The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-27
BALD MOUNTAIN MINES.
Promising Gold District In White
Pine County. Nevada.

The Argoanut, of Elko, New, gives
the following excellent description of
the promising gold district Of Bald
Mountain:
The Bald Mountain rlfnnng district is
SITUATED about six miles south of the
southern boundary of Elko county IN
the county of White Pine in latitude
40 degrees north and longitude 116 de-
gIeeS west, and about rs miles due
south from Elko. The road from Ell.,)
TO Bald Mountain is one of the finest
roads in the state of Nevada, and
passes through a number of fine agIi-
cultural valleys dSJted with pleasant
homes an comfortable surroundings.
North and sou.ih Bald Mountat.l ia
separated from the main Ruby range by
a low pass over WhilN the old overland
route lay, and it is among these rolling
hills that the principal mines are found
a great amount of development work
has been performed during the past
year. exposing to view large bodies of
pay Gre. The Work of development has
not been confined solely to ledge mining
but the valuable placers in the saVeIa1
canyons nave been prospected With
highly satisfactory results, and pay dirt
found from grass roots to bedrock u to
20 feet below the surface. as is usual
in placers the richest prospects are
found near bedrock, and 50 cents have
been obtained from a single pan.
Bald Mountain is NOW quietly hu.
surely coming to the FRONT by reason Of
the well directed work, and it is beyond
all doubt the most substantial god
mining district S0uth of the railroad
There are about 40 well defined quartz
lodges varying in thickness from one to
20 feet and nearly all carry free gold.
BY milling process these Lodges pay
from So TO $40 per ton.
No prospecting of any consequence
had been done prior to 1880, at which
time T. s. Fulton. the present recorder,
entered the district. Since then he mas
worked perSiStently but almost alone
ON the lodges, stepping only NOW and
then ITO re1ienistn MS funds from the
placers. In all Mr.. Fulton has expended
about $4,000 in developing his minEs.
The Bald Mountain Nevada Mining
company, office room 10, Wall stIeet
New York City, has Obtained by pur-
chase number of valuable properties
i'm this locality. The president OF the
company is NJ s. SWinton, and secre-
tary W. Q. WeatheIbee.
The celebrated Star mine is one of A1e
most promising in the district, and is
situated near the head of FuiI-u
c2nypr- Its trend is in a norttUsasteTly
ard scUtheasterly direction, md is lac
tnlpt. The ledge is feet wide. upGl
which ten prospect openings nave been
made along the line OF the ledge, and
sn every instance the ledge shows rioN
ore. a tunnel has also been run into
this mine ON the north side of the
canyon for a distance of 125 feet, expos
ing the ledge rs entire length. AT a
distance of So feet from the mouth Of
the tunnel a shaft has also been sunk
men .Edat the entire Star lode VIII aver
age $50 to the ton. The ore is fine mtIl-
ing. and about 100 tons are now en- the
dump. The Star is a. contact vein. nav
ing granite on the west side and por-
phgry ON the east. The ledge, as in
fact, nearly all the lodges of this dis
trict. has gentle pitch to the west
ward.
The Sylvania mime is the first south
ward extension of the Star at distance
OF about 1900 feet and adjoins the Pied
mont on the north. The main groupings
of the Star runs throughout the entire
length of the SylVania. Soma work is
now being done on this vein and fg.dlca-
tions are that a rich strike will be made
in the near future.
A number of promising locations have
been made by MesSrs. Talbot and May
hugh of Elko.
The Piedmont is one of Gthe company
claims and was purchased from Muller
and Thomas. A shaft has been SUNK ON
tde Piedmont to the depth of 40 fest
and Gre has been taken from the bottom
OF tEa,5 shaft that runs into the hun
dreds
The Julia mine has ALSO been located.
Some groupings assay IS 10 So per son
in gold. The Julia adioin5 the Sylvatlia
and the Piedmont
The Fulton purchased by the New
York company, is looking wen ard the
development work is being pushed rap
idly