The silver lance., 1898-12-23
rlENTION OF THE MINES.
What the Weeks Work Has Developed In the
Properties Of the District.

The Laara tunnel which is being driv-
en- under contract by Messrs Y b. Ford
and Will Kline. is one Of the many hand
some pieces of tunnel work in this camp
which the writer has recently had the
pleasure to observe. The Laura tunnel
should certainly be satisfactory to the
Mineral Point Mining Company and
sonrce of pride to the contractors.
Tho Bear Mountain Tunnel is being
exterded again. and the air drills are
are perforating the formation OF tho
mountain where are known to exist some
of the richest ore bodies of the district.
The fIote employed is as follows: Frank
Dempke, machine man; Paul Tischhauser
helper; John Sachau, mucker: w. B.
Roddan, engineers II. r. Maurer, black
smith,
Work is being prosecuted stoadily at
the Crystal Mountain Mine and a large
area of minearli2cd ground has recently
been cut through by the big tunnel. The
closing up OF the year is going TO show in
its report the most attractive summary
OF the twelve months Accomplishment OF
any in the history of tho big tunnel, aud
will begin the new year with almos. a
certainty Of its early development into
one of the biggest propositions in the
camp.
Active work is going forward in the
Inez and the property is looking we'll.
Preparations have been made to work co
the best possible advantage through the
the winter, by thr erection OF Temporal
ry ore asserting house. 4 new dumping
switch has also been put down the past
week, and everything is in tip top gshayc
for the work of the winter season. A
new stove has just been put in the black
smith shop to temper the atmosphere for
workmen in that department of labor.
Manager N. w. Ward expresses himself
satisfied with the progress Of work at the
Burt, which continues to show brighton
ing prospects with increased development
work. Certain it is that the Burt has
large boGy OF concentrating ore. ard
when fully developed can output several
times the capacity of the mil owned by
the company. Doubtless with the open
ing OF Spring the company represented
by Mr.. Ward will engage in extensive
improvements for the economic handling
of their ores.
George Young has beon favored by
Dame Nature beyond the lot Of most tun-
mel contractors: last Saturday . cavern
was broken into in tho face Of the lower
tunnel at the Lead King. and in addition
to affording valuable and rare specimens
OF a peculiar formation, added very much
to the progress OF work for a few days.
The cavern was diamond shaped. extend
ing ten or twelve feet in the line OF the
vein on which the tunnel is being driven
and at its widest portion was probably
two and half feet ia breadth. while to
the top of the crsvi,-e at the highest
point is fully ten feet. The walls of the
cavern were liued over the whole surface
with zinc crystals. the deposits of soiu
ton through the agcs,-and the pure
frosty white OF the crystals glistcped
under tho fiickering light of candle, like
gem studded casket. Some spleudid
specimens we're taken out. and among
them one in possession of Mr. Meads. the
leaser of the Lead King, is composed Of a
cluster of copper cubes surrounded by a
block OF zinc crystals. Another speci-
men, weighing fortyeight pounds, is the
property of the writer and appears to be
nearly pure zinc. w. s. Smith and Geo.
II. Tays also have some fine specimens.