The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-12-30
ADAMSON-TURNFR
Mine MAKING GOOD

When about year ago the news
was brought in that an important gold
strike had been made in Humboldt
county, near Winnemucca, Nevada, the
information was doubly welcomed here
from the fact that the two partners,
w. G. Adamson and John r. Turner.
We're Salt Lake boys, says the Salt
Lake Herald Republican The best
thing about the discovery is that Wig
orous work has been prosecuted on
the property ever since, during which
considerably over 1000 feet Of work
has been accomplished, the extraction
from the high grade more than cover
ing all these heavy monthly expendi-
lures. The partners are both mining
engineers. Associated with them now
is E. A. Stauffer, of Winnemucca.
John r. Turner has been in Salt
Lake this week, and will return to the
property today. He had with him sam
pies of Phenomenal high grade. One
chunk the size of mans fist carried
1910 in gold, while another half as big
as hens egg held probably $40 in
gold, and one Of the little "slabs.' -
half an inch wide and two or three in
ches long, was almost pure gold.
Mr.. Turner says the country rock in
camp Rexall is kind of shale. al
though it has been variously called an
altered andesite and altered diorite.
The rich values have been found from
the surface down 129 feet vertically.
or $50 feet on the dip of the vein,
which varies from forty-five to fifty
two degrees. The property has been
opened up by two principal tunnels.
The upper adit caught the vein at
% feet under ground. The vein
was then drifted on 145 feet, the
greatest depth being forty to fifty feet
from the surface. Then the lower tun-
mel was started eighty seven feet YER
tically below. This was run 387 feet
before it caught the vein. From this
level over 1000 feet Of raises, drifts
and crosscuts have been put out. It
connects with the upper workings.
During the progress of all this ex-
ploratory work small force was en-
|ployed on the high grade streaks, just
enough to take out sufficient Of the
rich stuff to cover the monthly pay
roll and expenses.
The high-grade shows about 2A
ounces gold to one ounce silver. This
was put through small arastra, moth
ing under so cents a pound rock being
milled in this small way. The ore is
richer than that from the National
Mines because of its smaller silver con-
tent.
1t is reported that already large
amount of high grade milling ore has
been blocked out, in addition to a LOT
of shipping ore which will run $10f
or better to the ton.
No one would expect the remarkably
high grade to hold out continuously
but it has maintained so well as tt
prove more than satisfactory to the
management. Occasionally the meI
would be working on $40 ore, IND
within an hour or two they would come
to the Office carrying with them $4,000
worth of the high grade Unexpectedly
broken into.
The vein varies from few inches
in width up to several feet. As il
bulges the values decrease. but as i
narrows to one or two feet, then tn,
ribbon of almost pure gold comes in
making from one side of the vein t,
the other. In places it was dipped ou
with spoon and carefully preserved
for the little arastra, which grinds ou
probably 100 pounds a day. The golt
bars, worth from $500 to as high a
$4,000 each, were sent to the govern
ment assay office at Salt Lake.
/ The mine is located three and a hal
miles on a bee line northwest from
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