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carbanates of-iron, manganese, lead and zina whiah carry more I ~ ! <br />,i <br />i <br />or lase value in silver. When the silver contents are high enough ~' <br />the are ie shipped to the Arkansas ilalleq Smelters, under the j~~~!', <br />fallawing schedule: <br />Flat rate oP emelti.~g charge of b0¢ per tan, made on an <br />are assaying 40~ excess iron and manganese, <br />Silver paid for at 96~ New Yark quotatiane. <br />~ 16¢ per unit for iron and manganese, up or dawn. <br />25¢ per ton added to treatment chesge for each, one ounoe <br />II of silver in ore in excess of b ounaee. <br />~, When silver is low and manganese is abave 25~ the ore Se <br />II shipped to the Steel t9arke at Pueblo under the fallowing <br />eahedule. <br />Flat prioe of ~2.7b per ton paid F.O.B the mine for an <br />ore assaying 2b°~ iron, 26~ manganeee,ef eilioa, 12f water and <br />j <br />~~ .066f phosphorus. <br />4 Dente per unit for iron, up ar dawn. <br />8 Dente per unit far manganese, up or dawn. <br />3 Dente per unit for eilioa above 8~. <br />3 Dente per unit for water above 12f. ~I~ ~j~' L~ <br />I i if ' <br />1 cent per one, one thaueand of 1' abave .006'. ~ ~;j l' 4' j <br />Iii ; I ; ', <br />The gangs of the ore is composed of decamposed lime and I. ,ill I ~ I , . <br />porphyry, flint, mud and talo. In places the ore bodies, ~~ ~i"' ' i ;~"~ ""' <br />~;~ ~ <br />whioh vary Prom 30 to, 100 feet in thickness in the ease of the „i u~~l <br />' upper deposit and from 10 to 60 foot in thickness in tho Dane ~ I{~. Iji' i <br />b mud streaks ea to mako ! ° <br />of thA laver deposit, are so cut up Y j'~~ ~~j~l~ ~ ~~I~ <br />it impoeeiblo to mine the ore at a profit. ~ g <br />METHOD OP' DINING AND TI)iBGRING. I t <br />The oro is mined by the open stopo system, being drillod <br />by both air drills and by einglo hand drilling. j <br />Tho ore le drawn out of aomman bonrd ahutoo on the first j~ <br />and third levels, whioh are the only levels now being worked, <br />and is trammofl to a landing paoket near the shaft whioh ie <br />about sixty Peet deep in the oase of the first lavol anfl about <br />fifty feet deep in the Dees of the third level. These pookets <br />whiah are 18 ft.x 10 ft. are divided into Pour oompartmente <br />or ohutee, so that four different kinds of materinl Dan he <br />handlod at once without beoaming mixed•At the bottom of these <br />