The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-07-17
BLACKHORSE
PROMISES WELL
The Source Of Rich Placer Deposits
Discovered to Be a Gold.
Bearing Mountain

Topics, New York mining journal,
says the richness of the vast placer re-
gion in White Pine county is explained
by tn. recent phenomenal discovery Of
gold and silver in the new camp known
as the Blackhorse district. Duridg a
score Of years The Osceola placer
mines, about thirty miles east of Ely,
have been noted Tor their large produc-
ton OF gold. That the deposits from
which this was drawn had been washed
into the valley by the operation Of The
elements upon The rocky elevations i'll
the neighborhood is an explanation of
jAair presence which would hold we'll SIS
theory under any circumstances, and
which has been established by ihe dis
covery on the mountain side Of true
fissure vein which Is as extraordinary
in its extent as it is in the wealth of
naturalization which it shows. This
vein, discovered 10y Frank McIntire in
March last crops above the ground in
many places to height of from four TO
six feet 1t has a Well-defned width
averaging about 300 feet, and it has
been traced to a length of more than
Is, 900 feet or nearly three miles. At
the surface it has given average assays
of nearly $50, while two-foot streak
averages values of 1854 in gold and III
ounces in silver per ton, selected sam
pies giving as high as 81 ,6S2 40 in gold
and $50 20 in silver.
Mr.. McIntire's discovery was fol
lowed speedily by the formation of the
Blackhorsc mining district. A town
site has been laid out and large de-
gree of activity and hustle is seen on
every hand. While the town is being
rapidly peopled the population is housed
in tents, of which there are already
forty or fifty, including several saloons,
three lodging places, a butcher shop,
black smith shop, the cvcr-prcsent pho
Geographic studio and other establish
ments. As yet there is no lumber
available for building purposes. Good
order prevails.
Development work has begun and is
being prosecuted with vigor on some of
the best claims. The San Pedro, Cali
rornia and Blackhorse mines are the
properties showing the most develop
mcnt at the present time. The San
Pedro, where the greatest amount of
work has been done, is one of twenty
three claims owned by the Mines De-
velopment Company, an Arizona cor
poration with offices in New York City
and Salt Lake City. This company is
capitalized at $10,OOO,OOO The San
Pedro makes an excellent showing of
the nature and values of the ore
Where discovery was made the ledge
was about three feet wide. At depth
of ten feet the width was five feet.
1t then narrowed down to two feet
Now, at depth of fifteen feet, it is
again three feet wide. Gold can be
seen in almost every fragment of ore
taken from the ledge 1t is all free
milling Its hanging wall is mixture
of quartzite and porphyry. A tunnel
is being driven to tap the big vein
about 100 feet below its apex, and is
now in about 100 feet or about half the
required distance.
George If. Burbank, a well-lnown
Mining engineer, chief engineer of the
Cataract Construction Company, who
developed the Niagara Falls water
power, has a high opinion concerning
the mining possibilities of the Black
horse district. Previous 30 1881 Mr..
Burbank was a deputy United States
mineral surveyor, and became thor-
oughly acquainted with every fool of
territory in the district. Casually
speaking Of it 10 a representative Of
Mining Topics he said he was always
satisfied that there are exceptionally
rich mineral deposits in that country,
and expressed his intention of soon 60
ing out there again. 81 am certain,
he said chat a lot of money will be