Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-15
RICH STRIKES
At FAY, NEVADA.
Old Homestake Mine, Once by A.
W. Mecunc, Shows Start
ling Values,
IS AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
Special Correspondence

srecial Correspondence
Fay Ncvadn juno II Two rich
strikes hnvo boon nude here IN lhr
past fow dnys and both IN the mmo
property The Newport Nevada MIN
Ink company win headquarters n'
Newport, Rhode island ls lho owner
Of the property ana TIM HockholdorH
arc lucky indeed and win oon be
drawing down good sized dlyIdondt
Tho richest strike Wnr made IN the
face of cropscui run TO the east from
the main tunnel ana has now exposed
ave feet ~ ore averaging hN a very
careful mmpling tl04,h0, The vein IN
different from ~ extractor un the sur
face being quartz porphyy WIN
ttrlngcrH NJ qunrlg through A. II was
cut NJ u depth ~ lih feet from the sur
lace and has knocked IN the head the
bugnboo that has frightened 30 many
people away from this ramp, that the
values did not go down, II hnh proved
Tint the values do 40 down but that
the exports who had tho development
~ the properties and the old timers
themselves dld not know where 10 look
for them, The quartz Of the ledge was
replaced by quartz porphyry but the
values were retained nud IN this case
are oven better u, depth
ONCE OWNED ny McCuNE,
Tho lIomcslhkc mine was operated
by james Mci'nrlnne for 4, w, MuCuno
NJ one time aud thousands NJ dollars
were spent there but II was given ~
and condemned M no good for Tie
reason that the values were only on
the surface, This condemned the whole
camp and II has been m up.hlll job
ever since 10 yet any one Ia do u lill,
work In this region, u, II, llackott Sc.
cured the property for the Newport
Nevada Mining company and butt n
~ ton mill but had some difficulty IN
securing enough ore 10 Keep the min
running, II was closed down some
time ago 30 that the mine could be
moro thoroughly prospcoted ana tho
above strike TX one OF the rCaulta Of
the prospecting, The other N the dis.
coVory OF ilyo feet Of ore In the big
double compartment shaft that Me.
farlnnc sunk about 400 feet wcs, NJ
the tunnel Here the former operators
had the snmo experience, the yahcH
were lost nv depth was attained Mr.
Ilackeit recently stated drift 20 the
south from depth Of 40 feet ard was
WY much disappointed with what he
found The whole drifi holng In Il mass
of docomposod porphyry ana quanS
without any evidence of values aud tho
nan failed 10 show that II carried any
" the yellow metal II was nssaycd
though ana proved Ia carry 500 IN gold
and II took repeated tests 10 satisfy Mr.,
lIackett that he was not sailed IN
this ease also the values had gone down
In tho quarts porphyry ana no ono had
thought to test II for gold, Mir llnoK.
clt VIII open up NJ once both Of these
discoveries and VIII put the mil, into
commission 10 work the ore as fast nv
extracted. IN the tunnel he viii M.
raise 20 the surface and drift both
north ana south and IN the shaft the
drlfl viii be pushed 10 the south and
also 10 the north and now drifls start
cd az a lower level
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES,
The Importance NJ these discoveries,
along with the recent strike Of SILVER
values In the porphyry u short distance
west OF the Homostakc ~ Miller and
Beck, 20 this region cannot be oslimat.
ed, Many properties have had tho
same experience M the llumoslako and
the Inter Ocean, hut VIII an take OH
new HE now Tho possibilities cannot
be appreciated Tor There are miles Of
r0untry that win no doubt Yield ius, AZ
good values ~ found In the lomo.
stake for nll OF that character Of conn-
Try has been overlooked by the prose
peciorg, Between Deer Lodge and
Stntolne there are thousands of acres
Of good country not a foot or ", lch has