Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-10
IBEX MOUNTAIN
IS ACTIVE CAMP
IN ESMERALDA COUNTY LIES
ANOTHER RICH FIELD
WAS WORKED IN CRUDE MANNER
BY SPANISH MINERS
Burke Smith Made First FORTUNE
There Thirty Years Ago-ls Now
to Be systematically
Developed

H. c. Schmidt, who has recently re-
turned to Goldfield from a four days
trip of investigation of hex mountain,
the district discovered by A. A. Bass,
in Esmeralda county, gives a glowing
account of this now animated camp.
hex mountain is eighteen miles west
of old Beileville, situated in the Black
mountain district, near where Burke
Smith made his first fortune thirty
years ago. The hex has never been
Systematically exploited before, al
though the surrounding country has
been prospected for many years. Gold
was carried out of Marietta more than
thirty years ago. At hex mountain
are still seen workings done in a crude,
primitive manner.
Schmidt Is quoted as follows
MY investigation occupied four
days. 1 went all alone over the entire
district and 1 found four distinct
lodges running through all, showing
high values in gold. The southeastern
portion runs high in lead carbonate,
silver and gold.
81 opened up two lodges with re-
markable showings. so say all who
have seen the specimens. On the hex
Mining company's property there are
now seven leases working, all doing
well. Foremost of these is the CRUDE
lease, located on the south side of the
hex property. They are putting down
double compartment shaft which is
in two feet of high grade ore. They
are also running a tunnel which is in
sixty-five feet of ore, showing high
grade gold ore all along. They had
just finished sacking one carload of
ore as 1 left, which is being sent to
Salt Lake smelters. CRUDE has plenty
of capital and is working his lease in
a minerlike fashion and timbering his
shaft permanently and putting in men
as fast as room is available.
With Ore in Sight
1.-THE Johnson lease, owned by the
Montana Tonopah people, is moving
ahead with plenty of ore in sight.
1.-The Lindsay-Schmidt lease struck
an eighteen-inch ledge in their shaft
at thirty feet, showing good high
grade ore.
still another lease is going to start
up in few days with five men.
1.-THE hex Mining company is now
shipping a carload of high grade ore
running into picture values. Half of
this car Is now at the railroad station,
and teams will finish hauling in four
or five days. 1t will be shipped to the
I-lzen sampler.
1.-THE Marietta Mining company is
also shipping a carload of high grade
ore to the Salt Lake smelter.
"a beautiful townsite has been sur
veyed and laid out on the west side
of the range, facing the Little Hon
toon. Lots are now for sale. One store
is being operated there now, carrying
all miners supplies.
1.-THE district is situated on very
rugged mountain, rising abruptly from
Teals marsh for a distance of $4,000
feet, and is hard of access from that
side, but a splendid wagon road has
been built from Marietta through the
west side of the hills on a gradual
slope, which goes right up to the town
site. Any size team can drive along
this road without any difficulty. Plen-
ty of timber can be had right on the
ground as the hills are heavily wood
ed. The greatest drawback is water,
which is now being hauled eight miles
by a wagon road. But this difficulty
will soon be disposed of, as plenty
of fine water can be developed within
five miles of the townsite.
"There is a great natural storage
system near at hand which can be
made to store millions of gallons and
gravitate it into the town.
Taking it all in all, the district
has the greatest showings 1 have ever
seen, and there are surely fortunes in
sight for everybody out there"