The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-04
MINES AND MINING
.BUCKHORN VEIN
BIG PROSPECT
Ledge 100 Feet Wide Carries
Milling Values Wherever
Opened.

That BuCkhorn, the new district re-
Gently entered by George Wingfteld and
other well known operators may prove
to be the greatest milling camp in the
country Is indicated by the report made
by ]. p. LOTUS of GOldfield. The feature
of the camp is ledge 100 feet wide, COW
cred by about two feet Of wash, which
seems to show values of from "a to 81
a ton wherever II Is penetrated. The new
camp is 215 miles due north from Gold
field and thirty miles from the old COrtez
mine. The nearest railroad point is Alpha,
fifty miles south of Palisade, on the
Eureka and Palisade railway. From that
station the new district is west about
twenty miles across open country
''This ground was discovered a few
months ago by a man named Lynn" said
Mr.. Lotus. while prospecting he found
gold in the gulChes and traced il to its
point of origin on a plateau. The region
presents unique features in the annals Of
mining. Nothing Ike it was ever seen
here or elsewhere, As far as now can
be seen, the gold-bearing body strikes
strongly through the country, having
total width of 100 feet OF more. 1t does
not outcrop except at one or two points,
but seems to be overlaid by the general
wash of the mountains. The Overlay is
rarely more than two feet deep. The
ore-bearing body seems to be highly de-
composed andeSite, somewhat siliclfled,
and so friable that 1t can readily be
handled with pick, ana shafts can be
sunk at comparatively small cost The
ground supports itself admirably, and lit
tie or no timbering is required
Thirty Feet Averages $11.87.
''There is but one shaft yet sunk in
that region, and this is to a depth of fifty
feet, with crOsscutS about thirty feet.
This shaft is on the ground recently
bonded by George Wingfield for 100000.
Before taking over this bond, the ground
was carefully sampled by different per
sons, and finally by Fred Siebert, who
made two samplngs for Mr.. Wingfield.
We were told that the last sampling
across thirty feet showed an average
value of S11.S7 per ton, and the results of
Mr.. SeibertS work led to the taking up
of the bond. This thirty feet does not
represent the extent of the deposit, for
there are no walls in sight, and it may
be 100 feet or more in width We visited
this shaft and while not making any
samplings, the conditions observed seem
to warrant all claims made for it.
The adjoining ground to the Wingfield
proposition has been taken over by Lotus
& Davis and Mr.. Jones who had spent
some time on the property previous to
this visit. On this ground the ore bodies
sampled at a depth Of two feet average
$40 per ton across width OF ten feet,
which was the width of the hole. In
fact, it is said that the surface anywhere
in every direction between the walls
shows values of from 81 to S., and in the
one shaft above referred TO the values
have steadily increased with depth, ris-
l6 LlDlll 81 ~ ~ eit Il NAS pun VI AAAlS IT.
Is Cyaniding Proposition.
should anything like the present
promise of the region be realized, here
is a field that may soon witness one of
the greatest gold productions of which
anything is known Unlike GOldfield, it
will never be a region of high-grade ores,
but present indications are that it viii
be the largest area of lOw-gTade gold
bearing ores ever found in this or any
country.
The impression has gone out that it is
a free-gOld ore. This is true only in part.
Some of the gold is free and the rest
is associated with it in a form as vet I'M
determined, but that ii Is an admirable
cyanide proposition has been proven by
actual tests. y twelve-hOur treatment
shows ar extraction of s. per cent in
dfcating a much higher extra CtiOn during
a period extending tWenty-fOur hours.
''The ground is already staNed for miles,
and it would be unwise for anyone to
20 to the camp with the expectation of
locating claims. There is plenty of water
for domestic purposes nearby. For mill Op-
Grafton and treatment there is one large
spring in the vicinity. Freighters are al
ready arranging 10 haul supplies from
Alpha to the camp, and are now breaking
road