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GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LEAD REGION. 



FIG. 13. 



necessary transportation underground to the main shaft. The company has worked 

 continuously here for many years, and now employs about fifteen men. The ground has 

 been very productive; it produced in one year 1,300,000 pounds. Its average annual pro- 

 duction for the last nine years is estimated at 300,000 pounds of lead ore. 



James Thomas & Co. This company has been working here for the last fifteen years. 

 The ore is found on an east and west range, in the 65-foot opening. The diggings arc 

 dry and from 150 to 160 feet deep. Four men are employed here. The average pro- 

 duct is 150,000 pounds of lead ore per annum. The land is owned by Mr. Dewey. 



Hntchcroft & Thomas. Situated 450 feet south of the preceding, and connected 

 with them underground. They are in the same opening as the preceding, and have 

 been worked continuously many years. During the last year they have been idle, hav- 

 ing been sold by the parties who operated them. When worked, then: annual product 

 was 150,000 pounds. 



Hiitchinson, Dewey & Co. Situated on the S. E. qr. of Sec. 26, east of James Thom- 

 as & Co., and on the same range and opening. This party has been working here since 

 1869, and has now a very good prospect. The average depth below the surface is 160 



feet; in some cases it is 180 feet. They are 

 connected with the Adkinson diggings by a 

 quartering range. They have produced about 

 30,000 pounds in the last three years. Three 

 men are now employed. 



Adkinson Diggings. Situated a short dis- 

 tance east of the preceding and connected 

 with them. Access is gained to these diggings 

 through a level about a quarter of a mile long, 

 emptying into the valley of Rattlesnake creek. 

 The level was run on a northeast crevice, 

 which contained a large amount of ore, and 

 was frequently intersected with east and west 

 crevices, as represented in Fig. 13. These dig- 

 JUNCTION OF EAST AND WEST VEINS -WITH A , navf> hp pn wor ked continuously durine- 

 QUARTERING RANGE, ADKINSON DIGGINGS. S 1 "^ 8 J 



. the last twenty veal's. During the last fifteen 

 1. Northeast or quartering range; 2, 3, 4. East 



and west veins. years the annual product has been 150,000 



pounds of lead ore. Four men are now employed here. 



Showalter & Payten. Situated a quarter of a mile sDutheast of the preceding, and 

 near the south line of the Dewey land. These parties commenced two years since, and 

 are now working an east and west range in the 65-foot opening. Two men are now 

 working here, and the prospect is good. During the last two years the product has been 

 70,000 pounds. 



Arthur & Co. Situated 200 feet south of the preceding, on Mr. Arthur's land. This 

 is a new east and west range, discovered in the spring of 1876. A shaft has been sunk 

 90 feet to the 65-foot opening, and a small amount of ore produced. The appearances 

 in this new range arc quite encouraging. 



Hitter & Bock. N. E. qr. Sec. 35, T. 4, R. 5 W. Situated on land owned by Mr. 

 Ritter. fhis is a new east and west range, discovered in the summer of 1875. It is 

 worked on the 65-foot level. It is regarded as a good prospect, and has already pro- 

 duced 20,000 pounds. 



Loomis & Co. Situated on the land of the Graham Mining Co., in the southern 

 part. This is also a new east and west range, discovered in August, 1876. It has pro- 

 duced about 12,000 pounds. The mine is now in a condition to yield 1,000 pounds per 

 day. 



The Lead ore in the Muscalunge mines occurs in direct contact with the wall rock, 



