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Show Bj DinECIORS ELECTED. H Annual R'port or tlie t)ltoii .lilnlns H and Hilling Companr. H ' Tht Dtlton OolJ Mlnlnit and Mill- H Ingcomrany held Its """'I meotlnij H Jala jealarday afternoon and fleets I H tha following dlnctorti A. C. Htand. H rl, Joiepli JI. Calnc, Henry C. White, B J, II. llughci, Isaao Jsnulngi, UHbi H J Morris, James 1 J.nnlnfcs. B Manager Iiaao Jennlugi lubmltted Hj; hli annual report. II ! as followi: m lit. Chairman ami SlccklioMeta of tho H DaltonUold Mining Milling Coin- H, ll'Jr'owltt.aubniltrny report as insn- a ager for the your past, ' Wlien I bararrie managorof this rom- M tmnr on I ebrusry a lot, I found that v ha company was Inilebot tiiuliaan M l amount, and upon a parsons! Inaction l nf the liroparly, I found that lliclr cm. 1 karrasaul condition bad presents-, llio motions lioard from putting In tho K iiaooiiiaryauppllcafortliabnardingliouia K, anil mlnei alio, that wa wero entirely H without timbers and bad only a email IIBl aupplyof wood. The necessary siipp!los, fl Umber and wood had to bo put In am H . greatly Increased coat, owing to Mia Uoplli K of annw and tho nrn-Mlly of keeping t open tho trail from lha canmn to llio K mine, whlih required ilatly ahorollng by g almoit tho enlira forco, until wo ha I e packM aiifilclcnt auppllei an I got In B timber aud wood for our apriug opera aHHHK Xona. H I have, during tha lima, drlren a msln H orworklngtunnolfix7 feet In thorlesr, at K a depth af 11X1 leot below tunnel No. i', a K dlaUnro ot about WSO feel, which la In Hf flratelaiiaoonditlon. At a illalanooof 200 B feet from lha mouth of tha main tunnel, H or No. 3, wo encountered a vein nf quarts H on which wa drlfiol IMi) feet, then H striking a seln of pay oro which wo linro B followed "Ofeoti up to Jan. I'ah After S airlklng tnla ore, wn found that tho drill H waa caving badly and It booamo nocos- H aary to timber tha drift for a dWlanca of H orer 2W feoL We put In timber, four H feet apart and lagged tho enlira tile lance. H -. We continued thu abaft, cnnnei'llng tun M ' rjelaNo.landNo.2rroutlheleoluf No. B i 2 about W foot, well llmbero I and UO In B w tho clear, when wn were oompellod to H j atop on account of wator, Tha abaft has H I beon atink all tho way on a rich rhlmney H ut ore, which contlnuoa to tha bottom of H r tho abaft and from which alt uur rich H ahlnplng oro has boon lakoni and tho M ' drift from our tunnel No. 3 will strike H tldi chimney of oro at a donlli of 'about M 1M feet below tho bollooi of tho ahaft, tho H face of the drift being on Jan. lSlli about H 30 feet from tho ahaft. H Tunnel o. 2 haa boon eloaneil oat and H tlnibored from tho ahaft, n dNtanco of H about lSureot, to face of drift, alaoaomo H tlmberlngfrnniluotitli of tunnel toahafu H It waa alao nocea-ary for tho a ifoty of tho H inon to retlmber many j lacoa In tho H upiver workings of the mine. H Ave haro now on hau 1 auppllea of all H klnda. Including jMiwder nn I ralla, H audlclent for tho preaent forco till May 1. H and timber and wood onougb to lait until H July. H j During tha year wo havo not operated K the mill aa tha ox perlouco of tho preTloua H earpro ml that, without aildillonat ina- H cblnery tho mill would not earn tho H Taluoaofouroroaullloioutl) tojtmtlfy ua 0 I In working It. About Kept I, we added H t j to the mill a new concentrator by which A wo were ablo to aavo about W) per cont of H . thevaluoof our oro, but owing to tho l I ahortago of water wo wero uuabtoto H "; 'I operalothomlllonanythlngbutaaamplo H y lot of oro. Tho mill and mll tnachluory H aro In good condition and woll Inatirod. H l'urlng tho year I bare auocoedcd,wlth 1 . l the aaalaunce of aevoral gentlemou who 1 ' aro atockholdera In tho company, hi tak ; Ing up the mortgage of f'lOOO onlho property, which waa long lunlduo, and T wo aro carrying tho aame u Ith tho under- H alaudlng that llio company abatl not ba 1 required to tako It up without detriment. 1 i 1 hare managed tboalTalraot tho coin- 1 ( pany without any oapuno totboatock- Hi holders, except tbo actual oxpenani t t Inourred lnallondlng to tho tmeiuea, to 'j I which I haro gtvon all tha tlmo nocea- J aary. I havo also glvou my peraunal H ' enuorseinent to obtain fund when H ' required, ponding tbo payment of aateaa- 1 My futuro policy In reganl to the mlno H In caaa J am retalntd aa manager for tho H company, will bo to drlvo tbo main tun- not under tha abaft aa rapidly aa poailblu H' aud then makoan uprlau to connect tho H tunnel with the ahaft. Out of nil thli H ground I expect to bo nblo toatofHia H ' claaaof ore that iaa boahlppod. I auatl H t alao continue tba main tunnel on Ihovclu r Into the bill, aluklng from the tunnel uu H tho rich cblmnoy of oro. Alao driving r tunnel No. 2 Into the hill, which will i oiH-n up a largo body of milling ore. ! With regard to the mill, 1 will any that I proKaotOMtarlltiip on milling oro, aa H 1 Boon aa tbo weather will permit, w lih our H j prevent machinery, and tho addition, H perhapa, of pana and aeltlera, abould tho H j new conooutralora fall to auvo thovaluoa H I we expect. f, Wo hat o now on hand at tbo mill, l ' i probably eighty tons of crudo oro bo- J , ! aldea 1W tona of tailings, with aoteral f f 1 buudrod tons of milling oro on tho dump 1 , at tbo liilnei aud I lotlovo no will ho H 1) able to mil tbo mill continuously from H tbo time It Is aurted. H Thauklng you for the support you havo B i;tven ma In tha paat ear In my un- B deavor to suaceiifully and ecouumlially B i manage this properly. I bog to submit H I liorowlth u atalcmcnt of tho reiwlpta aud H. t disbursements undor my manairsmoui. K lloapoctrully aubmittiHl. WI Isaau Jt-NflNas. |
