The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-04-07
THE N G
Correspondent Of "The News" Writes
Of That Section.

Every Olu Ttsiutnt VI thC aSihe OO"o'
remembers the stirring days of the ia
nous old Panamint rush in the days OF
the early seventies. The claims OF ia
cobs and his outlaw partners, came into
the hands OF Senators Stewart and Jones
of Nevada, then among the best known
men i'm the U. $. Senate. The activity
lasted about five years and declined
with its more famous sister, the Com
stock Lode, but not until it had pro-
duced about 81, 500, 900 from a rich cop
per-silver ore. The nearest railroad
point in those boom silver days was San
Berdardino, about $50 miles distant on
the S. p. This famous old camp is sit
mated high up in the range at an eleva-
ton of more than 200 feet and just I'M
der Telescope Peak which rears its head
1889 feet above sea level. 1t is a most
delightful spot with its running water
and forests OF pinon pine, particularly
in the summer time. 1t will be sought
b the desert prospector during the in
tolerable hot days of the coming sum
mer and when once he gets into this fine
mineral bearing range, the world will
hear more of the Panamint district.
1t is a strange fact that no attention
was paid to the rich gold veins OF this
range which have only been recently
discovered. Silver was in those great
days of the Comstock, the only mineral
sought OIL desired, for Nevada haG made
the world silver mad. No one thought
her of the vast wealth of gold which
the deserts along the a-California
lines held in their unforbidding wastes.
The core of the Panamint range is
composed of the original basic rock,
granite, and lying on it in conformity
and dipping to the west are the later
formations carrying most OF the rich
vein of the western states. All these
later stratas run with the core, that Is,
nearly north and carry a most varied
mineral content. Here is to be found
some copper, silver, much lead and
much base and free gold bearing veins.
As far as known, the veins are particu-
larly strong and well defined.
The order of occurrence of these form
atoms is in succession from the top OF
the range, phonolite, limestone, quartz
lite, metamorphic states and the soft
shists skirting the valley. Numerous
dykes cut most of these formations in
various canons. The rich copper ores
are found in the limestones; these ores
at old Panamint being base, required
roasting and only the highest grade OF
ore -@as profitable to work in the early
d., Shipping facilities will make
thest mines again producers. Outside
of this series, all the veins of the dis
trict at present known are recent DIS
coveries and were unknown to any but
the most recent prospectors.
In contact with the limestone on the
east and the metamorphic states on the
west, are found a series of strong, heav-
lily sulphuretted veins carrying high
values in gold such as the Radcliffe vein.
The surface ores of this vein were free
and readily worked in a plate mill, but
with depth are too base and must be
roasted. Next and lower on the noun
tains, come the metamorphic states
which also carry strong veins that might
be worked easily by plating and concen-
tration. OF this series might be mem
toned the Burro mine of Jail Canon.
The lowest and first formation reached
in ascending any of the canons is the
shists, in every respect resembling those
of the famous Randsburg country 65
miles to the southwest. The Oh Be JOY
full mine is an example Of the veins
of this series. Geologically, the country
promises great veins and good, and in
places high, values. Like all the desert
section it needs careful prospecting and
sampling to determine it's real merit.
This section, just along the Nevada
California state line, is destined to at
tract wide attention from the many
prospectors now coming into the
country, particularly from those coming
in from the south.