The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-22
RICH DEPOSIT OF
CINNABAR ORE
Sensational Percentages of
Mercury in Ledge Found in
Humboldt County, Nevada.
HUNT FOR LOST COAL MINE
IDAHO MEN ORGANIZE COMPANY
FOR NOVEL PURPOSE.

Humboldt county, Nevada, boasts the
most important discovery of cinnabar ore
ever made in Nevada and one which
probably surpasses in richness anything
of the kind previously found in America
outside of California. The strike has
Leen kept secret until the last few days,
giving the owners time to examine and
develop the find thoroughly and thus Sc
sure TO themselves all of the ground that
might cover the extensions Of the de-
post. The data here given touching upon
the discovery was secured by Tepresen-
tative of The Herald from w q. Adam
son Of Winnemucca, one of the locators
OF the property.
Associated with Mr.. Adamson is United
States Senator George s Nixon and sew
eral other Nevada operators. The or1g1-
nal discovery was made by d g ADAM
son a brother of w G. AdamSon'S and
together they located over twenty claims
before Senator Nixon, even, Vas given
IN opportunity to get in When ne did
OF d G. Adamson's interests in the
claims. after having first personally eX-
amined ground. which IS located IN Eldo-
RADIO canyon, in the Humboldt range
Humboldt House on the Southern Pacific
railroad is the nearest station, beng be
tween seven and eight miles from the
scene of the discovery
The occurrence of the cinnabar is in it's
primary state with very little evidence
Of other minerals in conjunction Com
pared with other known deposits the ore
uncovered is remarkably rich Several
tons shipped from the property averaged
81 per cent quicksilver, while the general
run of the varies from TO 80 per
cent The highest assays received are
around So per cent. The thickness OF the
vein is from six inches to seven feet at
the widest part Even at this width the
average of the ore is per cent The ore
is deposited in lime, while the underlying
rock is serpentine- Where first tapped
by "A CrOSS-cut tunnel the vein was found
lying quite flat, out after following it a
short distance the ore was found TO be
dipping at an angle of 90 degrees into the
mountain making it practically certain
that the ore goes down TO the deep Sew
craI hundreds of feet of work has been
done in the Gre
Mr.. AdamSOn expressed the opinion that
the find would undoubtedly prove perma-
merit and of great Importance. In TACT
he cIasSed it as one of the greatest dis
coveries ever made in the state of Ne
Nada As to the amount of ore in sight,
he said he had sampled the mine care
the effect that there was more than SlOO-
OyO worth of ore on the dump ana blocked
ont in the mine, OF which the average
would nc 10 per cent quicksilver FiCur-
ing the mercury S3S a flask of etShty-fiVe
pounds would make the product worth %
cents a pound and this in turn would give
a general valuation Of 800 a ton to the
ore thus far opened up in the AdamSon
strike.
Mr.. Adamson stated that work would
be resumed at the property during the
month of May. \ carload of lumber and
other supplies has already been ordered
Since the discovery was made. early one
inquiring into the best methods Of re-
torting the ore and they are now pre-
pared to go ahead and install p ant
without delay.