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N. 20° W., in consequence of which it approaches the Coin lode toward the north, 
and, were this trend maintained, would meet it on level 5, near the old south incline 
on the Dead Pine claim. 
In the angle between the Coin and Montana lodes are two lodes—one nearer the 
Montana, known as the No. 3 vein, anti one nearer the Coin lode, variously known 
as the Parallel or Spur vein. The Spur vein has a general strike of N. 20° W., run¬ 
ning about parallel with the Montana lode. The dip is northeast at an average 
angle of about 62.° This lode was first clearly recognized on level 4, where it lies 
only about 25 feet east of the Coin lode, to which it is locally nearly parallel. It 
was from this fact, before its general divergent relation was discerned, that it 
received the name of the Parallel vein. The Spur lode joins the Coin lode, the line 
of junction pitching north at an angle of about 50° from the horizon. 
The No. 3 vein is a small lode with the same general strike as the Spur and 
Montana lodes. Its dip, however, unlike those fissures, is westerly, at an angle of 
nearly 80°. This lode is not distinct on level 5, but is known on levels 6, 7, and 8. 
Below level 8 the No. 3 lode joins the Spur vein. 
West of the Coin lode and passing close to the shaft is the Dorothy lode, first 
recognizable on level 9 and continuing through all the lower levels. The Dorothy 
strikes N. 7° W., being thus essentially parallel with the Coin lode. • The dip is 
practically vertical. Very little is known of the Dorothy lode south of the shaft. 
The development has been almost entirely northward. 
The Cashen lode, the principal fissure.zone of the Mary Cashen mine, conies 
into the Gold Coin ground, east-northeast of the shaft, on the eastern side of the 
Montana dike and has been worked from levels 6 and 7. It strikes about N. 18° 
E. and dips at an angle of 70° W. So far as known, the lode does not cross the 
Montana dike. 
About 60 feet east of the Coin lode the main crosscut on level 4 passes through 
a closely spaced sheeted zone with steep easterly dip and nearly north-south strike. 
What is perhaps the same fissure is cut in an east crosscut about 400 feet south of 
the shaft and about 100 feet east of the south drift. At this point a strong stream 
of water issues from the fissure zone. In the northern part of the same level are 
several fissures lying east of the main Coin drift and perhaps representing the north¬ 
ward continuation of the fissure zone just described. One of these fissures at a 
point about 100 feet south of the Dead Pine line and 30 feet east of the main Coin 
drift has lately been found to contain a bod}” of ore. 
There is still another fissure zone in the Gold Coin mine, which, while it nowhere 
contains ore, appears to have had some influence on ore deposition. It has some¬ 
times been called the Cashen vein, but is an entirely different fissure zone from the 
Cashen lode proper. As it shows unmistakable evidence of fault movement, it may 
be conveniently distinguished from the Cashen lode by referring to it as the Cashen 
fault. The general strike of this zone of Assuring is N. 20° E. It dips northwest at 
an average angle of 51°. On the fifth and higher levels the Cashen fault lies to the 
east of the present workings. On level 6 it is probably cut by the Montana dike, 
though no particular examination was made to determine this point at the time of 
visit. On the same level a long east crosscut south of the Providence shaft passes, 
about 75 feet from the drift, through a strong zone of Assuring which is probably 
