Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-03
WHERE ANTHONY IS
FOUND IN NEVADA
VALUABLE INFORMATION GIVEN
BONANZA BY UNIVERSITY
OF NEVADA

Anthony in the form of stibnite,
the sulphide, occurs widely distribut-
ed in the state of Nevada. Stibnite
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-
tire, and usually occurring in aggre-
gates of bladed crystals and in ra-
dating groups. while more rarely ii
is found in massive or granular form.
Near the surface, the Nevada anti
mony deposits contain eervantite, an
oxide of anthony. which has been
derived from stibnite by oxidation,
and appears as a pale yellow earthy
mineral Other minerals containing
antimony which occur in Nevada are
pyrargyrite, polybasite, and stephan
ite. which are of more value for their
silver than for their anthony; jane
sonite and its deriYatiye bindhei-
mite. which are not valuable as anti
mony ores because of their lead CON
tent; famatinite, variety of which
occurs in the rich gold ores of Gold
field, and is called goldfeldite, and te-
trahedrite, also a copper antimony
sulphide frequently of value for its
gold and silver output. None of these
mineral are Of value as ores Of
anthony
The known occurrences 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 Can
yon. Juniper Mountain, Lovelock, Red
Butte Rosebud district, Seven Troughs
district, Star Canyon and Winnemuc-
ca Lander county, Battle Mountain
and Big Creek Canyon; Mineral coun-
ty, Aurora; Nye county, Hot Creek
district.
At Columbia, in Elko county, and in
the Stafford district in Eureka coun-
ty, the stibnite was mined for its sill
yer content, while at the other lo-
calities named, it has been exploited
for antimony. Before the outbreak of
the great war, all the Nevada anti
mony deposits were shut down on ac-
count of the low price of anthony
which was only Sl2 cents per pound
Since then the price has risen to 81
NtHtS, anu IluHlDeT OIL the properties
are now working, Among these may
be mentioned Antelope Springs, in
humboldt county, where the ore is
said to be chiefly high grade oxide,
but as yet a depth or only 80 or 40
feet has been reached In the Red
Butte district mining operations
We're begun last summer, and as in
the preceding case, the ore was main
ly high grade oxide. Here however,
stibnite began to appear at a depth
OF few feet. The Sutherland mine
near Lovelock was worked last sum
mer by the Magnolia Metals com
pany of New York, which also operat-
ed the prospect near Red Butte. The
deposits at Bernice are said to be
working now, and there are doubtless
number of deposits in the state
which are working at the present
time. ANY one interested in an anti
mony deposit should attempt to get
out as much as possible in as short
time as possible, because II Is praeti.
cally certain that as soon as the war
ID over. the price in anthony will
again drop back TO the normal level
Of 81 cents. II IS probable that many
Of the deposits mentioned in the above