Tombstone epitaph., 1893-08-16
LUCKY CUSS.
Intelligent Report on. .the Con ditiOn of this Promising
 Property.
tSuperin,endents Report. ]

year, l,2IO feet. There were hoisted l2,367 tons of rock consisting oi waste, 6.S67 tons; hrst class ore, 5,073 tons; second class ore. 427 tons.
 It became apparent early in the year that unless new discoveries were made or the price of silver advanced, little or no prof. was to be expected from this mine and that we would even be fortunate if we were able to carry out the plan oi development without loss. The result has justified the conclusion, as the net result of the years work indicates small loss Ii should be sad, however, that had it not been for the drop oi Sf cents per ounce in silver the result would have been a small profit.
 On the first level the Southwest cross-cut was extended l50 feet, strik- iDg tha manganese shoot upon which we were raising from the third level By subsequent raise in this shoot from the first level we have connec- ton with a shaft sunk from the sur face ten years ago and are enabled to take out ore which was practically in- accessible at that time. During the year this shoot has yielded 2,329 net tons of ore of an average grade of 2l ounces silver, no gold and per cent lead. Its high iron and manganese. 26 per cent, and low silica, 6 per cent, have enabled us to ship it st a small profit, which was devoted to explor- ation work in other parts of the mine. The shoot is now nearly exhausted above the third level, and a winze has been eunk on it 60 feet below this level. This winze IS now being equipped with a compIessed-air hoist. The presence of gold has been noticed lately and it is quite likely that with greater depth we will get better grade.
 The fourth level, south of the shaft, was actively worked for few months, but the ore proved of too low grade and siliceous to be valuable at the pre- vailing price of silver. Both the fourth and filth levels, north of tine shaft. have yielded shipping ore, but only in small quantity.
 The work on the sixth level has been confined to No. 3 winze. The sixth level is at depth of 49O feet feet from the surface and is at the water level of the mine. The No. 5 winze was sunk in the effort to follow the main ore shoot of the mine below the water. 4 depth of POS feet below the level was attained, at which point, the ore having become very poor and the flow of water having increased nearly to the capacity of the pumps, sink:ng was discontinued and efforts made with a diamond drill to find better ore by lateral borings. We were compelled to abandon these ef- forts by the inadequscy of our pumps to handle the water, although before doing so we forced them up to a rate of 100000 gallons per day, or double their rated capacity. The lower 100 feet of the winze was then given up and drift started 6I feet below the | top in the direction the oro was sup posed to be. On the 29th of June high grade ore was struck in this drift about 10 feet north of the winze and | there is every reason to suppose that we have found the high grade channel of the shoot. A car load sample thows G ounces silver and ounces gold per ton. It is impossible as yet to ascertain the size of the shoot, but here IS re ason for encouragement in finding ore of this character so far be- | low the water level. The winze has 8 dip of about 57 degrees, which would
 make its vertical depth 175 feet and the total depth from the surface 665 | feet. Particular attention is directed
 to the large proportionate amount of
 gold in this ore. The gold has in
 creased almost uniformly with the depth from the surface down to the
 present point and may amount to
 enough to offset the fall in the price
 Of silver and enable us 10 continue
 working the mine when otherwise it
 would have to be abandoned. The
 general appearance of the ground at