The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-10-06
Mining Mention

Mike Cowley sold It interest in the
Odeon Lode to Jno. Fitzgerald, last
week for 5000.
Typograpical error in last weeks
issue, made Connolly Bros. owners of
the Odeon Lode, II should have been
Cowley Bros.
The Excelsior, in O., Be Joyful ba-
sin, has vein s feet wide with a small
galena streak in it. An adit with a
10 foot face has been worked on 1t.
The Swan Bros. are busy packing
grub into Swan basin, preparatory to
working their claims this winter
Those two white mules begin to look
tired.
The Superior lode, in O., Be Joyful,
has ten foot assessment worked on it,
and is showing some very fine mineral.
The vein is S feet wide with a 10 or
IL inch mineral bearing streak in it.
The Eureka, in o, Be Joyful, shows
at the bottom Of ten foot adit. vein
of galena inches wide which assays
81 ozs. in silver per ton. The vein is
! feet wide and is the supposed ex-
tension of the Spar Chief.
The Bullion King Cos. buildings
are finished and make fine appear
ance. The main shaft is going down
at the rate OF foot day, still follow
ing an improving streak Of mineral.
The mineral on the dump is increas-
ing from day to day.
DR.. W. H. Kinney is having cabins
erected on the claims of the Lehigh
Valley Mining Co., to accommodate
the workmen. Two and perhaps three
shifts will be kept employed all win
ter. He will also, if he has not al
ready, let contract to ruE a tunnel
900 feet long to cut the main lead.
]. w. Sayles, Superintendent Gal
weston Ruby Mining Co., has let
contract for timbcring and sinking
the Gen. Sayles shaft in Silver basin
100 feet deeper, making total depth
of 165 feet. If the ore turns out as it
now promises $50 foot tunnel will
be run to cut the little Oracle vein.
His company have decided to erect
a Stamp Mill in the basin next spring
it sufficient orc is shown up to justify
it-and from the present indications
the ore will doubtless prove richer
than is even now anticipated.
The shaft in the tunnel Of the Lee
Taylor is IS feet down and the miner
al is improving rapidly, both in guam
t:ty and quality. The quartz, which
at the mouth of the tunnel is soft and
partially decomposed, has become
Quite hald, The vein also is widen.
ing rapidly and the mineral getting
more solid. This claim has consider
able ore on the dump and will be
worked until the weather compels the
*orkmen to quit.
Sam Powell has just returned from
trip to Ashcroft and the country
surrounding it and reports good min
eral there, with plenty of capital to
work it. He also says that Ruby
camp Is little Chicago compared
with many of the camps otef which a
big boom is being made. Gov. Ia
boris. partner was very inquisitive
about the grade of our ores, and was
surprised when Sam informed him that
we had plenty that would mill from
400 to 600 ounces of silver per ton.
Sam has realized the fact that distance
lends enchantment to the view and is
now better satisfied to stay in irwin.
The Belmont; IN Elk basin, has
tunnel 40 feet in, which cuts the vein
blind, and shows S feet between walls,
three feet of which is mineral bearing
rock. The character is white iron
with ruby and brittle silver. A house
is now in course of erection at the
mouth of the tunnel, to protect the
workmen who propose to sink on the
vein and prosecute the work all win
ter. The vein Is thought to be the
same as that Of the Venango. 1t is
owned by McElroy, Scott, Kent and
Harding.
Work on the Young America, on