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In 1946, William E. Brewster, a local mining man, acquired the <br />property, rehabilitated the shaft, dewatered the workings and <br />~ commenced exploring for ore. He deepened the shaft an addi- <br />tional 180 feet and struck rich ore on two levels beneath the <br />.r old productive areas, and also opened ore on the Freiburg vein <br />~, through the Cash workings, Before depleting the ore reserves, <br />Hrewster lost control of the mine in 1953, after which time it <br />remained inactive and flooded until the fall of 1958. <br />Production to 1953 is believed to have amounted to many <br />thousands of tons of gold-silver telluride ore from the Cash <br />and Freiburg veins averaging slightly more than one ounce of <br />gold and from 10 to 20 ounces of silver per ton. The tenor of <br />the ore from the Cash mine is considered to be of medium to <br />high grade, with large lots containing between 0.65 to 5.85 <br />ounces of gold and 4.5 to 26 ounces of silver per ton. <br />Smaller lots contained 11.2 to 312 ounces of gold and 30 to <br />754 ounces of silver per ton. <br />In 1958, Utex Exploration Company acquired the mine, pumped <br />out the workings and renewed exploration and development work <br />on the Cash and Freiburg veins. Three areas in the Cash vein <br />and two in the Freiburg vein were found to contain vein mater- <br />ial that was considered ore grade. Pods of extremely rich ore <br />• were found to be scattered throughout the lower grade ore of <br />•' several shoots. Since that time, increased precious metal <br />prices have extended the length of these shoots by making <br />~; profitable the mining of vein material containing less than <br />one ounce of gold per ton. During the period between 1958 and <br />1969, Utex Exploration Company and its successor, Steen Mining <br />Company, developed ore on six of nine levels on the Cash and <br />Freiburg veins and was continuing to develop ore when the <br />operation was closed to speculate on precious metal prices. <br />In the years 1967 through 1971, Edward J. McLellan operated a <br />small, one-man sorting and concentrating mill at the Cash <br />mine. This mill was located at the southwest end of the Cash <br />mine and derived its mill feed from upgraded Cash mine dump <br />material. Aside from a detailed mine dump sampling program <br />that was conducted during 1980 and 1981, no work has been done <br />at the Cash mine since 1971. <br />.r <br />,~ <br />~• <br />•' <br />'s <br /> <br />-22- <br />