The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-07
MINING PROPERTIES.

r The Company is nov free iron , litigation. That with the Wayrnl Mining Company, after continuing for four years, was settled on th, ) basis of mutual compromise, thi Company obtaining the Way-up min- ,, ing right, and that of the Gilded Agt Ca claim belonging to the same par } tiesl. upon the payment by us of |,
 sum about equal in amount to the judgments resting against the two
 properties both being patented
 claims. The Gildsd Age lies paralle,
 with the Way-up, its end line being
 the side line of the Good-enough op-
 posite the Combination mine. Two
 prospecting shafts have been sunk on
 it, but the ore so far discovered is oi
 very low grade. Prospecting will be
 continued through the Combination
 mine.
 The rich ore known to have existed in the Way-up mine, beyond the Good-enough side line, was extracted before we gained possession of the former, at which time only Q small body Of low-grade ore was in sight. We are now engaged in prospecting that portion of the property through the second level of the Toughnut mine, which has been carried across the Good-enough claim sixty feet into the Way-up, passing through numer- ous stringers of ore, in limestone. An ore body of good grade, opened on this level Inst winter, within the Toughnut claim, furnished a large proportion of the ore which sustained the mill for several months. The vein here is still being worked, but it Is impossible 10 estimate the ore re maining in it, for the reason that all the working places consist at present of stringers and chutes of which we see hut the end we are working. but past experience leads LIS to hope for the discovery of new ore bodies by following this lgdge on existing and future la.als--a system which has heretofore invariably led 10 the open iug up of deposits of greater or lesser extent in comneetjon herewith, every 9tlinGeF and chute of ore presenting itself being iaithfully followed. The exhausted Ssa hodics of this region %-re all trace1L!e either to or from th yoi..
 The Goodven0vgh and Toughnu' mines ar" parallel claims, each 1900 feet in length, but slightly overlap ping at the ends. The present Tough nut workings, so called, occupy the south-easterly ends of these two claims. The Combination mine and the Northwest mine occupy respect lively the north-weSterly ends of the claims. These workings were twice abandoned during the last four years un account of the low grade of the ore ip silver We were enabled to re- sume them in consequence only of our improved facilities in operating the mines and mills. These facilities enabled us, without loss, to clear out and assort the waste from the Girard mine, leaving it ready for prospecting. The same operations in the ConIbina- ton mine yielded us small profit, and We are now preparing to extend them to the old Northwest mine with the hope of a like result. It may also bc possible to further develop the De- fense mine from this connection.
 The West Side mine has not been worked :or ore for some months, but Shaft No. is used for line of steam pumps which raise 220,0O0 gallons of water every twenty-forr hours from the sixth level to the two large tanks of the Girard mill, holding 35,000 gallons each. From these, water is furnished by gravity to the Amalgam- Xting and Concentrating mills, and distributed to the different mines for steam and other purposes This sixth level, West Side, is 474 feet from the surface, and seems to mark the normal water level of the district We succeeded at one time in keeping out the water while a winze was being
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