Show MILLS HILLS REPORTS ON I GROUX CON WORK DURING lAST YER YEAR In addition to the r report made b by President dent Cole Col on th tM the affairs of ot Giroux Ghou Consolidated Con Con- General Manager Mills Mills' report in ip of or Int interest rc t. t Portions of or thin thle report are ae as follows I During Durin the rear eai MI heavy h a were ere put ul ulIn foot level and the in shaft h at the 7 rot O-rot le eI f shaft covered o ov over r with Ith heavy heaY timber shaf orl rl that might come comp so 80 HH as to tl catch anything S JM at this away from above e. abo An opening rm and below this level le JH Is left both aboyo let timber floor so o as to Jo o permit the to circulation tion of ot air fO hove Above this 1 vl at the old C ton cave that occurred several veral years Mn ago aGo fort forty forty for for- t ty feet of or solid ld timbering W was put in In but butth th this whole holo haft f-haft hal is in poor por shape the native na na- tive pine timber with which it was Jn lined b being badly dea decayed To rel relieve ve the thew w weight on it H. H all l water and air rl pipes c r and ad the electric cable were taken out Alpha Alph Workings On t the iO level fl feet t or drifting was a done tn to t further prove proe up the limits of the or ore measure and and In the hope of or finding some coma oro of value aU extending AShl as SM hl high h as this from the known n oro orB oraon on the 1000 level l This work was i entirely in Iron and waa UI conclusive only In proving pro th the or ore formation to t be bt over 3 0 feet fet wide wide wide-by b by O over Or r feet Jon long On the 10 1000 level 71 i feet tet of ot drifting was done don in providing a safe cafe connection from the Giroux shaft to the old ol Alpha Alpha workings and in further testing the th ore ora deposits on this 1 level 1 Tho The oro ore is all al oxidized mostly black al although although at- at though some ome cuprite and green carbonate occurs occur The Te ore wh while I I irregular and hunch bunchy is I. good some lore o of the ore oro emceed crossed assaying a as M follows Per Pcr rent cent nt Pr Per P r Cent In Copper C In Copper IS 1444 Coppe 8 IS 18 1523 1528 24 24 94 24 1260 28 28 30 1030 SO O. O 30 1397 36 48 4 48 50 50 io s 5 BD 60 1410 72 1363 96 1597 On the tho 1200 1210 level 09 feet of or drifting was as done conc and of ot this H t ot was AS an extension of ot th the crosscut from the Gl- Gl roux shaft which holed hole Into the tho old Alpha workings on June 24 2 thereby making makinG the distance e feet fet The other 67 feet teet of ot drifting was was was' done to further test tt the ore measures shown how b by the old workings at the bottom of or the tha Alpha shaft haJt The Te ore on this le level lel l occurs ocr mostly as as cuprite and carbonate Carbonate with some Mme black black oxide and in many places bunches of ot metallic copper corper are are found Folo Following are arc assays of or some ome of ot the theore theore ore crossed Pere Percentage nta e copper In In 10 33 12 1 6 6 IS 4 24 24 24 2600 28 28 O- O 1 12 6 lj 12 2 10 1050 0 ZOo 20 1761 24 4 27 1042 43 4 6 61 rom From m the oxides and and carbonate ores and metallic copper r already ady dl disclosed oe on the 1000 and foot 1200 levels and the great extent t t of Je leaching ground gound r passed ed through on on all al o of th the I levels lt it I seems to toUs tous tous us only a question of ot additional depth to prove provo up a a large barge and mo most t valuable mine On the 1400 level sunk to during the year ear a adrift drift Wf was driven toward the Alpha from the GIroux shaft station staton a a distance of feet tret the last rort forty feet reet of which Is in heavy ground A smaller drift was as driven eight feet fet farther farther but crushed down dow This ground round Is b all aU right when It is 18 drained and if I shaft were ere sunk to the 1600 and tho the drained there would be no trouble Another wa way would bo be to drive several drifts on this 1400 HOO and keep changing as ns each ach in turn ot got too to wet et and he heavy to carry forward forar Below the station on this this level there is Ie cut out a a. a sump eight t feet t wide and d deep dep b by gallons two thirty feet leet fet long Ions to hold 1530 gaJo |