The Irish standard., 1896-07-18
Trail Creek Times.

| From Mining Engineer w. Clayton
| Miller's report: -.
The Fidelity Gold & Copper Co.'s prop.
erty, consisting of six full claims, very &C.
cessible and convenient to timber for min
| ing purposes and water power. The for
| nation is the Diorite common to Trail
creek, cut by intrusions Of porphyry OF
Porphyry Dykes running nearly north and
! south. The lodges follow these Dykes, and
contain the iron and copper pyrites COM
mon to Trail creek. There are two Of
these dykes where the work has shown up
strong lodges; and in addition there Is q
wide iron Gaping, running through the
groups of the Fidelity and the Birton, ap-
preaching and apparently crossing these
dykes, which show good ore when broken
into.
There are at present working ten men on
the B.metallic, a claim owned by the Fidel-
ity Company, and the character of the
ledge and the present showing for devel-
opment is very good, and should the values
increase as has the strength Of the copper
and iron pyrites shown, with present de-
velopments (which has been rapid
believe there will be a nine here. Join
ing this claim is the Russian Bear, owned
by this company, where they have done
some work and which shows a good per
cent Of copper here. believe with proper
development will make mine; and will
add that the surface showing and the i'm
proyements for the amount of work done
on these properties is as good as anything
have seen. Adjoining this group and
lying south and southwest Of It lies the
Birton group of twelve claims, belonging
to the B.rton Gold Mining and Smelling
Company, and lying in the same mineral
belt. These properties lie well for econom-
ical work. A fine tunnel site is had on the
Skookum claim Of the Birton group, and
they are easily accessible and convenient
to mining timber and water power, and be-
fore summer is over will be practically on
q railroad. The formation lis the diorite,,
common to Trail Creek, intersected by sew
eral porphyry dykes from six to ten feet
wide and running practically north and
south. These dykes run through both
properties, and the development of two of
the dykes on the Fidelity shows stony
ledge along each of them on the contact.
The Lodges dip east about forty degrees,
and in strength and value have increased
rapidly with work. The lodges contain
the sulphide Of copper and iron Of Trail
Creek and quartz. NIL @ ~
". r. Mulcduy W CO.-C19uLleWeu. ~
have visited and thoroughly inspected the
Birton Group, consisting of twelve claims,
situated on Grouse mountain, all Of which
are embraced in and owned by the Birton
Gold Mining and Smelling Company, and
am we'll pleased to say that the surface
showing on this property is as good as I
ever saw in. my life. From indications and
character Of the rock in the bottom Of holes
made at such places, I am satisfied that
very high grade ore can be obtained at
perhaps from 20 to 80 feet, and possibly
less. On the claim called the Birton there
is very large ledge and can be traced for
half a mile, and it has well defined walls
The indications and surface rock show that
there is a large body Of rich ere in this
ground. s,s @
In regard to my knowledge Of mining, I
Will state that / have managed the Custer
mines IN the Occur d'Alene district; the
Nickel mines In A,goma, Ont; the LeRd
and Jumbo mines, Trail Greek, and am at
present manager of the Helen mines, about
one mile from the Birton Group. / have
no interest whatever, directly or indirectly,
in this property, but simply have gone
over the grounds at the request OF Martin
sSeel, one Of the owners, whom I have
known for many years in mining circles,
for the purpose of selecting a practical
place to commence operations. a \.
ANDY sYMoNDs.
we take pride in presenting to our, cli-
ents another opportunity to reap harvest