News Release..
Brush Creek Pursues Mineable Pillar
GRASS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--Brush Creek Mining and Development Co. Inc. (NASDAQ:BCMD - news) today announced
that it would be extracting ore from pillar No. 4 in its Lower Brush Creek mine within two weeks.
Stan Griffith, mine superintendent, stated, ''We originally ran a single compartment raise as part of our effort to get to pillar No. 4 as quickly as possible. We
verified the existence of the pillar and are now driving a three compartment raise which consists of a manway, timber slide and ore chute in order to mine the pillar.''
James S. Chapin, CEO and chairman of the board, stated, ''An assay taken from the hanging wall of the vein as we approached the pillar graded .7 ounces per ton.
We believe that this may be an encouraging sign since traditionally in the Alleghany/Downieville mining district gold is concentrated in the footwall. Once we are fully
prepared to mine the pillar, we will drift over to the footwall which may be even higher grade.''
Brush Creek is continuing its effort to conclude a joint-venture agreement on its gold properties.
Brush Creek controls nine gold mines in the Alleghany/Downieville area of Northern California and over 4,000 acres of potentially diamondiferous ground near La
Porte, Calif. |
