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general clip is about 78° to the southeast, varying somewhat, however. 

 A well-timbered shaft lias boon sunk through the unproductive rock, 

 which struck the vein at a depth of 70 feet, from that point it follows 

 the latter on the incline for 145 feet. A tunnel, driven from the south- 

 cast, also strikes the vein and connects with the shaft. Some stoping 

 has been done here. Near the shaft a wide quarry was laid in the vein, 

 and large masses of ore taken out. At this point the Buckeye receives 

 a branch vein. Secondary quartz veins traverse the lode in various di- 

 rections. It may. be observed that the course of the latter is parallel to 

 the main system of joints in the schists. On the hanging' wall a well- 

 defined clay selvage separates the ore from the country rock. This is 

 less denned on the foot-wall. Both walls are firm. At several places 

 lateral spurs leave the vein, running parallel with a second system of 

 joints. 



The gangue is composed of gray and white quartz, more or less dis- 

 colored by the decomposition of pyrite. Throughout this gangue we 

 iind disseminated minute crystals of pyrite and fine gold. Decomposi- 

 tion of the former has freed the latter. At the depth reached by the 

 workings up to the present time, no fresh ore has been obtained as yet, 

 all of it being surface-ore. An extensive series of fissures occurs in the 

 gangue, rendering it easy to work. During the past ten years much 

 gold has been taken out of this mine, and the owners expected to start 

 work again within a short time. A width of 4 to 14 feet shown by the 

 vein guarantees to them an almost unlimited supply of ore. 



Souls and Perkins Mine. 



Opposite the Buckeye, on the south side of the gulch, the Souls and 

 Perkins lode is located. It has approximately the same course, striking 

 about north 8°' east. Bearing the same relations to the surrounding 

 schists as the Buckeye, its slight deviation is accounted for by the fact 

 that the course of the schists undergoes some change. I regard the 

 two locations as made upon one vein, although the connection is appar- 

 ently broken. The Souls and Perkins is worked by means of a shaft 

 which has been sunk to a depth of about 100 feet on the foot- wall, fol- 

 lowing the dip of the vein. Mineralogically the ore is the same as that 

 of the Buckeye, but I have no data whereupon to base a comparison of 

 their respective values. 



Caribou Mine. 



This mine is located on the northern extension of the Buckeye, about 

 quarter of a mile distant. In dip and strike, the two are conformable, 

 as well as in the general character of their ore. A shaft of a little over 

 100 feet in depth has been sunk on the vien, inclining with the dip. 

 No work was being done on either of these two mines during the time 

 of my visit, but the owners were anticipating " better times." 



Miner's Delight. — This settlement is located about 2 miles north of 

 Camp Stambaugh, and was started at the time of the great mining ex- 

 citement during 1807. Comparatively little vein-mining is carried on 

 here at present, as heretofore the gulches have yielded a good deal of 

 gold. The Miner's Delight Mine is the only one worked at the present 

 time. The entire claim is separated into three divisions, which have 

 received special names. 



Young America. 



This mine forms the eastern extension of the vein. The strike of the 

 entire vein is north 43° east, with a dip of about 80° to the southeast. 



