MINEBK00351

• County: Summit
• Volume: 17
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: A

Middlesex No. 3. `"
_ I ORE AND ORE BODIE3,
?Pa ated The ore of this property accura in fissure veins
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v ry g a ew nchee to several foot in width. The
chief value of the are is in gold but they also carry a
small value in copper in the form 'of Chalcapryite.
lYORKINGS
The warkinge an this property consist of four tunnels,
Ithe lovrer tunnel being in a distance of 1540 ft., the
second a,diatance of. ].180 ft., the third a distance of 800
ift. and the upper tunnel a 3lstance of G00 ft., and a
lehaft known ae the lYanderful Shaft ie 570 feet deep.
No craescutting to speak of has been done and ea far
Ithe property has net been systematically devolaped. •.
~ EQUIPLIEN'l.
~ The tunnels are equipped with S lb. rail and tram care.
All mining is done by hand. The shaft, which ie not being
^perated rras not inspected and the shaft house was looked
but I understand it is equipped templets with a steam
jhaisting plant, vrhich will now bo replaced by electrical eq-
uipmant.
The only surface equipment consists of a tunnel house
lap the lotvor tunnel and a shaft house and engine room
fat the shaft. At the tunnel there is a blac]camith shop
i
squippod with hand toold.
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OOSTS ANDaTATIS7'ICS.
~ Powder ,15,00
per hundred pounds plus transportation.
I
I'uao ?G.00 per case plus tranapartatian
Cape GX 1.10 per box plus transnarbatian.
I 1'imbera vary little used and cut locally at ?$3.00 per day,
Labor:
2 m~nora G ;3.80 par day = $$7.00
GENERAL RL'tdARICS .
i
13avo not yet oamo under companentian but will do so when
four or more men are employed and wi7.1 likely insure in the
I9tats P'und. 1rtr. Gibbeon seams to think that his oampany
was Put into n "wild oat scheme" but hapan to develop amine
es the property is a Raaci praspoot,