The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-08
BEAUTIFUL IS Ida AND
RICH IN MINERAL WEALTH

nearness to lasting bodies OF ore. 1t
Is not probable that a copper penny
has given coloring to the outcrops OF
the great Ida hills. for the formations
are such as to warrant belief in per-
manency of deposits. and at intervals In
this very large belt. whose width Is
in the rough ten miles and whose length
twenty miles. the surface promise Is
proving the faith IL creates. n tho
rough going endeavors are on.
The formations. granite in varying
stages of alteration: lime in differing
degrees of intensity and in thick masses;
slate. which is an %attendent feature of
such conditions; and schist and shale.
which run with porphyry intrusions In
such fields. are common to other copper
producing sections from Sonora, through
Arizona, New Mexico. Nevada, Montana.
California. to Alaska. Silica fills the
contacts and is most enriched by the
ores. The desired condition seems to
be contact between porphyry and lime.
land possibly between granite and por-
phyry) and these contacts undoubtedly
cut through to the granite and enrich
its assures. Lime finds way into all
formations and its altering effects are
seen everywhere.
In cavities of the lime. in soft dis
integrations of the %porphyry, between
leaves of the slate, and into the body
of the shales, the solutions permeate
and often wonderfully enrich.
In Ida are found such enrichments,
and old shallow irregular workings
show where surface deposits have beer
followed as long as there was profit. in
days when facilities were less and all
expenses were vastly more. as well as
in more recent days in smaller way.
The district is an old one. 1t was
first plundered Of outcrops and shallow
deposits with no effort to develop mines
Later it's fine specimens were used to
boost companies. whose projectors had
no intention seemingly of using funds
in legitimate ways. But now those. whc
rave %staunchly stood for the worth the
new work is demonstrating seem as.
sured Of the rewards they reserve.
FORMATION
The district lies in general northeast
and southwest extension. parallel to the
Tule district on the east. and between
the two loom the huge bulk of Mt
McGruder, snowcapped until long into
summer. with altitude of 1850 feet Oh
more. The eruptive fields cuts tho
! north end Of this grand ounta and
skaters it's base.
Lodges of the country are strong and
have the general trend of the district
with occasional porphyry bikes of great
strength bisecting at nearly right angles
and with such deviations locally as are
------ A. 49, ~tA~ aA11a IT.
these intersections 1t Is looked for de-
positions of rich and strong ore bodies
and dixie service in the arrests of solu'
tions in flow. %affording opportunities fol
precipitations in their own spoons mass
and along their sides, is obvious.
Much of the Ida country is particu'
larly favorable to tunnel development
which is cheapest of all mining methods
1t is a region of most excellent promise
and much work is now under way with
certainty as to profitable outcome.
To Goldfeld the growth and progress:
of such contiguous territory is Of great
| consequence and should be esteemed g
factor of it's own supremacy, and t.
strengthen business. The road to Lids
can be shortened nearly ten miles and
] follow easy grades.
, Every good road out of Goldfeld direci
to any amp is a great asset. Every
wagon load of supplies induced by goot
grades and short hau1s is the very bes
sort of business. Good roads to Lid
mean constant trade with an immens,
area tributary to Ida. and through
Ida tributary to Goldfeld.
Is 1t not time to consider relation!
to such promising ~neighbors?
Such trade as comes our way now /.
because of temporary necessity. Th'
south country will soon reach out TO
II. To hold it. distances must be short
ened and routes made easy.
J. w DEANE