Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-06-21

| The Advocate Is constantly receiving
from all parts of the country, letters
asking the above and following uues.
tlons. To answer correspondents, tc
give reliable. accurate and authentic
information, and to further advance
our great interests, is the object Of this
article:
| Ii gold found at ITllsboro In quartz
veins or in placersY In both, but nrin-
cipally in tssure veins Between two
ana three hundred claims have been 10
| lated on these veins which show pay
ore OF the surface and the work done
| on these varies from mere assessment
holes to the principal mines that have
been developed TO depth of 800 feet.
per and iron sulphlde and some COM
paratively free milling quartz. With
depth the ore becomes smelling and
concentrating material. The percent
age Of copper in the ore shipped to the
sneltcrs is from one to twelve units
in concentrates sometimes as high as
twenty units. Silica in crude ore from
forty TO elghty-fiye Smelter ccrtiii-
Gates show the ore to carry from two
70 fourteen ounces Of gold, from three
to sixty ounces silver. Ihc bulk Of che
ore and concentrates Slipped, howev II,
VIII average about $40 per ton.
Has there been any large production?
The Opportunity group has produced
23,utU toms Of ore aud over balf mill
Ion dollars. The Bonanza mine 1000
IONS and S2Ooo0a. The Richmond 5000
tons ond over $29AO00. These are the
lna.s..sl i...Lai....s,.-.---- ..i----
Are Tie milling facilities good? rrac-
tlcally they are not the saving has
been from hfty to seventy five per
cent nj the best a modern custom
NH Is badly needed and Il fortune
awaits the parties who VIII build one.
Sufficient water and an ideal conccn-
sratlng ore, wlih proper appliances
ninety to ninety-fyc per cent. would be
the saving.
VIII the owners let 20 easy, or do
they want the earth? They are reas-
onable people, bat they are not giving
away their mines, or giving bonds on
longtime ralnbows. During the past
two years some thirty mines have been
sold, mostly around Amimas Peak, and
the highest price paid was $1,000.
That mih.. sas become the largest pro-
ducing and the best paying ia the dis
trlct aud the owners would now ask
very large sum. The greatly I'M
proved price of copper and lower
smelling rates have Of late been very
beneficial to these mines. With a good
custom min the progress would be
rapid.
What are ore e.alghts? From the
mine to the III raso smelter from So
to 81 per ton; from mine TO mill 10
cents to $3.50 per ton.
What is the geological formation?
An eruptIve country rock, by the ex-
perts classcd az Anleslte; Tic ore veins
are found accompanying dikes of fine
grained felsIte ana blrdscye porphyr3
which cut through the country north
cast aud southwest. Most Of the veins
are fairly easy working, on drift con.
tracts prices have been from S3 TO So
per foot incline shafts on vein are
chcaply driven. but vertical shafts IN
country rock have generally been found
very expensive.
Is there much snow In winter? Not
enough 70 swear by; the climate. win.
ter and summer, IS, frorn Miners
point Of view perfect No snowslides
and no pneumonia for the miner to
/ dread.
y .hcrc mwch .'accy nluire2 IRE
is an extensive placer field which Il
open TO locators aud there are always
! some men at work who make from 81
to IS per day. An occasional nugget
brings up the average. OF course some
men are luckier than others, here as
4 elsewhere Most OF the gold Is found
| within few feet of the surface. The
miners scoop up the pay streak dirt
and run It through dry washing ma
chimes. The nearest water is distant
five miles and about 400 feet below the
gold level Several companies have
l been formed TO work these placers on
high scale. but the immense cost oi
bringing in sufficient water has made
the project appear OF doubtful profit
A new company has recently been or
ganized 10 exploit this field with ma
chine Of the Bucyrus type-this Is
probably the very best method ana
: likely TO succeed.