White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15


snake canyon was whispered around
McGill about 3 a. IN. yesterday.
and in less than three hours the can
yon answering to the name was
parked with automobiles and about
fifty people were climbing the Heus-
ser mountain locating claims
Alex Paul. who has been working
on a claim for W. c. Converse. gave
out the news Saturday morning that
the contact had been struck and that
gold values running over $17,0e0.00
had been disclosed by an assay made
from the ledge.
Little attention was paid to the
news when first heard, but when sew
eral expert mining men like Henry
Goodman who know the country and
had found picture rock in this same
locality, were seen to be filling up
gasoline tanks and starting. the ex-
citement became general.
Mr.. Goodman at one time located
a claim on this mountain and some
of the samples of float were worthy
OF being polished as picture rock.
In less than an hour after the
wise miners started for the strike
the population of McGill were meet
ing each other with the expression
"Are you going" and receiving the
answer Sure
The strike is located near the
Heusser mountain in a canyon known
as Rattlesnake canyon about fifteen
miles north of Ely and almost oppo-
site the town of McGill.
When the first of the rush reached
the head of the canyon where the
Mammoth mine, owned by Converse.
is located, they found the entrance to
the mine tunnel guarded by a man
with a rifle. who refused to let any
one enter.
W G. Converse, who is employed
at the smelter. as soon as he realized
the rush was on, started for his
claims and when seen near his mine
by representative OF the News de
MED that a strike had been made. He
did not offer to permit an inspection
of his tunnel. He related that he
had been working slowly for several
years on the tunnel and expected to
cut the contact about August, when
H. Ea rtu
for excitement.
The southern part of Heusser
mountain is of granite formation and
the canyon where the strike Is To-
Gated cuts through this granite and
into a monster quartsite ledge on the
south. The gravel throughout the
canyon is composed of decompsed
granite colored with black mica and
sparkling flakes of iron pyrites. Just
above the Mammoth claim Is a CHM
ney blow out and the land surround
ing this is of a dark red color and
appears to be highly mineralized.
A. C. Barnes of McGill and Mrs.
Barnes were among the strike rush
ers. Mr.. Barnes was very conservar
tive in his statements relative to the
strike. He said that much of the
ground had been located many yenrs
ago and many good specimens of
good ore had been found, but since
the copper excitement the claims had
been abandoned. He gave his opin-
ion that the formation surrounding
the strike was the finest kind of a
prospect and had every indication OF
carrying big values in gold. He de-
clared Mr.. Converse to be a miner of
long experience and one who had al-
ways held faith in eventually finding
high grade ore in the canyon.
Is Although the owner of the Nam
moth did what he could tn diseour-
age the rusn, the eager prospeetors
got busy at once and located the
ground from the top OF the ridge to
nearly the mouth of the canyon.
The advent of the automobile has
made the gold strike situation some
what different from the old days of
the saddle horse and the wagon out
lift. In years gone by the rumor Of
a gold strike had time TO develop
into an aproar before the population
had time to get harness and saddles
on. but today II Is touch and go.
Water in the radiator. gas In tie
tank and the prosrectors are eating