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drift for 100 feet north and 135 feet south of the crosscut. The ore removed ranged from 12 inches to 3 feet in width. At the face of the south drift the vein ranges from 12 to 15 inches in width and carries from 15 to 20 per cent of sulphides, chiefly arsenopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. A 12-inch channel sample taken here across the face assayed: gold, 0-40 ounce a ton; silver, 22-10 ounces a ton; lead, 5-25 per cent; zinc, 39-52 per cent.

At 150 feet north, in the north drift, the vein pinches from 3 feet to 1 foot, and this width is roughly maintained north to the face of the drift. At the face the vein ranges from 6 to 12 inches in width and consists of white, milky quartz sliced parallel the vein by small horizontal fault move- ments, with finely banded seams of pyrite and galena along these planes. A 7-inch channel sample taken across the vein, at the face, assayed: gold, 0-05 ounce a ton; silver, 14-20 ounces a ton; lead, 0-74 per cent; zinc, 1-48 per cent.

No. 5 Vein. The No. 5 vein lies 95 feet east of the No. 4 vein. It is developed by a 32-foot drift north and a 55-foot drift south from the long crosscut. The vein is 8 inches wide at the crosscut, but at the face of the north drift it has pinched to 2 inches wide. In the south drift there is a 30-foot ore lens 3 feet in width on which a little stoping has been done, but at the face the vein is pinched to a width of 4 inches.

No. 6 Vein. The vein is 193 fect east of the No. 5 vein and is cut in the No. 2 crosscut adit 685 feet from the portal. There is 48 feet of drifting, 16 feet north and 32 feet south from the crosscut. The vein is only 4 inches wide at the face of the north drift but it widens gradually, being 12 inches wide at the crosscut and 3 feet wide at the face of the south drift. It contains from 5 to 15 per cent of sulphide throughout, most of which is pyrite and arsenopyrite. A 3-foot channel sample taken across the face of the south drift assayed: gold, 0-07 ounce a ton; silver, 0-57 ounce a ton; lead, none; zinc, none.

No. 7 or Main Vein. The main vein is followed along the surface and in the mine workings for a distance of 800 feet along its strike. From the main shaft, at elevation 1,730 feet, the vein is followed south up the slope by a series of open-cuts for 600 feet, to an elevation of 1,830 feet. Scattered quartz float seen several hundred feet farther south suggests that it continues in that direction. The vein strikes north 55 degrees east and dips 60 degrees southeast. At the shaft the vein ranges from 2 to 4 feet wide, and the quartz gangue is well mineralized with galena and sphalerite. A large sample of almost solid galena with a little sphalerite and freibergite, collected on the south side of the collar of the shaft, assayed: gold, 0-04 ounce a@ ton; silver, 146-95 ounces a ton; lead, 81-60 per cent; zinc, 1-12 per cent; antimony, 0-57 per cent.

A short crosscut adit driven east at a point 150 feet south of the collar of the shaft cuts the main vein at 26 feet from the portal and the hanging-wall vein at 56 feet from the portal. The latter vein branches easterly at a small angle from the main vein at a distance of 230 feet south of the shaft at the surface. In a 30-foot drift the main vein is 8 inches wide and carries from 5 to 15 per cent of sulphides. The hanging-wall vein is drifted on for 60 feet in this adit. It maintains an 8-inch ore width