Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
AN ENGINEER OF
NATIONAL FAME
WILL MAKE REPORT ON SAILS
BERRY's PROPERTIES IN
THE UBEHEBE.

l.. A. Greenley. an engineer of ma
tionai fame. is the latest expert to
examine and TO be charmed with the
Salsberry properties of the Ubehebe
Mr.. Greenley spent five days looking
over the property, and will make an
exhaustive report upon it. which viii
be of interest to every copper man in
the financial world 1t will be. also
wonderfully interesting document
from geological standpoint.
In company with Ray Baker, Col
onel Frank Peterson of New York.
DR.. Grissim and Cleveland Baker,
Mr.. Greenley returned to Tonopah at
an early hour yesterday morning,
and left for northern California last
night. In response to a question as
to his opinion of the district, he said
that he liked it very much.
For a property that has not been
fully developed said the engineer,
lit is the biggest thing have ever
seen. 1t is the best thing that | have
ever seen, from point of outlook.
! What appeals to one, particularly
are all the leads showing on the sur
face which are the result of big
base formation at depth. They have
been forced up through the contacts,
and the indications for base ore are
excellent
| They have gosson cappings and
quartz porphyry. and where these are
found there are generally big forma-
1 lions of copper On the surface
there is plenty of oxide of copper.
and there is also considerable pea
cock copper found in the great num-
Der of cuts and workings that have
been made. The best showings are
along the north and south of the
range. One can follow the outcrop-
pings, the contacts and the blossoms
as far as the eye can reach. A num-
Der of groupings run at right angles
to the northerly and southerly trend.
the result of the base formation. |
found on one claim considerable
| quantity of lodestone. and also a
great deal of magnetic, which is the
higher oxide of iron.
The origin of the country is
aqueous The ore stratified, origin
ally laid on horizontal plane on the
ocean bed 1t has been tilted or rails
ed by a younger formation, which
caused the assures. The origin of
! the leads is due to the action of sub
terrean water, which was carried up
in solution. The assures, formerly
an alkaline solution, were replaced,
atom by atom, by the copper values
II found in one part of the prop
erty, a place called Mears' canyon
which is about 1900 feet above the
elevation of the Saline valley. a
true assure lead in a quartz gangue.
| did not have any of this assayed
but | have never seen ore of a sim
liar character that did not carry val
ues.
In one tunnel. which is in eighty
rect, at depth of about $500 feet
from the Ubehebe peak, and which
has a face fifty feet in width, all in
ore, | found number of lenses of
gray copper, running from IS to 70
per cent in copper. The tunnel sites
are all very fine. There have been a
great many open cuts made along the
contacts to show evidence of an ore
body at depth. There IS a plentiful
supply of water to be had, and the
place will be very easy of access to
railroad. There are plans on foot
to bring in a railroad from Bonnie
Claire, and this will be very easy of
accomplishment from the fact that a
very light grade can be established.
There are number of properties be-
sides those of Mr.. Salsberry to feed
the railroad, and there can be no
doubt of the success of the latter
from a financial standpoint"
Mr.. Greenley is an engineer of no
little standing. He has been eight
years in the field, and has operated in
Colorado and Mexico, California and
Idaho and British Columbia. He left
last night for northern California.
from where he will go into the Bit
ter Root mountains, Idaho.
THE WONDERS OF IrREHEpE