The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-10-23
DYKE A PROSPER.
Gus CAMP
Eighty miles northwest of Whine


mucca there is busy camp
named Dyke, that in the neal
future will claim unusual attention
No one is booming the camp al
uresent nor do the interested parties
care for boom. There is long, mar
row butte, that seems to be a rich
mass of ore, mainly gold and copper.
Much of the gold is crystalized and
very fine. The entire butte is covered
by locations. There are seven to ten
groups Of from two to twelve claims
each. More or less development work
has been done on every group, and in
many of them the owners are sacking
ore--high.g grade.
VIM. A. Kopplin brought in a sack
Of ore, every piece Of which showed
free gold. Some Of it would easily as.
say ten thousand dollars per ton. The
coloring Of the quartz is identical to
that of the best ore from National. No
doubt the leads are the same as the Ma.
tional, which would lead geologist to
believe that they are really the same,
and that possibly between the two
camps may yet be found the greatest
deposits Of all. Judging from the great
mother lode Of California, and the
many proofs Of its great length and
richness, this is quite possible, and Of.
fers pointer for prospeetors to closely
examine the intervening territory.
At Dyke, Foster and Darling have
seven claims, with considerable work
done. On one claim they have a ledge
nine feet wide, with five feet of por.
phyry carrying six-inch pay streak
that averages $ls5 per ton in gold.
They are pushing developments on 9TH
er claims.
d. A. johnson has seven claims If
his own and is interested in about
twelve claims. He has an eighty foot
tunnel In cncentrating ore, Of seven to
thirty dollars value, and not yet into
his high-grade. He Is pushing the tna-
mel steadily towards the rich rock.
johnson and Stomfeldt have three
claims. There is a cut 80 feet and =
tunnel only Is feet, in which they have
an ls-inch pay streak that averages
s2s gold and copper.
Jack Stevens has seven claims, with
5O-foot tunnel and some cuts showing
in all free gold, with one pay streak
80 inches wide.
The Nevada Wall Street Mining com.
pany has a group Of eight claims. They
have opened up ledge of six and one
half to seven feet Of solid ore which
assays $3.50 to $l2 in gold and 37h
per cent copper. Every one of their
claims show good naturalization and
values in the eineh holes, and their
group alone, properly developed, would
establish q high standard for a camp.
Now, consider the camp as whols,
and what IL itf Here "boomer' is
not required to draw on his imagination
and coin expressions of praise, to prop
erly describe the situation. Nor is II
necessary to strain the truth, but sim
ply deal in cold facts and figures, as
hove outlined, when one must realize
dat Dyke is a wonderful camp and
Til very soon be known, in spite Of the
modesty of its people.
The Silver State will have more to
say about it. The real prosperity of
the camp will not be felt. however,
until mill is in operation there to con-
vert the ores into portable CONNER
eial product. Shipping anything but
picture ore 10 out of the question,
owing to the great distance fom this
place, which is the neaest railroad
point.
Samples of Dyke ore may be seen at
this Office, while more is expected soon.
humboldt county is rapidly coming to
the f-ont with increasingly rich dis
eoveries, that are forcing the attention
OF capital, while Winnemucca is the
gateway to rich lands.