New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
sprclAI ANNOUNCEMENTS.


r,ho ore valI known In the Dominion as
contractors OF public works. with headquar-
,ars a, Montreal They were among the
FRS, men in the district. and put i've claims
into this company. Three Of the claims
ver. IN the Hollinger section and two OF
them in this Northern Tisdale section now
under discussion.
The work on all the claims has proved
them to be very promising prospects OUT
recently the company scored what might
be called a ten-strike In mining. II oo-
tained possession of the five Davidson
claims In August, and has since opened up
one OF the most notable showings IN all
Porcupine. That the Davidson claim hao
ore was known last winter. surface dis
covery was made at that time, Wmch was
q nIne-day wonder In the camp. Rich spec'-
mems OF ore were taken from the discovery
hole, but that all mining Is gamble Is
emphasized by what followed. The men
who controlled the ground at that time ap-
peared TO be afraid 10 further disturb theIr
surface showing, for The reason that claims
with notable showings on the surface nave
a value IN the market as claims. IL the
| showing is all dug out and the golo dls-
| appears the property receives a black eye
from which II is hard to recover. These
! men had an option on the Davidson from
tho original stakers. and they came 10 New
York to incorporate a Davidson company
| float the stock and take up the option.
II required $4,000 cash TO do this. They
covered up their surface showing and re-
! fused to allow any one TO. examine the
| ground meanwhile II developed that they
/ we're unable to raise the money, and their
plans fell through.
Just IN the nick Of time before this op-
ton expired the Crown Chartered Com
pany obtained an assignment OF Il and
bought the claims outright This was In
August and force OF thirty men was
| Immediately put to work opening up the
| Davidson vein. which by that time had al
most been forgotten In camp. In few
days II had been traced for four hundred
feet along the surface, whers It appears
to have an average width OF about twenty
feet For most Of this distance II has
now been shot out and picked out along
the south wall to q depth varying from six
to twelve feet Almost every piece Of tho
rock contains some gold visible to the
naked eye, and many unusually rich speci-
mems have been obtained There are
heavy. nuggety pieces Of gold as large as
q small pea, which often fall out Of the
rock or can be picked out with a pin.
shaft was Immediately sunk near the
west end OF the outcrop, along the south
wall. and reached a depth OF 100 feet about
November L This was record work The
vein dipped from the shaft at a depth OF
54 feet end the footwall was encountered
In the crosscut Il feet from the shaft The
work was then driven through 20 feet Of
schlst. probably OF milling value, and ten
feet Of good mineralized schist. At the II
foot point quartz carrying visible gold was
encountered. At this writing. which Is pos
sib$y two weeks before this article will p
pear in print, the vein Is known to De o5
! fet wide. but the hanging wall has not yet
been reached.
AS soon as the entire width OF the vein
| is determined Il was the intention TO drift
upon Il somewhat and take average assays
/ Much OF the rock Is OF very high grade
/ Crown Chartered is now regarded as one
Of the proven mines of the district
| The Dobie property, adjoining on the east,
| was organized By the Armstrong -McGibbon
crowd in Wall Street. and owns ground
along what IS believed 10 be the same for
nation. Work has been prosecuted here
continuously for one year and the company
| has maintained payroll of a little less
than 100 men. The earlier work OF the Do
/ bic did not appear TO DO 30 successful but
afterward diamond drills were engaged TO
prove and explore the ground al depth. The
company now has finished the drill work
/ and is sinking shafts In keeping with tho
/ Information gained from the drills. and the
expectation in the camp is that the Doble
will eventually be found among the pro-
ducers 1t certainly has a very promising
| field.
/ The third section outlined by the govern
ment biologists is known as the Hollinger
/ section and includes such properties as the
| Hollnger Dixon, Mcintyre, Jupiter, Porcu-
| pine Gold, Crown Chartered, Success. Schu-
macher. Pearl Lake, Plenaurum and Rea.
The Mcintyre mlhe has come into prom
inence for the reason that tho company
appeurs TO have some OF tho Holllnser
veins and Is blocking out ore. The COM
pany has been In high favor in Porcupine
for the reason that It is going ahead with
the erection OF mill along the lines OF
the Dome mill.
The Jupiter property is controlled by the
prummond brothers, OF Montreal The
| nave Nlbu cldHuil6 h lllo Ailil-
Ing world They are among the few men
Oil this continent who own a mine which
is unincorporated. The one referred to is
the Drummond mine at Cobalt. II IS pro-
ducing silver. No one can understand why
stock Is not for sale In It. No one seems
TO be able to remember any other mine
owned by individuals.
The Pearl Lake Company, adjoining the
Jupiter, has found ore by diamond drills.
worth s58 q ton at depth of nine hundred
feet This fact is pointed out In the dis
trlct as 60 much evidence OF the perman-
ency Of the Porcupine veins
The Rea property was for long time
regarded as the third In Importance in tile
district. 1t took on Importance when the
Consolidated Goldhelds OF South Africa be-
came interested In II. Tho Rea ls stlll
prominent In the camp and is good
Il ever wSs. apparently. but some OF It's
rivals have outstripped II 70 Importance,
according TO the camp idea.
The public has heard lttle about Plen-
aurum. but this company has kept many
men on It's payroll and done an unusual
amount OF prospecting work on its claims
There are literally miles Of trenching on
the Plenaurum property, and vein after