White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-28
WILLOW CREEK IS
AREAL SENSATION
COLD ORE ASSAYS MORE THAN
s4 600 PER TON-WILL COM
MENCE SINKING TO PROVE
DEPTH OF VALUE.


many who went to the mine Wednes-
day afternoon. following the big
strike of high grade made the first
of the week by Henry Goodman. re-
turned last night with his Buick car
loaded with ore, there being five
sacks in all. The ore includes both
gouge and quartz and is expected to
run in value about the same as the
iewelry ore brought in by Goodman.
The ore will be taken TO McGill to-
day and assays made. Steps will
also be taken to have the ore treated
for the extraction of the gold
The ore brought in by Mr.. West
was taken from the same place In the
tunnel as that sacked by Mr.. Good
man. about fifty feet from the por-
tai. Investigation shows that here
both the floor and roof OF the tunnel
are In high grade. and sinking will
be commenced at once from this
point to determine the depth of the
vein. Should the high grade hold
with sinking the Willow Greek mine
will prove a big thing for the owners
Indications point to the permanency
Of the gold bearing ledge.
Charles Wilson left at o'clock
this morning for Willow Creek with
an automobile of camp supplies and
several men to be employed in the
development work. At present there
are about nine men al work In the
tunnel
The strike of high grade ore made
at Willow Greek the past week has
been the talk of the town since the
ore WAS put on exhibition The high
grade came from the tunnel Of the
Willow Creek Gold Mining company,
and was brought In by J. H Good
men There we're In all five sacks of
the ore. three of the sacks filled most
y with tale or gouge as IL Is called,
and two sacks of quartz. Mr. Good
man came in Monday night. bringing
some of the ore and the rest of 1t
was brought In by another party.
The bringing in of the gouge was an
experiment., as while not showing
free gold 1t panned we'll. and Mr.
axAu aras. n
what an assay would show. Mr.
Charles 0sterlund. one of the COM
pany directors. mixed the con-
tents of half a sack, from which he
turned over a sample to Ed. Millard
Son. TO have assayed The result
was somewhat startling, as the Of
hcial figures from Millard & Son gave
ayalue per ton of $4.225.6o.
There was almost a small sized
panic in local mining circles when the
assay certificate was made public,
/ and the Willow Creek Mining com
pany stock was in hot demand The
tale In the tunnel separates the
fFquartz from the foot wall, and It's
4 presence Is taken as an indication
that the vein has rich prospects III
the way of depth and permanency.
The high grade quartz was taken
out OF the tunnel by Mr.. Goodman
about 40 feet from the entrance, and
was picked up by him as he was DO
ing some timbering. lie removed q
couple of sacks of high grade without
saying anything TO anybody, and ths
bonanza like quality of the ore was
not generally known until after i
was brought to Ely. The roeF ialr
" dripped with richness, and esti
mates place the value as high a.
10000 per ton. One medium sizee
sample of the quartz, that made OH
miners fairly drule as they con
@mplated It, was about an eighth
an inch thick with the genuine vel
low stuff.
The Willow Creek Gold Minin
company has not as yet shipped an
ore, but lot of IL is sacked an
ready and arrangements are no'
under way to move n lot OF the roc
70 the smelter. The tunnel Is no
u close to $50 feet and high graz
Z mas been encountered in yaryin
Quantities ever since the ledge wa
opened.
A four horse team loaded VIII
supplies has beeen sent to WHO
o'eek, and will return to Ely VIII
the sacked ore.
ihe operations of the compai
named, cover by bond and lease u
~rrltOry of tho nriginol strike mac