The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-02-03
A First-Class Record.

Just three months ago the Jack son
Mining, Leasing and Development com
pany, which has bond and lease on the
Silver Queen and Waxey claims. on Sea-
ton mountain, began work on the vein
rom the intersection of the Newhouse
tunnel. The work was laid out after a
very careful examination of the vein
| ves,igation of the record of the property
when it was worked from the surfsc- L.
was found that the conditions of the vein
at the tunnel level were almost identical
with the conditions at the surface. 1900
feet above, aud as it was known that the
ore shoe opened above, both in the
Silver Queen and Little Casino, on the
same vein, dipped to the east at an angie
OF not far from As degrees, and as this
would bring two or three of the ore
shoots opened above in the vicinity Of
the tunnel at that level. it was decided to
extend 81 drift to the west, the auticipa-
ton being that an ore shoot would be
encountered a. no great distance.
From the tune work was started, on
Nov. !, not day has been lost, except
on account of sickness of the men, and
the results have been satisfactory in the
highest degree. The monthly report OF
the company to the stock holders. now in
the hands of the printer, shows that the
mine is proving to be just what has al
ways been claimed for n-one of the
richest on Seaton mountain, and that
means one of the richest in the camp.
The company has driven sixty feet on
the vein; has made an upraise from the
lower level to open No. drift above; has
put in chutes for the ore and waste rock
from the upper to the lower drift, thus
laying the foundation for greater econ.
omy in operation; has cut a commodious
station at the intersection with the New.
house tunnel, for the accommodation of
the switch connecting with the tunnel
track; has equipped the drift with steel
rails; has opened good ore in several
places, and has taken out more than two
tons of ore that will! run better than {Ioo
per ton. This in ninety days. and at a
cost of not to exceed $1,000. If there is a
| new enterprise in the camp which has
made better record than this in the
same time, We have yet to learn of it.
And it is gratifying to announce that the
results Of this good work, which one of
the eastern stock holders calls "miuing
with the bark off," are in line with the
character Of the work done.
The ore exposed in the workings has
been very carefully sampled and shows a
very fair grade of milling ore, the value
and extent of which have not yet been
determined, and q good pays.reak Of
smelling ore, the average value of which,
az shown by the assays ken, is more
than Szoo per ton. One of these samples
returned values of S4S5. 81 per ton-I6 So
ounces in. gold, 2I7.so ounces in silver
and 81 per cent. lead. The ore was first
encountered twenty feet from the line Of
the tunnel. where it vas three inches
wide. 1t widened az the drift progressed
westward, and is now six inches wide in
the breast of the lower drift. The indi-
cations have been all along that the pay
streak was widening as it went upward,
and this seems to be proved by the fact
that in the roof of the upraise which has
just been completed it IS ID inches wide.
The company will continue to push de.
velopment to the westward, as it is the
opinion of all the best miners in the camp
that in that direction will be found one
Of the rich ore shoots that have given
this vein the reputation which it has en-