The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-14
ROUND MOUNTAIN
ORE RUNS HIGH
Especial correspondence.)

Il fkOuUQ mOuDtdAn SOULFUL PACcChe HA
ing characteristics distinctive to itself
and the value of its gold bearing ores is
as yet u~neaualed in the mining camps
Of Nevada and possibly Of the world
Within six months after the first dis
covery of gold two shipments vent out
from the district which returned gold
values of s14 and SIC per pound. Since
the initial -consignments others have
been made and while all were not of like
value with the first they have each
netted the shippers a handsome royalty.
The Sunnyside group, scene OF the
original discovery at Round Mountain.
is producing some of the most spectac-
ular specimen ore ever mined. The
quartz is sprayed over with an endless
succession of yellow globules whose
minuteness and beauty suggest the
thought that they were waited to their
points of Judgment from the bow pipes
of q coterie of p~rankish elfs during
some underground bubble-blowing frolic
in which molten gold formed the bub-
bles. Aside from this class of rock the
miners are working in an enormous de-
post of exceptional mill grade and are
piling up tonnage at surface to await
the advent of stamping facilities.
On the Antelope claim of the Round
Mountain Antelope Mining company
specimens of gold bearing quartz are
found which are unique and of a beauty
and value hitherto unknown in the his
tory of mining. 1t was on this acreage
that the now historic badger dug his
way through a gold e%ncrusted vein to a
couch on a slab of gold.
From the ledge on the Edith calm Of
the Round Mountain Red Top Mining
company clinkers of almost pure gold
have been mined. Twisted, ~misshapen
pieces of yellow metal fused in the
transmitting furnaces of the earth and
forced up through the intervening
stratas during some gigantic upheayal
of nature.
Lessees on the Daisy Fraction are
hosting ore whose rarity of value sug-
gests the possibility that, Midas like,
the quartz has turned to gold beneath
their touch. One shipment of high
grade has been made and another is be-
ing prepared.
The operators on the Fairview are
mining ore which is fairly studded with
gold. At times the precious metal as
sumes the form of minute star points,
extending across the surface of the
quartz in a glittering, golden constella-
tion.
The foregoing is an epitome of the
golden wonders of the wonderful Round
Mountain mineral area, Natures cache.
The riches and beauty of the gold bur-
dened ores supply the data for one of
the most fascinating chapters in mining
history, a chapter soon to be followed
by others of even greater interest for
new and important discoveries are OF
frequent occurrence. One of the most
remarkable features connected with the
finding of such high grade values is the
extensive territory thus enriched and
the fact that they apparently continue
to great depth.
A peculiar and distinctive feature of
the Round Mountain country is the
formation. Thus far development has
failed to reveal much in the way of
walls enclosing the veins, there being
but a single exception to the rule. A
study of the camp with reference to
the ore occurrences indicates that the
greater proportion of gold enrichment
has been forced from great depth. up
through the various earth stratas The
silicious solutions carrying the precious
metal percolated along the cleavages
marking the lines of least resistance
and deposited it therein. The values
were so abundant, however, that they
filled and overfiowed the cleavages and
were disseminated through the quartz,
forming immense bodies of ore, at points
from 80 to 40 fet in width.
This freak of formation has given rise
to the impression in some quarters that
there are no walls to the Round Noun
tain veins and that they are, therefore,,
not true assures and are of uncertain
permanency. Nothing could be farther
from the correct deduction, a fact which
is thoroughly demonstrated by recent
developments at the Sunnyside. On
that acreage it is shown that the ifs
sures continue with regularity. both in
formation and in high class gold values,
to a depth which sets at naught the
theory of the grass roots experts.
Although bonanza grade ore is found
in quantity in the Round Mountain
country the camp is not altogether a
high grade proposition. The distribu-
ton of gold in solution into the forma-
tion adjoining the assures assures an
enormous tonnage of mill ore of high
commercial value and the character of
the rock makes 1T particularly amenable
to a process of stamp and ~amalgamation
for the recovery of the precious metal
values. The quartz is free from shines
which permits of a much greater saving
of values on the plates than is possible
in sections where the ore is base.
The Round Mountain country also Of
fers great possibilities for financial sue
cess as a placer proposition as the
gravel along the base of the hills yields
a generous string of colors to the pan.
Grains of gold as large as wheat kerr
nels are frequently found and some
times the precious metal assumes the