Show THE ROYAL GROUP examiner telluride colo the owners of the royal group in bridal veil basin W C and R B D breckenridge of this city and john A knott of hannibal mo have just finished putting in a stock of winter provisions and supplies at that property from now until next spring it is the intention to push development as rapidly as possible by driving the main tunnel along the royal vein which is one of the largest ever opened in the district being from twelve to fifteen feet wide on the average and frequently widening out to twenty five and thirty feet the entire vein is composed of quartz carrying gold silver and lead and some of the richest specimens ever seen in town came from this property while the present tunnel was being projected along the hanging wall it was decided to crosscut cross cut to the foot wall and the vein was found to be twenty five feet wide at that point in making the crosscut free gold was visible in the ore taken from every foot driven it is the purpose of the owners to get the property in condition for producing a considerable tonnage by next summer or at least open it sufficiently to convey some conception of the immense bodies of ore it contains the royal group lies between the mayflower on the north and the lewis and double eagle on the southeast all three of which are most promising properties at this time the lewis bears every indication of becoming a noted producer while the mayflower is a regular and the double eagle is undergoing systematic exploitation preparatory to maturing into one next season there are seven claims in the group three of which are located on the royal vein and four on cross leads or veins merging into the royal As evidence of the prominence and value of the royal vein it may be stated there are twenty three consecutive locations upon it a number of which are patented extending over into lajunta basin and bear creek mr knott is one of the railroad commissioners i ners of missouri and is now making arrangements for the organization of a company to operate the group extensively next year if this is done one of the first improvements will be the construction of a mill in bridal veil basin for the treatment of the ore |