Show THE WONDERFUL SHOWING IN THE JANUARY news goldfield those who have watched the developments upon the lease of kendall reilly s patrick and jones on the january have been continually apprehensive that the values in the ore would decrease as depth was gained and the ore bodies widened out when a crosscut from the main shaft showed 35 feet of ore with only one wall in sight it seemed more than probable that the value per ton would go lower it appeared almost impossible that the january would show up even better with further development but nevertheless such is the fact the crosscut to the south from the 90 foot point in the new shaft is in 55 feet arid and every foot of it every pound of it is ore of good grade when ore from the high grade streaks has been sorted out for shipment the balance will mill from 40 to 50 per ton to add to this showing richer ore than before encountered in the january is coming from the west drift in the face of this drift t there are 8 feet of ore and 2 feet of this is exceptionally rich A specimen assay taken yesterday went to the ton in gold the highest assay yet from this property the main shaft is down feet and is all in ore the lessees lessels are taking out from to sacks of ore daily the screenings that through the grizzly run from to per ton and the coarse rock goes from and per ton notwithstanding steady shipments there are nearly tons of shipping ore on the dump the mill dump now aggregates above tons sale of isas black butte the most important deal in many respects which has yet been made in the camp was closed tuesday when frank af M ish sold his black butte claims near dia mond field to chas D lane one of the wealthiest and most aggressive mining operators in the west the consideration is of which was paid down is to be paid in six months and one year from date of sale an illustration of the way mr lane goes at things is the fact that the same day he made the deal he started three shifts of men to work and it can be safely assumed that within a few months he will show what is in the hill on which the black buttes are located he says that he does not care for shipping ore plenty of 10 rock is all he asks for As to the matter of a water supply for the mill he is not worrying for if sufficient cannot be developed close at hand as seems now assured he will have it brought in from rye patch or from the white mountains sixty miles away all he kantsis want sis a sufficient body of 10 ore or better he knows where the can get the water when the development satisfies mr lane of the value of the property he will doubtless erect a reduction plant of large capacity that he will thus be satisfied seems beyond doubt at the point where the tunnel is being driven the ledge pans free gold all the way across the surface for feet and there are several hundred bundred thousand tons of ore exposed by bi nature when the tunnel was in twelve feet samples from the sides top and ana bottom averaged between 50 and 60 per ton when the last two shots were put in at mr lanes request the showing was better and ever much of the rock showing visible gold C M mr lanes representative will remain on the ground for some time and sol camp formerly superintendent of the elkton mine at cripple creek will have charge of the work the deal was made through chris mccarthy |