The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-02

them which the miners call "birdseye por-
phyfy, and the German geologist named
tpropoiyte. Hence there is the same
trend of thought on the part of the min
ing experts. Anything found here ought
to go down. they say. Moreover, the
opinion prevails that as the veins go
down silver will be added to the gold val
ues as it occurs on the Comstock
District Big One.
The district is so big that it staggers
one at first Great dykes of ore bearing
porphyries from 10 to 500 feet wide cut
through the country for miles, showing
the massive strength of the vein systems
These dykes are all highly sificified and
are IN general probably altered andesite
the si!icification in places is so complete
that the veins are almost entirely quartz
All these dykes, when panned, show con-
eentrates carrying more or less values.
with here and there splendid Mornings of
gold. The district has hardly been scrat-
cheu. Many OF the great dykes have never
had an assay taken from them and sys-
tematic prospecting has not even yet
commenced. The country is new. but its
time rs fast coming. In a few weeks every
Mill VIII be covered with the same horde
of fortune seekers who found the Won
derful richness of Goldfield after the
mine experts had passed it up as contain
ing nothing of value, and every foot of
ground in the new FL Dorado will be as
sayed and panned before many months
and the record of discovery i'm all prob
ability will rival any camp yet found
within the treasure belt of western Ne
vada.
Less Than a Month Old.
1t is scarcely more than month ago
that the Clarke bonanza was found, and
to look at it there is nothing distinctive
about it to mark it from hundreds OF
other outcrops i'm the district. For size
and richness it leaves the famous Ka-
wich outcTop mile in the shade and
rf
long, ten feet wide and about ten feet
high. The Clarke outcrop is 30 feet long,
twelve TO twenty feet wide and its north
end stands out of the ground eighteen
feet high like rampant One can sean
the rock for an hour and never discover
trace of the precious metal. but break
off little of it from anywhere, and the
gold in the pan will make your blood
quicken. The gold is round and fine and
impregnates the rock everywhere. 1t is
not confined to the seams and cleavages
as in many other places, but the heart of
the rock is as rich as anywhere. 1t is
the kind of gold that the experienced
mining expert likes to see; fine, OF high
grade and evenly distributed through the
ore. Such gold is apt to go down and
last.
Utah Men Get In.
The Clarke dyke was purchased by Cap
tain A. III. Mayne of Goldfield and asso-
GATES among whom are Judge George W
since resigned from the supreme bench
of Utah to devote his attention to Ram
sey and this very dyke Walter Fuller of
Ramsey has sixth interest in it. An
other owner is Child, Cole & Co of Salt
Lake. and the other owners are from
Goldfeld, with Captain MaYne in control
and there are few better judges of mine
anywhere than the latter. He was sue
cessful in accommodating a fortune in
Alaska, and from there he came to Gold
field and was half owner of the famous
Dayis-Loftis lease on the Sandstone,
which produced $4,000 Captain Mayne
is big man and impresses one as being
able to handle anything that he under
takes. His company is called the Ram
sey-Comstoek Mining company, and
cash offer of $1O00GO for a controlling in
terest was refused by him without a mo-
ments hesitation. 81 have about that
much in sight above ground, was his re-
Spouse to the offer.
Town Lots Soaring.
A mining camp two weeks old where
town lots have jumped in the business
section TO g. 800 for a twenty-five foot lot
have in it. Everywhere can be heard the
sound of saw and hammer putting up the
first rude buildings which will soon give
place to more substantial structures.
Excellent water is found at shallow
depths in springs and wells and there is
little doubt but that the water question
for milling purposes will be easily solved,
as only ten miles distant flows the