The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-05-08

blossom or crest of more valuable
ore resources at further depth under
the surface.
I'm addition to these fissures your
Little Bell claim also carries a con-
tact vein between the limestone and
narrow bed Of shale. This is filled
with mineralized ribbon quartz and is
Identical in appearance with the bed
ed deposits of the productive Hat
Moon group, a short distance to the
south. This ore course occupies the
same relative position In the forma-
tion as the present principal ore
showings Of the Phoebe Metals COM
pany's property adjoining this group
to the north. This deposit has been
opened with shaft eighty feet deep
and showing such evidence of per-
manency that believe, with fur
ther exploration, and especially when
1t makes a junction with the verti-
cal fault fissures nearby, it should
afford some bodies of valuable COM
mercial ore.
In addition to these fissure veins
and contact deposits, the Monitor
group also carries, on the Jim Grow
claim, very interesting porphyry
dixie cropping, which may represent
the famous Yuba dixie on its strike
to the west, and in view of the ap-
parent great genetic importance Of
the porphyry dikes of this district
in relation to the origin of the ore
deposits, this occurrence lends an
important additional value to the
prospects Of the property To ap-
preciate the merits Of the position
of this ground it will be necessary
to give little brief history of this
interesting district
Within the past two years, Phoebe
has been afforded direct connection
with the outside world by a branch
from the San Pedro railroad at Csl-
iente. This fact makes valuable min
eraI resources thar could not former
ly be touched on account of excess
i've transportation charges. The
construction of the railway into the
camp has greatly stimulated the
active development of its long dor
Tnant, but very promising mineral de-
p0sits.
Among the new mining ventures
TO make extensive development of
rdeh ore the Prince Consolidated
mine, situated two miles west of the
famous Raymond-Ely Bonanza, is now
the spotlight of attraction in the
Phoebe district 1t is situated in an
entirely different line of fissuring
from the old mines, and it's recent
ore developments are of such a ma
tMe and value as to indicate a strong
probability that a new line of bo-
nanza ore deposits may be opened
up on the Prince vein Of equal value
with the Raymond Ely string, and
your acquisition of such large
groAp Of claims, covering such a
long stretch of this now famous
Prince fissure zone, gives your pro-
perty its special merit and specula
tive value.
"In addition to the above, and re-
fering to the porphyry dixie lepo-
sit accompanying the Raymond
Ely ffssures, which is thought BY
many geologists to be the parent
source CIR mother lode of the dis
trict, ] would explain that it has a
strike almost due east and west,
and has been identified five miles
further west from Phoebe than the
Monitor group, where it is again
found richly Qre-bearing. Owing to
the slipping and shifting of the
surface limestone beds, and it's soft
nature, it is difficult to trace this
famous dixie continuously between
these extreme. points, but the fact
OF the existence Of dixie of the
same porphyry on your property,
which is practically in the line Of
the strike of the Ynba dixie between
Phoebe and Stampede Gap, leads me
to believe that you either have a
section of this famous dixie or one
very closely related to it, that
may prove Of equal genetic value
as source Of valuable ore depo-
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