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Show chief con. mining company! Iof die. fhief Cod. j-, one of the leading be famed Tlntic dis-lory dis-lory of tbo redemption which-is -thc 'dialed 'dia-led by the townsito of . a period of thirty ied for an outsider to jblful ground and add Her Fitch, for many Kilh the iron and of Michigan, nud J. jot-d writer ou mining lliine from the Graud et to Eureka, following lime to iho summit of ath of .Eureka, becamo the fact that tho ore irlion of. Tinlic district tiistent. and that, by f'cf ffeolosy and fonnation, jfead continuing down the eV tie mountain and under IZu&x: and, noting that flief mine was apparently B!cf tho zone, investigated trending tliat it had never W oio zone or ore. Astoria, Astor-ia, that the workings of hi been carried on to the tfsbjft tho natural deduc-tobe deduc-tobe tiiat the ore measures firibfr to the east, if at all. tijc Mr. Fitch had become iabuP'l with the mineral t'cf PovcrtyFlat ; and, what 'h i coincidence was tbo 'use of the parties inter-it inter-it Little Chief approached lufljipestion that he should i htercit in tho mine, whiCli Mj theirs, would amount e,c( the property; assuring Hi of tlio claims located on lit of Eureka gulch could L if dtfircd. iL't? (he proposition, Mr. fd that this presented au iftc.'ltiniiy for demonstrative demonstrat-ive of uu ore zone by thc )t tenniug a rros-cut. to c tec bottom of tho Little v. IsLaRl" BcillJ-' thorough-1 Wh the proposition Mr. I S'V acquired a siiflicicut I rc iR Hie cmnpanv so j Urol could be taken "over J-awmp of his old miuiug tffi Superior, a pool be-uli' be-uli' P"'Posc; and work Vc ,Ja"Rratca, as out-"Ciuaft out-"Ciuaft was lowered to , 7r' and a. cross-cut Blanco of ncarlv 900 ?' point the expected mm was cucountered. ttt . W waa lheu l,er at that time. ' . towevcr, while explora-1 ui.-'as a,lso h""Z con-KfidS con-KfidS W,V,he Practice in Skin' -V cos'sted of S fl'itc carrying on F!Sr 0n lho Afferent &i'rF,t iu Michigan, each level and cross-ftihTZ cross-ftihTZ st,rt0,1 o thc ctne "ch for ore . ai to tho ore-bearing I, ,-,WJ ,no worl. bj-l ucfintrutcd on Bin lite800 U,ul HUllk , t i;00, rT,, ? iwlre ':0ut'inuou3-iU' ':0ut'inuou3-iU' u,e,Pth of 180 foot, iu iW'.a , lno connoc-the connoc-the P; eKVlar ''"nostouo firW no,lho writcr in-5S!Bvd in-5S!Bvd tWB.inxq, had iunl?5- " tb(lt ' J00on5A,4n. or all tho Id &ketilhlc orC with 6 to ' 4aPd no effort C firtf 'n its width, (lull to Vc cloac-"otb cloac-"otb , tl'Rt at th.s Head Frame of Hoist. Courtesy .-ali Lake- Minim; F.eiew the opinion and belief that such is thc ease. At the point where tho main working work-ing sliafti was sunk there is oU0 feet of rhyolitc-pnrpliyry overlying the limestone. This 'porphyry lias never been known to cany ore. nor has orfi ever been discovered ou its contact with the limestone. This is not true with I be igneous rocks in the south part of the district, as the ore has been found there both in tho monzonite and andc.ite. well defined and moderately regular in form, varying from a s-'eam 'to ton 1'cet in v.'idth. These ores have not the permanency such as characterize the sedimentary ores. There are three known - ore zones which should make on tho property of tho Chief Consolidated Mining company; com-pany; but as yet the mining bar been confined to the central roue, known as the Hraud Cent ral-Afaiumot li. In this zone, as in the others,, the ore j deposits are in tho form of chambers, chimneys, pipes and pockets, which e:;-! e:;-! tend ou , both sides of tho fracture tit and Hoisting Works, from the East. Courtesy Salt Uikv Mining Iteview. planes.' These deposits arc most' generally gen-erally on, or near, tbo intersection of two uVoUres nv fractures. The ore bodies have always proved to be very 1 persistent, although at limes the- narrow nar-row dowu to a mere seam, which j finally leads to another pipo or chamber. cham-ber. The vein minerals differ from those fouud south of this property iu that there is less copper and gold, while there are very rich ores of silver and lend. Tbo silver occurs in a number of forms, .such as; Cornrgyritc, proustitc, broui3-ritc and native silver. These aro very common in the ore. The native na-tive silver is generally within a few feet .of the limestone, next to tho galena, ga-lena, which very often lies between r.ho silver oro and the limestone. Tho lead occurs in tho form of galena and curnssito, Avhich also carries silver. Tho equipment on tbo surface consists con-sists of an oro bouse of si.v bins, each of fifty tons capacity. The oro i? surccucd, sampled and "sorted on a iloor ju&t above tho bins. Tho oars are dumped over these inclined screens, eight, feet above tho sorting lloor. At present, all the ore is hauled in dump wagons to tho railroad cars at a cost of 10 eonrs a ton. Tbo company is contemplating lho construction of a spur to thc oro house and bins, which will also run to and over the coal bins, A steel-covered blnck.