The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-21
SILVER PICK MINE
IS REPORTED ON
Engineer Haskell Says the
Property IS Well Worth
Development.

Stockholders of the Goldficld Silver
PIX company are in receipt OF a notlr-
cation from Secretary Olney TO the effect
that the right to exchange their stock
for that of tho Silver Pick Consolidated
company viii expire on December Is,
1871 from which time tho stock Will be
removed from tho San Francisco stock
exchange, and that OF the Consolidated
company substituted therefor.
The properties recently werc examined
by A, 5. Haskell. the mining engineer OF
Santa Cruz, and the following excerpts
are taken from his report:
I'm accordance with your request, l
visited the property of the Goldficld Silver
Pick Mining Milling company at Gold
for the purpose of examining the existing
conditions of development work done
thereon and estimating the possible value
OF further exploration OF the property
The old company workings of very
shallow nature and are principally within
the lake beds or wash. and were not In
safe c1ndition Therefore they could not
be wished. but their very location in the
wash gives them little value for inspec-
ton. as they are for the most part not
In n likely vein bearing formation.
The workings OF the lease operated
by the Golden Pick Mining Is Milling COM
pany are open and In good condition down
TO and including the 250-foot level. which
Is the one most worthy OF consideration.
claim and a block 3o0X300 feet In the
southwest corner OF the Deserted claim.
The shaft Is located about midway on
the Pipe Dream claim, and the principal
work on the 2o0-foot level is drift run
ming easterly 10 the center line OF the
Deserted claim. and thence about forty
feet southerly along the cast line OF the
lease. The drift OH leaving the shaft Is
first in latte, but within the first 100
feet passes into a well siliclfied dacite,
AT several points along this drift small
quartz veins have been cut, having
parallel. but In general way trendlns
towards the southeast corner OF the De
serted claim. This Indicates the posi- :
bility of an ore shoot being existent In
the southeastern block 30OXSoo feet east
OF the Golden Pick leased ground AT the
point OF intersection OF the veins found
In the east drift,
Of tho property the work can be most
economically done in conjunction with
the Golden Pick Mining & Milling COM
psny by drifting from some point near
the center line OF the Deserted claim not
more than 500 feet from its south line,
running southerly along said center line
to the south line of tho property, and then
easterly along the south line and possl-
bly, northerly along the west side OF the
east line OF the Deserted claim. TINS
300X300-f block in the southeast corner
OF the Deserted claim Is the most favor
ably appearing portion OF the company
property for exploration work at present.
and / would recommend the proving up
OF this ground first OF all.
THE finding OF silcified daoite on the
west side of the fault plane, formerly
thought TO represent the foot wall OF the
bonanza ore bodies In the adjoining claims
OF the Goldfield Consolidated mines i, IS
very important as 1t shows that in all
proba bilty the so-called foot wall or un-
silicified dacte may represent hanging
wall for another ore-hearing zone further
TO tho west, and gives a fair possibility
OF opening up shoots OF pay ore within
this newly discovered zone OF silificauon.
For this reason the block OF ground IN
the southeast corner of the property is
the most favorable and worthy of eX-
ploration in systematic manner. Should
ore in paying quantities be found, new
shaft In favorable location can be most
cheaply constructed by raising from the
25O-foot level to the surface, or II condi
tions warrant a greater expenditure OF
money, the shaft can be constructed some
what more substantially by sinking from,
the surface TO the 250-foot level.
''On the whole. consider the eXplora-
ton OF the property as above outlined
we'll worth the attempt and expenditure
of a reasonable sum OF money