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Wednesday, May 25, 1904
THE SUMPTER MINER
$
GOOD STRIKE OF MILLING
ORE AT MAY QUEEN
(S"S4T
Firs N'vtionail B&Nae
OF SUMPTER
Capital Stock
Surplus, 51000
$25,000
Body Already Measures Six Feet And
Probably Prove Much Larger
Than This.
Will
John Thomson nmnnnor of thu
May Qui'ou, in thu Kml Hoy ilintritit,
who was in town today, reports a
Hood Htriko at thu property.
A six foot liody ot kooi! milling
ore has boon eiiuomitoreri on thu Hod
Hoy extension drift, and thu indi
cations are that it may provu very
much wider than this. There is an
eighty-foot porphyry and quart.ito
dyke measuriuH about eighty feet
making toward this drift, at an anl(
Homethhm less than forty-live de
crees. When the drift reached this
point, the dyke made a square abut
ment against the vein, forming its
hauuinu wall to the west. Now, it
has been the theory of of Mauauer
Thomseu, based on the ueneral ehar
uoteristies, that ood ore may be ex
pected on the north side of these
dykes. So the strike was no reat
surprise to him. The eighty-foot
dyke hauttiiiK wall was passed and
when the drift penetrated thu ground
immediately to thu north, there thu
body of high grade milling ore was
onuouutcred. So far Mr. Thomson
says it measures six feet and slightly
over, lint its entire width is not.
known. It is extremely probable, he
thinks, babiug such t: inclusion on lied
Hoy development, that the body may
go as high as twenty feet. It's as
preiiy a variery 01 iree mining
quarty,, Mr. Thomson says, as he
uver saw in his lite.
Thu dyke was passed at a distance
ot about. ")()U feet from the portal of
the drift, going north, where the
depth is in tho neighborhood of
250 foot. Tho dyke itself carries
about, twenty feet of porphyry and
the rest of the eighty feet is quartz-
ite It stops short against the vein I
and forms the hanging wall for this
distancu. This strike was made on
thu Red Hoy extension, or what has !
been clearly proven to be the lied I
Hoy vein.
Tho previous work on this drift, has
shown a good liody of fro milling
ore extending for a distance of forty I
feet. Heyond this, north in the J
direction ot the dyke, was ore mainly
of 11 low grade character. Hut the
butter ore was expected beyond the
dyke, in conformity to an invariable
rule of mineral oucuriunce in this
district.
The May Queen is equipped with a
tun stamp mill. This will be started. !
Mr. Thomson says, as soon as the ore J
supply justifies it. ills idea is to,
have enough ore in sight for con- ,
Minimis operation and this condition
ho thinks is rapidly being realized.
IMPROVEMENTS AT
THE G0LC0NDA MINE
The management of tho (Jol
couda is taking advantage of the
temporary close down to look after
general repair work, and needed im
provements.
A new cage for shaft is beuig built,
and the boilers are bonig rebricked
ami new fronts added, besides other
overhauling. No delluite informa
tion has been given out by Manager
Howard in regard to the proposed
cyanide plant, and it is not known
when work will lie started on this.
Cutting of Gem Stones.
In the cutting of gem stones the,
stones in the rough are tnldered in a
metal handle or cemented to a stick
by means of wax or some other adhe
sive material, after which they are
ground to a rounded symmetrical
shape oil a flat, revolving wheel, the
abrasive, diamond dust, emery or
ground corundum, being applied by
moans of water or oil. The wheels
used are usually of iron or copper
and at times wheels of wood are ijped.
When the stone has received a gen
oral round ug, the cutting of facets,
ono at a time, is begun. That the
exact augl" at which each facet is to
bo cut is maintained, a ..slump is pro
vided above thu wheel, in which is
fastened the handle on which the gem
is soldered. Through this the stone
is held against thu wheel at (he de
sired angle until (he facet is cut.
After the stone iias received by
grinding thu desired number of facets,
(tie process of polishing is performed.
This is accomplished in a similar
way to the grinding except that softer
abrasives, such as rough tropoli or
putty powder, and softer wheels are
used, the ahiasivo being applied drj
or moist to wheels of leather, felt or
paper, against which thu stone is
pressed. The facets of diamonds are
cut by rubbing together by hand two
diamonds cemented on sticks.
When the facet h are outlined by this
means they are ground 'iltid polished
011 wheels to which diamond dust is
applied in the same process as in the
polishing of other gem stones. -IOx-chaugo.
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