The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-20

moter of the company M. B. Cara
CHAN, Richard A. Riepe and Others
are also heavily interested.
The claims owned by the company
aggregate in area about 275 acres,
and were taken over when the CON-
pany was organized in March last
with other claims since acquired by
location. The group has been very
carefully surveyed by Horace w
Shelley, C. & M. E., who also at the
same time prepared an excellent to-
geographic and gologic map, showing
in detail the geology and topography
of the country, as well as the loca-
ton of all workings upon the claims,
and the character of formation in
which the work was done. From an
examination of this may it appears
that the principal formations are blue
limestone, a metamorphosed lime
stone, porphyry and quartz. Prior to
the acquisition of the claims by the
present company, large amount of
prospect work had been done, but
with few exceptions the work was
scattered and not systematically done,
although in almost every hole sunk
showing an extensive naturalization.
On the Emma, two cuts run in the
metamorphosed lime disclosed min
eralized vein or streak about three
feet wide, from which some very fine
bornite ore was taken which ran from
II to SO per cent copper, with small
values in gold and silver; on the adj
joining claim, the Garaghan, shaft
sunk in similar formation disclosed
similar ore. On the Contact claim
tunnel has been run on the contact
between the quartz blowout and the
metamorphosed lime with enocurag-
ing results, small fissure having
been recently encountered which car
ries nice values in copper, as well as
gold and silver; no work has yet been
done on this fissure.
On, the Blue Bell work is now be-
ing done upon mineralized vein
about six feet wide, which has just
been uncovered; it is the intention of
the management to follow this to
depth. An assay of the surface crop
pings of this vein, made by Willard &
Son, showed .02 ounces gold, "
ounces silver, per cent copper. This
is regarded by the management as
sufficiently encouraging to warrant
the expenditure of little money to
see what depth will disclose. On
the Grand Prize No. 2, work is also
being done as annual labor, and a
small ore streak uncovered, but the
developments thus far are not re-
garded as important. On the adj
joining claim, the Snow Flake, how
ever, good ore has been encountered
in two shafts sunk in the metamor-
phosed lime.
The Riepe claim is traversed by a
large porphyry dyke which, as far
as surface showings indicate, has a
width of nearly 1000 feet. The dis
closures upon this claim are regard
ed by the management as probably
the most important of any yet found
The porphyry is heavily impregnated
with chalco-pyrite, and the values
grow better with depth. The deep
est working thus far is a shaft about
fifty feet deep, sunk near the contact
between the porphyry and the blue
lime. 1t is the intention of the man.
agement to devote large portion of
the work to the development of this
ground. 1t is upon this claim that
house has recently been erected by
the company, which will be supplied
with water by pipe from the Snow
Flake claim adjoining.
Samples of the porphyry from this
claim ran 5.3 per cent copper, 10 OF
silver, .0S OF. gold.
On the Blue Bell above mentioned
in another place vein about IL OIL
l 5 inches wide was opened, which
ran SO gold, $t.41 silver, and $500
lead.
An assay made by Denver firm
on sample of the dark gray born
ties ore from the Emma claim
showed gold $14.40, silver $1.3S
copper 1876 per cent, while an assay
of the Peacock" ore from the same
claim, made by Custer & Fesler
showed gold so cents, silver $2.75
and copper 14.S per cent.
The company has had force al
work all spring upon the ground, al
though at the present time there are
but two men working, engaged prin'
cipally now in performing annual la
Dor on some of the claims. A con-
siderable amount of work has been
done, and the intention is to concen-
trate the future work upon some one
claim, probably the Riepe.
The properties are not difficult OF
access The wagon road from Ely
to Sawmill canyon is of easy grade
and the road up the canyon two miles
to the property is kept in good con-
dition, and is of such grade as to be
easily traversed by buggy with single
horse, or by automobile. Traction
engines could be utilized, if desired,
without difficulty.
A number of prominent mining en-
gineers who have examined the
ground at different times, state that
the surface showing is one of the
best in the county, and we'll warrants
the expenditure of considerable
amount for development. Every in
dication points to the fact that a
large body of ore will undoubtedly
be uncovered at depth.