Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-04-25
FROM LEEDS. UTAH.
LEEDS, April 18th, 1876.

Ed. REcoRD:-I promised you long
line ago to give you some correspond
nee, but never until now has q favora-
Die time presented itself. Now, as these
mines are SO near to you, and SO many
,f your people are taking an interest in
hem, / will drive my faber few minutes
Tor you.
THE FORMATION,
Az we'll as the character OF both ores and
veins OF this district, are truly novelty,
and set all science Of books and profess
sors at fault. In the first place this 10 a
sandstone country; all soft red sand
stone. All over this vast country, the
same have explored, the deep chasm OF
the Colorado river. and the deep chasms
OF Grand and Kanab gulches. and find
that this red sandstone Is OF varying
thickness. and is supported by a deep
stratum OF trachyte and quartzose rock,
under which comes quartz and z neissoid
granite. These formations in place
change 70 porphyritio and transition
rocks. In this district the upheavaIs
have thrown the fractured edge Of these
tracbyte formations to the surface. and
in this trachyte the mines are found.
Are also peculiar in their constitutions,
as many OF them have petrifactions for
. gapgue and Others Dicaceous slate and
even soapstone. But this ! account for in
this way hy examinations have convinced
me land my reasons I will give) that I'M
derneath these trachyte and quartzoso
belts in which the ores are found is q
formation of qusrtzite, porphyry or
gneiss, and that 10 this are great and rich
veins Of silver ores. Oxidation has taken
place on these ores, transforming them
into metallic vapors, which have sought
the surface through the soft and porous
tracbyte or the cracks and crevices where
lay the petrifactions OF wood leaves and
other things. This volatilized metal
cooling 40 II neared the surface was pre-
cipitated on the cooler substances, depos-
iting itself In the pores and interstices
Of the spongy, trachyte and on the pet
rided substance II came in contact with,
and thus enriched the porous rock and
left horn silver in spots and in the petri.
factions.
A few miles to the west Of this camp
lies the Pine Valley Mountains. which
are high, large and bald mountains of
graphic granite, with large veins or belts
Of reddish quartz coming through on the
eastern slope Of this mountain. II cannot
be very deep down to this granite bed.
rock or to the quartz or porphyry in
which the veins exist. This traohyte as
I have often seen, overlies the quartz
or porphyritic rocks, and hence in the
displacement by upheaval these trachyte
belts must connect with bedrocks, and
as they all dip to the west, on which side
the mountain lies, the depth cannot be
very great.
THE PRIDE OF THE WEST
Is ridge or cliff OF this trachyte and
quartzose rocks that extends for many
miles through the country, about six to
eight miles of which is divided up into
claims of 1900 feet each and on and
along all this distance. there are three to
four distinct and we'll marked veins of
good ore cropping out at the surface, ore
that assays we'll its whole length and in
places produce horn silver and other
rich ores. This rich silver ore has found
its way up from the real and true mine
below in sublimated or gaseous form
and thus enriched the whole length of
these three or four veins attaching itself
to mica-slate, poapstone.or anything else.
In places large pieces OF horn silver and
even native silver are found under OF
attached to carbonized wood and even
gypsum, while mica-slate is always rich
| with IL.
Friend REconp, it beats h-'s hoop,
skirts to find that sandstone, soapstones,
grindstones, whet stones or any other
stones contain horn silver, chlorides
and other varieties of rich silver ores and
that all assay well. 1t is good country
| for stones.
THE RICHNESS OF THE ORES
Is we'll proven by the shipments. Judge
Barber il daily shipping ores to Sal,
Lake City that sells for $500 to 5000 pei
ton and out OF one of his mines alone
be has now realized q net profit of ove
5000 These rich ores lay in thin
sheets say 4 to 8 inches thick. between
strata OF this tracbyte rock and general,
in gangue Of mica-slate and petriiaction
and this style of ore ia measured by thu
acre. Many Of the claims here have go
it bad that way. Some are between
strata Of white albite rock going dow
with good dip and all OF them at time,
turn up horn silver and now and then
COB of the native truck. No use talking
it is here and beats anything ever hear,
Of. Ifyou come TO see it, or any OF you
friends, they can just as well leave thei
scientific books at home, for they don
90 here.
Many mine owners are shipping ore
to Phoebe, but the most Of them send 4
Salt Lake City. 1t is hard as yet I
select these ores so as to run the grad
mp, for no one has as yet learned how
do it, or to know which end OF the whe
I stone to ship, or which to keep at HON
as second-class ore.
THE TECUMsEH MINE,
Owned by W. T. Barber. is chief at pre-
, ent. having shipped the most of th
. richest ore.
THE EMILY JANE LODE,
Or the Goodbye Liza Jane Lode,
don't know which. owned by Joe Co
china. late OF your place, is one OF Il
leading claims, which promises to stril
the big vein that feeds them al
square on the bonanza, at Q depth OF n,
b to exceed 200 feet. It produces hoi
q silver, and every other kind of silv
Il think saw an eagle on some OF il t
: day.. Joe has several other good CLAIM
q and is bound to have q big Centenni
out Of this sandstone, grindstone. soa
q stone country.
a SIMON AND SHEPHERD
Have also got good claim-it 10 on Il
great Pride OF the West. Many 9th
OF the Phoebe boys have fine claims.
This district has been known for maj
: years, but only known to the Sain
until about one year ago. Joe Coschin
: Judge Barber, Francis aud few 9th
a Gentiles heard of it and came here. Bs
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