. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. iiis, will) llic cNcipt idii of tlic ((Hiiiiiiclif. (\\\> fi-diii M\ to 4) In lliccast. The Comanclie Vein dips 82^ oast, liaviiif? a width of from 7 to S vein lias been worked lliroufrli the Coniaiu-lie Sliaft to a deptli ofToO feet and has been the most ])rodiietive vein on IJlind Springs Ilill,liaving a reported i)rodiiction of $1,000,000. The present develojjment work is eonfined to the Kerriek Shaft onthe Diana-Kerriek Vein. The Diana Shaft is loeated loOO f
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. iiis, will) llic cNcipt idii of tlic ((Hiiiiiiclif. (\\\> fi-diii M\ to 4) In lliccast. The Comanclie Vein dips 82^ oast, liaviiif? a width of from 7 to S vein lias been worked lliroufrli the Coniaiu-lie Sliaft to a deptli ofToO feet and has been the most ])rodiietive vein on IJlind Springs Ilill,liaving a reported i)rodiiction of $1,000,000. The present develojjment work is eonfined to the Kerriek Shaft onthe Diana-Kerriek Vein. The Diana Shaft is loeated loOO feet south ofthe Kerrick Shaft. This shaft was snnk on the vein to a deptli of 800feet, and the vein stoped south to the Kerriek end line from the SOO-footlevel, a distance of 900 feet. The elevation of the Diana Shaft is (iSOOfeet. The Diana-Kerrick Vein strikes N. 10 W., and has an avera<;edip of 47° to the east. The width of the vein varies from 18 inches to4 feet. The orehodies occur as irre<rular lenses of antinionial cctjjper-lead-silver ore carrying from lid lo l.)() ounces in silver j)er t(»n. witii. Kerrick shaft. Comanche Mining and lt<<iuclion Conipany, Hi-iilun, Calif<irni;i. from 20^* to $2 per ton in pold. At an elevation of (iGOO feet, theKerrick Shaft was suid< on the vein hy former operators to the (, where it was cut off by a fault which strikes N. ;)() W., and dips85° south. The vein was stoped both north and south of sliaft to thesurface from this level and it is reported was worked as far .south a-s theDiana-Kerrick end line. The jiroduction of ore from the Diana-Kerrickmines is stated to have been about .$900,000. The Kerrick Shaft has been sunk by this comjiany from tlie to the 9.)0-foot level, the shaft beinj, in the hanpinp wall of thevein to the 7r)0-foot level where the vein was encountered. From thispoint, the shaft is on the vein to the 9r)0-foot level. The vein was step-faulted a distance of 30 feet.
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