Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-27
THE SOUTH CON. VIRGINIA.
A Description Of Its Present Ap.
pearance and a Glance ut
Its History.

iuoue" Va AuieTiCau naVlne, ON some
groupings that we're prominent and
crossed the rayinc at right angles.
The location was called the Red
Jacket, and in the due course Of time
It was Incorporated under that name.
Soon after the Interpretations about
the year 1S72--an incline was sunk
on the Groupings about seventy-ive
feet, from which some good rock
was taken, bearing gold and silver.
1t was worked ut u little mill then in
this vicinity, and is believed TO have
yielded handsome returns. In those
days, however, men were not satisfied
with reasonable profits from their
labor at mining, ana the Red Jacket
Company in course of time wound
up business. The property then--or
about the year lS73--passcd into the
possession of the present chief owner
and the foreman Of the mine, Mr.. j.
Blackburn.
THE NEW INCORPORATE
The ground lay idle during the in
term between this transfer and last
Oct, when new Incorporation under
the name of the South Consolidated
Virginia was formed, and work on
the ground was resumed. The old
company had, in connection with the
incline spoken of, sunk perpen-
dcular shaft on the opposite side of
the ravlne to the depth of forty feet.
The new company took hold of this
beginning and carried it down only
ABOUT twenty-five feet farther, when
their labor was rewarded by cutting a
ledge. The ledge was small, but
well marked, and carried ore
which assayed an average of
about twenty-five dollars to
the ton-considered to be pretty
good for the depth. No par
ticula attention was paid to this
find, ana the vein soon left the shaft
by its pitch. The shaft was carried
on down until i depth of ninety feet
was reached, when u drift was put in
to tap the vein.
THE SECOND DISCOVERY.
At sixteen feet from the shaft the
foot wall was encountered, and fur
Their explorations developed strong
tissure, which carried ore of high
er grade than where cut above. The
vein. although well marked and ac-
companicd with the usual .selyedge
of blue clay, was Gully about twenty
inches wide. Conseq aently it was
not explored lengthwise, but work
was resumed in the shaft. Then the
latter was carried down to depth of
ITO feet, where another station was
cut out and level started in the d.
rection OF the vein. At distance
| of sixteen feet from the starting
point the ledge was cut, showing
that its pitch was regular aud that it
was continuous. Here, as in the
case of the explorations above, its
width was mcager, being only about
two and one-half feet.
SOME GOOD ASSAYS
Were obtained from samples of the
ore, better than from the samples
| taken nearer the surface, and the
VEN was we'll defined. The shaft
was thee resumed, for the third time,
in the hope of finding better ledge
deeper in the ground. 1t was pushed
down as speedily as possible until it
measured 1870 feet, when horizontal
excavation was begun, as at the
points above, directed to the west
ward in the direction of the vein. 1t
was carried in through the usual
country formation, with small seams
every ten feet or so, composed of
quartz, clay, and SO farth-the usual
stuff that composes feeders to a
ledge. Some assays were made OF
the feeders, which encouraged the
miners in their pursuit of the ledge
| at this depth. AT length, when just
100 feet from the shaft, the drift PEN
etrated the foot wall of the vein,
and, as explorations proceeded, DIS
closed
FINE BODY OF QUARTZ,
Carrying sulphurets of silver in
abundance. The drift was carried
through both walls, which are as
clearly defined as one generally sees,
and the ledge was found to be about
three feet wide. A cross-cut was
next started to the northward, fol-
lowing the foot wall, and was con-
tinped thirty feet. 1t stripped the
vein, and for the whole distance may
he seen q fine body of ore-!ively
looking quartz, impregnated with
black sulphurets of silver. Several
assays have been made of this ore,
and some of them go as high as
Sl50-and some not more than one
third of that amount. 4 very fair
average was obtained by drilling a
hole into the body about twenty
inches aud having the drillings
tested. They were found to carry
over thirty dollars to the ton of Sill
yer. We took out some samples here
and there at random when We were
down yesterday and have them be-
fore us as We write now.
THE SAMPLES ARE FINE,
And will compare we'll lin appear
ance, we have had no assays made)
with the ore taken from the Ophir.
There is a good. lively appearance to
the quartz, and it is charged with
mineral in good measure. We have