The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-06-09
SILVER PEAK DISTRICT.
Old Camp With Great Record Attract
ing Much Attention.

The old Silver Peak mining district
Is again coming to the front. 1t is
taking on a new lease of life with the
the balance of the old and new min
ing camps of Southwestern Nevada.
The first big discovery in this camp
vas made as far back as 1864 which is
known as the Drinkwater or Blair
group of properties, which are now
known throughout the country as con-
tain,ng one of the biggest bodies of
matchmaking and cyaniding ore on the
continent. This was proven several
years ago when John Hays Hammond,
the well known mining expert, made a
thorough examination of the property
for the Blair estate. The examination
is said to have cost $50 The mine
mas produced up to date, in gold. about
100000, the greatest extraction be-
ing made by amalgamation, but later
on when the ground was leased by John
Ihiqtovitch, a cyanide plant was in
stalled to treat the tailings. This was
rIong in ~ or '92, and was the first
cyanide plant erected in the state of
Nevada, and one of the first in the
country. The property was again
worked in 1896 and = by J. l.. Han
chctt, when he took out 100000 worth
of ore. The mine has also been
worked at different times by S. r.
WATSON and other ~lessees. 1t is de-
veloped Ey a tunnel which cut the for
nation at IL depth of 500 feet where a
ledge has been disclosed 80 feet across
from wall to wall of ore. and without
any sorting it will run so Il ton in
gold.
Among the other old mines in this
camp are the Homestake, the Wander
Iilt and Mary. A safe estimate of the
ore extracted in gold and silver from
the old mines in years past would be
$1,000, 600. The Blair mine is held now
at 81, 800, 900. and in the opinion of ex-
perts VINO have had the privilege of
inspecting it. it is one of the cheap
mining propositions of the country at
this price, with modern modes of ex-
traction and mining ores. During the
past six months a number of good sales
have been made in and around Silver
Peak, and a score or more of good
strikes have becn made on new and
old locations. The Old-time residents
of the district who ii seen T%Onopah,
Goldfield. Bullfrog and other districts
express their surprise that mining men
with money should overlook what they
believe to be one of the best mining
districts in the entire state. a report
is in circulation that IA representative
of the G~uggenheims recently made an
examination of the Blair mine, and one
of the experts expressed himself that
the property would be in active opera
ton within a few months and on a
large scale. Seven miles from the main
workings of the mine and close to
Silver Peak. the company OWNS a thir-
ty-stamp mill and a cyanide plant. Both
are in good repair, but in the event of
"A sale being made a much larger stamp
and cyanide plant, and more modern,
will he put in. The old town of Silver
Peak contains Il population of probably
$50. but Il new town has Just been built
adjoining which contains 100 acres.
Peak is only about % miles due
west of Goldfeld where there is plenty
Of water and timber. The Silver Peak
mineral wells have been famous
throughout this section OF the country
for wears on account Of their medicinal
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