Report from Don RamonReport from Don Ramon (from another forum)
"The Don Roman "mine" is actually a very large rock. They now have a measurement on it , it's 350 meters wide , 750 meters long, and about 650 meters tall - 450 of that 650 is exposed, above the surrounding dirt level. If you want to calculate the contained tonnage, subtract about 3% to 4% for the rounded nature of the rock. The mining is in the form of "room & pillar."
They have now drilled 2.5" blast holes, all the way around it and on top of it. They got pretty consistent metals values, from most of the holes. They have named several of the areas, that got high grades, and there is one area, in the back of it, that yielded some Au values. I don't know what those values are. In some of these areas, they did a small blast, to get further inside.
There are now 4 portals, so they consider this as 4 "levels" of the mine. They have tunneled up and down, from the original portal. They have recently uncovered a large vein of hi-grade silver, most of the assays have been in the range of 400 to 800 grams/ton of head ore. One of the areas where we viewed this silver was about 6'X6', approx round, the other area was about 5'X5', again, approx round. The silver is in a sulfide form and it's easy to see the silver, and which way it's headed. Ramiro thinks that it may go all the way thru the mountain. He does not use the term "vein", he uses the term "ore body."
The hi-grade vein is also showing up in the mountain next to the one they are tunneling in now. This other mountain (hill) is much smaller than the one in work now. The entire area is full of mines and metals, so I wouldn't be shocked to find out the rest of the immediate area had good values. Straight across the canyon from the D R mine, there's a huge copper project in work, and closer to Choix, Rio Tinto has a large project going.
This silver show is very much like the higher grade Zn and Pb shows - it easily stands out, due to the color. You don't even have to use analysis to steer the workings, you can just look at an exposed blast face - and there it is."