Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-21
A Remarkable Quartz Ledge Con.
tanning Nearly Every Char.
acter of Silver Formation.
A Flattering Prospect for Carson
and Our Sister County of
Ormsby.
The Right Kind Of Men to Man.
age q Mine.

Taking it for granted that what
ever adds to the wealth OF our
State is of interest to our readers,
the TIMES has gone to some trouble
in procuring and placing before its
readers correct and full account
of the recently discovered and
already fam GUS silver deposit in
Ormsby County, which is just now
the ruling topic of conversation in
the mining circles of the State
Capital, and which when developed
and the mills for its reduction are
erected will do more in a business
way for the city Of Carson and the
county of Ormsby than any other
one enterprise yet inaugurated.
We refer to the
AYREs AND HoPKINGs QUARTZ LODE
And its extensions, a notice of
which has so far, for prudential
reasons, been kept ont of the papers.
In the beginning we can truly say
that the discovery is one Of the ut
most Importance, and fully deserv-
ing of the extended report. which
the Senior of the TINES has seen fit
to make of it. This famous silver
mine was discovered about three
months ago, and work has been
quietly progressing ever since. 1t
is located on an elevation about 500
feet above the head of Dry Canyon.
on the Lake Tahoe stage road, TO ur
miles from the City OF Carson, anu
is admirably situated for ease of de-
velopment and reduction of its ores.
So far the bulk of labor has been
extended on the ledge in tracing
the assure and in the location Of
extensions both north and south,
which has been accomplished and
three claims of 1900 feet each
secured by proper legal proceed
ings. On the original discovery
which bears the above title, con-
siderable heavy work has already
been done in running q cut OF 20
feet in width to the eastward in the
mountain side. At a distance of
80 feet this surface drift has crossed
the ledge, exposing to view a solid
body of quartz of from Is to 20
feet in width. At the point at
which the vein has been crossed
"a horse" has divided the vein,
leaving in equal proportions the
ore into which nature has thrown it.
THE ORE SPECIMENS
Which were taken from the vein by
the reporter are Of "a most remarka-
BILE character and very rich, contain
ing nearly all the systems of silver
formation known to mineralogists.
In the specimens at our office can be
plainly identified without the aid of
glass "ruby," "horn" 'galena,"
"native" and Chloride" of silver, as
we'll as iron pyrites and free gold.
THE ASSAYS
Obtained are from surface rock. but
speak flatteringly Of the intrinsic
value of the mine, the lowest being
$121.48, and that from what is
thought to be average ore as high as
$3.50 and $500 per ton. Aside from
its mineral value the top ore presents
some of the most beautiful character
istics in amethyst and white crystals
that can be found in any quartz for
nation within our knowledge.
A main perpendicular working
shaft will be Immediately put Gown
in the ledge as fast as possible, and
the site cleared for 10 or
20-sTAMP MILL,
Which is shortly to be erected. Some
200 tons of pay rock are now on the
dump, and the natural facilities for
reduction at the mine are more than
common. Water in abundance can
be brought to the mines through
pipes from Clear Creek, distance of
less than two miles, at small expense ;
and the grade of the mountain pre-
sents ample facilities for ore shutes,
etc. One of the meritorious features
of this enterprise is the fact that no
shares of stock have been thrown
upon the market, and the capital for
development is not sought to be
raised by that method of sale.
THE INCORPORATION
Of the mine and company took place
on the 10Th of the present month, at
which time the mine was divided into
100 900 shares and the capital stock
placed at $10,000,000. The incorpo-
rators and owners are principally
composed of prominent capitalists Of
California with almost unlimited
means, and connected with men of
much experience in mining affairs,
from both of which the following
| OFFICERS
Have been chosen: j. /. Ayres,
President; George L. Woods, Vice
President; Henry Lacy, P. d. Bar
hardt, Writ Hopkins, Directors; W.
A. NJ. Van Bokkelen, Secretary A. s.
Gould, Superintendent.