The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-31
NICKEL DISCOVERY AT
GOLD HILL VERIFIED
Immense Deposits Of the Valuable
Ore There Awaiting Mans
Convenience

CITY three weeks ago That great ais
covery of nickel had been made In
the Gold Hill district by Messrs. H.
A. Cook and w. Nv. O'Conner, Frank
X. Nagler. secretary Of the Elizabeth
Gold Hill Mining company, made q
trip to the district, returning the lat
ter part of the week. Mr.. Nagler says
that not only is the report true but
that the half has not been told"
and that his prediction that the Gold
Hill country will be the scene of the
greatest mining activity in the north
west In the near future is only
strengthened by recent developments.
Mr.. ,Nagler says: c,a
1T is one of the largest ore bodies
in the country. We have traced it for
a distance OF three miles in length
and one and half miles in width. IN
saying that great strike has been
made is putting it very mildly, we
are now In possession Of the fact that
large zone Of high-grade nickel ore
exists. although copper. cobalt, mag
nesium, gold and silver are also pres
ent, but the nickel predominates and
is first in commercial importance and
has the additional advantage Of being
free from useless and troublesome
minerals commonly associated with
ore from the outside fissure and con-
tact veins. This great nickel zone has
the strike of about north-northwest
to south-southwest. In addition to
this zone there is also a large fissure
vein Of great richness in nickel with
a strike Of about east and west, inter-
secting the nickel zone which may be
stripped of its covering by hydraulic
and quarried in terraces, as the ore
Is high grade, up to the top Of tho
zone to at least within a few inches,
so far as uncovered. From all in
dications there is a great body OF ore
underlying the Gold Hill basin and in
the two ranges of mountains which
form the base. There are q number
of fissure veins cutting the nickel
bel. and it is noticeable that each
vein has gabbo for at least one wall.
usually the hanging wall. The more
base ore deposits are we'll UP on the
mountain and the free milling is still
higher than the base ore veins.
"This discovery Is wonderful and
is only in its infancy. Notwithstand-
ing it's being so plainly visible it has
been passed over and taken for white
iron, which is the common term for
all light sulphide. Now we are OBJ
liged to walk over this high grade
nickel ore in many places while work.
ing at the other ores"
Mr.. Nagler says the Elizabeth Gold
Hill Mining company, which has al
ready spent over $4,000 in develop
ment work and has recently taken in
stamp mill and is erecting saw
mill and other buildings on its prop
erty, will prepare to mine the nickel
as soon as assayers have made their
reports, which will show where it
will be most profitable to begin oper-
atoms. The company has built a
wagon road from American river to
the camp, a distance Of 16 miles. and
is showing it's great faith in the dis
trict by keeping everlastingly at it,"
with the hope that this season will
see the output of concentrates suffic-
iently large to meet their most san
guine expectations
The discovery of nickel quartz in
such abundant quantities has created
no little excitement along Moore's
creek, and the entire creek for dis
lance of three miles below the Eliza
claims.