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<br />.~ <br />xurfnce, F+tve vnluex r:mging from b1.5U to Ei.50 IIt Gold and Sllver; which, foe n <br />aurfnec shox•ing, la considered very good htdecd. This vein entries Lend and <br />%inc also ;:nd eltould add nutlcrlnll)- to the valve thereof. It x•nx x•hlie drivutg <br />n[) this crosscut that another vein was opened np about 55 feet from the Uenver <br />..ll City Tunnel. This !s nhaut ta•o feet a•Ide and aumplex token nssnycd $a.00 [o <br />EIg.00 In Gold. This veto Is expected to odd ven' matcrlnily to the ongntt and <br />value of the mine. <br />The veins on the Golden and Louis .I. clntma also shox• canslderablc <br />strength, both of x•hlch will eventually he x•orked through the Denver City <br />Tunnel. Former operators drove nn Adi[ Tumtcl on the Golden Lela for n dls- <br />tnncc of about 175 feet and on n level x•Itlt the Dcn[•cr Clty; but we have no <br />record o[ the \'nlues token therefrom except where IL u•ns croxsed by the Den- <br />ver City Tunnel ;[boot 500 feet from Itx portal. A[ this point n III[le devclap• <br />mrnt revealed ecverui Inches of 6lulsh Ouarlr and Iron, which aaxared from <br />ElO.llfl io E-x.110 In Gold. Thla vela shows an(flcleut strength to warr:mt fnr• <br />they exploitation and there Is every reason Ut believe that much valuable ore <br />will be encountered Ihereln. Abont aU0 feet above, another ndlt l:as been driven <br />on this vein and It la sold that some good ore was taken out. Samples secured <br />In this utnnel by preacnt operators, nseayed EL 1111 to E18.00 In Cold, SIh•er and <br />Capper. About ]U11 feet of work was done here. <br />About -150 ftM [tboee mtd to the right n[ the Denver Cily Tunnel, n shaft <br />about 20 feet deep was sonic on the Loulx .i. vein. This was aftenenrd connected <br />by an Adlt which x•ns drh•en thereon a[ about. the acme depth. It Is here that <br />numerous elw'cimens of free gold wero obtained by both former and preacnt <br />operators, Several of the oldest residents o[ the comp have spoken very• highly <br />of the Properq', snying that m:my nuggets of gold were found in these surfnoo <br />workings in the early hletary' of the dlstrlct. \ane of the free gold specimens <br />secured by present operators hate been nas~q•ed, as It would only be misleading. <br />They P;u[ well, however. and furnish a good example n[ what may he expected <br />once this vein Ix renrhed by the cronacut which will cuf. I[ nt about G00 fact <br />depth. <br />As stated In former Purugr:gtha, all these [•elns will be rc:mhed by croxscuta <br />and drifts from the Denver Clq• Tumtcl ut [belt Points of intersection. This <br />tunnel has rereulyd the fuel that the ore galnx xt rength :nut enlnc with depth. <br />Thix hoe also been Jcmmtstrnted and vcrifb d by development work on ^dJoining <br />properties In our vicinity and on the s;nne nunntUtln; arc from x•hirh hnn shown <br />rnlues ;ts high ae l:i ouncex and over ht Cold; besides Sllveq Lend :uul Copper. <br />The main body o[ the arc In these mince, however, will run from E3.00 to ES.tm <br />Per ton and cua be [renU•d ut n f;tlC toargin of profit, <br />F'HC111t1C6 f0t '\a to the fncllltlex (or [he h:mdling and lrrn[ment aP orex, <br />present operttors h:n•c securvvl n \Illling Pi:un ahh•h Is slur <br />HdIld~ll7g 8Rd ;fled Just umund the point of the hill and within east rencit <br />Treatment br mmms of u lrnch from xuld null W [hc porutl of the Den- <br />__ ter Clly Tmuurl, where me:mn fur anmlg:nnatlun end cooceu- <br />trntion are to be hnJ. In this numncr the arc mar be trnnx- <br />Irorted :[ll the [ray from mine in mill by gravity and without fnrlh~ r h:uulling <br />until IL leures the mill lu the fonu of ca nconlrrtea and :unalgnm. <br />The ndll, howorer, la not uP to data, nor Is It calcuL•ttcd to [teat the ores <br />o[ this dlstrlct xucressfull c. Thon•fot'e, the nuuingetnent Propoxex W odd such <br />other impnrremeuta ns w11i be found necoxsnn~ to efh•cl n close saving and ut <br />but very' little extra cost (probably E:%,0011 to ES,IIUU.1 Those Im Pracenuann [rill <br />Le based ulmn the rosultx obtnlned from a conunercln: lost conducted by the <br />prexent nvumgomenl come months ago, x•hrreb\' R snying of about. 4u per cent <br />wan effected on ore that ttnsnyeJ only ELI i Vt'r tun. This ix vory~ oxrrllent lu- <br />dued for fife reason that It 1x difficult to effect so Brent n sating on ore of so <br />low u gr.We na compart•d with the eaxu x•Ith wlac:t I[ con be done x•hen hmtdling <br />higher grades, ox•Ing to the tact that there ix so touch leas value trt utko care <br />of. The recovery wax E%.7$ In Guld and Slicer; $L:%G being recocored on tho <br />plates and the Irdunce In the conceal roles. The latter x'cn• of good gnnllly <br />uud nanayed Ep0.0.-. par ton In Gold and Sllver. 'phe extra cost fnr this xpocbtl <br />lreutrnent [[hove that to x•blch the ore Ims Formerly' been snblecu•d, Ihls toxt <br />showed to be vr. n• small Indnsl; no that thin cos[ will be grv•atly offset by 16e <br />extra saving which will doubtleax abuJn by' rcasou of s:dd trcatuuat[. <br />I <br />~'~ <br />I. ~~ <br />',+i <br />~ ~ <br />i a <br />!, s <br />s <br />