The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-06-13
Our Mining Resources
Which Will flake Battle Mountain
Thriving, Populous City on
the Advent of Capital.
Wtep Mining of the Northern Portion Of Laade
County Tributary Mountain, Experienced Miner.

This district occupies the northwest
corner of Lander county and includes in
its boundaries all of the Battle Mountain
range of mountains.
The Battle Mountains extend from
the line of the Central Pacific Railroad
twenty miles in southerly direction,
average about twenty miles in width and
are bounded on the north by the Hum
boldt river valley and on the south by a
valley connecting Reese River valley and
Summit Springs valley.
The general formation of the noun
tains might be described as plateau
forming their highest elevation and 10
Gated nearly in the center of the range
from which extends canyons to all points
of the compass.
The names Of the principal canyons in
their order as they enter the surround.
ing valleys and commencing at the
southeastern corner, thence to the east
north and west. 10 the point OF com.
mencement are: Copper Canyon, Duck
Creek, Cotton Creek, Long Creek, Elder
Creek, Trout Greek, Trenton CANYON and
Willow Creek.
The age of the geological formation oi
the Battle Mountains is probably de
vonian. petriticatlons are scarce. and the
caryophyllia family Is the principal
species found. The rocks consist il
states of various kinds (clay states and
slicious slates,) quartzite, sandstones
graywacke, breccias-porphyries, silicious
limestoDes and granite. The limestones
are mostly confined to the highest part OF
the mountains. as layers evidently form
ed before the elevation of the mountains
took place, and consisting of the rem
nants of the layers, which once covered
the top OF the formation to a long ex-
tent.
METALIFERoUs DEPOSITS.
The metaliferous deposits, as far as
known up to the present time, extend
along the eastern and western slopes of
the mountains, none Of any importance
having been found in the center portion
of the mountains and the southern ex
tremity of the western slopes, seem to
inclose the richest and most extensive
deposits. The nature of most of these
deposits is that of true tissure veins. Al
though in most cases the walls are not
as well defined as iissure veins generally
show when occurring In more massive
rocks, there can be no doubt of their
character. The veins can be traced for
a long distance, three to five miles or
more and consists generally in a main
channel, from which branches extend on
both sides, or, as they might be desig-
mated better in system OF veins, be-
longing to one main channel.
They continue their course independ-
ent from any change in the stride or dip
Of the country rock. The width of the
veins apparently, seem to vary con-
sderably, resembling sometimes more of
a succession of chambers than a regular
vein. fact which has no doubt been
caused by the wavelike shape of the
walls of the vein. Slickensides occur
inside of the boundaries of the veins, as
well as on the wall, and accompanied 10y
thicker or thinner layer of clay
The ore is often found in conglomera-
ted masses, consisting of separated angu-
lar pieces of ore and gangue, cemented
by vein matter, quartz or calspar. crystal
lied specimens of ore and gangue are
found frequently. Slate and sandstone
frequently occur as the main filling oi
the vein. When the country rock con
sists of these kind of rock peculiarly ol
which | am informed is equally promi
nent in the veins of the Hartz mountains
in Germany and other places in Europe
whose geological formation is in age al
well as ia rocks, almost identical with
the formation of the Battle Mountains
Some of the veins might have to b'
termed as contact some as cash veins
Wherever the latter occurs, a true vein is
however, in close proximity. The min
erals found are gold, silver, copper, leaC
and antimopy. Free milling ores ar
found but in limited quantities near the
surface where natural decomposition
has prepared the ores. which Grange II
to sulphuret ores requiring roas,ing o
smelling at depth of less than tw'
hundred feet.
The bulk of the ores would be classe,
AS smelling ores. The principal sllye
ores are ruby silver fahlerz and argent
ferrous galena.
The principal copper ores are carbon
ates and silicates of copper, red an'
black oxides of copper and coppe