400 MEsrmG endfstet. 



beyond that is the Silver Bend, claiming 2,000 feet, and on which some 

 600 or 700 feet have been opened at a depth of about 70 feet. 



The ledge on this property presents the characteristic features shown in 

 the neighboring mines. It varies from a few inches to 8 or 10 feet in width, 

 carrying a belt, or seam, generally near the hanging wall, in which the ore is 

 well distributed. At the bottom of the north incline the vein is 8 feet wide, 

 filled with quartz. The pay-seam here is two feet wide. Further south the 

 ledge pinches to a mere seam as it passes the ravine, where a vertical shaft, 

 30 feet deep, located east of the croppings, connects the work with the surface, 

 and affords ventilation. Further south the ledge widens out again, varying 

 from 1 to 4 feet, and showing productive ground. These openings have afforded, 

 without any stoping, between 150 and 200 tons of ore, of which 100 tons have 

 been worked, yielding over $100 per ton, while the appearance of the remain- 

 der indicated a still higher product. Ten tons were being worked about the 

 time that the writer was there, of which the pulp assay was $190. This mine 

 is one of much promise. It is owned by an eastern company that has sus- 

 pended active operations for a time, but will probably proceed with its devel- 

 oj)ment when other conditions are favorable. 



South of the Silver Bend Company's claim the outcrop of the ledge turns 

 westward, partly due to the flat dip of the vein and the slope of the surface ; 

 partly, perhaps, to a change of the course of the lode. Some other locations 

 have been made on what is claimed as a separate ledge, though believed by 

 many, in the absence of actual proof, to be the same ledge as that of the Sil- 

 ver Bend. Such are the Mountain Queen and, further south, the Quintara. 



About 1,000 or perhaps 1,500 feet west of the vein above described is a 

 succession of mines, in the earlier stages of development, which, for aught that 

 so far appears to the contrary, are on one vein, though further developments 

 may show them to be on several distinct veins. These are the El Dorado South, 

 the El Dorado North, Atlanta, Arizona, and some other claims. The ledge on 

 which they are located appears to be parallel to the Highbridge-Transyl- 

 vania, but nearer the junction of the quartzites and slates with the underlying 

 granite. The El Dorado South is the southern claim, and the most developed ^ 



of all. At their works the ledge crops out plainly, showing a belt of quartz ' 



