The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22
KEY To NEVADA
HILLS ORE BODY
General Manager Webber Says
Future Operations VIII Be
Greatly Simplified.
ORES GOING DOWN
BELOW FAULT ZONE
Splendid Values Being Found
as Lower Drift Makes to
the East.

The recent development Of rich ore In
place on the i50-root level OF the Ne
vada Hills property at Falrriew provided
the key to the ore system of the property
which the management has been dill-
gently searching for during the past TWO
wears or more. William IL. Wcbbef the
general manager OF the company. reached
Salt Lake from the mine yesterday, ana
he says that the recent developments
have so simplifed future operations that
the company for the first time can read
the formation as il from an open book.
When the Nevada Hills was hrst Sc
cured by the Salt Lahers still retaining
the management and control. the hrst
rich ore found was close To the TOP OF
the mountain. and from lltue more thah
surface work the first shipments OF ore
were made which not only paid for the
ground. but permitted the company TO
enter the dividend columns ms well. rms
ore was developed for some distance 10
tered. The rich ore followed the drag
OF the fault for 90 feet In depth. and then
continued again To the cast practically
paralleling the surface.
a second fault, with a still greater drag
down which the rich orc proceeded BE,
tween the two faults the main shait
struck the rich ore AT the 2OO-toot levei:
This shaft was continued level To Level
as the vinze work along the second
fault continued TO show up the existence
OF the ore. II was n CrossCut sent out
from the j7O-foot level OF the shaft which
failed 10 strike the second fault that gave
the company most OF its worry. but Man
ager Wcbber figured that by continuing
TO the east he would find orc In place
again and beyond ali the influences OF
this second fault.
Not long ago his theory was absolutely
demonstrated. for the face broke Into ore
-,1s,, nd has moo drlf
on now for - feet or more, showing
steady dimensions and continually in
creasing values as the drag OF the iault
is left further behind. On May II, says
Mr.. Webber. there were four inches OF
black tale on the foot wall that assayed
S53S per ton in silver and gold. Selected
punches OF ore with which the face was
shot through. assayed S0l3 per ton. There
was a hanging wall streak OF talc six
inches In width that gave assay values
Of sS2. and between the walls there were
30 inches Of ore assayins 500. and -
inches in addition assaNiuE so per ton.
on Nav u, four feet OF the face aver
aged SIS per ton. and two feet more av-
ged SEA. on May ~ the entire face
the face averaged s1l7 per ton. On reach
ing Salt Like yesterday Mr. Weber re-
ceived a message from the mine stating
that the smallest assay 10 be had In the
whole face was SS5 per TON. The hang
ing wall at present is not in sight so
the exact width OF the ore now Is un-
known.
Not only have We solved the orc prob
lem" said Mr. Webber 10 The Tribune.
but Nc have found out several other
things about the ore that compel me 10
withdraw some OF my past predictions.
You will recall that as we left the sur
face workings our gold values increased
materially over the silver. and ! thought
that with depth the ore would carry gold
mainly. but now on the 40 level the
silver again predomnates- II is exactly
the same old Nevada Hills ore we had
AZ the beginning OF operations and we
are now making for the eastern and un-
touched portion OF our property, where
Hes the biggest end of the Nevada Hills.
II Is going 10 make big and steadily with
depth while NC have all Of 500 feet of
stopping ground now available east Of the
second or main fault
ITO the north OF the property Is the
Eagle with which we are TO consolidate.
Across this property extends a parallel
vein system with faulted conditions cX-
actly Identical with our own. We know
Row 10 operate the properties now. and
the Nevada Hills VIII he one ot The big
gcst and best mines OF Nevada. We VIII
start shipping some OF the high grade
sulphides soon. ore necessarily extracted
during development. The company Is
busy preparing mill plans. and the money
for the plant has been raised by Mr
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