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<br />From drift off Freeland level there fs about an average height of nine hundred feet to the ~' $ • <br />eur(arc on this vein,this giving a goodbody of virgin ground of unproven value. <br />THE TOLEDO VEIN. <br />She Toledo vein,by many considered the northern extension of the Freeland-in my judg- <br />ment li is not-joins immediately on to the northern Freeland claim, and the workings on this <br />vein open aboutthree hundred feet north of the Freeland lower level. Tracks from the Free- <br />land :,ad Toledo leading to the same-ore house. The stri]<e of this vein is the same as the Free- <br />land, :end the general character of the vein and ore are the same. <br />"f i,e total•production of this mine, as indicated from smelter rehtnrs, is in excess of one hun- <br />dred '~bousand dollars. There is an undeveloped area between the Freeland and Toledo work- <br />ings lirom which were taken large ore bodies), which undoubtedly contains intersections of one <br />or more veins with the Freeland., which, while directly ttuder Trail Creek, iu my judgmeuq is <br />very food prospective ground. <br />ROYALTIES OVER y8,000 ANNUALLY. <br />'fhe other lodes are not sufficiently developed to warrant specific mention at present, aside <br />front the fact that they show some general characteristics, as Freeland, Toledo and Split veins, <br />and :u~e well worthy of [utttre attention. Acco riling to records shown mc, the average amount <br />of nnnrihly royalties for six months, preceding the present one, tvas slightly in excess of seven <br />hundred dollars. Under existing conditfons this showing is good, and with more ground opened <br />and nt lessees' disposal, this amount should be very materially increased. <br />WORK FOR MANY. <br />prom the best fnformatfon I can pick up, the ground is in good demand among the lessees <br />of that camp, and with wafer removed 6•om the Freeland, the present number of lessees (thirty- <br />five to forty) could probably be increased to seventy-five or one hundred wren. I noticed the <br />majority of miners working in this camp and the lessees at present working on fhe property to <br />be Cornishmen. The average wages here are $a.yo for nine hours' wort:. <br />(hre thing in all the workings examined which impressed me was the (act that very little <br />prospecting had been done off the three above mentioned veins. I was told by one man that <br />there were three distinct veins on the Toledo ground. I am positive of but one, bat consider the <br />u•uth of his statement not at all improbable. <br />A TUNNEI. SITE. <br />\\'hile engaged in surface inspection of ground in the vicinity of the Freeland group, as <br />abocr detailed, my attention was called to a tunnel site of[ Clear G•cek, near tlw town of t <br />llmnnm, projected under this group. This funnel opens onto the lice of the Culor:ulo & <br />Soul hero 12. R„ al a point where wafer power would be available from Clear Creel: kn milliog~ '. <br />and power purposes. A distance of about g,ooo feet from its present portal would cut the ~° <br />'1'olcdn vein on ifs dip to Clte west, attc! about G,goo feet would lake iC to a point directly under <br />the old ]~rceland shalt, at which poinC the tunnel wouLl be about t,3oo feel on the clip of the <br />vein 6,•ucxth the present shaft bottout of the Freeland, <br />COUNTINfi THE COST <br />I tvotdd consider $rgo,ooo a safe estimate For the cost of mt 8 ft, x 8 IG funnel to this point. <br />'1'hc Luc as projected would penetrate t} country which, h'Om SllffaL'C Imhcatjon5 noel work on <br />adja~ ~,n properties, is well crossed by mineralized veins, Its course is practically .d right <br />angle., to the general strike of fhe veins in this district. ]'.C would make possible a thorough <br />u <br />+.• <br />