Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-06-22
GRAY COPPER
in RAMSEY CON.


vertical shaft that gray copper ore is
to be found at another point in this !
district and it is found above water ,
level. While there is considerable
moistness apparent, much more so I
thar has been previously encountered
still the workings are not into the !
water zone. The strike is not the
main ledge nor the rich %crosscue
ledge encountered at the 150-foot
level, but it is one of the numerous
shoots that have been found from
time to time in the vertical shaft.
1t is about two feet wide and is
certainly a beautiful quartz. The
ore is identical with that of the ia
nous Ramsey Comstock, except the
values present are not as high nor is
there as much copper contained in it.
1t is but the commencement of the
copper-gold zone, however, and there
is every reason to suppose the values
will increase at more depth. The ore
assays high enough to make the
strike of great Importance. The assay
sheet shows nearly three ounces of
gold, seven and one-half ounces of
silver and two and one-half per cent
of copper, the total mineral value be-
ingfi $5S. The ore, with the low
cost OF Shipping from this district,
will pay very handsomely to ship and
is surely a big asset to the mine.
The vein was struck about 230 feet
from thesurface and is in an ore
body running parallel to the big dyke,
on the hanging wall of which the
shaft is being sunk. The dip of the
ore shoot is toward the main ledge,
the two no doubt intersecting a short
distance below. The shaft is down
about 200 feet now and since the
more moist and consequently softer
[ ground has been encountered, they
are making very rapid progress.
SIEVE nor eight feet a day is about the
l usual thing and they are going TO
: keep the pace up. The company has
decided to continue to the 300-foot
7. level before again prosecuting, This
: depth will bring the workings into
a the vast ledge or dyke and will also
b uncover the rich cross ledge that N~->
0 foun don the 150-foot level. There
are going to be many changes at the
big mine from now on. Everything
points to the consolidation of the
strong ore bodies somewhere about
the 260-foot point and the Consequent
1t exposure of the hanging wall of tbs
big dyke. There will be a great dis
lance then to sink before the foot
Of wall side is reached, the shaft o
1T course being in ore all the way. Eacl
t. days work will reveal some new par
h. of the enormous ledge and the devel
ut opment will be of intense interest.
There has been the popular theor,
a here that absolute water level i
I'd necessary to coy gray copper or
De- in this district. The suggestion ha
ne been frequently made in these col
ns umns, however, that it was quit
w probable that previously existin
water levels could have caused tn
deposition of mineral and that dept
es in the dry sulphide zone might revea
ee the red metal. The Consolidate
IN mine has proven this condition reall
exists and that any of the great ledge
en- in this belt may develop high value
II. at nominal depth and before tn
1t workings encounter water.
ar The Ramsey Consolidated strike
one of the most important that hs
occurred in this district, most of tn
development having been lone on IL
lst northern extent of the mineral bel
fer on which occurs such mines as IL
Ramsey Comstock, Ophir, Walkove
Rather No. 2, Bonanza and other
The Consolidated is in the centr
belt, a ledge system apart and di
He tinct fro mthe other, and has sati
%factorily demonstrated by the prove
is ore bodies there, that the miner
as belt of Ramsey district is tremendor
let in extent and possessed of the grea
of est possibilities. There are mai
is" great lodges on the central belt, DO
east and west of the Consolidat,
of ground. Excellent prospects ha
His been found on some of the mai
is there is the best of reason to thil
ing other great ore bodies may be uncc
.rk cred with a little development.
course all hands and the cook are
mel in the air over the discovery and
500 told you so" is on %everybody's tongl
OPP The mine has always been a favor
Itch with the populace and now that CO
emit. per has been found there, givi
the more assurance of the permanen
n a and long-continued production of t
laft mine, a genera air of satisfaction