Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-07-03
HIGHLAND MINING
DISTRICT.
Its Past Work, Present DEVELOPMENT
and Future Possibilities.

ing District Will appear in tn
RECORD every week until all the pro,
critics situated in the district bav
been touched upon. They will b
written bv practical miner; on,
who has spent considerable time il
the district and each and every prop
erty will be impartiaIIy represented
First Series.
Stampede Gap, NsE.aJaly Q, %;
Editor RECORD;
l have been requested by per
sons on the outside to contribute
short article descriptive of and con
veylng information regarding th.
resources of Stampede Gap, and il
comply ing with these requests nv
preference is to do so through the
columns of our local paper. In this
method what may be said is open to
criticism by those conversant with
the actual facts and it obviates to a
considerable extent the doubt which
generally accompany statements out
of the ordinary.
Sufficient has been said from
time to time regarding the early
history Of the camp so my remarks
will be confined to it's resources in
general as indica ted through de-
velopment during the present year,
save locality and a few practical
geological features:
Stampede Gap Summit is situatad
about nine miles northwest from
Phoebe on the same mineral belt, i'm
mediately surrounding and on the
east side of which is formed the
great mineral belt so favorably
known throughout the west. Like
other camps carrying predominant
silver values its early history is
already written.
The mountain range has north
and south strike well rounded and
slightly undulating, consisting of
bedded limestone from few to sew
eral hundred feet in depth, under
laid with Devonian quartzite. On
an easterly and westerly strike are
vertical assures crosscutting both
limestone and quartzite systematical-
ly and regular, carrying in most in
stances high grade ore of gold, sill
YER, lead and copper, and in every
other instance values sufficient for
reduction with proper facilities. At
intervals porphyry dikes crosscut
the country both north and south
and east and west, and most notably
so in the great basin lying between
Highland mountain and Stampede
Gap summit.
Until within the past eighteen
months little has been going on at
Stampede, save annual assessments,
when Mr.. e. Il. Prudential of
Phoebe, acquired group of twenty
claims under the title of the Man
haitian Copper & Gold Mining Co.,
covering great deal of the upper
part of the basin, and began devel-
opment in a systematic manner. AT
once the near future of the camp
was deemed bright by the long suf-
fering prospectors there who knew
him. This development has been
quietly but steadily going on.
Every shift has extracted values con-
sidered sufficiently valuable for fa-
vorable conditions, when the day
crew working on the Kirk claim sit
uated on the south side of Iron hill
two weeks ago broke into fine
body of copper ore. Since this time
drifting has continued steadily with
increasing values. There is to-day
exposed in the face of the drift two
feet of ore carrying 55 per cent cop
per bedsides gold and silver values
exceeding $50 per ton. The re-
mainder of the gangue carries profit
able smelling values. Considerable
local interest is manifest, but as
good strikes on some of Mr.. Freud
enthall's other claims as well as
claims throughout the district have
not been uncommon, there is moth
ing like an excitement in existence.
In most mining countries an intense
excitement would prevail, followed
by rush on account of these
strikes, but here perfect quiet pre-
walls and little is thought Of them
more than was expected.
We are informed that a new hoist
will be installed upon the Manhat-
ten property and the force increased,
for which we humbly bow our en-
couragement, for there is no better
property in this section, nor bet