The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-21
The DeLamar Mining Co., Limited.

| or of tho D.Tamar AT;nino 10 linn
'teu' visi'eo ms piace anu III company
with Capt. DsLnmar, made thorough
inspection of the great property in
which ,bav inta,as,ed Tnder dato
20 ,ooa
% DFceip oe' o. io0-' 'i'ey p'aue is
/ port TO the directors OF the company
| from which we copy the following ex-
''"e''
| 1t will not be expected that our re-
port should be al all of professional
character, or that We should attempt
to enter into mining details capable Of
heing treated only by mining experts.
Our point of view was that of business
men and as such we desire to commute
cate our impressions.
Atlhe present time The mine is being
worked from two main tunnels driven
into the face of the bill, The nVoshayu
at depth of $50 feet from the surface,
and the "Wahl" 200 feet below. The
former is the direct wav of approach TO
the fourth level series of workings and
is connected with the Sommercamp tnn-
mel, forming a roadway right through
the mountain; the latter to the eighth
level series of workings. and above and
between are numerous Intermediate
levels and eross-cuts arranged so as TO
most conveniently attack the various
ore bodies of the system.
Between The surface and the fourth
level five veins have been discovered;
between the fourth and eighth levels,
and not rising so far as is vet acertain-
ed, much above the plane of the eighth
level, FIVE more veins have been discov-
cred, making in all ten veins so far cut,
an1 more or less proved and worked.
Other veins are known to exist in other
parts of the property, but as little work
TO speak of has been done on them,
thev are NOT here further referred to.
Broadly speaking, the greater part of
the work done in the mine previous to
its ACQUISITION by the COMPANY, was
above and on the plane of the 4th level.
The Developments below the fourth lev
ell have for the most part been carried
out under the present management.
Also broadly speaking, the ores below
the fourth level are ipss oxidised, and
therefore more refractory and less easily
treated than the ores ia the levels
above, and as the depth increases, SO also
does this characteristic.
again, QeDPfailN SDedklHHt. Tue ldol
discovered veins are narrower, and the
Quartz in them richer, than those pre-
cedlng, and it is also Noticeable in this
part Of the mine. that hen the ouartzis
richer. the adjacent tale or shipping
ore is not infre9uenlly poorer.
Capt. Plummer having satisfied him
self bv numerous experiments that
mixture of ores from various parts of
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mill, ore is now being taken from no
fewer than thirty. FIVE different places.
The richer and more refractory ores in
the latest veins are however for the
most part being left untouched, until
our milling arrangements are adapted to
their economical treatment without un-
due loss.
The Wahl tunnel is still being pushed
ahead in southerlv direction, with
view of cutting and proving the veins
in the Somnlercamp portion of the
property, know n to exist on the Som
mercamp extension of the Voshay
tunnel and elsewhere, but not hitherto
attacked.
At the same time it is intended at
once to sink an incline shaft from the
No. 4 or II foot vein, eighth. level, in
the first instance to depth of 100
feet or what will be known as No,
level, with the view of proving the
whole series of veins at that depth. 1t
is hoped this work may be well adj
vanced by the date of the Annual Re-
port, and if successful, as there is every
reason to expect it will be, it will add
largely to existing reserves.
Supposing the efforts to find sstisfact-
,f oh 40 lIu ni1r