White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-19

Yukon, as elsewhere the mountain up
lifts have resulted in forming fissured
aud fractured zones in the rocks which
have filled with the gold ores. These, if
on one side of mountain, are apt to be
duplicated on tho other; and, though
neither can be seen, both can be infer
red from the discovery Of gold on one
side OF the drainage. 1t is justified to
look for gold on the other side as well.
As an additional guide, the gravel rock
fragments in the gold bearing stream
should be compared with that being
prospeCted If the two contain identical
rocks, and particularly if they both con
tain quartz. diorite, diabase or porphyry
pebbles, it is worth the chance to extend
the prospecting, even if the first efforts
disclose no gold. When gold is found
IN several claims in the same valley, the
direction of the line Of the deposit should
be noted and tho first prospecting
should be done in that line as being the
most probable one for the placer. The
gold produced by the several claims
going up stream should be compared
both IN total quantity and size of grains
With the data of this comparison it is
possible to reason out the locus of the
richest ground and also to know when
the lode source of the gold is being APP
preached. Coarse gold, gold with at
tached quartz fragments and rough gold
all indicate that the source is compar-
atively close at hand-that a point is
being reached beyond which there will
be no placer The Russians, in their
mining Of the Siberian placers, failed
generally to recognize the lode sources
of the gold, and in many instances car
| ried their prospecting for placers miles
up stream beyond the lodes from which
the gold came. There is no reason for
American miners making the same mis-
take. Another indication of nearness
to lodcs is the presence of rough frag
ments of pyrite. chalcopyritc or galena
Even if these last do not lead to gold
bearing lodes, they may lead to valuable
| Iodes of copper or lead.
Generally. anything heavy that is
found in the mining should be determ
med. Silver, quicksilver tin and nicke
ores and platinum are all worth con
siderirg even IN Alaska. The pOssibil
| ty Of their occurrence should not be
lost sight Of, the more particularly as
| their discovery is only to be made by
following up the stream Indications The
covering of snow over the surface for
seven months Of the year, the covering
of moss for the other five months, pre-
cludes the possibility of prospecting by
the ordinary surface methods.
Where it is necessary to prospect with
out the guide OF discoveries already
made adiacont, almost total dependence
must be placed on the character Of the
pebbles in the gravels uncovered in pros
pecting, If much quartz he found.
even though no gold at first, it is advs-
able to cover the possible ground for a
placer pretty thoroughly before aban-
douing it finally,
AS general proposition it will prove
very advantageous for a dozen or more
miners te cooperate in making a sys-
tHmatic exploration of unknown ground.
Work can be done cheaper, faster and
dependently. Cooperation admits of
increasing the tool outfit by a black
smith shop and drill outfit. Powder eau
be used and the prospect holes sunk
through the frozen ground much faster
than by fire. Prospecting can be spread
over much larger area by co. operation
than by the same men acting each for
himself. Cooperating, once the gold
lead is found the whole company are in
position to intelligently secure yalu.
able claim for each member and to get
the claims so connected that they can
be economically exploited as one prop.
erty. 1t must be remembered that the
present cumbersome method of exploi.
tation will soon be replaced by quicker
and better ones, admitting of the profit
able working Of the ground now left un.
worked and distinctly advantageous to
large claims compared with small
ones Mining and Scientific Press.
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