MINES BETWEEN ALTMAN AND GOLDFIELD. 
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just east of the dike. These stopes began near the Findley boundary line on level 4, 
where the “D” vein begins to split off from the main vein, and continued widen¬ 
ing down to level 10, where they are 500 feet long. The shoot continues, though 
the best values were found between levels 8 and 9. 
A third shoot follows the projection of the Glorieta shaft down to Hull City 
level 8. It connects on the south side all along with the ore body in the Vindicator 
No. 2 on the Wallace vein, and will be mentioned in more detail when that mine is 
described. 
VINDICATOR MINE. 
PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. 
The Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company owns an irregular area 
of 30 acres on the southern slope of Bull Cliff, above the town of Independence. 
The property extends from the Hull City line on the northwest to the Lillie, Christ¬ 
mas, and Golden Cycle boundaries on the southeast, a distance of 1,400 feet. Most 
of the ore shoots lie on the Wallace and Trotter claims, which have a general north- 
northwest direction. The mine was opened in 1895 and has been actively worked 
since then. The total production up to January 1, 1895, is about $4,600,000, 
from which dividends to the amount of $1,225,000 have been paid. The output 
for 1903 and 1904 has been as follows: 
Output of Vindicator mine. 
1C03. 
1904. 
Amount. 
Assay 
value. 
Amount. 
Assay 
value. 
Smeltinc' orp _ ..... 
Tons. 
7,700 
S418,230 
74,929 
Tons. 
8,980 
8521,560 
Milling ore.. 
- 
4,728 
6,364 
103,121 
12,428 
493,160 
15,344 
624,687 
The main or No. 1 shaft is located close to the Lillie boundary line in the 
western part of the property. The elevation of the collar is 10,209 feet and sixteen 
levels are turned, the lowest (1,200-foot) level having an elevation of 9,009 feet. 
The relations of the levels are shown in fig. 52. Those most important for the pur¬ 
poses of this description are levels 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 16, corresponding to depths 
of 502, 650, 804, 904, 1,003, and 1,201 feet. Level 16 connects with level 12 of 
the Lillie. 
No. 2 shaft lies close to the Hull City line, 800 feet west-northwest of the main 
shaft. Its collar is 23 feet lower than that of the main shaft, and only seven levels 
are turned. Of these, level 6 is 500 and level 7 about 600 feet below the surface. 
Drifts on all levels from the main shaft explore pretty thoroughly the space between 
the Hull City and Lillie mines, while long crosscuts on levels 8, 12, and 14 open the 
south end of the property. The total length of shafts, drifts, and crosscuts on all 
levels is stated to be 12 miles, to which a considerable amount is added each year. 
