The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-24

probably be built
There is silver as well as gold at
Silver Bow and the ore zone is in the
form of a crescent. Hence the name
of the camp. The silver is stephanite
and ruby similar to the Tonopah ores
Gold is found in free state. The first
paper published in Silver Bow had its
title printed in actual gold dust, NOR
tared from a small but magnificent
stringer. Some shipments were made
from Silver Bow in the young days
of the camp, but ore is now reduced
on the ground.
Turning southwark again from
Goldfield, reference may be made to
Johnnie, a hopeful camp on the rail-
road, where passengers disembark for
Greenwater. Johnnie has not as yet
paid any bullion tax, but vast guam
tity of ore is blocked out.
1t is a far cry from there to Good
Springs, but there are no intervening
camps of any Importance. Lack of
water has prevented thorough pros
pecting of this district. The only
convenient headquarters for gold
seekers is in Pahrump valley, and the
hills in the immediate vicinity have
not proven to be profitably mineral
lied. There is wide scope of prom
Using country in the neighborhood of
Good Springs. Assemblyman Will
liams, who lives there, takes pleas
ure in answering queries relative to
that section.
Where Failures Are Few. ~
In the extreme southern point of
Nevada is "the camp without a fail
ure." Searchlight takes pride in this
appellation, although it is not abso-
lutely true. However, the percent
age of barren holes in that camp is
probably lower than it is anywhere
else in the state. The Quartette is
the principal mine of the camp. 1t
transports its ores by a private rail-
road, sixteen miles in length, to the
Colorado river where it has a large
mill in operation. The Cyrus Noble
is another heavy producer. Search
light is rapidly becoming city,
growing in very substantial man
ner. 1t has never been worried by
labor troubles. In addition to the
privately built railroad, Searchlight
has one main line connection and an
other building.
A few miles up the river is Edo
RADIO canyon. This is an old camp,
but is now taking on new life. Cres-
cent is another camp in the vicinity.
1t promises much and is rapidly full
filling.
By the way, any reader of the
Chronicle can win bet from anyone
who does not peruse this copy of the
paper. Wager that there is in this
mountain-locked desert state a min
ing camp that has shipped ore the
entire distance by water to San Fran
cisco bay. Eldorado canyon formerly
the Colorado through the gulf of Cal
ifornia and up the Pacific to the Sell
by company's reduction works.
Leaping back over the course of
his observations, the writer will refer
to other camps on the western line
of southern Nevada, passing Column
bia and Diamondfield, they being in
cluded in the Goldfield district.
Cactus Peak is few miles outside
of the great mother lode district, but
it is geologically as well as geograph-
ically akin. At Cactus Peak, an
hours auto ride to the eastward,
there are the same iron-capped, por
phyry walled lodges as those appear
fng in the Madonna and Dixie section
of this district. Paintings may be
obtained on the surface and values
increase with depth. The formation
is permanent and a mine if found
there will never be lost.
Northwestward from Goldfield and
only thirty miles distant is Silver
Peak, the site of what was once term
ed, before the discovery of the Mo-
hawk, the third greatest gold mine
in the world, being outranked ouly
by South Africa's Simmer & Jack and
Dakota's Homestake. This Blair
mine, after year sof idleness, is now
being operated by the Pittsburg-Sil-
yer Peak company, which has 100
stamps ready to drop and another
100 stamps ordered.
Adjoining the Blair property is
the Valcade, another golden giant,
Probably as rich but less developed,
are the Pick and Cad and the Val
cade Extension, two estates with
shipping ore in the outcrops.
Northward begins great copper
zone, doubtless a continuation of the
Death valley formation, which passes
on, paralleIing the Sierra, until it is
lost in the plains of southeastern Ore
gon.
A few miles from Luning the cop
per formation boldly outcrops in the
form of carbonate, sulphate, oxide,
sulphide, bornite, chalco-pyrite and
even in it's native state. Goldfield
people are grasping the opportunities
offered there and are actively devel
oping some of the properties, while
others have been sold to eastern peo-
pie, who are getting ready to expose
the lodes at depth.
Old Aurora, an Esmeralda county
camp, is again heard from. 1t yield
ed it's millions from superficial work.
ings in the early days, the days when
Mark Twain toiled and frivoled there,
perhaps dreaming of, but far from
realizing, his talents. Old Aurora
has awakened to new life. 1t feels
the pulsations of rich, red blood. The
hills are being bored at depth and
treasure is coming to light.
It's neighbor, Orc City, is also MAX
ing a noise like a mining camp.
Frank Boudine of Goldfield has CIV
en- options on the principal proper
ties to eastern people, who expect to
enter upon developments on an enor-