The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-30
HORNS|LvER IS
AGAIN TO FRONT
INTEREST IN CAMP REVIVED
By STRIKE BY
LEASERS

Interest in the Hornsilver district,
thirty miles south of Goldfeld, has
been revived through a rich strike
recently made on the property of
the Gold Mountain Mining & Mill
ing company by ]. w. Crane. who IN
operating it under a lease. Assays
of rock from the new find show val
ues as high as s531.41 per ton, d.
vided nearly equally in gold and
silver-13.26 ounces gold and 444.46
ounces silver.
Until recently Crane, who took a
two-year lease on the property last
March, confined his work to two 24O-
foot shafts and connected them with
a drift on the 20O-foot level. The
ore in the shafts and the drift shows
an average value of $40 a ton,
which, while good mill ore, is not
high grade enough to ship. After
blocking out approximately 1000
tons of mill ore, Crane began to
prospect the surface of the property,
which has an excellent showing.
A small outcrop on the trail con-
Meeting the two shafts, which has
been passed and repassed thousands
of times during the last five years,
attracted his attention. He started
work on it and almost at grass roots
uncovered high grade ore. Specimen
ore from the vein, which is W feet
wide. runs considerably over $1,000
a ton, according to reports from
Hornsilver. At a depth of fifteen
feet the ledge shows strong indica-
lions of permanency. The average
values are also improving as greater
depth is gained and Mr.. Crane is ar
ranging to make a carload shipment
from the ore he has sacked.
On the Argentite group, owned by
Mrs. Helen G.. Wood of Goodfield,
which adjoins the Gold Mountain
company property, rich ore OF the
same general character as that I'M
covered by Mr.. Crane has been ex-
posed during the last month. Sam
Piles from the ley discovery range
from 81 to $500 a ton, and arrange
ments are being made for the inaugu-
ration of development work on an
extensive scale.
Excellent discoveries of ore have
also been made on the Slate Range
summit, three miles south of Horn
silver, on the Silver Tip property,
owned by John Greenwood; the Sill
yer Bell, owned by Louis Raymond;
the Max, owned by William jenkins,
and the property of Louis Foeltzer,
all of which are contiguous. Green
wood has about ten tons OF ore
sacked which assays from $50 to
$253.61 per ton. At a depth of fifty
feet in two different shafts. Green
wood has uncovered considerable
milling ore. On the other claims
named excellent values have been
found and development work is being
vigorously pushed. At the foot OF
the Slate range. toward Old Camp,
Wesley Westfall has exposed on his
ground lead-silver ore which. 1t Is
claimed, will assay more than 5000
a ton. West of Hornsilver finds of
high grade copper and gold ore have
been made recently. according to re-
ports, by w. J.. Green and Joseph
Martin on their respective properties.
Rumor is persistent that water
will soon be piped from Ida to
Hornsilver. If the report proves
correct, the future of Hornsilver as
one of the rich and active camps of
Nevada is assured. 1t is also learn
ed from good authority that upon
the return from France of Manager
Perrier de la Battle of the French
Western Exploration and Reduction
company, which is expected some
time next month, the long-prOjected
custom mill will be erected by that
corporation on it's Orleans property
near the town of Hornsilver.
C. P. Garrett of Tonopah recently
visited Hornsilver and made a care
full examination of numerous prop
critics with a view to the installation
of a small custom mill on the CALI
son property, a mile below Old Camp.
Since the return of Mr.. Garrett to
|Tonopah word has been received in
Hornsilver to the effect that the
samples which he took gave favorable
assays and that he will Immediately
begin work on the site for the mill.
1t is expected that the plant will be
erected and in operation by July 1.
Altogether, the outlook for a pros
porous, busy summer for the camp
of Hornsilver is more promising than
for the last three years. and with
the advent of water and a mill, it is
hoped by the claim owners of the dis
trict that a railroad will o connect
it with Cuprite. on the Tonopah &
Tidewater railroad. sixteen miles dis
tant.
Kept on Fishing
Floyd Crawford, a states prison