White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-17
OHANA HAS RICH ROCK
IN EASTERN WHITE PINE
COMPANY PREPARING TO ERECT
MILL AND HOIST ON PROP
ERTY NEAR BLACkH0RsE-
GREAT SURFACE SHOWINGS.

On the west slope of Snake Noun
tain, White Pine county, New, three
miles from Blaekhorse, seven miles
north of Osceola and 40 miles east of
Ely is located the Ohana Mining COM
pany's property where some wonder
fully rich rock was recently discover
ed from o%utcroppings down to a
depth of 20 feet. This domain of
400 acres Is biseeted by the channel
of an ancient river. the sands of
which have been tested to a depth of
80 feet, all of which show gold pan
nings, says a recent visitor to the dis
triet.
Discovered on the property was an
extinct thermal spring. and through
this agency it Is thought that the
three great assures on the Ohana
ground received their ore deposits.
This aperture was in the lime and
when discovered the collar Of the
hole was no larger than the body of
a man. A shot vas put in; the cap
blown off. forming an opening as
large as the mouth of a well. Into
this well a man was lowered a dis
lance of IS feet. when 1t suddenly
terminated. running off into numer-
Gus pipes about six inches in d.
ameter up from which the hot waters
must have poured ages ago. The
sides of the we'll were as smooth as
If they had been polished.
Heretofore the Ohana has been
worked by MINDLESS, which has been
used in sinking NUMEROUS prospect
ing shafts from 10 TO 20 feet in depth
but now the company is figuring on
putting In a hoist to expedite sinking
to the sulphide zone, and erecting a
mill for treating the low grade ores.
The bunk houses are being enlarged,
and preparations generally being
made for work on a large scale.
On the Fountain claim a shaft has
exposed a vein from which W assays
showed the following values; No. l,
gold, $500; silver, rs ounces; No.
2, gold, $11S.20; silver, S4.4 ounces,
the last named ore being worth
s16O.40 to the ton: the other, 5000
On the Golden Fleece claim, 1000
feet distant, two assays a as fol
lows: No. 1, gold, $3.50; silver, 2.2
ounces: No. 2, gold, s64.4O; silver,
2.6 ounce
A system of fissure veins is distinc-
tly traced through the property. The
country rock is lime, with some red
and blue slate. quartzite and granite,
with porphyry bikes breaking
through the lime, making a most
favorable formation for rich ore de-
posits. The country generally seems
we'll in place. Some of the lodes on
the surface are from 4 to 10 feet in
width. One 10 foot outerop on the
Tip Top claim gives up SIS, gold pre-
dominating. Grab samples from
some of the best exposures went
s1O4.S4 to the ton. Bughole quartz
is frequently encountered, showing
high gold values.
Near the Ohana property Is a l6O-
acre ranch which embraces a large
spring of beautiful water, the only
water found within n radius of many
miles. The Ohana people AVE ac-
quired this valuable appendage, and
will make invaluable use of the water
not only for camp purposes, but foi
the proposed mill as well. A. u
Burritt, mining engineer, has charge
of the Ohana, and he considers 1t one
of the best prospects in the whole
~Blackhorse district, which is a fam
Gus old producer of gold.