Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-27
DEVELOPMENT Of
ROUND MOUNTAIN
Sunnyside Group. Location Of
First Gold Discoveries, the
Scene Of Activity.
TWO SHAFTS ARE BEING SUNK.
u. l.. Colburn. Formerly Of This city,
Interested in Mil Proposition
starts with Ten stamps.


Special Correspondence.
Gordon Nevada June 23-On the
Suury.Ide group-the property " the
Round Mountain Mining company
high g.ade gold values are being de-
veioped This group is located in the
heart Of the proven minerallzed area
and consists of the sunnysIde No, ],
sunuysiie No. ?, Sunnyslde No. 3, and
suunysIde Fraction claims. about 70
acres In an. The claims were staked
by Louis ID. Gordon, a young man who
has been remarkably successful In the
southern Nevada mining field, and II
was on the Suunyside No. that the
original discovery in the Round Noun
tain country was made.
This was the strike which first called
the attention Of the mining public TO
the wonderful possibilities Of the sec
ton ana resulted in the establishing
N q camp which rivals Manhattan IN
the value Of lis precious metal deposits.
Gordon interested Goldhod capital In
the property and. with the acquisition
Of funds. IL is being developed In
systematic manner Already the acre.
age has demonstrated its right to be
classed as a mine and presents I'M
mistakablc indications Of eventually
becoming one Of the bonanzas Of the
state.
The Sunnyslde No. is being proved
up by means Of the leasing system.
and some idea Of the richness OF It's
gold deposits can be gained from the
statement that Scott, Morgan and
Scott, tine original lesseses, have sub
let their block. and are drawing sub
stantal royalty after paying the owners
Of the properly their percentage. The
surface Of the block has been cross
cut I'm all directions and at one point
the main ledge has been interseCted by
means Of an open cut for a width ~
30 feet. rich paintings prevailing
throughout 4 vertical shaft has been
sunk TO a depth OF IS feet and from
rs bottom a cross-cut Is being run out
10 determine the width Of the ledge
and to test its gold grade
Two shafts are being sunk on the
Sunnyslde No I. both on an incline.
In one instance a depth Of S. feet has
been attained on a 3j degree pitch.
and from grass roots down every
pound Of rock mined Is ore. The
quartz Is all Of excellent milling grade
and along the hanging wall the men
are working IN high class shipping
product An incline has also been
run into the Hill on this claim for a
distance Of 100 feet and has been driy-
en- IN ore all the way. Seams and
stringers Of quartz carrying exceptional
values have been penetrated every few
feet. and from portal 10 face free
gold Is associated with the quartz At
the 100 foot point there IS an immense
chamber Of ore with no walls in sight.
the eptire deposit having a commercial
value Of nearly 500 10 the ton.
The main working shaft on the Sun
nyside No l. was started on tbs ledge
at an angle II 30 degrees. but the ledge
has Strengthened somewhat and il now
pitching into Round mountain at an
angle Of 40 degrees The footwall Is
well defined. but the hanging wall is
somewhat broken although easily fol-.
lowed The lead Is nearly six feet In
breadth and carries high grade values
along each wall The formation IS
porphyritic quartz permeated with iron
oxides and seams o. talk, the latter
ANAlNhthAih Allf ilAAiAN N'fAN NflfN'.l
Round Mountain IL 20 have the dis.
tinctlcn NJ being the site OF the first
stamp mill of any consequence erected
ln the Manhattan district r. L. Col.
born, Quincy Gordon and W. +. Hugh
ey Of he famous Red TOP mine az Cold
field ore backing the enterprise. and
the plant Is 10 be established on tho
estate OF the Round Mountain Red Tor
Mining company in which they arr
large stockholders An adequate water
supply has been secured from the north
fork a. jefferson creek. and arrange
ments are now being made 10 pipe {. "a
the property. A. $. Riggs. the Man.
haitian representative OF the company
recently returned from Reno, where h
ordered the milling machinery and ths
necessary piping for conducting tn
water 20 the plant The mill viii b,
Of l0-stamp capacity and viii treat
custom ore as well as the company.
product
r. W. and Frank Bro0kneld are pre-
pairing 90 develop the Lone Pine clan
and % that end are engaged In TESTING
out the vein system 40 surface nrep.
aratory to proving q up an depth.