Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-03
WUENSCH, THE EXPERT, WRITES
 OF SYLVAN|TE
Has Big Advantage Over Gold field In That 1t Can Market Ores More CheapIy - An aBsis of Formation.

03y Wuensch in Mining Inyestor)
 SyRaute is the Eame of a new gold mining district now in the initial -tate of development that is destiusu ccCn to come into the notice of mine inyUstcrs. The district compr ses the a. rthor portion of the Eiachita mount aims. situated in the southwestern cor ner of the territory of New Mexico. While the mountains about Sylvanite Lad in the past yielded lead and cop per ores, the existence of gold was not ser ously considered until last
 bring when a number of dry gulcaes disclosed profitable amounts of free gold in placer ground Following th.s stage came the discovery of lode mines and the gradual opening of A number cf promising properties.
 The Hachita mountains comprise a range or ridge of hills rising from 800
 O .5JO feet above the wide valleys that border it on each side. The range is about 30 miles in length and taree miles wide. and Is the result of north and south faultings and series of uplifts on the eastern side giving
 the bedded rocks azsbaTp inclination 10 the westward LimestCnes in yaiI GUS stages of metamorphism, slate and uuartzite constitute the sedimen- Jafy beds, while the eruptive rocks are represented by diorite. diabese, quartz. porphyry, and rhyolite. These are q sposed as interstratif ed sheets, or sills and dikes.
 All the mineral values of tle dis trict are associated with some of . A.. fC north of Sylvanite rest in the contact between white limestone and over i lying diorite, and in the lime. The large quartz and iron veins are along | side of vertical diorite dikes and tle sedimentary rocks. The rich smaller i quartz veins, rich in tellurium miner ! a's and free gold are entiresy in a di critc field. Another valuable vein, }UCm which four carloads of ore have been shipred, runs with and nearly
 in the center of a sixty-foot wide dike fog quartz porphyry. The most noted Troperty cf tue district differs frUr
 the preceding ones in that it is a
 zone or strata of quartzite. resting be ! tween limestone and slate, thirty feel a ide. and Witl it small seams of in. ! trusirC rock. IL is shcared across the ! jsdding planes. the fractures and ] ioiatiugs encrusted with vein quartz and quartz streaks rum ng through the entire mass. The ore shows tel 1 Iur!uU minerals and free gold. Six openings on this gene show gold ore |If commercial value. Further south l .EreC 60 five miles from Sylyauite tho ] veins are very strong and prominent i some showing gold as the principal I value. others yielding higA assays ir silver. Still further down the range i copper again seems to predominate.
 The Broken Jug. Makeup Charley Merry Bird. Hand-Car and Nederlant mines are samples of veins entirely il tts dfcriIe A grab sample from the ' NoCerl2ld assayed by Henry E. Woot irc rc.uraed s51 per ton. This property i~ bonded by MessTs Benedict, Fry i Hdmlin and Newcomb of Colorad, l Epr ngs and Denver. Four cars of ere rom the Gold Hills mine. bonded
 tv MessTs. Carlton of Cripple Creek
 returned S29 to S89 per ton. 4 sam pla of sorted ore" from the CamI
 and ish (Quartzite) property, gave 1;
 return Of S253.S0 per ton. The eX Pense Of converting the ore shippc' from the Gold Hills mine was: Wagol
 haul S2. railroad freight to Douglas sl
 smelling charge s2; tctai s per ton
 The ere is highly siliceous and IS util
 ized by the large copper smelters a
 that point
 II SyIvanite is situated about IS mile scutheast of Hacaita. a station be
 tween Fl Paso and Douglas, on tn
 Fl Paso & Southwestern railroad
 Automobiles and stages afford goo,
 transportation The population l
 about 500 to 800. stores, restaurant. , lodging houses sufficient for presen needs. Accommodations fair. price very low. Telephone connection witl telegraph office at Hachita. A goo newspaper. the Syivanfte |. Miner. edited and printed by a cclservatiy mining eng neer. Mir. W. J. Stonehan