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There is a ten-foot assessment shaft and a number of surface openings.
The Silver is owned by Carnahan and Barr. It is developed by a shaft down twenty-five feet on a contact vein, following the foot wall. There is a ten-inch showing of black talc, mineralized. The vein is three feet wide and almost perpendicular. Some fine speci- mens of ore have been produced from this property, showing chlo- ride and native silver.
The Bullion and Belle of Percha make favorable showings, the
latter in particular having an immense outcropping of quartz.
The Percha Chief is owned by J. W. McCuistion, Ed. Kelley
and A. J. Shaw. The shaft shows an iron capping nearly vertical, changing into quartz at a depth of nine feet. The vein is well de- fined and easily traced.
TheOsceola,isownedbyA.J.ShawandF.M.Meyers. Ithas a twelve-foot vertical shaft, and an incline shaft twenty feet deep. Good ore has been produced from both of these openings. A large cropping of quartz upon this claim shows some rich ore.
The Gamewell is owned by McCuistion, Kelley and Shaw. It is located on the same vein as the Osceola. It has a shaft twelve
feet deep.
TheCometisownedbyElaineandMcLaughlin. Itisafissure
in porphyry, carrying a quartz gangue bearing silver sulphurets. It is opened by an adit level on the vein to a distance of forty-five feet. This level leaves the ore to the right most of the way, but it is ready to take out any time.
The Temperate Zone and Comet lie parallel with each other and are owned by W. H. Hume and others. The vein of the Tem- perate Zone is of good width and has yielded some very fine ore.
The Gem is owned by Fitzpatrick, Shannon and Fox. Shows a vein from ten to twelve feet in width and are now in on it twenty- two feet. Several good assay returns have been obtained from the Gem, one going $260 in silver. The average returns are from $60 to $70.
The Homestake joins the Gem on the southwest, and is located upon the same vein. No work of consequence is done. It is owned by Fitzpatrick, Shannon and Fox. Assays run from $5.00 to $100.
The Eclipse shows two veins carrying considerable iron, and has
different veins crossing it.