M R ~ 18, 1905,
Tyee Copper Company,
Gentlemen:-
re Python, Monte Carlo, Wheal Temer, Even(+
Star, Mmtmin md Kimberley - pXQpoeitions,
I reached Kamloops a t 2 A.M. Weclnesdsy May 17, and en the
same day o ia t ted the Python Mine nith Ilr.?P,F. Woo& the
Manager.
THE PYTEON MIRE.
T h i s pxoperty has been developed t o a depth 125 met by 8 ver
t loa l ehaft from Which t r o leve ls hsne b e n run o f f , one
at
56 feat helm the surface,the other a t XI0 feet, the
remaining
feet having been l e f t for t? aump.
drift has been run I00 f e e t t o the wentwer t l , and a t a
point 75
feet from the shaft a m o s s cut 29 feet In length has been
made
towards the North. This flrlft and cross out are i n o h of l
m
grade a11 the way.
On the upper or No.1 lwe l a
On t h e lewer or Ha,% level t he o r e has tiioped ?may fsom t
h
A oross cut driven from the bottom of shaft towarthi the
sauth.
the shaft has exposed 9 feet o f mineral. mtn has b m
drifted
for a dietance o f 35 fee t towards the ewt. On the north
side
the shaft a cress eut has been brlren 20 reet i n osuntxy wok
a
a long drift prom tha t run towards the westward, I presume t h
i
work was dene in order t o preepect B body o f mRgnetite s l i g
h t l y
impragnaterl w i t h copper sulphldes, but ns ore of oommerclal
gral
on that side o f the shaft,b? t h i s aork. In feet I could not
unl
stand why it w m done, beccuse a t the bo tbm of the abeft i t
wa
clear ly aDpaxent tha t the ere body had dipped away from and t
o
the south of the shaft,
has been developed
No stoping has been done. an& the dump i s made un of
the
n
may possibly yie ld 0- sf higher
otaor wemings. A sruprpie of tm W e than that t a a m from
material taken from the o - _ _ . - _ . ~ . . _
But at a peint 225 feet from the shei t towards the west along
the
l i n e of striXe,an open out 60 feet in length has been
made
exposing en mterep o f minerPSisdl material of tha t ntdth,and
this
t I the
B lpen
out would nat passees any onlua,beamune i n tnis nitstrsot
tnere
e l
tun1 pen aut a t a
dwtn ef 190 feet beiew the m f a a e outor0r)plng8. This tunnel
has been driven, I m infomed by t h e Menagor,llIO ieet, and i n
ansther 70 se b Ore b a y on the hanging w a l l or nalrth side
ahcwld be
I - - ?el t o in t s raea t the ere body ewased in the (r . - .
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