The silver lance., 1899-08-04
THE ELkO COUNTRY
Something About the Mineral Showings of the Upper
Crystal River Country Paradise Gulch
Cinnamon, Baldy and Galena
Mountains

in number. the Cinnamon Pride group
extends over the divide, and may be
opsrated through tunnel from either
side and the management Of this property
may elect to turn their drainage to Slate
or Crystal rivers. Here. at the point
where work Is now being done. = tunnel
was driven for q considerable distance
years agone, but by ono Of those strange
chances Of mining the ore was passed by
and the work done IN country rock. A
little judicious prospecting work on tho
surface revealed = strong ore chute prob
ably forty inches across and Of which the
extsnt can only be conjectured. Assays
OF this ore have shown 78 per cent lead
and as high as 400 ounces silver per ton
The LANCE will watch further develop
ment on the Cinnamon Pride with deep
interest. Not the least important tact
to consider in the matter OF working this
and other properties at the head Of Para
disc gulch, is the facility with which tho
product can be handled. A good wagon
road may be used in either direction for
the whole distance to tho railway lines
with down-hill haul all the way. From
either OF these tunnel sites q tramway
could be used to advantage in transport
ing tho ores. Indeed there would be
no difficulty in constructing . tramway
to tho railway connection at the Smith
Anthracite, which il only . few miles
away.
The upper camp Of the Attix company
Is located at the crest Of the divide. On
one side the Kecne wagon road to the
Yuls creek marble beds curves away in
sinuous windings over Treasury noun
tain. Over that way few miles 10 the
Eureka mine. Looking on the Same side
Of the divide, down Slate river, two and
half miles away. panorama-like the
old camp Of Pittsburg meets the gaze.
Across tho gulch il the steep slope Of
Baldy mountain, and between is the road
We traversed coming up from Elko.
Just over little knob from camp 10
another property which may produce
fortunes in Molybdenite, . natal not
rare but little known. A number Of
prospect holes have shown . we'll defined
vein carrying apparently high percentage
in this mineral ASIDE from good copper
values. Molybdenite is . sulphuret OF
Molybdena and is commonly foliated,
massive, in scales, VI fine granular.
1t has metallic lustre and il Of . pure
lead gray color. The claim on which it
occurs Il called the Early Bird and ls
owned by Messrs Attix and Magss.
OTHER PARADISE oULCH PRoPKRrIRs.
Tho Leadville group Of four claims, ad
joining tho Spar Chief, already described
in this article. The veins crossing these
claims are prospocted by no less than
fourteen prospect holes, end 10 being
opened now by tunnel. In all Of these
prospect holes there is = good showing Of
lead and copper. The first prospecting
on this group, it is said, was done by the
troopers Of the Seventh Cavalry. U. 8. A..
whom that regiment was stationed in this
section, to prevent Indian dopredations.
The Pennsylvania group consists Of but
two claims, located Cd the Baldy side
almost opposite tho Cinnamon Pride. In
the early days Of this section great deal
Of ore was shipped from the tunnel by
which this property is opened. After
tho heavy expense attendant upon send
ing tho orc to Salt Lake City for treat
ment, It yielded el30 net per ton.
Extending over tho divide into Slate
river canon, and with . tunnel cutting
the vein from its outcropping on the
canon side, ID the old BONANZA King or
La Plata lode owned by B. r. and Geo.
W. Melton and W. B. Roddan. A guam
tity OF ths product Of this property IL to
bs thoroughly tested 1t tho Scofeld mill
n few days and there is . large amount
on the dump. In tho tunnel . we'll de-
fined ore chute il cut on which tho
owners propose to sink for the purpose
Of determining its continuity and then,
IL justified by conditions run another
tunnel at lower level.