The Tiptop consists of two claims. The easterly one, the Kenton, has little or no development, though copper carbonates have been discovered on the ground. All of the workings of the Tiptop that are in copper ore, it should be remembered, are in the country rock on the foot wall side of the series of faults in which the silver ore occurs, and no drift or crosscut had been run into that zone below 80 feet from the surface. The face of the drift on the third level had exposed about 6 feet of good ore at the time of my examination. The drift at that point was 160 feet from the surface. It is not likely, should a crosscut be run under the silver ore shoot from the lower levels of the mine, that oxidized ore will be found at that level, but it will be interesting to know what sort of ore may be found there. Indications of copper on the surface are very slight. In a few places stains and thin seams of copper carbonates occur in the fracture joints of the country rock, but there is nothing to lead one to believe that ore lies beneath that will bear shipment to Europe and return a handsome profit to the owners of the mine, yet such is the case. THE GLADSTONE GOLD MINE. Less than a mile from the Tiptop, in a northwestern direction, is another property, the Gladstone, locally known as Halberg’s Gold Mine. It was located several years ago, and after some development was practically abandoned, but afterwards came into the hands of the present owners, who have developed the ground quite extensively, built a long tramway and ore bins, and established a camp.