Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-11-01
SMITH VALLEY MINES
OF GREAT VALUE
ORE RUNNING AS HIGH AS
$4,000 ENCOUNTERED.

Ir.s1Qcllt Il. +. AudlllS, Oh tlC
Smith vailey Mines Co., was an arr
Val III ierington Monday OF TINS
week from Chicago. where he mas
been for the past seven months Ill the
interest OF the company. lie has been
very successful i'll financing the propo-
suion and now has sutncient funds
To equip the property with the nee
essary machinery, push further de
velopment WORK and erect the neces
sary buildings. He has already start
cd the shipment OF ore and the hrst
lot is now going TO the railroad at,
hudson. being hauled by two auto
trucks that were placed i'll commis-
sion last Monday. This shipment
will probably go to Selby x Co. tor
treatment The first move now Will
be tie installation OF a hoist and
six-drill compressor. which will prob
ably be running by the first OF De
cember next. The Copper Belt rail
road is ready to build a spur line to
the mine as soon as Mr. Adams gives
the word that the ore tonnage is sui
icicnt to warrant this move.
The property is taking its place
among the big rlincs of the Gering
ton district and has a showing that
i, equal to any OF them. Several min
ing engineers have made exhaustive
examinations OF the property OF late.
and all have given the most Halter
ing reports A Mr. Geraldine says:
II closely resembles a metallic residue
around the chimney OF an extinct vol
cano. stratiied and angled with rib
bon quartz" The disclosures 'are
startling. a six-inch streak OF oxi-
died tale giving assays within few
dollars OF $4,000, while there Is
heavy green-back porphyry carrying
black sand ard running Sl9.o0 To so
in values, being identical with that
found on the Comstock. A Mr.. Clay
bourne, VINO spent seven years OF ac-
tive mining lie III Nevada, further
saws: Il know OF no mine III Nevada,
past or present. that showed anything
like he tremendous values exposed III
the Smith Valley Mines Co ; property.
The ore j. quartz porphyry. the KIND
from which the great mines OF Nc
yada have cen made And III such
terms do all the mining men who nave
seen the property speak.
The ore body on the 20O-toot level
; now all Oh feet III width and from
the most careful and conservative
sampling gives an average value III
gold and silver OF over $40 per ton
exclusive of the high-grade streaks
which run up into the thousands. The
company thought il had big thing
ON the l00-foot level. and II did have,
but ii is much larger, and the values
have increased so on the 2OO-toot level
thatltherc is no way OF predicting how
big thing it will be as development
is pushed ahead. In this big VEN are
three very high grade streaks, from
four TO fourteen inches in width, that
are in themselves a big mine The ore
i, a tellurium. as determined by Chm
cago and Oakland assayers \ piece
O itEis ore received the first premium
al the recent, State Fair i'll Reno for
the best gold ore exhibited. which GER
tainly speaks well for the property
whc nit is take ninto consideration
that il was in competition with mines
that are world-known as producers OF
gold ore 1t is hard for the average
mining man to conceive the immen-
sitv and value OF this body OF ore, and
some have estimated as high as SIS
00O.OOO in sight The property is now
opened up To such an extent that II
can keep up a production OF $50 tons
day for some time to come. The
management Is very conservative and
is feeling out the property by good
mining work. No expensive buildings
have. taken the money. but it has been
put into the development OF the
ground, and the company row has a
property which we Goubt has an equal
in the State OF Nevada today.