The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-12-18
anthony FOUND
THROUGH NEVADA
y. IDE DISTRIBUTION OF NALUA
BILE MINERAL IN THIS STATE
Is REPORTED

Anthony in tn form OF stiDn'te
the ulphide, occurs widely distribut-
ed in the state of Nevada. Stibn.te
is the principle ore of anthony CON
tanning when pure TIA per cent OF
the metal. 1t is a soft, lead-gray,
metallic mineral having a high lus-
ter, and usually occurring in agsre-
gates of bladed crystals and in ra-
dating groups, while more rarely II
is found in massive or ganular form.
Near the surface, the Nevada anti
mony deposits contain cervantite, al
oxide of anthony, which has been
derived from stibnite by oxidation,
and appears as a pale yellow earti;y
mineral. Other minerals containing
anthony which occur in Nevada are
pyragyrite, po!ybasite and stephan
lite, which are of more value for their
silver than for their anthony; jamo-
sonite and it's derivative hlndhe!-
mite, which are not valuable as n
timony ores because of their lead
content; famatinite. a variety OF
which occurs in the rich gold ores OF
Goldfield, and is called goldfieldite
and tetrahedrite, also a copper an
timony sulphide frequently or val
ne for it's gold and silver output.
Meme of these minerals are of value
as ores of antimony.
The known occurrence of stibnite
in Nevada are as follows: Churchill
county, Barnes district and Boyer.
Elko county, Columbia and Good
hope; Eureka county, Stafford dis
trict; Humboldt county, Antelope
Springs, Bloody Canyon, Jackson
Canyon, Juniper Mountain Love-
lock, Red Butte Rosebud district
Seven Troughs district, Star Canyon
and Winncmucca: Lander COUNTY.
Hatle Mountain and Big Creek:
Mincra! county Aurora: Nye county
Hot Creek district.
At Columbia. in Elko county, AMI
in the Stafford district in Eureka
county, the stibnite was mined tCr
its silver content, while at the other
localities named, it has been OK
plotted for anthony. Before n
outbreak of the great war, all the
Nevada anthony deposits were shut
down on account of the low price OF
anthony, which was then only Sh
cent per pound. Since then the price
has risen to 81 cents, and a number
of the properties are working.
Among these may be mentioned
Antelope Springs, in
county, where the ore is said to be
chiefly high-grade oxide, but as yet
a depth of only 80 or 40 feet mas
been reached.
In the Red Butte district, mining
operations were begun last summer.
and as in the preceding case, the
ore is high-grade oxide. Here
however, stiDnite began to appear at
a depth of a few feet. The Suther-
land mine near Lovelock was work
ed last summer by the Magnolia
Metals company of New YORK, whlcn
also operated the prospect near
Fed Butte. The deposits at Bernice
are said to be working now, n
there are doubtless a number OF de-
posits in the state which are work
ing at the present time. Any one IN
terested in an antimony deposlI
should attempt to get out as much
as possible in as short time as pos
sible, because it is practically GER
tain that as soon as the war is over
the price in antimony will drop PACK
to the normal level of SR cents. IL
is probable that many of the deposits
mentioned in the above list. and not
in operation at the present tii'7'
could be made to produce antlmony
at a profit with the present price OF