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Beyond the Smith and Parmelee is the claim of the New York Gold 

 Mining Company, on which a shaft has been sunk between 200 and 300 feet 

 in depth. The claim, however, is disputed by the Smith and Parmelee. 

 Nothing has been done on it for some time. Still further east are other 

 claims, covering several hundred or a thousand feet, but not yet much devel- 

 oped. 



Bates Lode. — The Bates lode is several hundred feet northwest of the 

 Gregory, and nearly parallel to that vein, or rather to the so-called Briggs, 

 having, so far as observed by the writer, a nearly identical course with the last 

 named, north 55° east, true. It is traced on the surface down the northern 

 slope of Gregory Hill, across Gregory Gulch, and over the hill dividing the last 

 named from Chase Gulch. It has been opened and worked to a considerable 

 depth for about a thousand feet in length, and claims are located on it for a still 

 greater distance. On the lower part of Gregory Hill, where it is commonly 

 known as the Bates-Hunter lode, there are several short claims that have been 

 worked by private parties; one of these claims, 160 feet in length, belong- 

 ing to Borem, Mellor & Company, has been worked by them to a depth of 

 100 or 200 feet, producing excellent milling ore at a handsome profit to the 

 men engaged in it. 



Further to the northeast, the Rocky Mountain Gold Mining Company 

 have a claim of 250 feet, located just in the bed of the Gregory Gulch, on 

 which they have sunk three shafts to the depth of 200 or 300 feet, having on 

 the surface a liberal provision of hoisting and pumping machinery, compris- 

 ing an excellent engine of 40 or 50 horse-power, with boilers and winding 

 apparatus. 



Union. — Adjoining their claim on the east is the Union mine, 300 feet in 

 length, and worked to a depth of 350 or 400 feet. The vein is 5 or 6 feet 

 wide, on an average, but expanding sometimes to 15 or 20 feet, and pinching 

 up in places to a few inches. In general, however, it appears in the Union mine 

 to be one of the strongest and most uniform lodes in the Territory. The 

 mine has been opened by two shafts, of which the western is the deeper and 

 the main shaft ; the other is not in good working condition, and is only use- 

 ful as a ladder-way and air passage. The mine has been pretty thoroughly 



worked out to a depth of 250 feet, but, when visited by the writer, had more 

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