The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12
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to be ascertained in the future. for there
is no development work done at this
writing. The above described mineral
zones lie parallel to Reese River.
The west zone lies in the Shoshone range
and the east zone lies on the east side OF
Reese River in the Toiyabe Range in lat
itude between 80 and 40, longitude III
in Lander Co, Nevada, between Austin
and Battle Mountain north aud south.
and east and west between Grass Valley
and Antelope Valley. This whole and
entire zone wasa some time past covered
with a conglomerate of from two hundred
to 600 feet deep, but time has caused
by the erosion, corrosion and the action
of water great canyons and gulches,
which has cut its way through the con-
glomerate and has uncovered the natu.
raj formations, or as it may be termed,
bedrock, and whenever we find the bed
rock as a rule in the entire above de-
scribed zones We find more or less min
eral cropping in ledges, punches and
zones that carry gold, silver, copper, lead
and antimony, and in general all the
minerals, are found H. these zones. be-
tween ontacts of lime and slate or chists
and quartzites, but the punches and
small deposits are always found incased
in lime on all sides.
la the Ravenswood country, there is
to-day enough ore in sight to keep a
hundred-ton reduction works constantly
working for two years on ore that will
average S25 per ton in copper. gold, sill.
yer ar lead.
There is room for 100 prosrectors and
| believe they could all get claim a
piece that would pay expenses from the
grass roots down, but the prospectors
should be very careful and leave white
quartz alone in Rayenswood range, for
as rule 1t lies in the line and is barren.
but the aphynites may be rich on the
surface and run into jasper, but go
through the jasper. and think you will
find great masses of rich ore of copper
and silver.
We have struck a ledge that shows an
outcrop of e000 feet long and will aver
age from 4 to 90 per cent copper and
runs very nicely in silver and gold. We
are going to start work by tho 1st of
September to develop. I will say this,
that l have travelled upwards of 1000
miles ia the past four weeks in the above
described country studying the forma
tion, and can say to my fellow prospector
that this county has as fine future as
any county in the State. All that's
awaiting is energy and will. Now IL
there is any of my brother prospectors
wanting To go in he field, | would ad-
wise him to come to the Rayenswood
country, and any information can give
you, / will be pleased to give; we have
all the ground we want, for it only takes
a snail part to do US, and there is plenty
left. Raveaswood III time will be the
mining camp of the country. Why it is
idle, is very easily explained, heretofore,
all the prospectors had to find ore that
could be shipped to the selby reduction
works. and such ores do not exist in th
country, only in small bunches. but by
having reduction works on the ground.
Ravenswood will be a great producer,
and as soon as we find or ore will 90
down, we are going to put in reduction
works ar once.
Yours truly,
j. Ii. Brown.
Silver Creek, Lander Co, New.