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~. ~~ <br />.~~ - Qv. .. .. .... .. <br />., ., <br />Rills No. 3. ' <br />GEOLOGY. ' <br />The formation severed by thin ~raperty ie Arohean and <br />.la ldining - - ,... <br />conaiete of, granite, schist and~eies, cut_by s aeries oP <br />ofnthe - _. <br />00,000' Porphyry dykes. ~~THe veins have a cause of north 3b de <br />green <br />east and are alIDOet vertical fissure veins. The onlq <br />.4 geological survey severing thin dietriat~ia than of Hayden. <br />CHARACTER AND GRADE•OF ORE. <br />The are found here conaiete of sulphide of. iron, capper <br />lead and zinc. The chief value being that of gold'but some <br />•ada. ~ <br />of them have a small commercial value in capper and silver. <br />Up'to the'preeent time the yeild of the veins hoe been small, <br />but several of the veins have a gaud width and bid fair to <br />yeild a large tonnage of goad mill ore besides a smaller <br />ongreee . <br />tonnage of high grade. <br />DEVELOPMENT. <br />net c There area.number of email tunnels and auto on the <br />a ground:. property but the <br />principal development consists in a <br />fining Oo.. tunnel 83b'feet long from which about 200 feet of cross <br />4' cutting has been done. The tunnel is 7 x b in the clear <br />and tivell timbered where necessary and is nicely equipped. <br />METHODS bF MINING AND TI6IHERING. <br />The work so far has bean done by hand but the Colorado <br />Power Oompan~ have ,just'oompleted their line to the property <br />and a plant of machinery hoe been~inetalled and air drills <br />i ors new being used. At the present time a oraseout ie <br />being driven to the weet,ta nut a Knowan .vein and two air <br />~ drills working abreast arc being ueod on the work. 40f <br />Du Pont Gelatine Powder is being used to break the ground. <br />try and I The only timbering so far neaeeeary arc the framed tunnel <br />amount I seta used from the portal to the solid formation and the <br />nber=' i cribbing ueod in the air shaft which woo nut up at n point <br />tho' about 100 feet from the portal. <br />,I idINE E(~,UIPP,ISENT. <br />8 and 12 pound tae Rnil, tram care, two Waugh Hammer <br />drills, One Waugh Stoper, Electric Lighting 8yetem, Large <br />electrical driven Hloworand 10 in. galvanised iron pipe <br />for ventilation. <br />5urfnao Nquipmont. <br />Engine Roomt <br />