Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-10-29
NEvAOA'S RICHES.
Finest S.,eignanS cf the Year Exhibit
ed IN SAT- Lake

Probably the finest collection of ores
that ever cane from one group of min
ing claims to this city. was tha,
brought in by John V. Brooks, general
CT the Empire Consolidated
Mining and Smelling Ccmpany's prop
critics in the Frieberg district, Lin
coin county. Nevada, yesterday morn
ing. The ores come from seven sepeT-
ste lodges which. with the nine known
cross-fissGres, are embraced in eight
Of the company's thirty-two claims
that cover the mineral zone for {.
width Of two and one half miles and
five miles long.
Fairly in the year the property ana
the various characters of ore that it
contained were mentioned in this de-
rzrtnlent and the samples then shown
by Mr. Burke attracted a good deal OF
attention in mining circles. The ex-
hibit then made, while fine one was
tame by comparison with this one.
Nearly ton OF ore is embraced in the
sampeles which contain many chunks
weighing from few to over $50
pounds
Manager Brooke has been at camp
for the past five weeks getting the
campo gn of developments under way
and reports that he now has a force
Of NIL rod hn
Der to be increased when accomoda-
tiOns have been supplied and supplies
laid in. He came up to make a pur
chase CT provisions. tools and ether
supplies necessary to see the winter
ca1npaign through. and expects to
return in about ten days.
The first samples shown, Mr.
Brooks explaind came from vein
that carries an ore shoot which has
been opened up for fifteen feet wide.
.A.Ity feet lcng and twenty-six feet
nigh, and at slight depth beneath the
surface The ore carries about $50
IN IN god, silver and lead
he next sample was of a red oxide
and carbonate copper ore from a three
215 2 half foot vein. The best of this
ere runs ~ per cent copper. six oun,
ces of silver and 81 a ton in gold; the
sec md grade carries 35 per cent cope.
| 20 ounces Of silver ard s1.5i in gold
while TIE worst samples that could be
sci ctet, gave returns of 21.2 per cent
c.n0er and nine ounces Of silver.
Another sample was from a ledge
crrr-tng carbonate of lead and silver
ch'ciGes, commonly classed as ceTuG-
site ore I shelf is down thirty-fvc
feet and there is two feet of the or
in The bottom which assays 39.4 per
cent lead. 1fo ounces Of silver and
S1.20 in gold per ton.
Another vein four feet. and opened
to 1erth Of f0rtv-fiye feet, produces
ore that samples tested 5how to have
Z va 4e OF aHoot So n2r "a in silver
lead AID god.
Net i choryn samples Of two feet
Of ga,ena. which at . depth Of sixty
five feet is widening cut. The crop
pings en- this ledge went so per cen
lead and twelve ounces silver, Wills
the average Of the ore from the bot
tom Of the shaft runs 65 per cent lead
seventy two ounces Of silver and 81 i
gold
Another vein CT blue peacock galena
peculiar to Nevada is four feet wide
and the GRE assays So per cent lea;
forty five ounces silver and 50 in gol'
per ton.
Following this is exhibited grea
chunks Ct free gold bearing rotten irOI
quartz hat comes from q big ledge be
tween a porDhyry foot ard a grant
hanging wall It is opened to a dept
Il sixty feet and some Of the rock cal
| lies values altogether too higt t.
talk about, but Mr.. Brooks is certai.
t2Gt the mass viii average better tina
$50 per ton ard prove an ideal mimi
property.
The next and last lot OF sample
shown came from a siX-foot vein whic
has been opened to depth of forty
five feet. The ore carries horn silve
and chlorides and carbonates in RE
DrOfusiOn and assays On average sar
pies give returns Of 39.4 per cent lea
and 1890 ounces Of silver per ton