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~~ <br />I <br />i, <br />j'.~. Hooaao Tna.-3. -•- ~- ~ <br />1' <br />,Hooaao <br />!'' <br />I~' <br />G E O b 0 G. Y- Contin. <br />~ ''I~~ <br />' ~~'; The aharaoter of country rook is granite and the geological town, ~ <br />! <br />~: period 1s Arohean. i ' <br />~ <br />, <br />' ~ ' - ( the pr <br />j';! ORES & ORE BODIES. <br />,~;,. t _ <br />7; i April, <br />• The character of ore bodiea.is fissure-veins. There are <br />a number of known veina in this group but the prinoi al <br />P Part of I view o <br />the work has been confined to the Hoosea, Rising Sun~and Martha i forty^ <br />~ Parke veins. The strike ie northeast and eonthwest'and`the'dip <br />^ is not <br />. <br />~' is to the-north and west. Tha several veina var~sin width from <br />' <br />'i <br />, <br /> <br />.1' to 7' and have an average width of 4'. The enclosing rooks <br />;r l <br />high. <br />;f,~l, are grandte and the gangue le mineralized rook. Theze'are three <br />' filled <br />) <br />I;; <br />, <br />i <br />' <br />,i <br />ore shoots, sash X00' long, on the Rising Sun vela'~d several 'i to pre <br />~! i ~ <br />oa the Hooaao vein but the length of each not given: <br />.• <br />~ <br />i rovid <br />P <br />' <br />1 <br />.. <br />+~ The oharaater oY vain filling is iron sulphides, quartz from ! <br />~' <br />" )' and porphyry and the metals are gold, silver, copper, lead attd <br />firs k <br />~~~~~~+~~ zinc, with gold prsdominating:~ Aseayeand analyses not obtain- ~ <br />I~ ~~ <br /> <br />~, <br />~~ able. On the Rising Sun vein about one-fourth of the'vein fill-~ <br />I~' ~ <br />'t tal o~ <br />, <br />'i' ing ie smelting ore and the other three-fourths-he Yree=milling) ie 16' <br />~ ~ ors. The average value of vein filling is $10 per ton.`T}ie are ~ <br />I Tha m <br />~ ~~ 9 <br />in the Hooaao vein is about the acme ae that in the Rising Sttn <br />i <br />. F tel. o: <br />I <br />; <br />f <br />,~:'l;i vein. Ths total monthly production of ors from the tunnel is <br />the ea <br />if ji." fifty tone. <br />~ ~ <br />~ is. lh <br />i~~~. <br />~~' .. frame <br />;ill SURBA OE PLANT <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />.l <br />~I , ports! <br /> <br />~i <br />The surfeae plant consists of a 80 h <br />:p'. `Return-tubular' ~ <br />on, th <br />I,~i`, boiler etioned in the mill building and used for heating'pur- iron <br />;~~~'i~ posse;-Ingereol -Rand, Imperial Air'oompraeeor-using 677"cubic In fry <br />`j~.'I feat of e1r; 26.h~p:~Eleatria hoist; ZOO h.p, alsotrio motor~~' tonne: <br />~~''~~i~ to run compressor; l0 h.p. oleotrio motor to run•3an; l0 ki.p:" <br />' <br />~il~~ from <br />', <br />I~I~~~: electric motor to run crusher; 26.h.p. motor to run stamps; 10 <br />~ <br />C"I <br />~ <br />I{ttI„ h.p. motor to .run tables; 6 h.p. motor to run pump, Electric <br />l <br />~f6ii <br />~ power Se.furniehed by the Hydro = Electric 0ompany of Giorge- <br />~ <br />{ i i~l <br />I <br />~ ~ ,^' <br />1' <br /> <br />_.~ <br /> <br />-___ <br />