Show AT D V VV V V account of ff at V Much Advertised Gamy oI H present conditions at t thunder Mountain A E K Borthwick ay IRy y in the Mining and Scientific c n the ruch of ot thousand thou an of ot Iii I were staked and recorded many V f theu I in country rock rook with no show ig of or quartz ore Capital has demon V it rated that while there are barren V rea ea f 1 in I n the porphyry there are also o oa mo cr tat at a t deposits within wi thin it of ot quartz por porphyry that give he from 12 SZ to 8 8 per ton toni V i fold and often orten higher 1 gher UD un to 20 20 and andI V Jn I o per p r ton As the ores or are nearly alt all lir milling and usually very nry cheaply and treated even ven 2 ore in the quantities that prevail may be made when properly equipped and aM v I The Dewey company has ball had a 10 10 fr a mp mill mm running all season It Itt toes foes t nf not tave ue ve its It tailings or concen i rates rahe nor use ue tables tablea and the mal mallum corn lum plates pla s are on a steep grade f he heV I V on the plates platH seems eeme to cat cal ill di 1 th the gold to the of the ement The mine is 15 developed I iy ly 1 y numerous tunnel tunnes The Th company I about thirty men A A V emp imp mill was wal purchased over a year KO go in anticipation of the earlier com corn V of the State wagon road Toad and It ii V now awaiting that event The company has hu prose proM V 11 II ted work we rk of development this year yearth ith th men and has haa exposed ed expo 1 deposit df posit of ot quartz porphyry eighty V ret et wide that is reported to assay 10 10 V nd 01 upwards per ton This company f tr paying for tor Its property Mt jet with much discouragement in the f f work but after continued V V ork irk for over a year has bas now a prop V I with a large amount of ore in Inight ight the cost of Df developing which has baa less Iese h than The company compan V lit a fortY mill ordered and an V nady ady to come rome in on n fl completion comple of th the agon road It baa commodious build buildings V ings fl and improvements and MId everything bout hout the mine denotes systematic management tI V The Fairview company purchases purchased I hr e claims for tor situated on onT the T hf lower slope of Rainbow mountain po the Dewey After testing the iv 1 F deposits and their probable extent v l nd od value the management commenced ii working tunnel feet above the own to crosscut the ore body lying The tunnel is in diorite and andis is 5 now no in feet fHt with wi th OO feet teet more to 10 1 drive Two of ot min mm J rp 1 ire re employed empl Jennings Bros Bro of offitt fitt burg Pa and associates are the owners I IThE The H Y T group of eleven claims T o ugh t in September Sc 1903 for reported I rice of or is ie located on the west western we t V ern tn V fl plop lope of Thunder mountain It has baa hasnine nine op tunnels of from to nine ninety ty 1 V feet in length and two shafts thirty I nd nc feet deep Jn one tunnel a the Mollie Kome claim calm thirty feet of ore om V ays an average a rage of ot 4 per ton in gold Id Nr N drifting has haa been one to determine hI width of the deposit The company I v rk a winter force of or ten men V Climax property adjoins the H HY HY HV Y V and IntI consists of ot ven acres aCT it 11 has ha one tunnel of ot feet and an ant anIt It her t of fifty seven feet The manage V nf nt has hall contracted to run feet teet flore r this thie winter inter A steam hoist now t I the t hf he end of If the wagon on road will be installed the coming year to test teat the oi body hidy in 6 depth The Th Rio Grande group of six claims 1 t located on Sugar creek on the west we t I Ii ir i of Rainbow Two veins of quartz quarts I Ij j were opened open up this season n tit lilt of them is feet wide and an th 11 other over fifty feet Assays show shown n i average l above boe a 3 3 per ton gold old A An n r riel was run rum on the T in j i II for ov r io feet Dean Duncan 1 ro Th of ot Colorado have a contract to the tunnel feet fe t farther I r V V The Tho company has a twenty tamp mill milt rondy TP Y to send end in as soon as aa the road reed te is ter r ready ady V The foregoing are a few of ot the th pr prep p V eitt erti s tn the porphyry belt There art are many others in various arious stage stages of devel deyst development d vel V nt |