Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS.
OHANA TO THE FORE;
NEW MILL AND HOIST
spring-Great Surface showings -
F1ssure System.

on the west slope of Snake Noun
tain, White Pine county. New three
miles from Blackhorse. seven miles
north Of Osceola and 40 miles east OF
Ely Is located the Ohana Mining com
pany's property where some wonderful
~ rich rock was recently discovered
from outcroppiugs down TO a depth OF
70 feet This domain OF 400 acres Is bi-
sected by the channel OF an ancient
river, the sands of which have been
tested 20 a depth OF 80 feet, all OF
which shows gold paintings
Discovered on the property was an
extinct thermal spring, and through
this agency II 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 was put in the cap blown of,
forming an opening as large as the
mouth OF a we'll Into this well a man
was lowered distance Of 70 feet, when
II suddenly terminated. running OF
into numerous pipes about six inches
in diameter up from which the hot
waters must have poured ages ago.
The sides of the we'll we're as smooth
as II they had been polished.
Heretofore the Ohana has been work
ed by windlass, which has been used
in sinking numerous prospecting shafts
from 10 to 20 feet in depth. but now the
company IS figuring on putting in
hoist 70 expedite sinking 10 the sui
phide zone, and erecting q mill for
treating the low grade ores. The bunk
houses are being enlarged. and pre-
parations generally being made for
work on Il larger scale.
on the Fountain claim a shaft has
exposed a vein from which two assays
showed the following values; No !.
gold, $500; silver, rs ounces No. 2,
gold, SllS.20 silver, $40 ounces, the
last named ore being worth Sl6O4O to
the ton; the other $3.50. on the
Golden Fleece claim, 1900 feet dis
tant, two assays ran as follows; No. ],
gold, So. so. silver. 22 ounces; No. 2,
gold, $6440; silver. 2.6 ounces.
A system of fissure veins is distinct
~ traced through the property. The
country rock is lime. with some red
and blue slate, quartzite and granite,
with porphyry bikes breaking through
tho lime, making a most favorable
formation for rich ore deposits The
country generally seems well In place.
Some of the lodes on the surface are
from TO 10 feet in width one 10
foot outcrop on the Tip Top claim gives
up SIS. gold predomnating. Grab
samples from some Of the best ex-
posures went s104s4 to the ton. Bug
hole quartz is frequently encountered,
showing high gold values.
Near the Ohana property is i60-acre
ranch which embraces a large spring
OF beautiful water. the only water
found within a radius Of many miles
The Ohana people have acquired this
valuable appendage, and will make In
valuable use OF the water, not only for
camp purposes, but for the proposed
mill as well, A. c. Burrtt. mining
engineer. has charge OF the Ohana, and
he considers Il one OF the best pros
poets in the whole Backhorsc dis
trict which IL a famous old producer
Of gold. the great drawback OF the
country being the almost total absence
OF water.