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gear. The shaft is sunk in three compartments, each five feet square, 

 two for hoisting rock and one for water. This machinery, however, had 

 not at that time been made available, having been set up in winter and 

 rendered useless for a time by the settling of the foundations. The work 

 was unfortunately standing idle in consequence. The bottom of the mine 

 was looking well, however, and its further development was to be proceeded 

 with as soon as the machinery could be properly established. The company 

 have a large mill of 40 stamps, arranged for the treatment of both first and 

 second-class ores, by the dry and the wet, or Washoe, process, of which some 

 descriptive notes will be given in a following paragraph. 



Belmont. — Next south of the Combination is the Belmont Company's 

 claim, covering 850 feet. Immediately adjoining the claim of the Combination 

 they had some excellent ground, which yielded from the croppings and near 

 the surface a large amount of '! chloride" ores, producing, it is said, over 

 $110,000. About 90 feet from the line a vertical shaft was sunk on the crop- 

 pings 180 feet, which was standing idle when visited. The vein becomes small 

 and pinched at no great distance from the line, and is soon lost in ground that 

 has evidently suffered much disturbance. It is here that the fault, already re- 

 ferred to, occurs, the continuation of the vein appearing about 150 feet further 

 east as the Transylvania. On this portion of the property a shaft has been 

 sunk, about 400 feet from the south line, to a depth of 170 feet, and the vein 

 opened by levels driven to the northward until reaching the fault, which, in 

 the upper level, is 130 feet from the shaft, and, in the lower level, little more 

 than 50 feet. The vein is 7 or 8 feet wide, and, near the shaft, is very reg- 

 ular and well defined. The ground between the shaft and the fault was 

 found quite productive in places, and much of it was stoped out. It is said 

 by those in charge to have yielded 2,000 tons, worth, on the average, $50 

 per ton. The work was idle in the summer of 1868, partly because no greater 

 depth could well be reached without hoisting and pumping machinery, of 

 which there was no provision, and partly because the property was then 

 under ofier for sale in England. 



Silver Bend. — Next south of the Belmont is a short claim, 150 feet in 

 length, known as the Elmore ground, on which some work has been done ; 



