The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-06-03
PEAv|NEM MINES
CONTAIN COPPER
ENGINEER REPORTS FAVORA-
BLY, ON PROPERTY IN
THAT DISTRICT

That the Peavine district, COW
ering an area of 20 miles square
and lying within a dozen miles
of Reno, is destined to become
one of the great copper producing
districts of the world is the
opinion expressed in a formal re-
pors on one of the properties
operating there by Victor C. AL
derson of Denver, a mining engin-
eer of high repute.
Mr.. Anderson based his opinion
on the formation which is granite,
the character of the veins, true
assures, character Of the ore which
he says is primary, and has not
been subjected to teaching, and
the high copper content and ex-
istence of both gold and silver in
the ore. Samples of ore which
he took from a half dozen proper
ties on Peavine mountain and
Granite Hill over an area four
and one-half miles north and
south and five miles east and west
show from 16 to 80 per cent cop
per, from 10 to 50 ounces silver
and from a trace to 1.20 ounces
gold. These samples were aver
ages of the best ore, but rs per
cent copper is not of i%nfrequent
occurrence.
A sample of two feet across the
Nixon-Nevada mine form vein No.
/ at the 2S5-foot level of the
incline shaft assayed 0.20 of to
ounce gold, 3S.SSO ounces silver
and 71.3O per cent copper. a to-
tie value IF $417.SS per ton. The
Nixon-Nevada Mining company is
now loading a car Of ore at Pur-
dy station on the n. c. o. railroad
that will carry from 80 to 40
per CEN copper.
In the examination of the dis
trict Mr.. Anderson took samples
from five properties On the west
ern slope of Peavine mountain;
Red Metals mine on the north slope
of Peavein; Peavine mine on the
east slope of Granite mountain;
Nixon-Nevada, or Granite Hill mine
on the west slope of Granite
mountain. and the State Line mine
north of the Granite Hill mine.
He found the same formation in
all these mines and the fissure
veins in the granite having the
same north-south course The
ores are identical in all the
properties named and of the same
high average.
In his report Mr.. Anderson
mentioned four great veins which
outcrop on the hill within 1000
feet. Vein No. 4, which is the
farthest up the hill. has been cn
at a depth of So feet by means
of an incline shaft that was sunS
on a cross-vein from the bottom
of which a short drift was driven.
At this depth an ore-shoot has
been opened which is from two
to three feet thick and carrying
the characteristic high grade cop
per of the district. 1t is APPARENT
that the ore-shoot apexes a short
distance above the level, but the
vein continues to the surface
where it shows naturalization.
A drift is being extended On
the ore and a station will be cut
for a windlass and a Wine sunk
to determine the course and dip
of the vein. Assays from this
average $25 per ton and the dis
covery is of importance.
Mr.. Anderson points out tho
low costs of operation in a region
that is within a few miles Of The
great timber country Of eastern
California, with which it is con
nected by rail, has plenty of water
cheap supplies and five competi-
tive smelling points reached by
the Southern Pacific. Western Pa,
cific and allied lines. These nat
ural advantages coupled with the
high average grade of the ore,
indicate large profits on the ore
miend and will contribute to the
thorough development of the dis
trict
The N. C. n, railroad passes
through Peavine district and at,
fords rail connection and good
service. Ore is loaded at Purdy
station, which is within a few miles
haul of every mine in the dis
trict.-Reno Gazette.