Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-11-01

Forlorn Hope are three others in pro-
cess Of development.
The lower lead has never had a pick
struck in 1t although the super-imposed
rock has been torn up for the distance
of a mile. The fact is. no one knows
to an absolute certainty that a fissure
vein really exists at this point. What
is called a ledge is. more correctly
speaking, an auriferous dixie.
1t is all the way from ten to one
hundred feet in width and carrying gold
throughout. The dixie is of porous and
and fractured porphory Of the pudding
stone variety, green, blue and brown in
color in various places. The gold is
claimed by the miners of Olinghouse
to exist in the porphory, but the writer
has the evidence of his eyesight that
this is not the case
He was shown pieces of pudding
stone containing free gold but by close
ly examining 1t the gold was invariably
found to be encysted in crystalline
quartz. He found the same to be true
Of the gold bearing quantities. Of the
districts. In places this poryhoric
rock is very rich, running into hun
dreds Of dollars; but in such a case the
quartz is in greater proportion.
There is only one theory to account
for the gold existing in this dyke. In
days long past, when the violent seis-
mic commissions took place, which
opened the crevices in the earth which
later became fissure veins. the dykes
Of porphory did not open in a uniform
~fissure, but were cracked and creviced
and scanned In every direction. Then,
If the accepted theory regarding the
formation Of gold lodges BE- correct,
the fluid silica, carrying with 1t the
vapor Of gold passed upward through
the fissure opened by the convulsion Of
nature, and reaching the creviced
dyke, spread in every direction and
formed there crystals in every seam.
This does not in the least argue
against the permanency Of the lower
Olinghouse lead. In fact 1t is the
strongest evidence Of not merely ex-
istence Of a fissufe bensath the dyke
but Of the great richness Of that fis-
sure. These dykes doubtless extend
to a considerable depth. narrowing as
they 60 down. At their inverted apex
will doubtless be the beginning OF the
fissure vein.
The Cabin claim, ownsd by w. c.
Williams, is doubtless the richest not
only in this lead but in the entire dis
trict. This dyke is one hundred feet
in width and contains nothing poorer
than seven dollar ock. In the center.
Of this dyke, the vapors Of silicon have
not only filled all the crevices with
~crevices of quartz carrying wires Of
gold, but have ever converted the por-
phory into quartzlte. which latter car
ries a value Of nearly two hundred dol
lars a ton. There are three other
claims on this dyke; all Of which are
good propositions, although none ap-
pear to be so valuable as the Cabin.
The Slip mine. at the western ex-
tremity Of the dyke, is situated much
lower than the other claims. and. as a
consequence. the dyke has practically
given away to a true ledge although
sufficient depth has not been attained
to absolutely prove the above theory.
Large bodies Of very rich ore have been
taken oat Of the shallow workings.
In aiiition -. these two principal
leads there are a multitude Of strlngers
radiating from the lodges. Ore car
rying high values has been taken from
several of these small leads.
In another article the writer will a.
Scribe the individual claims If the dis-