Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-17
NEVADA-ALP|NE,
ITS ORE BODIES.
Engineer George C. Swan Reports
More Ore Blocked Out Than
Has Been Extracted.
MAIN CHANNEL BEEN FOUND.
Property is Owned by Salt Lake
Parties Promises to Become
Big Shipper

For several weeks it has been known
to some that conditions at the Nevada
Alpine mine on Lone Mountain, near
Tonopah, had become decidedly inter-
esting as a consequence OF the cam
paign of development carried on there
during the past year.
The property is owned by the
O'Meara-Lynch company, or at least
the larger interests are held by per-
sons directly interested in It.
George c. Swan, the mining engineer,
has returned from making an exam
nation Of the mine and confirms the
late reports from there; that there is
now a very large amount Of ore blocked
out that the vein is large; lies between
well defined walls and has an appear
ance of permanency.
Mr. Swan saw the property year
ago and called attention to two IFS
sures He says in a report; 1T was i'm
possible to determine, at that time, Just
what the dip would be, or what the
course might be beyond certain point.
AZ no work had been carried into this
ground and erosion had obliterated all
trace OF the fault on the surface. There
was only one way to determine this
and that was by underground work.
laid out a plan for this work which
would not only prospect the ground
put would also leave 1t in the best
shape for working after the
Ctrnal NIhtIa
plan was not followed far
enough to demonstrate anything, the
work that has been done has demon
strated that my judgment was not at
fault In declaring that one Of the two
assures mentioned above was the main
ore channel The crosscut from the
lower tunnel can now be run into this
ground according TO my plan; and will
serve the double purpose Of prospect
Ing the ground and furnishing a work.
ing tunnel for the ground already
opened up. This Will require the cross
cut (Which is now In forty feet from
its starting point in the lower tunnel
TO he driven about 225 feet further,
which viii bring It, on its present
course, nearly under the incline In the
Midway and give a depth OF SO feet
below the bottom OF the incline. IL
ulb ore continues on the same angle or
dip, 1t viii take a little less than 90
feet more prosecuting TO cut the vein.
This Is further to the east than / had
expected TO cut IL In the plan original
ly laid out but this croscut Ia not as
far to the north as the one projected
In my plan; and as the strike of the
vein is northwesterly and southeast
erly, a crosscut from the first projected
point would cut the vein further west
than the presetn one VIII
II consider that the work which has
been done IN the Midway workings has
been very well conducted. The ore
taken out has probably paid for the
work done; and the ground has been
Systematically blocked out, and can
now be worked through a crosscut from
below In such way as to avoid wind
lassing.
Il am much pleased with the condi-
ton OF the mine. The vein so far as
II has been blocked out, is strong one,
and of very even thickness. There Is
as much ore blocked out as has been
taken out OF the mine, aud in two
wines, which are 60 feet apart, there
is still ore in the bottom. There are
two good walls, and the nature OF the
ground Is such that there is every rea-
son to elieye that the main ore chan
mel has been found and that the ore
VIII continue to great depth