372 MmmG IKDUSTRT. 



The distribution of ore has thus far proved to be irregular, even as compared 

 with other mines of Lander Hill, increasing consequently the costs of mining. 

 During the summer of 1868 the work on this mine was suspended, two years 

 or more of careful management, under the superintendence of General E. A. 

 Wild, having shown that, under existing conditions and prices for mining and 

 milling, it cannot be profitably worked. 



According to the returns of the assessor the mine has produced, from 

 June 30, 1865, to January 1, 1869, about 900 tons of ore, averaging about 

 $130 per ton, or aggregating $117,000 in gold. 



Savage. — The Savage has been one of the most important and productive 

 mines of Lander Hill. The ledge crops out not far below the North Star, and 

 the developments of the mine are nearly south from the work of the Buel mine 

 on that ledge. The course of the vein in the Savage is north 64° west, true, 

 dipping quite regularly, at least to a considerable depth, at about 56°. The 

 vein is one of the best defined and strongest in the district, maintaining a 

 width of 12 inches, and sometimes much more, throughout a large portion of 

 the work. The surface yielded a good deal of rich "chloride" ore. In 

 depth the mine is opened by an incline, /, extending 350 feet, from which 

 three levels have been driven, as shown in the section represented in Fig. 3, 

 Plate XXVII. The mine was fiUed with water, below the first level, at 140 

 feet depth, when visited by the writer, and the section is therefore prepared 

 from memoranda furnished by the superintendent, Mr. Hurlbut. The fig- 

 ures may vary slightly from the actual truth, being given from memory, but 

 they vnll serve to illustrate some interesting points in the mode of occurrence 

 of the ore-courses in this and neighboring veins. 



The incline is 450 feet from the southeast boundary line, dividing the 

 property from the Southern Light. The pay-ore has been almost entirely 

 between the incline and this boundary. The first level was driven to the 

 line, and, excepting a few feet near the shaft, was in good ore throughout the 

 whole distance. The second level found the pay-ground a little further from 

 the shaft than in the level above, and, being driven through it, encountered a 

 slide, or fault, //, at about 50 feet before reaching the boundary line. The 

 cross-vein, causing the fault, has a nearly north and south course, and dips 

 westerly 35° to 45°. The third level found the pay-ground still further from 



