Show S r Mines and Mining ke SR Sprague F. F Edited pro Hi Wg W. W ue Ii J BUTTE IN FINE I I 5 1 Water and High-Grade High StreakS Streak f S Appear in Blind Fissure BEST GROUND IS AHEAD Workings Just Entering Mineralized Mineralized Miner Miner- MinerS S Portion Fortion of the Mountain S With 20 Inches of vein eln material h a a. general sample of which returns yul- yul ues of 2520 In iii gold with water coming Into the fissures and a streak of rich ore appearing on one of oC the theS S walls sinco the last general sample rumple S was WM taken the tho Gold Butto Butte Mines company's company's com corn pany's property at Gold Butte Dutte Nev is Js making a a. showing which proves most Interesting to the men behind It I Tho Tue fissure Is a blind lead cut at about CO f O teat root In the tunnel At t first there was only a tight seam scam of two or three Inches of ot ore which returned returned re returned re- re turned values of ot a n. ton toll In gold It had been driven en upon only from 10 to 16 oct feet when It widened to eight feet of soft material only slightly mIneralIzed mineralized min mm- but of or highly favorable composition composition com corn position for tor making ore Then a few tew fe feet t further r t the 20 0 In Inches hes of rock car- car Ig aou mining valUes was v bred and since inco that time timo Improvement improvement Improve improve- ment mOnt has been so rapid that the lie owners owners own own- ers r cannot but feel feol that thoy they are approaching approaching ap ap- approaching ap- ap an Important bod body of ot ore S Tho The workings are aro only Just enterIng enterIng enterIng enter- enter Ing tim the mineralized of ot the mountain th there ic ti being ahead a 0 long longstretch longstretch longstretch stretch of or interesting ground with depth to be gained rapidly Only feet ahead ahead of of ot tho tim tunnel Is la the Lone LoneStar LoneStar LoneStar Star vein rein w which l h Jows all nil kinds of values on the surface Still furth further r toward tho pOx apex of ot tho the mountain Is the mother lode In which experts have o not a 11 doubt that rich results will be obtained while at least three or four additional veins showing on the surface surface sur sur- face remain to be cU cut And tho the present outlook Is that the blind fissure to which little Importance Importance tance was at first attached will dc- dc volon Into well worth ex ex- ex I The flow now of of water ater encountered encountered rl- rl not only denotes that a 11 fissure of ot some Importance has been cut but the water Itself If It developed In sufficient suf BUt quantity will bo be next in value to a good body of ot ore With both oro ore and water In extent now promised the company will build a small mill at the tho mouth of the tunnel and be e eIn in position to push the more extensive extensive exten exten- extensIve sive development which It Is believed would soon open a a. rich mine |