The Clifton clarion., 1889-07-31
Some of Our Mines.

awaited the company that would erect a mill for the working of the ores of mines in the Silver Basin and vicin- ity- We present below condensed description of large number of claims that would collectively, if not individually, furnish ore enough to keep a 30-stamp mill running for years and on rock which would pay handsome dividends to all concerned. In future issue we will prove this assertion by further facts and figures.
 The Baxter group of F claims is found in lime formation. Some of the claims, however, are on the con- tact between the lime and slate belt which divides the Baxter from the Twig group, about one-half mile apart.
 The Baxter group comprises the Bogus, Comstock No. 1, Comstock No. ?, Tom Thumb, Lady Franklin, Old Timer, Sunset, Little Joker, Othello, Brush-heap, Great Hopes and Polar Star.
 The Comstock No. 1 has been by three or four prospect shafts and a main shaft 135 feet deep, exposing a well-defned vein of from six inches to five feet. The ore bod ies occur along a quartzite dyke in pockets and chimneys, in richness from OF. in silver and a trace of gold to $I5O oz. silver and $2o gold. Considerable ore averaging $150 per ton has been shipped from this claim to smelting works at Fl Paso, Tex IS.
 Comstock No. ? is north extension of No. and is opened by five pros pect holes, proving the continuity of the vein; also by an open cut 100 feet long by 20 feet in depth, from which several carloads of lirst-class orc has been shipped.
 The vein at this point is about two feet thick, of an average value of about 50 oz. silver and one-fourth of an oz. gold. The second class ore left on the dump averages 39 oZ. sil- yer and $s gold.
 The claim has also a 100-foot shaft with 50-foot tunnel at depth of 60 feet, and two lesser open cuts from winch shipping ore has been ex- tracted and in which large bodies of $50 to S60 ore is left standing.
 This mine is being vigorously worked at the present time for the mining of a shipping grade. Within the boundaries of this claim a paral- Tel vein inches to inches of an ore averaging over $100 has recently been uncovered.
 The Sunset is further north eX- tension of the Comstock and has been thoroughly prospected and found in every respect similar to the one just described.
 On all the other claims of this group considerable prospecting has been done incidental to the assessment work and large quantities Of milling ore uncovered.
 The ores of the Baxter group con- sist of sulphides, chlorides and horn silver, with from S5 to $20 in gold and are free milling.
 The Twig group of four claims, to- wit: the Twig, Thistle, Bullion and Eagle, are situated about one-half mile west of the Baxter and are also in lime. The principal work on this group is on the Twig mine and con- sists of one tunnel of 90 feet, one of 10 feet, one shaft of 60 and one shaft each of 10 feet, 20 feet and 25 feet re- spectively.
 The vein of the Twig mine is small but very rich, assaying between $20C and S40O for the first ore and upwards of $50 for the second class. She has for long time been good producer notwithstanding the large amount oi second class ore which has to remain on the dump awaiting milling facili- ties near at hand.
 The other three mines of this group show stronger veins and very much larger ore bodies of an average value of about $50 in gold and silver. Thesi mines can be cheaplY worked, as tht encasing rocks are soft and breai easily. This group alone is capable of furnishing a large plant with al abundance of high grade free milling ore. Next in order-to the north anC almost adjoining the, Twig group
 comes the Black Hawk group of fivt
 claims. where the lime defects to tht