Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
CRESCENT MINES
PRODUCE GOLD
DISCOVERIES ON STATE LINE
PROPERTIES
Mineral Zone Extends Far Beyond
6earchIlght Into lnyo County.
Ore Shipments to Needles.
Surface Values

Special to The Herald
CRESCENT, New, Feb. 17.-Crescent
has a shipping property that has pay ore
from the grass roots. over In Old
Crescent, two miles from the famous
Turquoise mines the Eckerson brothers
are sacking and shipping ore from their
Edna mine. While prospecting their
property last fall the owners found
some rich float, and by trenching soon
discovered the source of its existence.
Further developing convinced them
that they had ore that would stand
shipping. Old timers scoffed at the
idea of finding rich ore at the surface.
and 1t was only after several shipments
had been made to the smelters that
they realized the Importance of the find.
The shaft is down thirty feet all in
ore, which Is being sacked as 1t Is
taken from the workings, following the
course of the vein at an angle of 40
degrees. The vein averages four feet
in width; values are In gold, silver and
lead. The ore sacked as 1t comes out
of the shaft runs S10O a ton, and sew
eral tons of sorted will run into the
thousands. The find has caused con-
siderable excitement recently, as the
ore continues to get richer as depth
is attained, while the ore body, which
at first was rather fat, is now dipping
at an angle of so degrees. The ore Is
being shipped to the Needles smelter,
and with two shafts working the man
agement expects to ship a carload a
week from now on.
Other Crescent Properties
Water has been encountered in sink
ing the double compartment shaft on
! the Big Tiger mine at a depth of 22O
feet. At the 20O-foot level decided
change was noticed in the formation,
and the footwall material changed en-
tirely from porphyry to an iron stained
quartz. The ground was very moist,
and from that point down the change
was very noticeable as the seepage
gradually increased until at depth of
225 feet the daily flow is over 800 gall
Ions.
The management will install pump
as soon as it is unable to handle
the water with buckets, and another
contract has been let to sink the shaft
to the 3O0-foot level, where the cross
cuts will be run. The presence Of water
has caused the management to feel
somewhat elated, as the values usually
appear after this level is reached.
The development work on the Red
Star is progressing very rapidly under
the management of James Sword. This
property is one of the most promising
prospects in the Crescent district, the
vein being thirty feet in width and
assays taken from the surface run So
to $3.50 in gold.
Superintendent A. J. Waddleton re-
ports very promising improvement in
the showing on the Golden Crescent
and Searchlight Gold Extraction prop
critics. The managements of the Ohio,
H. H. H.. Noble Five, Wyoming New
ada, Floradora, Homestake, New Moon,
Chistrom and Crescent Nevada mines
all report active developing and con-
siderable improvement.
During the past month several pieces
of ore were found in the tunnel of the
Ohio mine that resembled fixed" speci-
mems, but after a close inspection the
thought was dispelled. as the ore was
similar to the one-foot streak that had
been cut through in the tunnel, a dis
tance of about eighty feet from the por-
tai, and was all specimen ore. Superin-
tendent Scherrer Is now drifting on the
vein to ascertain the extent and value
of this find.