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in the workings done last show some zinc. The gangue is strongly siliceous 

 and ferruginous. The shafts and drifts of this prospect are well timbered, 

 ventilated by a fan, and provided with horse-power hoist. The assessment 

 work for this year is done. A number of prospect holes show on dump the 

 silico-ferruginous gangue, containing more or less sulphides and molybdates 

 of lead with, no doubt, adequate traces of silver. No recent, work has been 

 done on this prospect. 



ALICE RAY MINE. 



The lower tunnel of the Alice Ray mine, on the southwest slope of the 

 second range of the Quitman Mountains, is on the same lead as the Bonanza, 

 opens about four hundred feet above the shaft of the Bonanza on the other 

 side of the mountain crest, running about two hundred feet into the moun- 

 tain. One hundred feet above this tunnel another drift about one hundred 

 feet in length is driven in, and at the mouth of this drift a shaft is sunk. 

 The gangue, as in the Bonanza diggings, decomposed ferruginous material, is 

 found with an ore vein of from two to twelve inches and over, which is 

 plainly visible at the roof of the tunnels, and at the bottom where the same 

 is not covered by dirt. 



The ore is mostly argentiferous galena and zincblende and so-called car- 

 bonates, in part a ferruginous silver bearing silicate. Copper stain sets in 

 now and then. Considerable quantities of ore were shipped from this mine, 

 and many car loads are ready for shipment. Between the Bonanza and Alice 

 Ray, on the Nickelplate prospect, a shallow shaft is sunk in the park, as a 

 flat on the mountain tops is called in West Texas. The Bonanza on the 

 eastern, and the Alice Ray on the western slope, bring in sight the ore of the 

 same lead, with a difference in the level of over five hundred feet. 



Farther down the slope another tunnel is driven, and a winze sunk from 

 this drift to a depth of at least one hundred feet. The material on the dump 

 seems less promising than that of the Alice Ray. Some small holes and 

 drifts show iron stained streaks, but are not carried on far enough to form an 

 opinion on their merits. 



QUEEN ANNE PROSPECT. 



Nearly at the foot of the slope below the Alice Ray is the Queen Anne 

 prospect, with a drift of about one hundred feet and a shaft from seventy to 

 seventy-five feet deep. The walls of both show plainly, and the prospect 

 looks very favorable. The assessment work has been done, 



