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frequent breaks and slides, but recovering it again without much trouble, until, 

 at a depth of 384 feet from the surface, measured on the dip of the ledge, a 

 fault was encountered by which the vein was cut off. The incline was con- 

 tinued 66 feet further without finding traces of the ledge, and then a level was 

 driven horizontally from the bottom of the incline, in a northeasterly direction, 

 in the belief that the vein was in the ground above. At a distance of 225 

 feet from the bottom of the incline, or 675 feet from its mouth at the surface, 

 the lost vein, or what is believed to be such, was found again, carrying, at the 

 point where cut, a good seam of ore, which subsequent developments proved 

 to be one of the most valuable discoveries ever made on Lander Hill. From 

 the point in the vein intersected by the cross-cut, drifts were run east and west. 

 The former, at about 30 feet from the starting point, encountered another 

 slide, striking north and south and dipping west, which cut the vein entirely 

 off; but the western drift developed a body of ore more than 100 feet in 

 length and extending an equal or greater distance above the level, having an 

 average thickness of 12 or 15 inches of solid mineral. The general charac- 

 teristics of this occurrence were such as have been already described, but 

 the ore was unusually rich in silver, and proved to be a source of wealth to 

 the company. 



In order to carry on the work of mining on deeper levels the Buel North 

 Star Company formed a consolidation of interest with the Lane and Fuller 

 Company. The latter, chiefly owned by the principal stockholders of the for- 

 mer, had sunk a vertical shaft, located higher up the hill, about 800 or 900 

 feet northeast of the incline, and already about 300 feet deep at the time of 

 the consolidation of the two concerns. The sinking of this shaft was con- 

 tinued by the new company, under the name of The Lane and Fuller, and, at 

 a depth of 400 feet, was connected with the vein by a drift, which, running 

 with an irregular course, but generally in a southwesterly direction, cut the 

 ledge at a distance of 200 or 300 feet from the shaft. From this point the 

 drift is carried on some 300 feet in the ledge, and when visited by the writer * 



in September, 1869, had opened an excellent body of ore. In the western 1 



extremity the ore was less rich, as it was there approaching the region of the -.^ 



base metals ; but there was a stope over 100 feet in length in which the show 

 of ore was as fine as any ever seen in the mine. The eastern limit of this ore- ? 



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