Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-02-13

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Inc ooms'ock IL calmly p'easeoiy
excited today over the development In
Ophir. Experts have been admitted to
SEQ 'a' '"'A' anu " ''i" .nei' e
OF is worth. The report 10 universally
favorable while those even Who are Of O
conservative turn of mind do not hest.
tat. % p-,onounc. !, .,h. b;,o.s. thing
.--. :. o-,,-n
ever seen IN oPhir.
The reports OF the experts In which
tb.v all agree ara a follows: Tho slopes
-.'.a =. A.. o,oo L., .,a ., ~.
opsu'u w ~.
Hardy vein have been extended east I'LL
they u against Q clay Wall. Inc
recently started crosscut east runs Irom
.nes' s.opes wv
ieet oeyond IL mere u VEN PolPayty
ana tnsn mere comes a0ou' .oul 'ses "
eAeeeoingly tien ORG; lonI Icy su Ts.
today was over S!LOO.-n.r.l hnn's
strsak wih average sSoo pe,ton. 1nsn
come SIX or seven ieet Of lower grade
quartz. through whien are ounoses ano
oiocks OF os'ASnea PolPoyfys No Pi. g
OF fien orc. inen los ,oos 0s sS I,
mere Is ticn ORC eSain s,o .ueu mo'e "
the lower grade ma1eria simiia, 70 q
III or seven ieet aoove Ing
face Of Inc crosscut was In TINS materiA
this morning.
Ihers arc therefore, IN TINS Stosseu'
~ isst a. least Oh ore wnicn whh pay 70
mill 6y throwing out aisw o the oioeks
oil porphyry.
The formation In winch tho ORG u
found differs very materially from that
which inclosea the Hardy vein, IL 10 OF
. much kindlier character. The VEIN
pitches to the east y its trenu u U
10 degrees from being polar. Tne
quartz has nothing "hungry" In It's sp-
pesrance. but 10 rather OF an exceedingly
generous nature.
The situation thus briefly sketched
presents several points Of peculiar in
terest. In the first place the clay. which
intervsues between the Hardy vein and
the porphyry lying west OF the ore. Is
important. II shuts the Hardy vein Oh
and proves the ore just found to belong
to another formation. Again, no clay
entitled to the dignity Of . wall has been
found in Ophir since the l465 level was
left. On the 1000 level clay wal found,
but il was pitching to the west and cut
of the ore vein a. at the point OF a v.
At the l465 level porphyry commences
coming into the vein and from that point
to the 1900 level squeezss II out. filling
its place and occupying almostths entire
vein. On this 1900 level the Hardy vein
is encountered.
This vein has always been . mystery.
Il was found Unexpectedly in the un.
kindliest Of rock. and II has itself been
considered an accident from the day OF
its being encountered. 1t has carried
silver in its richest forms and has given
richer ore than sven the richest oil the
big bonanza. The richest portions OF It
have been the narrowest which showed
Its strength. 1t was, however. evidently
an offshoot, and all thought that In time
il would lead to its origin, II followed.
This Hardy vein can hardly be con.
sidsrsd o mystery any longer. The ex.
PLANTATION seems to DO that the porphyry
above mentioned was q horse filling the
whole vein and dividing II into two
channels which have been designated as
the east and west ore channels. The
Hardy vein has been formed In this
horse. II followed down 1t will undouot'
eddy lead to the vein below. Its irrssu'