Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-18
Attracted By the Recent DiscOy
cry OF Rich TeIutium in the
BuIlIrOg Extension,
ASSAYS 82PER CENT PURE COLD
Values Continue to Improve and Min.
ers Are Taking 0ut high. Grade
Ore -- Experts Opinion,
Special Correspondence.

''f W. I''f'''iN 'I' W
Goldheld. New. sept l6,-The dis
coyery n tcllurum ore that assays 50
per cent pure gold on the property
Of the Bulfrog Extension Mining com.
pany at Bulfroe. Gj miles south Of
GoIdneld. has been responsible ion a
rush to the district Of some Of the
worlds greatest EXPERTS in mining for
the purpos' Of making a close study OF
the geological formation Of that sec.
ton, Spectators and merchants arc
also crowding into the district by
scores. Interest attaches 10 the strike,
aside from IT'S Importance to the Bull
frog Extension Mining company ju
adding immensely to The prestige Of
the already famous Bullfrog district
r.. MCHugh Scoyillp, am alumnus Of
the Royal school of Mines of London.
who is making am exhaustive eNdmina-
ton of prominent mining properties I'm
southern Nevada in the interests OF an
English syndicate OF millionaire mine
Operators, has just returned from a
second examination Of the strike Mr..
Sooyille confirms the FIRST reports and
declares the mud to be of exceptional
importance to the Bullfrog district as
Il proves conclusiyely the occurrence
of gold I'm the form Of tellurldes. one
of the richest classlhcations OF the
basic minerals with which the yellow
metal associates itself
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.
In speaking of the characteristic fea-
lures Of formation Of that particular
section i'm which the tellurium was
found Mr. Scoville said
HfIT
in the tunnel ana at FIRST was thought
TO be an iron sulphide. In fact, very
little attention was paid to it until "a
miner employed on the property sug-
gested that II resembled certain tellu-
ride ores that he had seen In Cripple
Greek. This led TO an assay, not so
much 10 determine the value of the ore
as It's character Two assay tests were
made that gave returns of s. per cent
pure gold These, OF course, were from
picked samples, Weighing not more
than few ounces. and We're taken
from the cleavage or seam OF piece
of rock shat had been split open along
the assure 20 astonished We're Supt
TrIdell and his force OF miners con-
tmu.d Mir. SCoville. that "a further
exploration OF The seam was plosecut-
ed.
1.-THE impregnation Of telluridcg must
have come with thermal waters from
great depth, such pronounced miner
ali1agiou IL almost certain TO exist In
the immediate vicinity Of immense
bodies of high grade ores, az the gold
values are likely % extend through
the vein matter for some distance On
each side Of the assure. IT is decidedly
probable the streak Is but "a striuger
that viii lead 70 The opening up o. Du
extraordinarily rich body Of ore Of cry
considerable extent, Though mcom-
mon IN the later eruptve formations,
t,lurideg do occur In large quantities
IN the rhyolites, polphyrys and rocks
Of the same classification, In the
Montgomery Shoshone, Gibraltar,
Eclipse. Original Bullflog and several
other big mines Of Bullfrog telurium
IL found associated with baser metals
carrying gold. and IL would not great
~ surprise me Il the BullfroS district
out-rivals the famous Cripule Creek
district I'M the output Of rich telluride
ores.
FEVER1sH ACTIVITY
Since It has been determined the
seam Of ore In the property is high
grade teuurium Supt Trldcl has add
ed to the force of miners employed In
the Bullfrog Extension mine ana Is
prosecuting an aggressive plan OF de-
| vtopmeut I'm the belief that with the
| orening up Of the contact between the
vein that ~ being followed and an
| other that has been exposed at the sur
! face. an immense body Of high grade
| shipping ore win he encountered, II Is
common to find big shoots Of ore at
| such functions.
Values in the tunnel have shown con-
! sittent improvement during the past
| fst Ia U.ifh of