The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-17

is n gslena filing three feet wide,
while next comes slip of very fine
grained galena, svera"inp 65 10 SO
per cent lead. A. e...s..a silver and
from So to $50 in gold. This for.
nation was first encountered ut a
point 700 feet in from the portal
Working from this point on. the
shoot shows. continuous fer 500
feet to the present breast, display.
ing succession OF high grade ore
shoots. The best showing made in
this tunnel is at the present time
in the breast. From this showing
augmented by the showing in the
7OO-foot tunnel, and the continuous
outcrop on the Augusta No. ~, 800
feet down the hill on the Dark
Canon side, there is every reason
to expect that the new deep tunnel
to go in 800 feet below the 800
foot tunnel, will disclose a remark
able ore showing when the vein is
reached. One of the most port
ant developments in working out
the 320-foot level was in making
connections between the 800 and
1S0-foot workings. In doing this
an eight-inch streak of entirely
new ore WAS encountered showing
gold values from 81 900 to $4,000
a ton and silver from 800 to 900 ozs
10 the ton. This streak was open
ed 10 feet long and is showing the
same ore in the breast and roof
and floor of the present workings.
Some of the galena ore shows ruby
silver while native and wire silver
abound in profnsion, together with
grey copper. OF the latter ores,
several cars have been shipped,
showing values of over 800 ton,
$40 of which was in gold. AT the
present breast the johnson shoot
is being opened in good shape and
the same high values prevail.
Only such ore is being extracted as
ia met with in doing development
as it is planned to carry on the
principal work through the deep
tunnel. At the mouth of this
tram will be built two miles in
length to carry the ore to the new
mill to be built at Pittsburg on the
railroad. This deep tunnel will
cut the vein in $500 feet at a depth
of ] ,625 feet below the summit of
the mountain and l,3CO feet below
adit No. [. This deep tunnel has
been under way the past year and
10 now in over 1000 feet and is I've
ing worked 10y air drills. Several
small veins have been. .upened -aad
one large one. also a stra atified show
ing 60 feet wide of marketable ore.
No work has been doue on any OF
these s.ins - i,... ssAin purpose of
reaching the vein as soon a. pos
sibie will be adhered to. The Au-
gusta company has good power
plant situated on a little knoll
across Slate river and out of the
way of all snow slides. The pow
.er generated Is conveyed in the
form Of compressed air to the
mouth of tunnel A, in a four-inch
pipe 4,79S feet long. In all prob
ability, the plant will be converted
from steam to water to utilize the
enormous flow which comes down
Emma mountain. The new mill
will be l0O-ton modern concen.
trating plant, the character Of
which is being determined by Hen
ry 4. Wood, the Denver mill e:,-
pert, who has been making ex-
haustive tests on the ores of the
Augusta mine. The Augusta Co
is capitalized at $1,000, 900, par val
ue 81 each, of which $4,000 shares
are in the treasury. The officers
are: G. l.. Arzeno, president and
general manager; Tilden K. French,
vice president: Jos. A. Small, sec
.retary and treasurer. The direct
ors are: Tilden r, French, Gin
icinnati, o.: G. l.. Arzeno, Denver,
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