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lead minerals. At one place an 8-inch vein of the former minerals parallels
and in places touches the silver-lead vein, but was not seen to cut it.

Assays of Ore from No. 4 Vein.

Assays—250-foot level. Gold Silver Lead Zine.
Oz. Oz. Per cent | Per cent
118, W.—6-in. to 1 ft. from face to 20 ft. north of tunnel. . 0-10 106-2 1:0 16-70
119, W.—6-in. to 2 ft. tunnel to 14 ft. south of tunnel.... 0:62 338-00 9-57 30-00
120, W.—2-ft. from 119\to face......................... 0-08 US Ops ences 25-52 |

No. 4 vein assays (Averages).

Car sample south of drift on 250 ft. level, 10-ft. advance. 0:04 31-6 1-86 7-52
Od5isacksioh wincwdines ests. crin dss hie gest cele te oes 0-16 TEN lee oe veer 37-06
Giésacksioieaincsanesss chit gases Sree gees 0-20 (STG oti tl eee tees 33-79

320 sacks from stope 250-ft. level...................5.. 0-18 99-0 3:34 35-95

AGisaGksiroml Stopes oes skeet settee lt eee 0-20 | OOH: - Nocsceeoaes 37-71

No. 5 vein was not known on the surface until it was cut by the main
tunnel, and projected upwards. The tunnel encountered the vein at 490
feet from the portal and exposed 12 inches of solid ore, mostly sphalerite
and grey copper. This ore did not extend north of the tunnel, but was
drifted on for 45 feet to the south. A general sample from this shoot, 12
inches across and 35 feet in length, gave the following assay:' gold, 0-16
ounce; silver, 106-60 ounces; lead, 1-59 per cent; zinc, 45-5 per cent;
this is exceptionally high grade zine ore. .

On the surface the vein is small, but has been traced for a considerable
distance. There are 155 feet of backs from the tunnel level to the surface,
but it is not known how much ore is to be found there.

No. 6 vein was encountered in the main tunnel at 635 feet from the
portal where a vein 12 inches to 2 feet wide contains a little sphalerite,
galena, pyrite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite, and pyrrhotite, scattered through
a matrix of milky quartz. There is no shipping ore exposed, but no drifting
has been done as yet. A sample across the whole vein at the point of
intersection of the tunnel gave? gold, 0-02 ounce; silver, 2-4 ounces;
zinc, 6-5 per cent; a low grade milling ore. =

On the surface the vein had been known at an exposure 225 feet south
of the centre line of the tunnel, where it is 6 to 14 inches in width and gave
the following assay:! gold, 0-10 ounce; silver, 179-04 ounces; lead, 23-2
per cent.

The Main vein strikes north 25 degrees east, dips 70 degrees southeast,
and is crosscut by the main tunnel at a distance of 870 feet from the portal .
and 290 feet south of the main shaft. Altogether there has been 500 feet .
of drifting on the Hang-wall section and 300 feet on the Foot-wall section
of the vein. Besides the main shaft there are two raises connecting this
level with the 150-foot level.

South of the tunnel, drifting was carried for 85 feet in a quartz vein
with very little ore; to the north there were several small bunches of ore,

1Assays furnished by the mine.