Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-14
sN vAN|TE CAMP HAS THE.
 GOLD ID PROVE WORTH

Sylvanite, the new gold camp, now causing the eyes of the mining world to be turned toward 1t, is situated in the Little Hachita mountains, twelve miles as the crow flies from Hachita station on the E. P. & s. w., and about the same distance from La Plaza station. A. gentle and smooth down grade obtains from the new camp to the railroad.
 Gold was first discovered by the Clark brothers, old-time dry-washing placer miners in the gulches, who used dry-washing machines. This was in February of this year, and their work was continued until the rainy season set in
 The fact that much of this gold was attached to quartz caused them to in- stitute systematic search for the veins from which they felt sure the gold was thrown. Success crowned their efforts, after many laborious days, and fortune as their reward seemed inevitable. The news of their discovery caused quite ripple of ex- citement throughout the southwest, and many mining men fiocked to the scene
 The ore, while showing some free gold, was found to carry a metal. with which no one on the ground at that time was familiar, namely syL vanite, which is a telluride gold. In. terest in the discovery from that time waned, and it was not until by acci- dent a piece of ore found it's way into | the hands of Sol Camp, the well known operator of Cripple Creek and Goldheld, that interest was re. awakened.
 This sample led Mir. Camp to in, vestigate, and the thorough knowl. edge of it's character gained during his successful operation as general superintendent of the famous Elktou i mine in Cripple creek caused him ia think that new field was about to be opened to the mining world. Feeling that the returns received rom the assaying were not satisfae tory, MT. Camp. after careful inspec tlon. sent samples to the office of Bur bugaine of Denver, whose, ability a, an assayer and chemist is well known over the American continent.
 The returns from these assays wer, as follows: 19.60 gold, 1 56 silver representing value of S392.56.
 The general course of the axis n the range has a N E. and s. W. trend The main core of the Hachita noun tains is formed of eruptive rocks composed of diotites, early audesites gneiss and granite. with an occasion al lime capping. The general char acter of the eruptive cut the rang nearly at right angles. These rock are interrupted by numerous porphyr dykes, similar in character to tn Goldfeld and Tonopah lode porphyry
 Following these dykes are numerou true Assure veins of quartz and othe veins of similar nature, with 1 very strong iron capping. It is ey dent that at this stage of deyelopmep that these phonolite carry the highes gold values. These veins trayers the entire length of three claims O the Sol Camp and Marvin E. Is1 group, which are being exploited b three shafts, the deepest of waich i forty feet. in this shaft exists a yer strong phonolite quartz xein, ayeras ing from twenty to twenty-four incl es, which runs from as low as sSO f the ton, into the thousands. Tbi shaft is located on the extreme eas end of the Broken Jug claim.
 On the Golden Eagle claim abou zoo feet west, large working shaft i being sent down, and has now reache a depth of twenty-five feet. The or runs from s70 to SS0 a ton. At abou HOO feet west of this shaft the groun has been opened with three cuts an forty foot shaft from which worI ings there are now 200 sacks ( shipping ore on the dump. At a di tance of 800 feet westerly from tai shaft, there is an open cut on th
 Broken Bottle claim, about twent, two feet long, with an eight-foot fac
 showing twelve inches of the or, averaging s25 a ton.
 About one mile northerly from tn