The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-15
SOURCE OF ORE
IN MASON VALLEY
Disclosures of Past Ten Weeks
Are of Great Significance
and Value.

Within the past few weeks disclosures
have been made in the Mason Valley
company's property, in the Mason dis
trict Lyon county, Nevada, which, 1t Is
claimed, forever release from doubt the
true source of all the ore. A true rs
sure vein has been found coursing north
and south through the property and the
drifting that has been done in II on the
No. tunnel level has established its per
manency, dip and strike so thoroughly
that the claim is now made that here
after every dollar spent in the further
development OF the ground viii be done
with a certainty that so many feet VIII
bring results. The first real news con-
corning this state of affairs was brought
to the city Tuesday by I. i. Walden,
superintendent of the Wheeler company s
mines in that section II was emphasized
in the story published by the Mason Val
ley News, and shareholders Of the com
pany viii undoubtedly receive further
verificatiOn of what has been done as
soon as George z. Gum returns from
the northwest and has had a chance to
visit the property; or, in the event that
business calls him somewhere else, then
after the mine has been inspected by
LEV HUMPHREYS, the cOmpany's consult
ing engineer, who will 20 out there as
soon as he returns from Montana. The
Mason Valley News has a long story
about the development, so long that 1t
cannot be used here. but the paragraphs
bearing on ITS importance to the company
anu eNJoAAAAAAS B4ObNA lAIo tAAC ANtADAN1SN1
as follows:
Fissure Goes Into Other Claims.
For its known length the Mason Val
ley fissure is practically perfect; how far
1t will extend is of course for future dis
closures to determine. It mas an almost
direct north and south strike, with a dip
to the west fairly uniform and regular.
IL may go on its present trend through
the entire length of this estate and into
both adjoining estates; it may be COM
mon to several; il may be bigger and
richer elsewhere. Its length and its
depth are matters of speculation, not now
to be considered in any other sense but
the possibilities it opens up for ada cent
properties ought to send an electric shock
traVersing the spinal column of several
operators of the camp. If they do not
go fissuTe hunting. after verifying to COM
plete satisfaction the story of the latest
disclosures Of mOmentOuS Importance in
the Mason Valley, they may be account
ed singulaTly Indifferent to the best in
terests of the entire district
Lodges Strength and Uniformity.
But to get back to the subject. a fair
idea of the uniformity Of the Mason Val
ley fissuTe may be had by the knowledge
that from a point in No. level. not far
from the intersection of No tunnel
with the garnet ores, a good line was
had on the source of the values. and It
was discovered to continue far south
ward, a fact that must prove intensely
interesting to every person interested in
Mason district. Again it was encOun-
tered in No. 4 level upon calculations
that allowed for the dip of the hanging
wall and which worked out to a nicely.
Where the fissure was opened on No.
a drift to the south was started, along
the hanging wall and is being rushed
along with record progress. Here is a
fact to furnish food for thought: The frs
sure formation is so much softer than the
garnet bodies there is no comparison be
tween the Roadway that may be made
IN development something to be borne in
mind by those who may seek to open
up adjacent prospects in the light of Ma
son Valley developments. Almost twice
the progress can be made in a soft con-
glOmeration characteristic of such
source of values. and in addition to
economic exploration the speed with
which it may be accomplished is an item
of urgent consideration"