The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-06-13

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erty has shown vast improvement as
depth is attained and there is no doubt
but that 10 the near future with its pres
ent management and Indications with
depth it will rank among the dividend
payers.
Joining the Nevada claim is the Cop
per Canyon. The mines here are found
beyond spur of the Battle Mountain
range, two and one half miles
south of Galena and are owned by a
Scotch company of Glasgow, Scotland.
The ore is shipped to Golconda for re-
duction where they own smelters and
are operating large properties near by.
Although not proven as yet by actual
connection, these mines are located in all
probability on the White and Shiloh
lode. The prevailing rock here is quartz
ite and porphyry and the galena ores
when entering this formation change to
copper, at least for the depth already
obtained.
The Virgin and Lake Superior are the
principal and Oldest locations. Shafts
have been sunk; the one on the Virgin
is down 900 feet, and the one on the
Lake Superior one hundred and thirty
five feet. Several levels have been open
ed and worked on the Virgin which var
les from one hundred and fifty to several
hundred feet in length. Fhe vein is
about eight feet wide on an average
stopped out it measures upwards of forty
feet between walls. There has been ship
ped from these mines in former years,
when an English company worked the
property upwards of ten thousand tons
of copper ore to Swansea Wales which
after being assorted averaged forty per
cent copper and valued at that time in
the neigeborhood of one million dollars.
The ores in this lode are remark BILE for
their purity. and consist of carbonates
and silicates in red and black oxides and
copper glance. Native copper is also
found here but not in paying qualities.
There is now extracted ready for ship
ment about one hundred tons of ore
which is estimated to average about Is
per cent. copper.
There are properties here which show
lodes twenty and thirty feet wide which
carry from 81 to $40 in gold with
some silver which have been worked in
the 70 10y the old process and at that
time paid. These same properties today
with the modern improved machinery,
should, and can be made to pay large
dividenes, even by concentrating the ore
they will pay .vidends.
As an illustration of the properties re-
ferred to | will name few which might
make large producers of Bullion: The
Humbug, the PIumas, the Butte. They
are located south and east of Galena,
the principal camp in the Battle Noun
tains. The two former are patented
ground, the latter unpatented. All have
been worked to some extent in the old
crude way, as l have herein mentioned
in the '70s. One can now go on the old
dumps and see where values lie and up
on entering the properties any man with
a common miners experience cannot
| help but see where there has been mis-
management from some cause, proabbly
lack of experience, carelessness or blind
ness of some sort. Values stare you in
the fa..e at once and upon close examin-
alton you will see where the foot or
hanging wall has not been reached and
hence the values lie dormant, waiting
for someone with energy, experience and
ca pital to come and transform them
from their present state into bullion.
These are not altogether low grade
properties; some very rich ores are
found but as a rule they would be deter
mined low grade taking everything as it
comes between the walls. The ores here
are easily mined. The ground stands
good requiring but little timbering
known as the Iron Mine, deriving its
name from an iron Gaping which is
mixed with quartzite, lime and porphy-
ry. This property has already made
several nice shipments to Salt Lake
Smelters while the ground was being
prospected. This property carries gold,
silver, copper and lead of good grade and
10 profitable quantities while presenting
an unlimited quantity of low grade ore
in one place in the upper tunnel. There
is one vein fully eighty feet wide.
This property was examined and sam
pied by Messrs Stallman and Farron,
general manager and general superin-
tendent of the Glasgow and Western
Exploration Co, of Glasgow, Scotland
Their results on the Gold values alone
was $50 per ton average, the lowest as
say being SIC gold and from that to $30(
The property is now under bond tc
these gentlemen. Active exploration
will commence 10 the near future.