Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-25
MUCH ACTIVITY
At SEARCHLIGHT
Sensational Gold Discoveries
Have Been Made Recently on
Newberry Mountain.
IN PoRPHYRY FORMATION.
southern Nevada Company TO Erect a
New Mill-Other Camp
News.

special Correspondence.
searehlisht New. Sept IA sensa-
lional gold strike has Just been made
at Newberry Mountain. IS miles south.
east OF here, by John Thurman and
Charles NJ Hamll Two different
prospecting parties have been out in
this district for some time past and
reports heretofore sent in have been
very discouagipg Three miles north
OF Beaver Lake lies NeWberry noun
tain with series OF low hills and
many washes The district is honey
combed with veins having a north
south. and easiwest trend. The east
west veins are as a rule cut BY dykes
OF porphyry while the northsouth veins
run parallel with the dykes. The for.
nation Is horn blend schist and The
vein matter Is quartz porphyry and
altered country rock The surface ores
are free milling but turn into sulphides
with depth The veins are tr,l, H.
sures and give every indication OF
permanency. Several sacks OF ore
taken from the scene Of the new strike
al The Thurman Camp, were brought
INTO Searchlight The ore is an OK
idized quartz, heavily impregnated
with free gold and easily visible TO the
naked eye. Most Of the ore brought
IN VIII run better than 5000 per ton
while quite few samples Will run
into higher figures Water is abundant
In the new district and can be obtained
In any OF the low gulches.
SUM FIu Durls.n 10. n
sinking In the main shaft OF the
wyoming Searchlight The shaft IS
down 30 feet and preparations have
been made to sink to the 500 #. level.
Crosscuts and drifts viii be run at
every level on the vein Three shifts
are now at work. Sinking is being
prosecuted with all speed possible. The
10 h. p. hoist is in active operation and
the machinery and pumps are on the
ground.
The Searchlight Mining & Milling
Co. Is erecting five cottages. new Office
building. zinc boiler and lime houses
at the mine Three OF the 20 tanks be-
longing 10 the cyanide plant will be
in active operation in 30 DAYS. The
pump is raising upwards Of $4,000
gallons daily The mill is running
three shifts pounding out 80 tons daily.
Supt. John Wheatley reports excel
lent developments from the Nevada
Consolidated mines. formerly the Nc
Laughlin group. In the Black Dog
shaft al a depth OF ll3 feet. q II.
vein was cut that viii average from s.
TO $40 per ton. Another ore shoot was
discovered on the M0cklng Bird which
on the surface ran SiS So but with de-
yelopment has widened and increased
In value to $50 per ton. Development
on the Lodi shaft has been likewise
sensational At 1856 II. O big vein OF
low grade ore was encountered. while
al the 200 H. level II will average about
s35 per ton. The three hoists are now
working and sinking has been resumed
In all shafts.
The Stone Brown Co. has Just sur
veyed the following groups Of claims
for patent Gold Sovereign. l. X L.,
Searchlight Quintette. Gold Bar. Gold
Wedge, Wyoming Searchlight. Cert
rude and the Azuss claim. The first
authentic map Of III Dorado Canyon
has just been issued by this firm show
ing all the surveyed and patented
claims in this favored section.
Blds nave been asked for by the
Searchlight Free Gold and Duplex Ex-
tension Mining companies TO sink
shafts TO water level. The Duplex
want double compartment. thorough
~ timbered incline shaft 10 be sunk on
the vein. The shaft Is down 20 feet
and II is estimated that water level
will be attained at a depth OF 23O feet.
The Southern Nevada company has
resumed work which was suspended
owing 90 the loss OF its water supply.
The new mill will be erected on the
Blossom mine where the rich blanket
vein was struck. Work on the Annette
adjoining this property is progressing
very rapidly. The shaft is down 1875
feet and is being thoroughly timbered.
Supt Williams has installed air pumps
aud working three shifts sinking.