The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-07-27

ness The stuff that he threw to one
side as of not high enough grade to
have treated at present, would make
the average mine owner green with
envy.
Just above this spot is an old open
ing of 1879 from which surface pay
ore was taken. / looked at 1t. The ore
was east of the porphry, and the other
opening speak othad the same for-
nation. went down the sixty-foot
shaft, along the seventy-fve feet. over
piles of ore waiting to be hoisted ur,
to the end where the pinch occurred,
and found the ore streak about four
inches wide, the ore west of the Dor.
phry. Within fifteen feet of this un-
derstoping was being done on the face
Of over three feet of ore. looked at
the elghty-hve foot drift west from
this level into the barren sandstone OF
country rock; right opposite is the
thlrty-eight foot cross-cut, which was
finally started in the right direction,
east, going through crevice matter
more or less mineralized, until the
mineral became strong enough to be
a regular pay streak. This has been
drifted upon 1870 feet north, and the
ore is west OF the porphry. l went
into the old north drift from this
shaft eighty feet, and saw where the
pay still stood along the east line Of
the drift. This shaft was sunk down
100 feet further, and not sufficient al
lowance being made for the dip Of the
vein, every foot of depth carried it
that much further from the pay. After
the re-dlscovery in the east cross-cut
above mentioned, another Cross-cut
was run from the shaft at depth of
12o feet from the surface, distance
of Is feet, and nearly 20 feet of pay
ore was cut. The ore is west of the
porphry. At the bottom of the shaft,
$50 feet from the surface, it took II
feet to cross-cut to the ore, and the
ore is still west of the porphry.
In company with Mr.. Frank Win.
tiers. whom have known for some-
time, and who now has charge of the
contract work, etc, in the lower OF
tunnel workings, l visited this part Of
the mine.
Frank is practical miner and
hard worker, one who sees much that
escapes the notice of Others, evidently
the right man in the right place, and
also has the honor of firing the first
shots in the right direction, viz: IN
the upper east cross-cut.
When this tunnel was started much
and good pay was taken out, and It
is now being done from the surface
over the tunnel entrance; where ovef
four feet of ore is being stripped, and
showing a large percentage of ruby
silver. The tunnel, when necessary,
is we'll tim6ered, nice grade and
track makes the complement for work.
ing. It is in distance of SIS feet !;
a cross-cut from here reaches the ore
body, which has been drifted south
On fora distance OF 13o feet, and the
work still going on also drifted north
on for 50 feet, a cross cut here west III
crevlce material of. 20 feet brought
them to the real sandstone foot wall,
showing regular and in place, with its
dip of 450. Following large pay
streak north along this wall for 135
feet, regular almost the whole of the
way as line, it gives the impression
that here everything is in place. From
the workings here the whole vein for
nation Can in time be proved. The
last few feet IN this drift shows sand-
stone horse" which has caused the
ore body to leave the foot wall and
defect into the crevice material east
ward. At this point cross-cut has
been started east through the porphry,
now in 80 feet, and which, if carried
right on through the porphry, l con-
slider the most valuable piece of de.
velopment in the whole mine, as it
will prove everything, and show that
the only fault in working was occa-
stoned by those in charge not realiz-
ing until very recently, the enormous
size of this fssure, and its possible
showing IN value.