defined. The Union
Chief, in Anthracite bssin, is anothes
claim he is working:
The Florida, on 4 him, dt !
Aft vein with an 'nd pay streak.
which carries ru',y silses from the
surface, Assays have showed as high
as 2 200 ounces per ton. A shaft has
been sunk on the claim 16 feet deep.
Work which has been temporarily sus-
pended will be recommended in
week. The Bunker Hill, on the same
vein, has the same amount of work
done upon itand shows the same char
actor of mineral These claims are
owned by McQuaid, Berry, ct al.
The Burlington is being put in
good working trim by the owners,
Dunn & Maloney, Carlisle and others.
There is fine working shaft on the
claim 40 feet deep, from which 50 or
60 feet of drifting has been run. Sew
eral tons of high grade ore on the
dump. The shaft will be continued
100 feet deeper. The Burlington is
one Of the richest claims in camp.
We have had specimens shown us
containing ruby, brittle and wire sii-
yer that would assay $4,000 per ton.
The claim will be worked all winter.
A good shaft house has been built and
plenty of cabins to accommodate the
workmen. The vein is six feet wide
with a pay streak ten inches wide
which will mill 1900 ozs to the ton.
Work is being steadily pushed on
the Venango, where 1S men are now
employed. The mineral continues to
improve as depth is reached, Justify
ing the opinion Of the superintendent
tina, it will ere long be found to con-
tain one cf the richest bodies of min
eral in the stale. Drifting has been
commenced east on the soft level,
and hare ot q 1ict,pco re ~ Zoe. from,