Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-09
GOLD AT BULLFROG
WEALTH OF SOME OF THE
PRINCIPAL VEINS.
special Correspondents OF The Star.

Special Correspondents OF The Star.
BULLFRoG MINING DISTRICT. New.
August 1. 1905
Mention was recently made In this corre-
spondence OF the Bullfrog districts five
widest veins. OF these the lode Of one min
ing company. as outlined on the surface by
the outcrops, Is 200 feet wide. Underground
development is exposing a large quantity Of
SIS ore, but 81 q ton is a fair estimate to
make as the, average OF the entire ledge.
The gold to be extracted from this vast de-
posit when milled at a cost Of s. or $3.50
ton, may be guessed at by reference to the
earnings from s. and "a ore.
The ledge system is $50 feet wide. as
shown by the outcrops. 1t has not yet been
fully determined whether this be success
sion Of parallel veins or one great lode. So
far as underground development has gone
the commercial values occur in a succession
Of BELTS but the genera opinion Is that at
greater depth it will be found TO be one
rich ore running through 1t. Underground
development has already exposed large
vniume Of medium and high grade milling
cree and stan Ting results are expected Of 1t
az development aoes deeper.
Another mine has ledge 1855 feet wide.
It has Teen proven on the surface for
length of over 1900 feet. While great
amount Of the ore developed runs from SIS
to SIS ton the entire ledge cannot be said
to average above 50. In view Of the world
Of ore which is assured to this mine 50
average Is enough to make one of the great
gold mines Of the country.
The tale ledge Of another company Is over
100 feet wide and Of this 65 feet average
1857 a ton The remaining IS feet assays
$37 q ton. Across the entire width of 100
feet 1t averages $6o. This is but one Of the
seven veins which go to make up the mine.
With fourteen months Of development work
oSAxf - hos 6oov p1o In,
sight and exploration work has given as
surance Of as much more The mine has a
mile and q half Of underground workings
which are practically all in ore varying in
value from SIS to several hundred dollars
ton. These workings are not confined to
the tale ledge. much having been done to
prove up two other quartz Lodges which
cross the tale at right angles. One Of these
lodges Is fourteen feet wide and by the
most conservative sampling averages $25
ton. 1t has been proven by surface
trenches for length OF 1000 feet and
tunnel pow being run on the vein for this
distance will probably add $2OOOO.OOO to
the ore reserve. Another vein. ten feet
wide has been proven for 200 feet by I'M
derground drifts. It averages over $50
ton.
Comprehensive tests of the companys
ores have shown that they are to the high
est degree of free milling character. A mill
Is about to be built by the company to the
amount Of 100 stamps This capacity will
be increased as occasion justifes, 1t being
the purpose OF the management to estab-
fish a great custom milling business as we'll
as to provide ample facilities for the hand
ling Of the company's ores. Ample water
rights have been secured. In which can be
developed a supply for over 1000 stamps
Another vein has been opened by a cross
cut tunnel and proves to be 154 feet wide
and the management places the average Of
ore values at approximately SIS a ton. The
ledge has been proven by surface trenches
for length Of 1900 feet. Considerably
over 100000 tons Of ore have been exposed
by a few months work. a large portion of
which will average $50 a ton. This is the
largest Of four veins which the company Is
developing on its ground
Some particulars Of the most promising Of
Bullfrog's smaller veins must be left for
another letter.