The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-29
Mining Mention

Alexander Bros. and Bill tovelac.
have taken a contract to sink 100 Zee,
on the Lead Chief shaft.
Callahan Bros are putting up ;
neat log house on 18th street, corner
avenue f
Tom Mernin bought 16 interest
in the Odeon lode from Jas. Cowley.
consideration 5000.
NJ. H. Callahan sold Il interest in
the Great West in o, -Be-Jcyful basin,
to Frank Nichols for s4oo.
Dennis O'Mahoney has purchased
"a OF the Gallant Irish Boy lode,
making him Il owner in that claim.
The Grand Pacific, in fndepend-
ence basin, is showing up we'll. 1t
has fine lead with a vein 5 feet wide
and pay streak three feet wide.
The Odean in independence basin,
is showing we'll in galena. There
i shaft Fl feet deep and a tunnel 43
feet long on This claim and a vein IS
inches wide. Conley Bros and O'Ma-
honey, owners.
The Col. Baker lode, in o, Be
Joyful basin, is looking we'll for the
amount of work done on it-a ten
foot face. 1t has a SIT vein shc~ing
galena and iron, and is owned by
Arizona Bill and others.
The Banner lode on Ruby peak,
owned by Dennis O'Mahoney and
Others, is showing some very good
quartz. 1t is strong vein g inches
wide as far as developed. The shaft
and cut show depth of II feet.
The Reality, an extension of the
Monitor, shows the same width of
vein and mineral characteristics as the
Monitor, and is owned by the same
parties. Two years assessment work
have been done on it. This lead
crops out distance of mile or more.
The Crown Point, in O, Be joyful,
has lead ? feet wide. There is no
particularly defined pay streak in the
vein, as it is all composed of lime and
quartz impregnated with
chlorides of silver, galena, gray and
native copper, This claim has ten
foot cut upon it.
The Diamond lode on Ruby peak,
has Fl inches Of mineral bearing rock
an assay of which showed
I &c ounces silver per ton. A tunnel
90 feet long, from which a drift 10 #
long has been run form the develop
ment work. Jas. Cowiey, Thos.
Quinn and Arizona Bill, owners.
The Neptune in o. ,-Be-Joytul, has
a vein four feet wide which is streaked
with pay mineral carrying native and
brittle silver. a recent assay of which
shows 1858 ounces silver pei ton.
Two years assessment work have been
done upon it. Davis, Richardson &
Currigan, owners.
The Richardson, in o, Be Joyful
basin, owned by Davis, Richardson s.
Currigan, has improved very much
with the second years work and now
shows 7 mineral streak IS inches wide
Of galena, zinc and iron, which runs
Io1 ounces per ton Of silver. This is
the extension of the Black Bess.
The Arizona Bill lode is a fine lead
in O,-Be- Joyful basin. Fhe crop
pings stand out prominently, ~ some
places ten feet high. The vein is IL
feet wide and contains fine quartz
showing copper and iron which as
sayed 22 ounces silver per ton and Il
ounce Of gol.:. Owned by Arizona
Bill and others.
The Ivanhoe shaft is down I 20 feet
and a DRIFT has been run on the vein
20 feet north. Another is being start.
ed which will be continued 50 feet
south unless orc is struck within tha,
distance. A shaft house and other
buildings are being constructed and
the company intends to exrend s25oc
on the claim this winter.
The Forest Queen tunnel has a,
last cut the shaft, and no more
trouble will be experienced from wa
ter until the shaft is surk much deeper
The tunnel is over 600 feet long