The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-07-28

eight miles from Wadsworth. Specili-
cally located, they are in township q
north, range % east, the principal claims
being located on sections 10. 20, 81, 80,
20 and 30. The altitude Of the district
is between 300 and $500 feet, or from
200 t o 400 feet higher than Wads-
worth and the valley OF the Truckee
river.
Gold was discovered in the canyon last
winter, and several placer claims were
successfully worked. The miners then
traced the deposit to its source in the
porphyry belt where these mines are
located. Gold values were found in the
float rock, and ore OF very high grade
| has been taken from the groupings. The
prospectors Immediately made their
locations, stalking off claims 1900 feet
in length, by 800 feet wide, over the en-
tire mineral belt as far us it would pros
pect. These locations extend from the
rruckee river on the southwest through
Oiingheuse, Tiger, Frank Free and
White Horse canyon in a northeasterfy
direction several miles. The surface dirt
in the ravines and gulches leading to the
mineral belt shows more or less gold in
the pan, and in spots along the lower
foothills it is very rich. ~
The formation is a stratified porphyry
belt about a mile wide. trending nearly
northeast and southwest. This belt can
be traced from Virginia City to Pyramid
Lake and beyond. The porptyry varies
in character and severai conglomerates
are observable in the formation. The
surface indications do not define a vein
or ledge, and thus far in the develop
melt there does not appear to be any
dip to the formation. ~
The strata vary In width, eoine OF them
being very wide. There are no quartz
lodges, but some of the porphyry is
traversed by seams of fine qaartz and
spar. Specimens of this rock are crys-
tailized and some Of it, under the micro
scope, shows fine particles OF quartz
throughout. The best gold prospects are
! found in these formations. Some of the
conglomerates carry more or less gold.
| FROM surface indications the best values
seem to lie in seams and pockets in the
wide strata and these pockets are not
evenly distributed.
The largest values and the best sur
face Indications at the present time are
found on what is locally called the Green
Hill, an apparently solid. stratifed por-
phyritic formation The Hutchinson,
Mountain Boy, Butte, Gold Center, Gold
Ledge, Cabin. Gold King and the v
mines are located on this hill. ~
The shaft Of the Hutchinson is down
81 feet In u seam Of ledge matter 20 in
ches wide in a porphyry stratum 100 feet
wide. The Hutchinson is the deepest
/ mine in the district. The other claims
are mere prospect holes and open cuts.
The gold is free, end there are no sui
| ~pl,urets to speak Of.
The ore from the district would have
to be hauled to the Truckee river, a dis
lance of about six miles, for reduction.
There is abundance of water and fuelin
the neighborhood.
The section in which Olinghouse Can.
yon is located has been used as a sheep
range for years, and the presence OF gold
was not suspected until this discovery
was made. More or less prospecting
has been done in White Horse and
Frank Free canyons, three miles north
of Olinghouse, and some OF the proper
ties are showing very favorable indica-
tions. These mines are on the same
mineral belt as the Olinghouse district,
but the formation is ~lava-capped and
considerably broken. E
Assays OF the ore from the mines and
prospects show that the formation is
spotted" and that the rich surface
Hat come from small seams or narrow
strata. II may develop that a dozen Or
more these small veins will "bunch, and
the result will be a good mine. Some Of
the assays made by the owners ranged
from $40 TO $40 q toi, averaging $i5 q
ton. One sample from the cold Center
mine assayed $S3. 10, with $i.40 in silver.
An assay Of ore from another mine dis
i.na,ed as Number 2" yielded $45.46
in gold and $2.2J in silver. An assay
rom the ORC mine yielded $l0.46, and
ali the assays showed traces of silver.
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