Gilpin observer., 1909-12-30
THE KING BEE GOLD N. 8 N. COMPANY

King Bee Gold Mining company is
eagerly read by those Interested in
the science of mining. Reports from
the property are as full OF interest
to mining men as the ticker-returns
of quotations of fluctuating mining
stock. There Is a sort of fascination
in the news that comes from big
mine, telling of the immense ore
bodies and fabulous finds Of free
gold unearthed in the "three-hundred
and sixty-fifth" level, and how in
the stoping ground an immense body
Of ore has been encountered in the
ninetyfoot upraise and so on down
the list. For plain, unadulterated fact
the news from the King Bee property
will be a new years gift. indeed, to
those interested in really, truly
genuine big gold mine.
The King Bee Gold Mining COM
pany owns twenty-eight claims on the
north slope of Pewabic mountain, in
the Russell district, originally known
as the Wellington group. The proper
ty Is bounded on the east by the
Druid Mining company's claims, and
on the west by the Pewabic Consoli-
dated. 1t is bisected by the Newhouse
tunnel, at about 1000 feet from its
eastern end lines, at an approximate
vertical depth of from 1,400 to LOO
ffN fr~v thn nf q
surface. The tunnel crosscuts some
fifteen veins within the boundaries
Of the King Bee, including two Of the
largest veins in the district-the
sation. On the latter, no work has
been done up to the present time;
hut on the Wellington No. 6, over
1900 feet of development has been
lateral 709 feet in length to the west
ward from the tunnel, from which a
winze 81 feet in depth below the tun-
mel level has been sunk and stopping
done from a drift near the bottom
through to the lateral. At one point
in this stope ore assaying 58.S ounces
gold and 448 ounces silver was
found; coin value, s13SS.00 per ton.
The continuation of this rich shoot
was found in raise from the lateral.
at point almost directly over where
it was discovered in the stope below
the tunnel level, and has been follow
Qd n
with scarcely a faulting at any place.
The average length Of the high-grade
) shoot has been about feet, and the
. width varies from inches to 2 feet,
!, ranging in values from 800 to S1444
per ton. gold and silver. A peculiari-
ty of this high-grade ore is that 1t
, is almost entirely iron pyrites, show
. ing, Of the base metals, only slight
traces of lead. Along the western end
Of the high-grade shoot, however,
there has been, for the entire dis
, tance, streak of copper-lead ore,
from 80 to 40 feet in length, rang
!, ing in value from IS to sos per ton
} in gold and silver and which has
been broken with the better grade. All
| of the Ore mined from this shoot and
. mixed in this way, has given net re-
: turns from the sampler averaging a
little over $4,000 per ton, the best
, net returns being s144S.00 for four
ton lot. The high-grade shoot in the
, top Of the stope is now nearly two
feet wide by four feet in length. An
average sample of the best ore taken
recently from a tunnel carload, gave
the handsome result of 52.5 ounces
= gold and 7S9 ounces silver or
; S1444.50 per ton, clearly showing the
: continuity OF the ore-shoot toward the
l surface. A decided change in the
! vein formation just encountered, to
gether with the fact that consider
able water is coming in, encourages
the belief Of the management that tn
work is nearing large ore body
from which the small shoot emanates
and by which 1t has been enriched
3 as 1t is undoubtedly an old water
\ course. AS before stated, the yelling
]. ton No. 6 is the only mine belonging
4 to the King Bee company that is be
ing operated through the great tun
mel at present, but 1t is intended tt
begin operations on the big vein o.
8 the Compensation and the Compeel
. In the early part Of 1910. Work will
probably be started also on what Is
known as the Waterloo. a part OF the
King Bee group and adjoining the
: Old Town, the approach to which
3 from the Newhouse tunnel through
e the Hot Time lateral. traverses the
: Waterloo ground a distance Of 40(