The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-01-14
MUNCY CREEK.
On the Proposed Line Of the Salt
Lake and Los Angeles Road.
WHAT MAJOR LITcnFIELD SAYS.


been for some weeks over portion of
the country where the proposed Ne
vada line" will pass. The Salt Lake
Herald says:
Mr. LItchfield was formerly super
intendent OF the Mammoth mine in
rintic, and his reputation as keen
and practical expert renders his views
OF more than ordinary value.
Major Litchfeld left for thu West
over the desert from Tintic about five
weeks ago, thoroughly equipped with
an outfit of his own. He went as the
representative OF IA company OF Tintic
men.
Il went carefully over the line of
tile proposed road, u said Major Litch-
tieid, from Gran.stield to Muncy
Creek, ana | can say that as Tar rs the
railroad is concerned, found the
route entirely practicable. The passes
are low and the country level. From
Grantsville to Muncy Creek, follow
ing the wagon-road, is about $50
miles, and approximately judge the
railroad will follow the same line.
As far as was able to judge, the
richest mines lie in the Muncy Creek
District, which is about 30 miles
south of Deep Creek. and from so to
GO miles southwest of Clifton
The table in Major Litchtield's room
WAS covered with some very nice and
some very interesting specimens of
orr, which he brought back with him.
The large bulk of the ore in that
country Is smelling ore, and largely
what would be called in Salt Lake
first class; SO that railroad would be
OF the utmost benefit"
Are any of the mines well develop
ed, or arc they mostly prospects rs
YETI"
None of them that l know of are
farther dOwn than 300 feet. But the
bodies are large wherever any sinking
has been done. and think 1t is pei
tectly safe to say there are some heavy
deposits of ore
"Did you have any assays nader
AYES, "A number Tor silver. From
the Grand Deposit three assays show
ell 1872 40 ounces, 50 LILO and 81 !;
from the Lucky Deposit four assays
went 10 3-lO, 1873 4-lO, 2Sl 7-l0 aud
Az ounces, aud there were a number
of smaller ores going all the way from
ID Ia 100 ounces. The lead, without
having assaysd, | would estimate at
from IL TO 5 per cent"
The following extract from the re-
port which Major Litchield Will sui
MT Ia his company will be of partlc-
ulnr interest To the mining fraternity
"On the afternoon ot the 20th ut. |
reached Muneey Greek, or Silver
Mountain district. This district is
situated in the Schell Creek range,
about 80 miles westerly from the
State line of Nevada between Steptoe
and Spring valleys. This range is
we'll wooded aud has several fair
sized streams of water considering the
country. Cleve's creek l should estl-
mate at 5000 miners inches; Pier
mont at 5000, kalamazoo at 1000,
Muncy creek at $500. The formation
is alternate band of strata of lime aud
quarlzlte dipping at about 80 degrees
from the bOrlzontal to the west. Over
and above the lime and quarlzite
felsitic porphysy has flowed, making
The contact between the lime aud
quartzlle aud the porphyry very IT.
regular, and on account of the large
amount of hillside wash, exceedingly
difficult To trace without surface exea-
vations to rock in place. That this
condition OF affairs Is of moment Is
evidenced by the fact that some of the
best prospects in this camp are found
in the contact between the porphyry
and lime. This portion of tile camp,
i. e., the porphyry and lime contact,
Is the exact counterpart of the Lead
vile, Colorado, formation, the por-
phyry forming the hanging and the
lime the footwall. Que Of the best
opened prospects on tins belt is the
Grand Deposit. This property lies well
down in the foothills, easily accessible
by wagon road and has been developed
by an incline l04 feet deep, from the
foot of which crosscut across the
vein, 36 feet in length, has been driven
and Wine go feet deep sunk at the
end OF the crosseut. The incline,
crosscut and WINE are all in ore and
ledge matter, and indicate at least a
width of 25 feet to the vein at this
point. The ore is lead-silver, and runs
srrs Al Il xgulp tai