The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-02-02
FQRESTQUEBN|
STRIKE!'
The Main Lead Struck
Richer than Euer.

lust after the Pilot was issued last
week the news was hurled throughout
the camp that a strike had been made
in the Forest Queen mine, the magnl-
tude of which is unprecedent in any
mine in this camp, since the discov-
cry. The news went like wild fire
and the telegraph wires were put to
work carrying the news all over the
land. 1t is we'll known fact that
for sometime in this mine they have
had no vein in place, but have been
working in a small way in erety direc-
ton to get it which was known to be
there somewhere.
The workings of the Queen consists
of a perpendicular shaft $50 feet deep;
tunnel SIS feet long, which was
started at the creek and run to cut the
shaft, thinking that in that distance
they would cut the vein, which was
supposed to be in there After that at
depth of sixty feet in the shaft lev
ell was started in a northerly direction,
and was run distance of seventy feet
but no vein was found, mineral was
encountered however and was follow
ed, thinking that it would lead to the
vein. At the above distance they lost
the mineral and concluded to go back
and start level in the opposite direc-
ton, which they did for distance of
sixty feet but still no vein, at the same
time however broken fragments of
vein matter was found and rich MIN
eral at times was taken out. All par
ties interested seemed to be at their
wits end to know what to &c. At the
end of the sixty five foot level a streak
of mineral was struck, which they
started to follow in westerly direc-
ton. At distance of eighty feet it
seemed to give out, but it was the
opinion of nearly all parties that if the
cross-cut was followed the vein would
be cut, as it was supposed to be in
zal st-sassec;io.i.. = ~Frahk. Winters. who
was employed in the mine, was in OPP
position to everybody else and main
taind that it would never be found
there and argued that work was being
pushed in the wrong direction, that
by going back and running cross
cut in an easterly direction they would
be sure to strike the vein, and also
gave his reasons why it would be
found there. Finally he got consent
to start drift in that direction, after
running east for forty feet they dis
covered on last Friday we'll defined
vein in place, which showed at least
three feet of quartz thoroughly inn
pregnated with ruby and native silver.
The news spread rapidly, and most
of the people were inclined to discred-
it 1t, there aaving been so many re-
ports of rich strikes heretofore which
afterwards proved to some extent, fail
ures, but Sup't. Ira Brown extended
an invitation for everybody to 90 up
an examine for themselves, so on
Saturday crowds of people went up to
inspect the wonderful strike, after
which all doubts were dispelled as to
the report being false.
Thus it is "the darkest hour lust
before day" The good news seemed
to inspire our people with new vigor,
for up to this time there has been but
very little new development in the
camp this winter, from the very fact
that there is not as much work Being
done as We thought there ought to be,
IN consequence of which the business
men who were compelled to stay here
began to get discouraged. This only
goes to show that with little perse-
verance and courage that mineral IS
liable to be found IN most any OF the
prospects here, and we look for many
new and rich strikes this spring. this
evidently being only a starter. There
is TO question in the minds of those.
who have worked here, but what there
are plenty of rich veins in this camp,
and time alone will make this one of
the richest camps in the country
placing Ruby at the head of tine, lief