The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-11-11
Report OF North Star
Nrert's Opinion of Property at Willow
Creek-===COnsiderab!e Development
W0.k Already Done Thousands CT
Dollars On Dump and in Sight.

sists of an incline shaft 165 feet deep and
two TUNES. No. l tunnel is in d.s-
| tance of $50 feet and cuts the incline
shaft at a depth of S5 feet, 25O feet from
| the portal of sad tunne.; No. IS run
/ distance of 200 feet, 40 feet from The
! breast upraise of so feet is complet-
d, connecting Nos. / and 2 levels. The
Po,aris adjoins the North Star on the
north end and has a tunnel run on the
tension a continuation of the two Gains
previously mentioned about 40 feet of
unnel work is comp eted. showing a
well-defned vein on the Fawn the
southern extension of the Nor h S ar. a
shaft is sunk a depth of 20 feet on
vein averaging five feet in width, there
is so a tunnel on the properly in a
distance Of 65 feet. On the Denver and
Tuscarora only the work necessa. y to
eompy with the legal requirements is
performed.
ESTIMATED VALUES.
/ have carefully sampled tested and
CLASSIFIED the reserve ore bodies and
submit the following results:
Positive ore No. chute, e12 IL .
ions. value sl6.......................$ $500
Positive ore No. chute. 2l25 tons,
Positive orc on dump, 1000 tons,
va.ue 10.50..................... l0,50o
Possible ore 1062 tons, VI ue So. s.o5s
Probable ore, 5000 tons. value $s.. 30 900
ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES.
The main vein is on the average three
.eet wide and runs through the property
a d stance Of COCO feet. The parallel ven
being west of the main vein upon which
he Denver and Tuscarora Claims are To-
.ated, is five feet wide on the surface;
.uHlcient work is not performed to es-
innate the values. There Is suffici n
mber in the gulches and surrounding
iepressions for al mining purposes. Tn
mill site is an ideal location for shs
rection of reduction works for the
reatment of ores.
carefully Investigated the wa er
upply and find II sufIic ent to run a
wenty-stamp mill for ne months II
he year and electricity can be generated
20 run mill of the above capacity the
entire year. The price of labor for
working the mines will be about the
anne as pa at Silver City Idaho-.ha
from 49, 90 to $3.50 per day. and nm
ing can be carried on at all seasons %
he year. About twelve hundred fec OF
lramway can be erected and the iota.
production of the mines can b. ira - .er-
red 10 the mill and handed at the lew
est possible cost.
GEOLOGY.
The apex of the Cottonwood range is
composed of muscovite granite belong
ng to the eocene period of the Fest airy
Ia; 1t was intruded through tn. Cam
brian safe and cd sedimentries. In h
vicinity of the North Star props:y ths
5 ate rock is nearly vertical, showing the
action of dynamic force ana the ~ -
ho.ogical agency producing lie fracture
or the deposition of ore Is evidenced by
he igneous d.kas following the line of
ontact. The genera. course of the vein
ystem IS nor and scu h, pitch ng ~
or cent to 65 per cent east.
Tie main vein on the property of the
North Star Mining and Milling Company
is a contact fissure lying between Cam
brian slate and igneous dioryte the
etroogie cond tions are identical wi
nat of the Great Mother Lode in Call
fornia and may be depended on to &c
down to profound depth. The mineral
manifestations indicate permanency
continuity and extremely high values
n its downward course. The genet c
agency which preciptated the ore is
Hydro-Thermal action. The character
of the ore deposits is Ferruginou'