MINEBK00263

• County: San Miguel
• Document: Manager
• Suffix: A

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°la~ or to ooeaar in eschaelan Form in fissure.
The so-called °pay atresk° of tho Savage klasia mines is generally s mis-
r. It coneiats of a corl}~aratively small straa& of metallic sulphides of 3ead-
inc-iron sad some ooppcr~ oral occurs near one sail. It does not tol2om hoiaever~
at i! is the mast valuable part of tht vein. In the developed mince north-east,
of this vein systec, viz., the Humboldt r~ Yirginius clsimar this pay atroek
yell Here ft carried associated with it the higkx grade silver sal- ~`
':idea, ~ the valve of the are :s a inhale uas in silver. Aa Savage basin is
preached irac; the northwest there appears to be a demfrsttioa in the prenalenae f
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silver sulphides. The °p$y streak° fa of lover grade, but the vain as a rehale
more value 413 gold thaA in silver.
23xe ao-called mails o! the Savage basis velar are practically the liraita
tk:e cheated or fissured zone. 3a Qlacea they are indurated, in othara decorr
aad. They are of considerable eoonor~ic ia~ortaace by reason of not only preset-
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:]2y rx3s'king the limit of t.iacral depoaltioa, but affording a good section far
a :11.aer to '°'hrer~ te.° T_h_e are eras in no iarstance feund frozen 4o the va12. ~~~:
:e parting is dietinct and generally is saxrrkad by a nelvage or gouge ruaterial
r>fi from a semen to several inches in thickness. Thin gouge may or ruay not
ry vaiiteg. It taay occur on either ar both valve, or near the middle of the
e vein.
The iat+ervmtin$ beads of ernizrtry rack are when of not tae great thioY,nees,
tersd, replaced aad impregnated to such as extent an to pass for ors, and ie
,ere fore not anlled out but traneparted to the mill.
The aar~ned photor;raplr chess the vein as it appears !n one of the Srspaa
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