-initli shop baH been erected iu which is installed a .No. .1 I.eyncr drill sharpener and an oil furnace, supplementing thc present equipment of thc shop. Tho power bouse is a tteel structure covered with corrugated htcel, and with concrete floors throughout. In this building are located the hoist, air uom-pre&sor, uom-pre&sor, boiler room and machine shop. The hoist was manufactured by "W'cll-man-tieaver-Morgan company, and is horizontal. direct-acting, expansive, double drum. The cylinders are 20x4 S inches and the drums six foot in diameter. dia-meter. It is equipped, with au overwinding over-winding safety device and has a capacity ca-pacity of fiOO" horsepower. Thc air compressor is a Xordberg, horizontal, cross-compound, eondeusing, two-stage, having a capacity of 1500 cubic feet of free air per minute. In tho boiler room there are Ihrce loO-horsopower Scotch marine boilers which carry 150 pounds steam pressure. Tbo boilers are equipped with American blokers driven by an Krie engine. Tho coal Is fed by gravity from a steel bin of 1 JO tons' en pacity, situated just at the bead of tbo boilers, eight feet above t lie lloor level. The boiler-feed pumps are 11x4x0" inch Kuowles, and are controlled con-trolled with a Williams's pump governor. gov-ernor. The water is delivered to the boilers at a temperature of 10. degrees, and. is drawn from a Sorge 'Cochrane 'Coch-rane healer, iu which it is treated with soda ash. A double-deck cage is used iu tho shaft, each deck of which will accommodate ac-commodate a mine car, so that two cars of oro or waste are brought to the surface at each hoist wg. Mino telephones are installed on each mine level: which connect with telephones tele-phones in the power house, office, residences resi-dences of manager and superintendent. superintend-ent. The surface plants of Hie company are electrically lighted and electric lights arc scattered over the dump, so that work can be carried on during the "graveyard" shift. The Ohicf Consolidated Mining company com-pany has entered upon the fourth year of its existence, and results can bo best described by referring to its ore shipments and "earnings. Production was begun, in .luly, 1005), and shipments ship-ments lo date have been suflicicuf jo reimburse thc company for lho whole of its outlay in the purchase of additional ad-ditional claims, mineral rights, equipments, equip-ments, all tho cost of development work, and leaving in its treasury at lho present writing a sum equal to its original cash capital. In other words, the company now has a little ovor $250000 in "cash iu its treasury; and this is being added to at a. rate each month which has permitted the directors to make a declaration of the initial dividend. This is ut lho rate of 10 per cent on the par value of thc stock and will call for a distribution of about ."rST.OOO and is payable on February Feb-ruary ' next. The directors hope to make a semiannual semi-annual disbursement of this amount. Thc Chief Consolidated Mining company com-pany WU" organized with a capitalization" capitaliza-tion" of. 1.000.000 shares of a par value of $1 each, of which approximately S70.000 shares are outstanding. The officers and directors are as follows: fol-lows: Walter Fitch, president and general manager; T W. Denton, vice president: "William P. Seager. secretary and treasurer: vl. II. TCieo, W. A. Hod-son Hod-son and Cecil Fitch. Cecil Witch is superintendent for tbo company, and Walter Fitch, ''r., nssistaut superintendent. superin-tendent. Following the Michigan idea of effective, and successful operation, the general manager and the superintendent superin-tendent live at tho mine, in vo.ry pretty and tasty bungalows, which are au ornament to the camp, The main otiice of the company is located at Jlougbton. Michigan, and the mine office at Kurokn. ' " :' y- : ', . ; v ;:.:" .,7.7 '7 k. TT,A nr win,,., viich President and General Manager. 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