Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-04
MINING ACTIVE
IN GREENWATER
NEW DISTRICT ON RIGHT SIDE
OF THE BORDER
Operators Of National Fame Framing
Up Gigantic Results in lnyo
county--sehwab, Clark,
oddie and Gates

The Greenwater mining district IS
situated in InyO county, not far from
the Nevada state line, and just east
Of Death valley. 1t lies about 1876 miles
from Tonopah, as the crow flies, and
about fifty miles from Rhyolite. This
district is becoming better and better
recognized as one of the greatest cop
per camps i'm the country as new
strikes are reported, and the shafts
being sunk on various properties prove
that the ore bodies do not become eX-
hausted with depth.
The Furnace Creek Copper company,
controlled by Patrick Clark of Spo-
kane, Wash, has attained a depth of
500 feet, cutting several ore bodies
containing high percentage of cop
per. and with its shaft still in ore.
The Greenwater and Death Valley
Copper company, controlled by Charles
NJ Schwab reports satisfactory assays
In it's several shafts, the lowest OF
which are down 1875 and 1875 feet, re-
spectively.
The wealth of the district has been
known for a good many years, but lack
of transportation facilities has re-
tarded it's development With three
railroads building into Greenwater,
however, this condition will be reme-
died, and one company after another
ls commencing active operations. A
smelter is to be constructed within
forty miles Of the town of Ash Mead
ows, plenty of excellent f1uxes being
available in the district.
Big Operators Interested
Low rates are being made to the
smelter at the Needles and another
smelter is projected at Los Angeles.
Many of the most important operators
in the country, including SchWaD,
Brock, Clark, Newhouse, Oddie, Gates
and Heinze, have acquired large inter-
ests. after receiving favorable reports
from their experts.
Fifteen miles southeast of the town
of Greenwater a new district is rapid
ly being opened up. 1t is known as
the South Greenwater district, deriv-
ing it's name from the principal COM
pany operating therein, the South
Greenwater Copper company. Thls
corporation Owns twenty-one claims,
with total area of about 3S5 acres.
AS regards transportation, 1t is IDEAL
ly situated, all three of the roads which
are building into Greenwater having
surveyed near the company's property
The Tonopah e. Tidewater railroad
(Borax Smith road) is in full operation
past South Greenwater, and within one
mile of it by stage and freight line
The railroad is actually constructed
to within eighteen miles of the boraX
works, which are seventeen miles from
South Greenwater. The construction
beyond the borax works is compare
lively easy, and can be completed at
the rate of a mile a day. Work is
being rapidly pushed on the more diff
cult portion from Front, aid 1t is ex-
pected that this portion will be fin
ished within six weeks.
The Prospect AlIuring
Copper, gold, silver and lead have
been uncovered on the surface of the
company's property. Two veins of cop
per outcrop on the original Miller
group of claims, one being about seven
feet wide, and having good hanging
and foot walls and the other being
about forty feet wide, outcropping one
hundred yards from the first. Sulphides
have been found in the smaller veins.
Although prospect shafts are down
but nineteen and ten feet, respectively,
an assay Of 6.8 per cent copper, 81. 80
In gold and $1.5S in silver has already
been obtained. 1t is believed that these
two veins are feeders to the main vein,
which has a course of north 43 de-
grees east, and which from surface
showings is forty feet in width.
Along the footwall of this main vein
a galena pay streak, about six inches
wide, has been uncovered, which car
ries almost solid lead ore, with oc-
casional oxides and carbonates of cop
per. The assay shows 62 cents in gold,
S429 in silver and 1876 per cent in
lead. At what appears to be the juno
tion of the feeders, a shaft is being
sunk on the contact, and it is expected
that, with depth, a large body of sui
phide ore will be encountered.