The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-02-22
in the vein or "horse" as It Is terme
by the miners. was encountered an
the remainder Of the
WORK WAS CONTINUED .--

without passing out OF the fault.
It proved unfortunate that, instead OF
commencing the drifts while still in
the "horse," the drifting had not been
deferred until the shaft was again in
solid quartz. Had 1t been known that
the horse extended in substantially a
horizontal course along the ledge. in
stead of dipping at an angle as is usual
in such cases, the drift would, of course,
have been so deferred. AS soon as work
Is resumed In the spring
the shaft will be put down to the 200
and possibly to the 300 foot level. and.
IL at this depth the ore Is found to be
anything near as rich as in the first 100
feet, the erection Of
A 40 STAMP MILL
will be Immediately justified.
At distance of $50 feet east from the
shaft in the Eureka ledge, this man.
moth ledge is intersected by the Flora
ledge, and at the point where the two
lodges meet 1t is firmly believed that
large body Of high grade ore will be
taken out At least It is nearly always
found that where two such gold bear
ing lodges form junction, at the point
of juncture very rich ore Is found. I'm
mediately south of and adjoining is
old tunnel from which the Flora ledge
was extensively worked several years
ago. Thousands of tons were taken out
and the mill reports show that the ore
milled averaged from $12 to $18 ton.
FLORA" AND ETHEL"
The Flora and Ethel lodges, both
from two to three foot lodges of fine
free-milling quartz, can be tapped by
crosscut tunnel when the main shaft
in the Eureka has been extended to the
fourth or fifth level and sufficient ore
can be placed in sight to keep 100
stamps running steadily.
When 1t is remembered that the
maximum expense of mining and mill
ing the ore, when once the mine Is
equipped with suitable mill and ma
chinery, will not exceed $3.50 to $3.50
a ton, something of an idea can be
formed of the immense profits that
await the development of these fine
lodges of gold bearing ore.
THE JULY COPPER CLAIMS.
1t is probably true that greater for
tunes have been made in later years,
in the mining of copper ores than in
any other kind of mining. Valuable
California, Arizona and other western
states than are today paying annually
many millions of dollars in dividends,
and good copper mine or promising
prospect for good copper mine can be
sold more readily than any other kind
of mining prospect.
In the Sierra county copper property
this company has one of the richest
and best, If not the very richest and
best, undeveloped copper mine, or
prospect. that can be found anywhere
upon the western coast Competent
copper mining experts who have been
shown specimens of the ore taken from
the July lodges, have refused to be-
lieve that ore of such high grade could
be taken from any ledge, except in
small and rare specimens which are
found. here and there. In all copper
mines. That
A MAMMOTH LEDGE
at least 16 feet in width has been un-
covered and exposed upon this claim,
which is composed of this high grade
ore from side to side, they cannot be
made to believe; and yet, such is the
precise truth. This remarkable de-
posit of copper ore has been sampled
from side to side of the vein. samples
having been taken every six inches
across the ledge. A shaft has been put
down to depth of about IL feet.
Dozens of assays of this ore have been
made and the lowest assay yet made
from ore taken from the true ledge,
showed thirty per cent copper.
Hundreds of tons of high grade ore
are already exposed and can be mined
at an expense Of from two to three dol
lars ton, every ton of which will
average from thirty to forty per cent
copper. or from SIS to $100 in value.
The history of the discovery and the
location of this wonderful l mine is
filled with romance. By tremendous
landslide which carried away the whole
side Of a high mountain, this great
ledge of copper was cut in two and left
exposed along the face of the mountain.
The exact width of the copper deposit
SO uncovered and exposed is. as vet.
unknown, as neither hanging nor foot
walls have yet been found. An old
miner, who lived in Sierra county since
the early fifties, discovered and located
the claims. Upon the property, high
up and alone in the Sierra Nevadas, he
built.
A RUDE MINERS CABIN
where he lived the life of a hermit, pro
tecting his property. To an old friend
who had travelled with him to the west
and who was then at Los Angeles, he
wrote of his wonderful discovery, and
urged him to come and join him and
share with him what he believed was
his fortune. The friends from Los
Angeles started for Sierra county in
the spring of 1900, arriving at the claim
only to find that the old miner and own
er of the claims had died but few days
prior to his arrival. On July 1 the
original location expired and the claims
became jumpable. The Los Angeles
miner, however, recognized -
THE RICHNESS OF THE FIND.