The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-05-30
COPPER FLAT ACTIVITY.
New Steam Hoistine Plant Now
Being Placed In Position.
Work of Sinking the Main Shaft
to Be Begun at Once.
Copper Deposits Covering a Ter-
tory Miles In Extent.

On Tuesday of this week we took
occasion to visit Copper Flat and had
an opportunity to examine that re-
markable property. Joseph Bray has
force of men at work there ut the
present time installing the new steam
holsting plant, and as soon as this is IN
position the work of sinking will be
resumed. The shaft, which is double
compartment, is an excellent piece of
work manship and finely timbered, and
1t is the intention to carry it down
several hundred feet for the purpose
of proving the value of the property
1t has now reached depth of 134 feet
and has been in good ore for the entire
distance, while at the bottom rich
copper sulphdes have been encoun-
tered
The promising feature of this pro-
perty is the fact that not only in this
shaft, but also in two others which
have reached considerable depth,
the quality OF the ore has improved
steadily as they went down, and after
one has examined the dumps ana
handled samples of the output, there
Is no doubt left in the mind as to the
value of the property.
The Copper Flat group now en-
braces between fifteen and twenty
claims, and over tract of country two
miles in length by three-quarters of a
mile in width richly colored copper
ores can be seen over its entire surface.
The local management does not care
to discuss values, but 1t is fact that
the ores thus far produced will average
at least II per cent copper, with some
values in gold and silver.
As to the permanency of the deposit
it can only be said that for l34 feet,
the lowest point reached, the ore
bodies not only improve in value, but
the output shows the massiveness of
the lodges. Every conceivable form
of copper ore, from the richest oxides
to conglomerate, is found here in pro-
fusion, and only short distance from
the companys Office is to be seen the
mouth of an old crater, which ages
ago emitted fire, smoke and lava.
Quantities of this lava are still in evil
dence, and surrounding the crater,
and also for long distance to the
south and north, immense outcroppings
of iron tell the story of what trans
pired here during the period when Ma
ture was engaged in continent build
ing.
At another point in the property a
shaft has been sunk to a depth of fifty
five feet, and the output shows the
most perfect self-huxing ores which
have ever been discovered
To one who has passed over the
property and seen the vast quantities
OF richly colored rock, in which the
hand detects weight while the glass
reveals values there can come no oues-
tion as to the richness of Copper Flat
and while 1t is true that no great
depth has been attained. the property
can not even now be regarded as an
experiment.
The company has neat and com
Portable Office building at the mine.
which contains also laboratory fully
equipped for assaying ores and COM
Portable quarters are provided for the
accommodation of the men employed
Everything necessary in the way OF
machinery for the development of the
property, including two pumps of the
latest patents, is now on the ground
and there will be no delay in pushing
the work.