Show the venus mining company the accompanying halftone half tone Mu illustration will serve to give the reader some idea of the mammoth droppings crop pings which are prominent features of the valuable property owned by the venus mining company now actively engaged in the development of this prospective wealth producer before beginning ox extensive work in the development and exploitation of its group the venus gold mining milling company took the precaution Ire caution to have its property examined and reported upon by a number of the ablest and most reputable mining experts to be found in the west and these were emphatic in their endorsement of its value and promise in the past primitive methods 5 V P X aw A OF r THE VENUS MINE HOISTING WORKS IN COURSE OP OF ERECTION were employed emp oyed in the operation of this ground but now more up to date machinery is being installed A horse whim has been purchased a head frame has been erected over the shaft and the erection of a shaft house is now under way which will enable the company to work its property successfully during the coming winter A J burke and henry clinton are in charge of development work at th the eVenus venus and they are enthusiastic in speaking of this property and its probable future the shaft has already been sunk to a depth of feet with cross cuts from the and foot levels and ore of good milling value has been uncovered in the mine workings th the e ore measures are large and can be handled handed profitably with reduction works on the ground although through the veins stratas of high grade rock are found the general average however will run from 10 to per ton in gold and silver the venus ground is traversed by a north and south contact vein which ranges from ten to twenty feet in width the group lying between the gold and silver bearing sections of the camp its values in these two metals being about equally divided when a representative of the mining review visited the venus last week a forty foot vein of highly mineralized rock was being encountered like all of the ores of the camp the venus product is free milling and susceptible cep tible to treatment by the cyanide process and it can be easily and cheaply handled and treated the group covers the mother vein for a distance of feet which is cut by numerous cross ledges the outlook for the venus is most encouraging and it is believed by well informed miners and prospectors that this is one of the coming big mines of the district the officers of the company are C L eldred pocatello id idaho aho president J F hit tle tie rawlins wyo vice president G Y candish green river wyo secretary treasurer and general manager george candish and judge 0 W powers the enterprise ter prise it is understood is fully financed and has in its treasury |