Mining and Engineering World . nly be possible to carrv on work here foitwo or three months in the year, as -now falls earlj in Ictober, and ! 1 go off 996 THE MINING WORLD November 2B, I9|u again until the latter part of June orearly in July, and the hillsides are scoredand swept by snowslides all around, tosay nothing of the difficulties of takingin supplies which must be packed uponmens backs from the camp, at the end ofthe horse-trail. In the gulch on the eastside of the ridge, at an elevation of 2300ft., is a drift 60 ft. long, on some quartzstringers in the slate, which show min-eralizat
Mining and Engineering World . nly be possible to carrv on work here foitwo or three months in the year, as -now falls earlj in Ictober, and ! 1 go off 996 THE MINING WORLD November 2B, I9|u again until the latter part of June orearly in July, and the hillsides are scoredand swept by snowslides all around, tosay nothing of the difficulties of takingin supplies which must be packed uponmens backs from the camp, at the end ofthe horse-trail. In the gulch on the eastside of the ridge, at an elevation of 2300ft., is a drift 60 ft. long, on some quartzstringers in the slate, which show min-eralization in spots of pyrite and chal-copyrite. In the west gulch, at an eleva-tion of 1550 ft., a crosscut has beendriven In ft. through heavy wash,and 25 ft. through a carbonaceous shale,to a bedded vein 4 ft. wide, consisting of aseries of quartz stringers in the shale,and carrying a little pyrite and chalcopy-rite. It has been drifted on for about 6 as it was found that the vein iscrossing the gulch, and the portal of the. Looking Down Lydden Creek. Showing Workings on the Red Cliff Big Showing. crosscut is in danger from snowslides,work has been abandoned there and a new-drive is being made from the oppositeside of the gulch to catch the vein whereit goes into the hill. There are severalother workings on the property, hut theyshow nothing of any importance. Further down Bitter creek there arc-several other prospects on which work isbeing done, with more or less encourag-ing results, but were not visited by thewriter owing to the exceedingly badweather and the lateness of the season,Bitter creek being the last section visited. Should any tonnage of err be devel-oped in the Bitter creek properties, itwill be a comparatively easy matter toget it tide water. The grade up thecreek, and the nature of the valley be-ing such that a spur from the railroadalong the Bear river can lie built as far asthe forks of the creek at a relativelysmall cost, and it will be an easy mattert
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