[D0124AAF], Letter from Frederick A Canfield to Thomas M Williams, April 18th, 1901
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Dover, N.J. April 18, 1901 Thomas M. Williams Supt., Dover, N.J. Dear Sir: I have recently visited the Hurd Mine at Hurd Mine at Hurdtown, for the purpose of making a more thorough examination of the body of ore is in the Bluff Mine. There has been no work done in this mine for many years and it remains in the condition that it was at the time of my last report. Through the caving of some of the over lying , more of the vein is visible than could be see last year. This body of ore extends up to the earth covering and can be tested at a small expense. There is enough ore in sight to pay for a more thorough and practical examination. There is another ore body or vein that lies near the old engine hose in exactly the same relation to the principal ore body (that was worked so many years) that the Bluff mine bears to the ore body in the Turnpike Mine, and if the theory of a vertical offset be accepted, then this ore body must be part of the vein in the Bluff Mine that was lifted up at the time the main vein was shifted. A cross section of this body is like that of the Bluff Mine. Both dip in the new mine changes its shape as it extends to the south east. The vein takes a sudden roll and turns downward so that it is nearly parallel with the main ore body in both strike and dip and probably so in its pitch. A shaft has recently been sunk on the hanging wall and the ore was struck at the depth of twenty feet. The bottom of the shaft is thirty five feet from surface. The ore has widened from ten inches to thirty inches and is of good quality of surface ore. The vein seems to be from six to eight feet in width. Just at present there is so much of soft and decomposed rock in the vein that it is not easy to keep the ore clean. This vein has never been proved so no one can say how it will develop. The indications are so favorable that you should give this mine a thorough test before you give it up. Yours truly, (Signed) Fredk. A. Canfield