The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-11
IRWIN CANYON GOLD CAMP
Correspondent of SENTINEL Writes
of New Gold Camp in North
ern Nye County

A tent city Of eight tents. situated in
the canyon, with a fine stream of water
flowing past it and shaded by fine trees.
This is how l found Irwin Canyon,
situated in the northern part Of Nye
County in the famous Railroad Valley.
The lamp deserves notice because a
goodly amount of gold Is found there,
and when transportation facilities be-
come better this camp will be heard from.
Every one turned out to welcome the
school ma'am who had come to examine
their mines. Istayed in camp two days,
being entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Irwin.
The Irwin claims are five in number.
They are developed by n shaft so feet
deep, which struck water and then
drifted 100 feet along water level. From
the top and all along the drift the gold
bearing ledge has been followed. 1t
| widened from a small seam at the top to
IS inches at the bottom. took GU from
the bottom of the shaft q small piece of
rock about the size of a fist. which we
afterwards PANIED and it showed a
string of gold about one-half an inch
long. There is another shaft near by
WHICH is so feet deep. Here the ledge
has widened at the bottom to 5 feet.
The assays from these places have run
from one. half an o.. to 80 ozs. in gold,
but the boys say that a fair average
gives $14.
r. O. Camp has six claims, mostly
developed by tunnels on the ore bodies,
widening from a few inches to .three feet.
His best assays are from a shaft 90 feet
deep. Here the amount of gold increased
remarkably with depth. The assays
from top to bottom were: $40, SIT. 30,
S27 so, $38. 40, and the last and deepest,
500.
John and Allen Henry have IL claims
in the camp. They have done much
work and on some claims have large
bodies of lead silver ore, carrying some
gold. Some of the lodges are 5 feet wide
and have been followed for a long ways.
One assay gives 80 per cent lead, 60 ozs.
silver and s. in gold. Another, gold
from So to $40. besides 30 ozs. silver and
40 per cent lead.
Joe Saborn is there, feeling, as young
as he used to be, and having great faith
in the future of the camp. He has two
claims. one having a quartz dyke nine
feet wide carrying gold and the other a
quartz ledge carrying gold, silver aud
copper.
Steve ]. Pappas and Paul Sappas. two
educated Greeks. have three claims in
the district. I went down a 40.foot
shaft with them. Here they followed
the ledge from the top. and at the bottom
it is about two feet wide. They have
about 20 tons of ore on the dump, and
they say their assays have run from
only a trace to $27. 65 at the bottom of
| the shaft.
Mr.. Pappas. who is somewhat of a
geologist, says that the formation of the
camp is a gneiss. We would call it a
granite. The intrusions are different
kinds of quartz which he names. troos
tite, dacite and diorite. He says the
gold is found in these dykes and intru-
sions. that there are true assures. and
that the ore is also found on the contact
between the lime and the granite. as we
would say. That in every case the
veins have widened in depth and the
grains of the gold have become coarser
as depth is reached. There is enough
water here. and a mill is the great thing
that is needed, but there is no capital
to push the work.
Every one is still anxious about the
Ely Goldfeld railroad, and there is no
doubt but this camp as well as many
other places here would greatly benefit
by its construction.
This section of the country has been
very little Lrospected. and without doubt
many rich finds will still be made as it
is a section well worth looking into by
men of r. A. DEAN