Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-07
VEGETATION SHOWS
EXISTENCE OF
ORE VEINS
Animal and Vegetable King.
doms Aid the Prospector in
Locating Mineral Deposits
Ancient Mines Reopened.

vein. md 100 others Ifs presence mas
br marked uy ub.'u.. Hl vegetation.
TI.,Htr veins community folio" lin""
uf Auuug ana l Huu zuu" .a One
u crushing aud .rumbinr of th"
rocks. aud the making Of soil iaNpt.
.uNlr Goo F,grtIhl, Etuwth, tid,d ="
tnI. DO b. frequently the suutH" or
path of spring pr riEul't On ID"
Other hand. uu uutHrYppiUg vein u"N
boz ui glrd quartz rrpsilHW Go N"g'-
Table growth. ur Do uoE contain Ger
tain mnrrsls whose decomposition
product. are injurious to aud wilmer
vegetation The path OBS eruu "l
dr,umrosrd surface coal ~ "it'n
mupp,d OUT from tu, enclosing sand
stones Dos bushes. and coat bearing
urat1 are dcmarkrd iruW the under
BIng barren. marine shal"s bN "a
growth 1f pnons CO., iir trees ~
cripple creek iir trees indicate th"
hlft,u lr1nit, zuuD. and quakinS
aspen, map out thu or,. bearing btrr-
cia IN, humps oi mines Nicidins
u,IItr. remain for years unclpth"d
h> vegetation. th" decomposition
products OF the pyritrs, such os iron
suiphatc. withorinr IT,
The presence OF aiuut" iu Sew
South Wales ~ matk,d, according To
> H. COX, by lighter green IN ia"
color OF the leaves ot tac eucalyptus
tree. covering the district
Nut pun may vegetation. or its abe
scnc,. Indicate the presence OF au un'
deriving ot outcropu'ns vein. hut GER
tain flowers are s'id tu Frequent the
out,rous of veins. CO.. 9" act as iudi.
GATORS cot veins OF ut,s concealed u".
low
According 90 Raymond there 3, q
"ginc blend pansN called viola rhI'
amraria peculiar to tho calamin"-
bearing hill. ot W,stphala The
blossoms arc naturally yellow, hu, on
tho hoIders cot the zinc regions som"
are light violet OF BLUSH. or mixed
yellow ana blue. Analysis has re-
yfalcd tho presence 81 zinc ia the
pinnt and IN the zap Tho same plant
has been recognized at the Horn sill
Vcr mine. Utah. whose ore contains
sine hlendc Tho toad Iitnt" ~
plant tavoring lead deposits "am1r-
pha pancsccns ~ low shrub one to
three f,ct high, whitcrcd with hoarv
down. II Jbounds ON the lead deposits
.uf Michigan. Wisconsin ana Illinois.
Piosp,ctois Tor phosphorit" ~ Is
tramaduro according to e. LcNevc
Foster. are auidrd hy creeping
plant. a speeches of cpuVniyus. with
beli.shapcd flowers IN Montana the
"crlgonum is looked upon as an IN
dicatiou az silver ore. There ia a
copper plant according To- $.
Skrrtrhlcy. which ~ associated with
me copper deposits ol district in
North Queensland Though rare else
where IL is plentiful all over the
copper region. and close 10 copper
deposits. or along water courses
charged with copper la solution. The
plants were detected more readily
than the copper outcrup. The ash
of the stems of this plant cleaned
from all traces of soil gave marked
reaction for copper.
SNOW viii sometimes disappear on
the outcrup 81 Is vein. Hs ~ Duck
town, Tenn oxidation of pyrite bee
meath accounts Tor this ms Well ~ for
vapors sometimes seen rising. and
also for The absence Of vegetation.
Animals ~ Indicators and Proslpcfors
The burrows of anlmals ard TIM
mineral dirt they throw out are often
aids Ia tho prospcctor particularly Ia
following up deposits such as conl ar
iron. The womhat is responsible by
,ts burrows Tor the discovery of the
great Walloroo copper mine Of south
Australia. also for several of the tin
mines In Victoria. Besides the bur
rowing animals, such as Womhals,
badgers. prairie dogs marmots. rab-
hits ana guphora Gatschman mem
tinns eases of The discovery 81 yalu-
able ores by the scratch,ngs OF The
beaver aud th, bear, and even by the
w.dloWing OF pigs. Leads have been
discovered hi stones kicked up by e
horse coz mule OF tossed ont hy buIi.
cor Ning .n tnr nest of vultnrc. or
| found iu tho crop of u grouse. ~ The
nests OF mountain rats In colorado.
| fan OF every conceivable Kind uf mis-
/ crllanrous rubbish. have been found
to rurry gold. ana led to the discov-
cry ~ the American Kettle gold min"
AZ puraN No first shipment from
which was said Co be that ot gold
bearing rats nests taken from the
cavities penetrating the quarizitrs Of
! dicutors OF mineral below the sur
face. many precious stones have been
! found In them
Odd Workings ana Ruins ~ Indicators
old abandoned mine workings by
ancient WORKERS are scattered an over
the world. many ~ these have not
only led ~ veins but have been prof
ilahlv rcopcncd Cornwall Is profuse-
~ dotted with the dumps and trench-
~ OF IN, ola Stream tin workers. dat
ing back many centuries to tho daNs
| of the Phocnicians. Such digeings
ar" often covered by trees ana vegc-
tation.
a remarkable instance of late years
NaH where mininE engineer in
! france, walked with the owner OF
an estate Over his grounds. noticed
some heaps covered with trees. which
we're supposed tn mark the site 1T an
! OLD W"ll His engineering CSC saw
That mining had been dono ana III
| ,ie digging showed traces ct ore. This
resulted Ia the discovery of n rich
! mine and the rovlyiEg Of mining IN
France, which had boon abandoned
over since me days of tho ancient
tomnns and Ganls.