The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
NEVADA HILLS VEIN
BIGGER AND RICHER
Values Increase and Are Better
Disseminated in Zone
of SuIphideS.

Rapidly increasing in interest Is the
situation in the fissure which has been
picked up east OK the great fault IN
the Nevada Hills mine. On the l4th
inst. said Manager W. H. Weber, VINO
has arrived in this city from camp the
face OF the drift averaged $50 Ton ~
gold and silver values Inc follow IL 3
cay there were six feet OF ore WhlCH
averaged SLY a ton on the 18TH the
smallest assay obtained from the lace
six feet of ore, with the handing wall
not in sight. =.
The width of the vein at this time, IL
is said is fully ten feet IL mas Deen
drifted upon Is feet since the ore was
found in place and ii is continuously
becoming stronger, with values increaS-
ing. The values are more thorouShIS
disseminated throughout the quartz
and, since the permanent sulphide zone
has been entered, they are more regu-
lar and are fully characteristic OF those
obtained in the surface ores. the ratio
of the metal contents being one ounce
of gold 10 100 ounces of silver. The
quartz is identical in appearance with
that of the COmstock lode and the To-
nOpah mines.
Not a doubt can now be entertained,
Mr. Weber says, that the big mine is
to be found in the country east of the
big fault; that the ore bodies will ex-
tend TO great depth and that the high
values of the surface ores viii be
maintained. The feature of the for
nation is a strong system of south
dipping assures which make, toward an
enormous north-dipping fissure, form
ing a retaining wall, and from which
the smaller assures are fed. The large
fissure is backed by dacite; 1t is bar
rem in the oxidized zone, but values
are coming in in the sulphides.
Solves Fault Problem.
Tracing out the ore occurrences in
Nevada Hills has presented a task
which would have long ago discour-
aged many mining men OF less forth
tude than is possessed by Manager
only upon theory With the recovery
OF the main fisSure east of the big
fault. the formation is like an open
book, he declares; it only remains to
block out the ore bodies
In the estate are two faults which
have caused the coz plicationS. In a
general way they extend parallel to
each other, about 400 feet apart. The
original discovery, which was in the ma
ture of a glory hole, IS about 500 feet
west of the west fault. In that region
the ore shoots are bOttomed at from so
feet TO 100 feet depth. With the en-
co1ntering of the first fault the drag
was followed downward about so feet
when the ore bodies were again found
striking toward the east. In the zone
between the two faults the ore bodies
are bottomed at about $50 feet vertical
depth.
The drag of the big fault was traced
20 feet or more before was encoun-
tered the broken end Of the main fiS-
sure. and the fissure was followed
about 100 feet before it was found in
place
Eagle In Permanent Zone.
The Fairview Eagle mine, which was
recently taken over by Nevada Hills,
covers a parallel system of veins on the
north. which is cut by the same faults.
The Eagle has for some time been in
the permanent formation. east of the
big fault, on the 30O-fOOt level where
1T is opening enormous bodies of rela-
lively high-grade ore. The consolidated
properties already make a great mine,
for the old workings of Nevada Hills
have by no means been Quilted. A large
tonnage of milling ore which in that
district means ore averaging around $50
. ton. is in sight.
The report that the company has
been fully financed for building its
proposed largo mill is confirmed by Mr..
Weber. Everything is in readiness
for construction work It is expected
that the mill will be in commission in
September, and in the meantime it is
likely that considerable of the rich
est ore from the new strike will be
Skinned