Weekly journal-miner., 1910-03-16
THE CHAPARRAL- BASIN
 SHOWS RICH ORE
From Friday,s Daily.l

| From trlQay' 8 Oauy)
 History is repeating itself, and the old catacombs of the TiconderOga mine, in Chaparral Basin, are again giving up their treasures in the vel low metal Yesterday this was demon strated by the arrival :n the city of H. William Stevens, the general man ager of the Mount Elliott Consoi dated Mines company, owning and operating the property, who brought several big samples from recent work that gives eredence to what was cut into a few days ago. The ore is of the sulphide character, and in addi- tion has free gold values of i'm mense value, which can readily be seen imbedded throughout the ores displayed.
 The grade of the quartz in itself will show what miners term a "live- ly" looking ore, and is disseminated with the metal, making one of the most attractive mineralogical products that has been shown in this city in months. The striking of this fabulous ly rich ore followed through the cleaning out of the old shaft after the property had lain idle for near ly twenty years. The object of the management was to get to the deep est workings, that the plan of devel- oping the Dividend mine, lying paral- Tel, would be facilitated oD lines of practical and economical channels through the 200 foot shaft being avail able.
 After this point was reached the old drift was cleaned out, when the big strike occurred. Reaching the 1 footwall in these old workings, and digging into the new vein was uR- covered and followed for a distance of thirty feet, when it disappeared in the face of the drift. The free gold was seen in several big samples taken out, and a general sample made of the thirty feet uncovered. This gave values of $56.5O per ton in gold, no other tests for mineral being made. Streaks of the rich ores will run to over $2,5OO per ton, and sam ples on display in the offices of the company yesterday will corroborate this high value.
 An interesting condition was shown in the old drift exploited in this work, in the finding of old fashioned mining implements at many points when the mine was abandoned several years ago. They are crude compared to this day in mining supplements used, and were found just as they were left.
 In reviving the old Tieonderoga mine the objective of the manage ment is to utilize this depth to con- meet later all veins. on the combina- tion with the main shaft of the Div idend. On the latter crosscutting will be given to the Tieonderoga, and as this work progresses the drift on the Tieonderoga will be pushed ahead in a westerly direction until a con- neetion is made with the Dividend, and the intervening Assures are tap ped also.
 When accomplished this will af- ford thorough exploitation of the underground conditions prevailing, and if surface indications are of any import of what is below, one of the most attractive mineralogieal proposi- tiOns in this field will be favorably determined. Surveys show that from the 800 foot level on the Dividend the crosseut will interseet the Iii eonderoga on the deeper workings of the latter, 200 feet in depth, hence the utilizing of the old workings of the Ticonderoga for this specific pur- pose.
 Considerable excitement has been OeeasiOned at Chaparral through this strike of free gold ore, and lying as it does in the sulphide zone, miners are somewhat puzzled in accounting for this peculiar determination being made under these conditions. But one mine in the county has heretofore experienced this unusual occurrence, that being the Crowned King, in the Bradshaws, when on the 300 foot level the free gold was found in the sulphides to the value of several thousands of dollars. The reviving of this old pioneer property brings the past vividly back, and recalls the excitement that occurred when it was one of the biggest gold pro-