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ning as high as ten or twelve thousand dollars a ton. it is all good aver- 

 age stamp rock. Second, the close proximity of the ten locations in 

 the second group, all within a radius of three or four miles, leads one 

 to believe the belt has plenty of out-crops awaiting the prospector's 

 pick. Third, as the depth of mining inci eases the value of the ore 

 does not necessarily decrease, as the richest ore is in zones or pockets 

 liable at any moment to come into view. Fourth, it is as yet a new 

 mining region and but awaits the thorough and satisfactory trial of 

 one or two mines to ensure the development of all. Fifth, from a 

 geological point of view the veins should all be rich satisfactory 

 mines. They trend with hardly an exception north-west and south- 

 east, and are true fissures in all probability formed by the one con- 

 vulsion of nature and similarly filled. The difficulties that have 

 hitherto attended the development of this mineral region seem to have 

 been in several cases the temerity of the capitalists unacquainted 

 with mining and the expenditure involved in sinking into rich zones 

 of ore. In other cases properties have become mortgaged, mismanaged, 

 till finally abandoned. What is needed is thorough mining to take 

 hold with lots of capital and push the mines and sink till the mine 

 becomes a settled organization, working, yielding, and paying. 



