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trenching ought to 
soon a narrow stringer dipping about 70° was picked up and followed. This stringer 
widened, and in a few feet had attained the proportions of the main vein. At 80 feet 
another irregularity occurred, and work was stopped at that point without determining the 
nature of the difficulty. A few feet southwest of the new incline the vein gives out The 
miners believe that faulting has taken place, and such may be the case, but it may be that 
pinching alone is the cause, in which case a small amount of surface 
expose the continuation of the vein. 
The ore at this mine is con- 
fined wholly to the fissure 
filling. The massive quartz 
contains pyrite — in s o in e 
places a large proportion — of 
various degrees of perfection 
of crystal form. The sulphide 
carries the great portion of 
the gold. One peculiarity of 
the decomposition of the 
pyrite at this mine is the for- 
mation of crystalline sulphur 
(see p. 64). The ore as 
broken runs $4 to $7 per ton, 
although some heavy sulphide 
portions have been much 
richer. Sorting raises the 
average value to about $12, 
the quartz without pyrite 
always being rejected. Con- 
siderable stoping was done 
by Mr. Frank. He took out 
most of the vein from the 50- 
foot level and in places from 
the 80-foot level to the surface 
for a distance of probably 300 
feet along the strike. A few 
hundred tons have been taken 
out along, the new incline by 
the Eustis management. 
The comparatively 1 o w 
grade of the ore, irregularity 
of the vein, and the combat 
with water will always make 
the working of this mine 
expensive. 
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Quartz 
Amphibolite 
Fig 
In western 
about 3 mile& 
York County 
southwest of 
13.— Hypothetical plan of vein at Brown mine as it might 
appear at greater depths. A, Vein as it might appear at some 
distance below the 80-foot level, showing pinching and the 
slight influence of joints. B, Vein as it might appear at some 
still greater depth, showing the vein again continuous by the 
uniting of so-called lenses. 
Hickory Grove and about H miles northwest of the Brown mine, is the Schlegelmilch 
mine, which is also the property of Mr. W. E. C. Eustis. This mine was worked over fifty 
years ago by the first owner, from whom it is named. No idea of the production can be 
given. It is known simply that some oxidized ore of good grade was taken out in the 
early days. The amount must have been small. Besides several old shafts extending 
down to water level, or down to the limit of general oxidation— perhaps 40 to 50 feet— 
which are in most cases caved in, a shaft about 100 feet deep has more recently been sunk 
and probably 250 feet of drifting done. A small steam hoist was in use. The Schlegelmilch 
mine was closed down at the same time as the Brown and is not now in operation. 
