Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-18
REJUVINATION
OF ANOTHER OLD
NEVADA Mine

A month ago mention was made
in these columns of the rejuyena-
tion of the old Rye Patch mine at
Rye Patch, Nevada, and of the large
body of fine ore disclosed by in
telligent prospecting. The showing
in the mine, at that time. were
such as to place it in the list of
regular producers Since then, how
ever other bodies or rich ore have
been uncovered, an account of which
has been furnished the Star, of
Winnemucca, by correspondent,
who says:
An enormously rich strike was
made in the Conlin stope In the
famous old Rye Patch mine, the
fore part of last week,
This new strike is OF vein
averaging about IA inches wide and
the ore consists of a solid mass
of hcrn silver, silver bromides,
chlorides, lead and copper Assays
taken from across the face of the
vein run from 1883 ounces silver,
% per cent lead, As per cent cop
per and about 81 in gold to 1850
ounces silver, 90 per cent lead and
about 9 per cent copper.
This vein lies directly below the
vein of ore from which the com
pany has been shipping for the past
two months, and from appearances
will make into this vein within 10
feet, and when these two veins
ccme together, they will no doubt
shoots that the Rye Patch is noted
for
In the early days, these ore
shoots were followed for hundreds
of feet and sometimes they exceed
ed 80 feet in width---the old work
ings speak for themselves.
The Conlin stope, where the re-
cent strike was made, is below and
to the west of the famous Borland
stope, that in the early days was
supposed to have produced some
$2,000,000, and the trend of the
vein is to the west and north and
is dipping into virgin ground in
both directions. This leads the
owners to believe that they have
| tapped another one of these enor-
J nous shoots and appearances bear
out their belief in every particu.
lar. And the ore they are getting
from this stope is without doubt
the richest ore of that kind that
has been found in the Humboldt
the richest ever found, in the dis
trict.
/ Another strike was made the lat
ter part of the week on one oil
the claims belonging to the Rye
Patch Mining & Leasing company
This claim is known as the Mary
Eva and lies across the canyon
and west of the old Rye Patel
mine and is believed to be the ex
tension of the Rye Patch vein, tina
n prospectors and miners have beef
hunting for since the early '70s.
The Rye Patch faults at the can
yon and various tunnels and shafts
in every direction have failed Il
open it up, until the present VIM,
was prospected in 100-foot tun
mel, the Wine being down about 81
feet from the tunnel level.
There a stringer was encounteYet
and, by following this stringer, tn
present body of ore was encount
cred, This vein or shoot is abou
two feet in width and runs yer,
high in silver and copper, the low
est assay received from this veil
being "a ounces in silver and
per cent copper.
This is the only ore of the kim
that has been found in the distric
outside of the Rye Patch line, an
for that reason the owners are lie,
to believe that they have the long
looked-for extension of the Ry
Patch.
Another shift has been put t
work on the Rye Patch mine an
a car of ore was shipped to tn
Salt Lake smelters the last of tn
week and another is being hauled t
the station by w. B. Borland, VIII
has the contract for hauling the or
from the mine to the station.
Another carload of lumber is BIZ
ing hauled to the mine for tn
buildings that are being erecte
on the property; a new cook hous
is finished and the clubhouse, o
flee, managers house and assay o
flee are under way.
Two wells have been sunk
bedrock in the canyon, and enoug
water developed to supply the stan
r