Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-12
RUMORED STRIKE
NEAR RED HILLS
INFORMANT DECLARES VEIN
ASSAYS $192 A TON
DISCOVERY IN OLD GROUND MAY
BE WINNER
Broken Hills Ships Seventh Carload,
Nevada-DougIas ContempIates Use
of Macquisten Process on Low
Grade Garnetized Ore

GOLDFIELD, July lit is possible
that within the next few days there
will be one of the most sensational
stories written for many weeks con-
Cerning a discovery said to have been
made in the vicinity of Red Hills. 1t
is claimed that values have been found
in an old block of ground.
According to the informant recent
investigation disclosed a vein meaSur-
ing about eighteen inches in width that
assayed S192 to the ton, within fOrty-siX
feet of the surface. There is possl-
bility that the whole block of ground
in question will change hands within
the next few days since IT is now being
figured upon by those most interested
and with ore carrying at this time bis
muth tetrahedrite and free gold there
is little question but that activity N
that end of the district will be re-
sumed at once. The block is not far
out of pistol range from the Yellow
Tiger which is shortly, according to re-
ports. to be the scene of the most de-
termined operation in the whole dis
trict. Report has it that this shaft is
to be given an additional depth of 800
feet which will bring their total to
1850, at which depth extraordinary
lateral work will begin
Will Begin Work
According to those now in touch with
the situation ii is believed that work
will start within the next few days
and from the very first moment the IN
tention of the company is to follow the
rock down on its dip to satisfy it that
permanency may be expected and
values worthy OF development warrant
the turning loose Of the purchase price
and the future development expenses.
From the property of the Broken
Hills Mining company, now operating
on the Randall ground in the Lucky
Boy district, the seventh carload of ore
has been sent out, and, according 70
the management, every second day will
note the forwarding of an additional lot
of the lead-silver product From the
past few shipments it seems that an
average of about Sill a ton is to be
maintained throughout, and untold
quantities of the rock are said to be in
sight, ready to be broken down. In the
east drift seven feet of the rich black
metal has been developed, while in the
west drift four feet of the same char
acter of ore has been exposed. The
whole bottom of the shaft is in rich
mineral, and it is expected that with
depth the same rock will strike down
through the earth at about the same
pitch noted in the vein of the Hubbard
and other rich blocks of ground in that
district.
Payment FaIIS Due
The Nevada-Douglas Copper company
of Yerington, in the Mason district, has
anticipated the payment of $4,000 on its
Ludwig mine, which falls due TINS
week.
The Ludwig was purchased two years
ago for S50O,0OO, 100000 of which has
been paid. Another payment of S5O,9OO
falls due July l, 1910; another of $4,000
January l, 1911, and the final 100000
July 1, 1912.
Duncan MacVichie, consulting en-
gineer of the company, has left for the
mines, and while nothing definite IS
known at this writing it is judged he
is bent on gathering data on the lower
grade of copper ores which will not be
Smenable to the direct smelling process.
The property, especially the DougIdS
section, contains considerable garnet
lied copper ore of a like nature to that
Of the BIuestone and Mason Nalley
properties, and some means must be
provided for properly treating this ton
mage, although by far the greater part
of Nevada Douglas rock is strictly
straight smelling ore.
The ordinary wet concentration
methods employed throughout the west
are not adapted to the treatment or
these garnetized ores. The gangue Is
as heavy as the metallic values them
selves. The Bluestone company has eX-
perimented successfully in test mill
with the electrolytic process, ana II Is
understood that the Macquisten tube
mill process has handled this garnet
ore with splendid results. 1t is very
likely that a test shipment will be made
by the Nevada-Douglas company to
the Macquisten milling plant at Col
conda. where experiments will be made
The Macquisten process contains the
practical utilization of increased sur
face tension. thus causing the metallic
contents of ore to float on water rather
than sink, while the mill can be so
compressed in space that big tonnage
can be treated within very small