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fresh close up to the fractures. There is little fluorite and a very small quantity of 
pyrite, the latter disseminated in the rock. Bunches of molybdenite were found on 
level 13, and a little tetrahedrite on level 14. 
The cross vein contains a central band of fine-grained fluorite, up to 15 inches 
thick, with several parallel seams on each side. While free gold is practically absent 
on the lower levels of the main veins, this cross vein shows some, doubtless due to 
incipient oxidation. At the intersection with the Findley no faulting is visible, 
but the northeasterly trending vein cuts through the former and would thus seem 
to be somewhat more recent. On the other hand, the Shurtloff vein faults or 
deflects the cross vein, the eastern part being thrown 6 feet northward. 
A crosscut to the west-southwest, 1,100 feet long, explores the Mountain Beauty 
ground just south of the Stratton estate holdings, and begins on level 11, 350 feet 
south of the shaft. Two veins were found in the general southern continuation of 
the Pikes Peak or Mineral Hock vein and about 300 feet south of the Lucky Guss 
No. 2 shaft, but which of them represents the vein mentioned is uncertain. Their 
distance from the beginning of the crosscut is 630 and 790 feet. Both veins show 
tellurides on tight seams. 
ORE SHOOTS. 
The shoots of the Findley mine do not appear at the surface. The principal 
ore body begins between the Findley shaft and the Hull City line, about 150 feet 
below the surface, but is rather small and irregular down to a point 500 feet below 
the surface, where it widens to 400 or 500 feet and occupies both sides of the shaft, 
extending to the Hull City line on the south. In the deepest levels it splits into 
two bodies south and north of the crosscut from the shaft; these were stoped on 
level 14 at the time of visit. The greatest width is 6 feet, and, as a rule, only the 
screenings constitute ore. 
North of the cross vein, in Shurtloff ground, the Findley is called the West vein; 
it is here generally poor, but has been stoped for 50 feet some distance above level 8. 
The Shurtloff vein splits near its north end 100 feet north of the shaft of the same 
name, and a branch connects with the Findley. The northwest branch of the vein 
is stoped on level 8 from the fork to the point where it meets the West vein and 
upward for 70 feet. The north-northwest branch is stoped for 50 feet beyond the 
fork. Just at the junction of the two branches is a good body of ore; it begins north 
of the shaft above level 7 and has been stoped down to level 10, 800 feet below the 
surface. From a length of 70 feet at the top it increases to 350 feet at level 10, the 
north end of the stope being about vertical, while the south end pitches south. 
The stope varies in width from 5 to 12 feet. At level 9 the vein consists of two prin¬ 
cipal seams, with minor ones on each side, and the whole width is stoped. The ore 
from this stope is screened and sorted, and one-fifth to one-third is saved. The 
value of the ore shipped is 2 to 2^ ounces. 
The northeasterly trending cross vein, which is probably identical with the 
Wilson vein on Pinto ground, presents some important features. A large body of 
ore, up to 30 feet in width, was found at its intersection with the Findley, 600 feet 
north of the shaft, on Findley levels 10 and 11, 725 and 825 feet below the surface. 
This cross vein carries fair ore all along for 225 feet northeast of its intersection 
