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syndicate cf 1slvc-.en. Texas. bs-i-
sss-s men. has purchased OF >sess and
= aasssh ior Z 20 .000, the whiz greap
- Sve elsiass, located three miies
asssa te~n ga Gold ridge.
The workings on the property coa
-ssi OF q tu1.el aud shafts. The
fssss.or has bees driven s4l tect aud
ssss AN ore cnste 80 feet an ,enQth
esd feed v de ~ iag beaweea walls
of granite. The chute will he de
seiepcd BY new 2o0-foot shaft. 80
feet OF which hss been iea BY eontrsct
~ te completed inside 0f thirty dsys
This ore body assays a. high as 8
ossees aud will probably average 3
ounces gold per ton.
shaft No. is down 40 feet aud
shows good sized vein A drifi
from The bottom Tor 20 feet norJh
exposes one foot Of ore, iron oxide
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from 10 ounces goli, with some
silver and lead.
shaft No. 2 Is goo feet distant
from No. | and has been sunk 30 feet
a good sized veis OF f~ir grade
ailling ore Is TO be seen.
Ia shaft No. 3 little development
along the vein 20 the north has been
done for the purpose OF Investigation
What Is probably an ore chute is ex-
P0=ed carrying 500 values IA lead,
silver aud gold.
1he ore bodies in the different
workings are about the same IN char
seter and average from $40 TO $50
per ton.
The wagon road 90 the mine will
be repaired and ore shipments made
via Pitkin.
Machinery has been ordered by
Manager q iigley, aud he hopes TO be
able to iurn steam ON as soon as the
so foot contract has been completed
The Belzora-Bassick Mining and
Developing company own group OF
as claims, including the Monte Vista
aud New Bsssick groups, which lie ON
the west slope OF Sacramento mount
ala in the Gold Brick district.
The property is operated by a
stock company with Pukin aud
NJ Michigau men as officers aud direct
ors. The workings are principally
conducted by tunnels.
The Monte Vista tunnel has been
driven 100 feet with drift on ooataci
tor a distance of 200 feet. over 100
tons of ore have been taken out ofthis
dritt, having an average value of $40
in gold, silver aud lead The walls
are porphyry aud syeni,e granite.
Alta point l55 feet from the Gu
trance OF tee tunnel a W iuze is being
sunk on an ore chute to connect with
the New Bsssick tunnel Some fine
ore is being taken out of this Wine.
also from the Monte Vista slopes
The New Bassick tunnel has been
driven coo feet TO cut the Monte
Vista ore ehutes at depth of over
200 feet. la running this tunnel the
first ore chute was encountered at a
point 100 feet from the entrance the
second chute at 25O feet. Upraises
sre being made on these chutes. The
ore assays from $40 to $50. princi-
pally in gold. Manager Henderson
estimates that the tunnel will have
20 be driven 100 feet further to cut
the Monte Vista Wine Some good
ore is on the dump, aud shipments
will commence June lst.
The Wallace Mining company, OF
which J. c. Osgood, president of the
Colorado Fuel aud Iron company, is
the leading light. Is sinking new
deep shaft about 800 feet west of the
old prospect shaft ON the Citizen,
group. The latter has been a paying
proposition and shipper trom 75 tee,
below gra-sroots, where they struck
large body OF ore There is over
400 feet of drifting and a number OF
Slopes of from 20 to $50 feet long in
the workings.
The ore bodies in sight are large
averaging from s55 TO $50 per tol