Show TWO WELL KNOWN OLD properties IN california COMING TO FRONT by 1 I 0 curtiss los angeles some time ago I 1 wrote you about the old silverado mine mine of orange county cal now known as the blue light silver mine this is an old mine that was practically abandoned years ago about feet of the mountain top was rich with silver with fair gold values but for many years high grading had about cleaned out all values when drifting had reached a certain point the vein pinched out the top part evidenced a slide which sheared the vein vein in two and the problem for years has been to find the connection that is the other or lower part of the lode our company has worked over three years and expended nearly we finally solved the problem and then by survey determined where we should run a tunnel about 1000 feet lower down and cut the eight ore shoots shown above and very rich in silver and lead with small gold values the vein as formed above the connecting link to old workings shows over six feet of vein matter carrying 99 oz of silver on the average our development tunnel is now in 1040 feet odthe of the 1200 foot distance to reach the first ore shoot we have been running on the vein for hundreds of feet with a splendid mineral showing ruby silver is showing all ail along and our company is very much encouraged we are a re advised by the best mining engineers that the cutting of these ore shoots at this level should make us a mine of wonderful values we estimate that sixty days or less will put us into the ore shoot and then the seven other chimneys will follow it looks as if this old mine will prove that the greater values are still in the mine and that only the surface has been scratched standard gold opening another old mine the old exposed treasure mine now known as standard gold situated near mojave cal was abandoned ab on account of water trouble at the foot many years ago level this mine had been a great producer of gold and reports show that the greater values were at and below the water level two years ago the mine was purchased based with a 3 view fact with the idea of in and developing of watering de sunk bringing it I 1 back as a producer the new company feet below the a shaft at bottom of water to a depth A old workings then drifted or crosscut cross cut under tinder the vein bulkhead bulk head was installed and a few months ago an immense immen se opened ath several sev eral large pumps v volume alume of water was above has been drained from electricity the water run by an electric have been shown values and wonderful gold and the hoist has cleaned out the old upper tipper workings lower crosscut cross cut will be efte extended veins eins and is is within four v through went the crosscut cross cut about fifty feet of the main exposed ex ased treasure Trea lode sampling veins of milling ore shows average of all exposed with i h high grade samples up to va values lues of 47 per ton wit it is is now this old mine seems to be very promising pro of the near ne ar future as one well financed and is counted upon great producers |