The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-19
MINES AND MINING
GOLDFIELD STRIKE
IN OUTSIDE AREA
Ore Showing in Spearhead
Lease Indicates a Heavy
Producer.

GoldneId. New. sept. 1s.-Extcnding
the known productive zone Of the dis
trict nearly a mile east Of the Red
Top workings OF the Goldfieid Con-
Eolidated and being IN consequence
seemingly the most notable develop
mcnt in the Goidfioid district for more
than two years past. the Wheeler
Enickerbocker lease on the Spcarhcad
today bids fair TO soon be a heavy and
rich shipper. For a distance Of 126
feet lateraily, and al depth u ESQ
feet. vein Of shippinE and milling
orc running from five TO twenty feet
in width has been exposed. and this
moruing % appeared as though the
shoot had been encountered by cross
cut from tho station AZ 900 feet depth.
For something like three months
past the Wheeler lease has been In
tcrprise and not that Of stock com
rauy nothing has been said as 10 the
operations ft has long been known
that the lcasCrg had opened some good
ore. Their work. however. has been
very quietly done, and they have been
systematically exploring 81 200 rect
depth. This work put IN sight quite a
large tonnage % ore from whlcn ship
mcnts running $50 20 $50 ton might
have been cent out but the policy OK
dovclopmCns Of a LARGE tonnage before
Etartirr ghip-ncnts has been carried
out from tlc start. Accordingly. az
Ter much development at $50 feet
depth. with most fiatterinE results. the
shaft was put down deeper. station
was cut az 800 feet. and n crossCut
was started to. the southwest 60 get
the vein system that was so blk and
rich above. few days go the LATHE
dacite contact zone. near which the
ore lies above. was cut and n few
more rounds put the face OF the cross
cut In quartz showing high mineral
fzafion.
This morning investigation Of the
workings showed that about half OF
the lateral was IN vein matter pre-
ciseiy the same IN appearance az the
rich ore fifty feet above. streak or
sand quartz containing heavy black
sulphide sand looking almost like CON
ccntratcs from mill table. having
been cut. and beyond this was dark
colored nodular quartz held In heavy
tale filling. the quartz being fuled With
black sulphides OF iron aud copper.
some copper glance" and brilliant
cf stalls Of nnarcasite. the latter oc-
casionaily I'm massive form. Associat ted
which contains the principal gold vail
ucs.
Pay streak T. Opened.
Assays have not yet been received
from this new face. but there IS little
doubt that a. is the "pay streak that
has been opened. Under a GLASS or TO
tho unaided eye the material IS idcuti-
cal with the rich ore above. As the
vein appears TO lay at an ANGLE Of
about IS degrees. the opening at 900
feet will give something like 90 TO so
feet Of stopping backs should the vein
prove continuous on the 300-lcvel with
the lateral development. and this would
in itself give n bis tonnage on ac-
count % the great size Of the vein.
At ESQ feet depth the vein is some
what broken. and every Indication
there is that the workings cut the ccn-
ter Of strong movement plane. There
g. much sugar quartz there. in some
places blocky. In other places ground
into an almost impalpablc powder. and
the vein On filled with this white pow
DER IN PAGES. alongside 81 which are
Ercat masses Of black sand sulphides.
looking az though hundreds q tons u
mill concentrates had been dumped
there. This stuff IS soft and can be
worked with n pick and shovel for
yards at a time, and the black sui
phidcs and the white tale and sand are
in alternate LAYERS showing that water
action deposited them I'm the break in
the rock after grinding action had
uulvcrizcd an enormous area I'm tho
movement zone. on the footwail side
the quartz contains big patches Of
gray copper and much brilliant mar
castle that looks. when freshly broken,
like bright yellow gold There On very
little oNidizcd material showing. There
fg strong sulphur smell I'm tho work
sings. and 30 appears that at this com
narativcly shallow depth n main sui
phide zone has been encountered.
Although at this time 50 cannot be
said that the Wheeler lease is great
mine. indications are that o. is 20 b
heavy producer. and ~ is today the
most splendid looking prospect iE the
entire Goldficld district. Should de-
vclopmcut work on the 300 level prove
the continuation OF the vein. with the
same size and richness as above. the
lease may be called n BONANZA. ~
200 feet depth the formation is ever
and regular. and u may be that ths
vein will show n strong increase In
regularity and values.
Success Of the Wheeler lease will
materially affect the Blue Bell. Grand
ma. Ecwanas and Merger ground. By
which tho Spearhead is surrounded
and VIII cause renewed activity IN that
part % the district east OF the CousoIf.
dated company-s estate.