Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-02
SYLVANITE ORE
IS DETERMINED
SMELTER FINDS RICH GOLD
VALUES
EXPERT PRoNouNcEs HAcHlTA
A BIG DISCOVERY
Geological Conditions Are Excellent
and Demonstrated Mines Not Far
Away-chance for Men
of Means
BY CHARLES A. DINssloRE

Ell PASO, Nov. 1.-For some days
there has been a stampede to Sylvanite,
N. NJ, distant twelve miles from the
railroad town of Hachita. 1t was
claimed that ore of a very high grade
had been found in assures in places, and
that the base of the values was syl-
vanite.
It was claimed that the formation
and ore occurrence was exactly similar
to the sylvanlta producing camps of
other portions. In order to ascertain
the facts the writer went to Hachita
and looked over the field. Last spring
we were there to investigate the placer
gold excitement, and we felt no COM
junction in decrying any movement 70
the placer" because it was dry wash
ing and would not pay wages. The
quartz excitement now on is in the hills
just above these old placers. l visited
practically every claim, went into the
workings and every sample.
| brought back-there was about |
200-pound sack of them-was personally |
secured, and in such manner as to pre-
clude possibility of wrong. But I do |
not believe those people would coun- |
tenance anything out of the way. How
ever, when l got back, ito make assur- |
ance doubly sure" l went out to the |
smeter and asked Manager Earl if he |
would positively ascertain what the
stuff was. Zone assayer said that the |
material was molvbdenum).
Mr.. Earl very willingly put the re-
sources of the whole smelter at my dis
posal, and in a very short time the |
chief chemist reported that the ore
had stood the test and that the ore
was high grade of sylvanite.
Run Samples Through
Then they took samples and ran them |
through, and that evening Mr.. Earl in
cd
cent ounces gold per ton and l 2-1O
silver.
The semelter people make these tests
in the most cold-blooded possible man
ner, and If they have any enthusiasm
or sympathy they keep it out of their
assays, and so, with the assurance of
Mr. Earl that eve shall, of course, be
in the market for the sylvanite ores of
Hachita," the writer feels that he is
doing but right in giving the full de-
tails of this, as we believe, the most
important discovery for many years.
With geological conditions as near
perfect as could be, with demonstrated
mines not a long distance away; with
every inch of development adding to
the size of the veins and the values of
the ore-with all these we do believe
that Hachita will pull through and that
several lucky ones there will develop
great and rich mines.
NOTE OF warning
But note of warning: There is very
little work there now; there are more
workingmen on the ground at this mo-
ment than are needed, and the most
foolhardy thing in the world win be to
go to that camp without ample means.
Later on one may elicit sympathy if in
a hard plight--just now it is all the
glitter of gold. and needy man will
surely suffer.
To VIII ha ns FL
fers possibly some inducement Surely
the mineral is there but whether there
are more locations within the miner
allied zone, whether one can get good
bond or lease, whether he will win if he
does get these-the future alone can
tell.
Work is now progressing on not fewer
than fifty claims in the new camp of
Sylvanite. By the time you read this
there viii be a thousand men in the
camp, and it is predicted that within
a month the camp will have 2500 people.
1t looks good out there. One must go
by way of the Ell Paso & Southwestern
railway to Hachita, N. NJ, 100 miles
from Douglas, and from Hachita it is
about twelve miles to the camp through
the nearest pass. Going by the old route
it is seventeen miles. The lodges bear
ing the rich material-free gold, tellu-
rum and sylvanite-are in the hills just
above the "placer fields" that attracted |
some attention last spring, but which
are now abandoned because they did /.
not pay for working.
Eroded for First Time
It is believed by many that the |
auriferous material on the mesa eroded |
from the lodges now for the first time |
having consideration. These lodges are |
demonstrated from a few inches to five |
feet in width, and they seem to have |
depth, this theory being borne out, too, |
by the general conditions.
From the grass roots the mineraliza- |
tions pays. Some of it runs extremely |
high (picked samples), but the average |
will be above $50 in the danger zone,'
while there are many lodges outside this |
zone that carry from $5 up. One very |
large dixie about one and one-half miles |
from discovery has steady values of |
tremely high. OF course many reports |
coming from there lack an atom of |
truth. 1t is always the case. But In |
this instance about every big tale has |
a solid foundation somewhere. The |
veins are there, the mineral is there. |
and now the men with money to develop |
are there.
am going to give an interview on
formation, first with w. G.. Mcbride, |
who visited the camp for the Phelps
Dodge interests, for whom he has been |
doing field expert work for many years, |
and then with Arthur Philbrick, we'll |
known expert who operated for years |
in the Goldfeld and Tonopah fields.
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