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tlie hill, and, perhaps, 200 or 300 feet above the level of the valley. On this 

 vein are located the mines of the Combination Gold and Silver Mining Com- 

 pany, Belmont Silver Mining Company, the Elmore — a short claim — and the 

 Silver Bend Company. The mines located by these several companies were 

 not at first generally believed to be on one and the same ledge, and a differ- 

 ence of opinion still exists among interested parties, but the developments 

 show pretty clearly that the ledge is one that has been faulted on the Bel- 

 mont property, the southern extension of it having been thrown to the east- 

 ward about 150 feet. The Belmont claim is, therefore, in two parts, the 

 northern claim being on the so-called Highbridge, unquestionably the contin- 

 uation of the vein claimed by its northern neighbor — the Combination Com- 

 pany; while the southern portion, a little further east, but having similar 

 course, is located on what is termed the Transylvania, which is, without 

 doubt, identical with the vein of the Elmore and the Silver Bend, further 

 south. The indications, both on the surface and underground, so far as 

 opened, point clearly to the conclusion that these locations are all on one 

 vein, known as the Highbridge, north of the fault or break, and as the Tran- 

 sylvania south of that point. 



Combination. — The northernmost claim, on which any important work 

 has been .done, is that of the Combination, which is said to be 5,000 feet in 

 length, although their explorations have been chiefly made within 400 or 500 

 feet of their south boundary, while the ground proved by actual developments 

 to be productive was, at the date of the writer's visit, in the extreme southern 

 portion of the claim, not exceeding 225 feet in length. The surface workings 

 yielded largely in " chloride " ores, and the vein along the croppings, which 

 was split into two or three branches, has been extensively wrought. In depth 

 the vein has been opened from below by means of a tunnel driven in from the 

 eastward, through the country-rock, located about 150 feet from the south 

 boundary, 244 feet in length, and cutting the vein at 70 feet below the sur- 

 face. Where cut by this tunnel the vein was poor, but a drift to the south 

 about 30 feet encountered a good body of ore. From the end of the cross- 

 cut a winze was sunk, which also, at a depth of 60 feet, encountered the 

 same body, which continued from this point down to the water level, 160 feet 

 below surface. A vertical shaft, located east of the croppings on the surface. 



