Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-07
RAILWAY PROJECTED TO MINES.
AT DEPTH OF FIFTY FEET ASSAY
SHOWED $500 TO TON.
One Sample Showed Over $4,000 to
the TOn-An Average Assay of
S95-Discovery Made n Year
Ago by n Prospector
Named Inks.

| Hudson mine. in the Llano district, has
| made 4 strike of q vein of ore seventeen
| feet in width that averages $40 81 in gold
| TO the ton, and all Texas has suddenly walk
| ened 10 the fact that she has mineral re-
| sources second to none
About a year ago prospector named
Inks. who had some previous experience in
| the gold camps of the West. drifted into
| the Llano district and was impressed with
| the similarity of the formation there to
| that of some of the we'll known mining
camps in Colorado He panned the gravel
| in the streams and gulles around Hudson
| mountain. which is situated in the north
| eighty miles north of this city. He found
eastern part of Gillespie county. about
| colors of gold which encouraged him to a
more systematic search. The granite in
/ that section has been crumbling away for
| ages. the debris covering up the formation.
| In the side Of a gully at the foot of Mount
Hudson Inks finally discovered a narrow
| seam of quartz not more than an inch in
width that carried colors of gold. An as
| say showed a value of s13 in gold to the
| ton.
| Inks started a shaft down his find and
| after sinking ten or fifteen feet his money
| gave out. But he had confidence and the
| persistence that brings results. Last July
| he came to San Antonio and succeeded in
| Interesting in his enterprise such men as
| George w. Angle, eX-Congressman T. NJ.
| Paschall and others. The Mount Hudson
| Gold Mining Company was formed and
work pushed more rapidly, following down
| the ledge of quartz, which carried gold
| fifty feet the pay streak had broadened to
| six inches and assayed 1880 in gold to
| the ton. At 100 feet it was a foot in width;
| and the vein which carried it had widened
between walls
Visited by GeoIOgists.
| About the first of this month Professors
| Hill and Willis of the United States geolog-
| ical survey, passing through Texas, heard
rumors of the discovery of gold and made a
| trip through the Llano district On their
| return they expressed themselves as being
| so well pleased that they had but little
department would soon undertake a de-
| tailed survey of the Llano district.
They expressed the opinion that where a
pay streak was so richly mneralZed as
| that at Hudson mountain 1t would natural
| ly follow that the entire vein matter should
have been impregnated at the same time
| and that 1t was quite possible it would be
| found that the bulk of the values was be-
| ing thrown on the dump.
| Samples We're brought to the city and dis
patched to assayers at Monterey. Mexico.
| There are six distinct stratiiications in the
vein: from which samples were taken as
| ing wall. one foot in width, yielded 81 per
ton in gold Sample No, 2-One foot wide
per ton atb in gGd sampe No
gold. Sample No. 4--F'ive feet wide yielded
Sc per ton in gold. Sample No. 5-Two feet
piles Nos. and were both taken from the
| so-called pay streak. one foot in width, and
which consists of greenish quartz and
| schst.
Two Classes of Ore.
There are two classes of ore in the pay
| streak, one from which sample No. was
taken. in which no values are dscoverable
to the naked eye and the other from which
sample No; was taken. containing parti-
head Of pin to 9Th that Of i m grain n'G Of Wheat W @
from sample No. 6 yielded a value of 81 100
| 1p to the ton. Discarding the values of
sample, No. Z as being a picked sample.
the entire width of seventeen feet across
| of $3.50 in gold to the ton.
/ The certificates giving the above assays
They We're prepared to find high values in
| their pay streak, but they were simply
an immense mineraiized Vein Of N ore Garry carry
| ing values that run far beyond their most
| sansuine dreams.
| Greater Riches in Prospect.
| Favorable as this is. better things still
are in prospect. The pay streak runs down
alongside of what has been regarded as
the foot wall, being separated from it by a
! few inches of tale. Thinking the values
| the foot wall, Mr.. Angle had a shot put
| into the wall and sent Il sample from the
same to Il; j. Gfford m superintendent attend ia and
| test. Mr.. Cliffords certificate has just
| been received, giving a valuation of two
and seven-tenths ounces. or s54 in gold per
ton. This from the rock which has here
tofore been regarded as the foot wall opens
the probability that the fun width of, the
.f,, l,.,t- NOT hnaft yr,1T
The news of this latest strike. which COM
pares favoraby with the richest in the
Cripple Creek district. is creating profound
and throughout the state. The strike in the
| Mount Hudson mine is of such remarka-
| BILE character both in richness and extent
of the ore body as to leave no further
doubt of the existence of n great gold
! bearing belt in that country. Already
| tangible project is on foot to give this city
| direct communication with the new gold
fields.
Railroad to the Mines.
The Colorado Valley railroad has pro-
| posed to build road over the partially
| completed grade from Waring to Freder-
| icksburg and thence to Llano. The old
| grade, which it is proposed to utilize, runs
| within 100 yards of the collar of the shaft
| of the Mount Hudson mine. A committee
of prominent citizens of Gillespie county
| IS now in this city to arrange the details
| for beginning the work.
| The Hudson Mountain mine is located
| near the base OF tuOSOn mountain. OL
the most prominent peaks in the Guada-
| lupe range. Where 1t is opened it Is a
| true fissure in the granite. but as it is
near the limestone there is a probability
| of its reaching the contact at a greater
| depth. To the south of it lies the lime
| stone country, which possesses few attrac-
| tions for the prospector, but to the north
| for a distance of fifty miles extends the
| so-called Llano district. an intrusion Of
| granite amid the surrounding lime. Thirty
| miles to the north on the Llano River is
| the Schryver mine. the first important
! gold discovery in the district. The gold in
| that portion of the belt is principally in
| the form of tellurides.
| Owned by a Preacher.
| For years the owner of the property,
| Methodist preacher named Heath has been
convinced that there was gold in that vicin-
| ity, as he was able to pan colors out of
| any of the loose sand or gravel on the
| premises. Last spring he sent n sample of
| the rock which closely resembled rotten
| granite in appearance. to A. c. Schryver,
| of this city, asking him to have it assayed
| for gold. Its appearance was not prepos-
| sessing, and II lay around Mr.. Schryvers
office for several weeks. One day he picked
| it up and was about to cast 1t out of the
| window, when it occurred to him, just as
| n matter of curiosity, he would have it as
| sayed, SO he sent 1t up to III. j. Clifford.
| who was in charge of some mining opera
| tonS for him near Ell Paso.
ceipt of a telegram from Mr.. Clifford stating
! that the rock was rich in telluride of gold.
| and asking where it had come from. No
| time was lost in visiting and securing u
| lease of the property with the option to
| purchase. A number Of cars of high grade
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