Tombstone epitaph., 1892-08-14
LUCKY CUSS. 4 Mine That Does Not Belle Its Name-It Never Looked as Promising as Now, and Its Future iSa
 Bright One.
It Has Improved From the Surface to Water Level and has Produced 5000 Tons of Ore During
 the Year.
LucKY sUss MINE.

The total amount Of development workings run during the year, includ- ing those upon the East Side vein, is 4 4.43l feet. There were hoisted IA ,IS5 tons of waste, 1893 tons of frst-ciass ore, 1,2S0 tons of second-clsss and 1,745 tons of water, making a total of 2l ,203 tons.
 With the exception of the second, all Of the levels have been worked.
 The first level has been extended south 260 feet to point I,O33 feet from the shaft, where a cross-cut, now in 54 feet, is being run towards the southwesierly corner of the claim 10 tap the manganese shoots of the Luck V Cuss, Wedge and McCann mines. The third level has already reached one of these shoots, by cross. cut run 340 feet into the footwall from 6 point 7S0 feet south of the shaft and proved it to be of good size and of such com- position as to be profitable 10 ship, m spite of its low average grade, which is at present only 20 ounces silver per ton. The finding of th:s manganese shoot of such strength st this depth, $50 feet, is cause for much encourage ment, as at least three others are known to exist near the surface, and will probably be found on this level and below. Small punches of galena and lead ore, assaying over 100 Oounces in silver, are found in the ore, and it is quite likely tkat these will increase in frequency and extent with greater depth, as was the case in the large of the claim. We are at consid -rable disadvantage at this point from lack of air. An effort is 10 be made shortly to brIng it from the main drift by the means of a wooden box or pipe. but should this prove inadequate, it will probably be necessary to equip the Wedge shaft with small steam hoist and sink it down to the third level.
 In previous reports allusion was made to an apparent branch of the Lucky Cuss vein, starting from near the shaft and running southwesterly. Work has been resumed upon this during the year, and has resulted in the discovery of manganese ore of fair grade upon the third and fourth levels south of the shaft. Should continued work upon this vein give such indica- lions as to warrant it, an effort will be made 10 find this ore on the second level and above, as is now being done on the fifth level by cross-cu. in the south drift on the main vein. Other work on the third level has consisted of numerous short cross cuts and winze 40 feet deep in the north drift.
 The fourth level has been extended l05 feet to the south on the main vein, making the total distance from the shaft 267 feet. The vein has been found very strong, but of only about l5 ounces average grade and very siliceous. In the north drift ore has been in the footwall at two points but it is small and bunchy, although the gold is strikingly high. The body of sulphide ore west of the shaft on this level, alluded to in the last report, has been exhausted, and we have hitherto been unsuccessful in finding contin- uation in any direction. It was ap- parently as eomplety isolated from any of the other ore deposits of the mine as it was different from them in character. Its position was also unique, being to tue west oi the large granite intrusion. Two diamond drill holes have been bored horizontally over it on the third level, and one downward towards 1t. The ground to the west of the granite is now being explored by the diamond drill from the fourth level north drift, main vein. Tn. cores strongly sug- gest the IToximity of ore, but none has been found.
 The drift on the southwesterly branch vein alluded to above was run 237 :eet south, at which point the ore had become very small and poor and the air bad. It was then determined to eross-cut to this vein from the