The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-26
DELKER DIS.
TRICT ATTRACT
ING ATTENTION
MIZPAH WILL MAKE A CAMP
WITH But FEW EQUALS IN
NEAR FUTURE.
GREAT SURFACE INDICATIONS
Crackerjack and Lucky Boy Groups,
in Possession OF Ely Capitalists.
Show Up Well.

Delker district, situated in the
south end of Elko county, is attract
ing some attention from seekers of
copper ore. The surface indications
are said to be very favorable. Kirk
patrick, Griswold & Rogers sold to
some Bald Mountain people the other
day a group of claims for $25, 900,
with 10 per cent paid down. | hard
ly feel justified in losing a day while
the camp is doing "bpsiness behind
closed DOORS" | drove from Spruce
to Mizpah yesterday and put in the
forenoon today climbing about over
the hills inspecting the various prop
critics. Last evening after a hard
ride from Spruce, | took spin over
the Big Dyke property, owned by
G. B. Chesley & Co. The Big Dyke
is located on well defined ledge and
its owners are sinking a shaft on the
west hanging wall and propose 10
drift on the lodge when depth is at
tanned The ledge is covered by a
gossen capping and is gold, silver and
copper bearing. The character of the
ore is known as bOrite, or erubec1te.
Everything points to the ledge run
ming into copper. Mr. Chesley re-
CARDS the Big Dyke as one of the
most promising claims in the district.
He has located a group of seven
claims. The ore taken from the Big
Dykes hanging wall carries values
of 20 per cent copper, $12.45 in gold
and think that Mizpah will yet make
Co. regard all their claims highly,
and think that Mozpah will yet make
a camp with but few equals. Henry
Clinic, who for six years was mining
engineer of the Territory of Arizona,
is in Mizpah and | found him one oil
the best posted men with whom l
talked. Mr.. Clinton is a partner IN
the firm of Chesley & Co., and the
company owns another group OF nine
claims called the Black Butte. There
have been several mines bonded IN
the district and the first payment has
been made, but for some reason the
option takers failed to make good on
their second payment, giving the
camp something of a setback. A.
ID. Meyers of Ely and Goldfield, Long,
Helm, Bannigan and Smyth, and NC
Lane finally came to the rescue ana
have taken a stock option on the
Tenderfoot group, agreeing, so IL Is
said, to sink on the property lou
feet. and if the indications are still
good, they will go deeper. Myers
and associates have already started
to fill their contract and the miners
and mine owners in the district feel
confident that they will make good
with depth. McFadden and Fessler
of Ely have started to sinking on
their group OF 81 claims, adjoining
the Bannagan and Brady group on
the north and Nevada Northern on
the south. Both of these properties
have shafts down 40 and 60 feet. The
Nevada Northern has almost a Snip
snentuze ore on the dump. The Ne
vada Ely is running a cross-cut tun-
nel and sinking shaft to depth OF
G.! feet and driving another tunnel
to tap the ledge.
A group known as the Canadian,
owned by Young, McLane ana MIL
lard, operating for Idaho capital Is
said to have a very good showing IN
surface indications. rms group mas
a tunnel site where they can gam
foot for foot for a distance OF oUo
feet. The Jovial Boy group OF four
claims, which is relocation OF the
old Golconda, has good property
Fearry and Tinsinger also nave a
tunnel site, which is considered OF
great value for the future WORKING OIL
their claims. The lode on TINS prop
erty is opened up to depth Oh ~
feet and has two well denned walls
and four feet of solid ledge. Ihe dlp
of this claims is about 40 degrees oh
This group of claims there has been
found monzite float, the only true
monzite that has been found IN the
district. The Crackerjack and Lucky
Bow groups, owned by company OF
- Ely men, has showing IN sew
aral places that carries copper val
nes of - per cent The Cracker1ack
group is virtually held by Chapman
e Fearry, who hold a power OF at
.torney from the rest of the owners,
The Contact group, owned by LONE
and Irish, lies below porphyry ana
granite, and is located two mics
Southeast of the camp. The Contact
has a shaft down 80 feet, with more
or less ore from the grass ROOTS. Inc
vein varies in width from SIX lnches
to two feet. The Fisher and Jones
nroperty. consisting of 80 claims'
.three miles from the camp, mas
good showing. The lode they are
working on at present shows 40 feet
of ore matter, assaying, so it is SAID,
from $4.OO to $500 per ton: II
is said that several companies have
agreed to give 81 per cent of their
stock to anyone who will put up
cyanide plant of 20 tons capacity,
There is a group of claims in VIII
low CANYON that are considered good
nroperty. They are sinking pros
meet shaft and are now down 80 ieet'
Showing some values from the sur
face. The Standard group IN TINS
district is owned by Bannigan ana
Brady. They are now down 6z leet
and show some free gold at the sur
lace. They are working two smail
shifts of men. 1t is said at their
group of 81 claims that they nave