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<br />ORE BODIES AND ORES. <br />The Hampton vein is a fissure, with a strike N. 64a east, <br />dipping slightly to the N. w. The width of the vein, variee <br />from 4 to 14 ft. with an average of 6 ft. <br />The character of the vein filling is enargite ( a aulph- <br />arsenide of copper) and iron pyrites, ocouring in streaks, ac- <br />oampanied by a feldspathic and quartzose mixture impregnated with <br />iron pyrites. There are at present, two ore shoots opened up, <br />differing in aharacter of ore, The upper one is copper bearing, <br />while the lower one consists principally of iron sulphides. <br />The enargite forms principally the smelting ore, the <br />average shipments giving 17'fu capper. The iron pyrites, with <br />gangue matter, comprises the concentrating ore, which is shipped <br />to Idaho Springs, concentrating 3-1~8 to 1. <br />The principal minerals found in the vein are enargite, <br />iron and copper pyrites. <br /> <br />