The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-22
PARTY ENTHUSED
BY TRIP TO Mines

Sunday morning several automobiles
carrying about thirty people left town
on trip TO the Wolverine mines. five
miles east, conducted by G.. Blackburn
Williams. manager of the property.
The roads were in fair condition and
the cars made the climb of thirteen
hundred feet right to the camp build
ings.
Assembled at the camp. Mr.. Will
iiams led the party on a real hike"
The dump at the main workings was
first inspected, where there was seen
to be hundreds of tons of ore that
would mill at good profit. A man.
moth outcropping on vein No. 2 was
next visited, where open cuts expose
the ore for more than forty feet. Mr..
Fisher took some snapshots of the
party assembled there.
The visitors were next shown vein
No on the Red Rose claims, which
vein is opened up on the surface in
many places for a distance of 1900
feet A 50foot shaft sunk on an out
crop shows the ore increasing in quail
ity and quantity with depth. Several
open cuts near this shaft show this
vein to be strong continuous fissure
vein.
A ninety-foot tunnel cuts this vein
and the drifts along it, exposing a
large body of good milling ore and
considerable high grade. A second
shaft and open cuts 1900 feet south
disclose much high-grade ore.
From here the party went around
the head of canyon to the south end
of the Quartz Hill group, where con-
siderable surface work exposes a re-
markable vein of high-grade copper
ore. Here the visitors had the novel
pleasure of walking for 5000 feet on a
strong fissure vein outcropping on the
surface. The party was unanimous in
their verdict of every indication of a
big producing mine on this group
alone. The visitors numbered several
veteran mining men who brought back
to town a great deal of enthusiasm
and expressed surprise at the remark
able showings they had seen on the
trip. A.
hungry crowd returned to camp,
where an appetizing lunch was served.
The last visit was to the main shaft.
where the entire party climbed down
to the hundred-foot level and inspect
ed number of drifts, running both
north and south. The shaft is in good
condition. equipped with Fairbanks
T4
foot incline depth, though at present
there is some water in the bottom.
The shaft from top to bottom has
been sunk on a fissure vein and the
drifts at the 100-foot level show a
five-foot vein between walls of good
ore. Considerable ore has been stopped
and marketed above this level. 1t
was the concensus of opinion of those
who understand mining that a little
more depth should make a good mine
here.
Reassembled on the dump, Mr..
Fisher again photographed the party,
the main workings, and the camp
buildings.
Manager Williams then addressed
the party in short, pithy talk, asking
for moral support in his enterprise.
boosting and commendation to the ex-
tent of their convictions after per-
sonal tour of a part of the property.
The crowd left with many expressions
of pleasure and enjoyment.
Among the party were Mrs. Dora
Slaughter of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Mar
dis. Mayor c. E. Haviland, G. NJ Rose,
F. l.. Reber, deputy U. S. internal rev.
enue collector and mine operator OF
National and other places; Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Robinson, the former being
manager of the Verdi Lumber Com
pany; w. p. Stephenson of the Ste
phenson Drug Company; F. c. Robins.
owner of several mines in this dis
trict and who has operated mines here
for many years; DR.. E. e. Kilbourne
of Seattle, Wash; ]. p. Fisher, Attor-
ney and Mrs. L. G.. Campbell, DIR.
Allen of San Francisco. Richard
Smith, Chas Stevens. ]. o. Davis, ]. E.
Webb, ]. p. Grandel, president of the
Business Mems Association; Paul
Heubach, T. Petrinovich, Carl Diess,
Mrs. Diess, f. Diess, Julius Sigmund,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Kluncy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams and others