The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-29

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south of Silver Peak. is being de-
veloped by the Allied Mining and
Milling company, Montana cor
poration controlled by Montana and
Utah men.
The MacNamara mine, consisting
Of 16 claims, was located in 1880
by Matt MacNamara, who named it
the Reward. He spent the best
years of his life in searching for
pockets of high-grade silver ore
and he is said to have made many
profitable shipments. some OF the
ore being taken on the backs of bur-
ros to Candelaria, In 1908 the
mine was optioned to Lynch and
O'Meara, later passing into the
hands of the O'Meara estate, which
tied it up in litigation for several
years, the option never being exer-
cised. In 1916 the mine was bought
| by Dave Trepp and AL Heinecke of
Lewiston, Mont, and during that
year and 1917 three carloads of ore
of a total value of $4,000 were
shipped. During the period they
were the sole owners a road was
constructed to the mine. water
system for jigging was built and
ore bins were completed. The ma
terial shipped. according to smelter
sheets, assayed from 40 to 60 per
cent lead and from 10 to 16 ounces
silver per ton. One large sample,
taken from four-foot width in the
summer of 1918, was tested by the
and gave a, return of eight ounces
l-gold, 1898 ounces silver, 3.17 per
cent copper and 1873 per cent lead.
The ore is found in an alaskite-
! lime contact striking northwest that
can be traced on, the surface for
over half mile. The contact Is un-
usually distinct and is heavily min
/ eralized. 1t is under conditions
similar to these that the greatest
lead-silver orebodies in the world
have been found. the deposits at
Park City, Tintic and Bingham, in
utah; Eureka and the Simon mine
in Nevada. Leadville in Colorado,
afd in Missouri. Wisconsin and
Illinois being found in lime. The
only notable exception is in the
Couer d'Alene district of Idaho,
where the ore is in quartzite.
The vein in the Allied, where ex-
posed on the surface and in work
! from three crosscut tunnels and
shaft, is from six to Is feet wide
and the average width is nine feet.
| The highest of three tunnels. driven
in the early days, is badly caved and
/ is inaccessible. The middle tunnel
is 10 feet long and the lowest Is
1880 feet long. From highest to
lowest the tunnels are designated
as no. /, 2, and ).
At the No. tunnel there is dump
containing 1000 tons of ore of an
estimated average value of between
$40 and $25. This dump contains
material rejected in sorting. Drifts
from the No. tunnel show ore ex-
tracted for length of so feet. the
stope being over eight feet wide in
places. In the southeastern end of
this stope a seam two feet wide as
says: Gold. trace; silver, 20.9
ounces lead, 1875 per cent. A
winze from this level is sunk
short distance in good ore. Drifts
from No tunnel have opened the
vein for SO feet and the width is 10
feet where cut by the tunnel. "a
sample taken from the back of
stope extended Is feet above the
tunnel level gave for width of two
fgeet: Gold, trace;A silver, 2O.1
ounces; lead, 17.3 per cent. A
sample from 10-foot face on this
level resulted as follows: Three
feet on footwall: Gold, trace; silver.
eight ounces; lead, 14.5 per cent.
Four feet in center: Gold, trace;
silver, 2.49 ounces; lead, 70 per
cent. Three feet on hanging wall:
Gold, trace; silver, 40 ounces;
lead, Is per cent.
Tunnel No. cuts the vein at a
vertical depth of ITO feet.
The surface equipment consists
of an 1S-horse power Western gas
engine, triplex pump and a crude
hand jig of little value. The engine
and pump are in good condition.
There are two series of springs on
the claims which flow, without de-
velopment, 10000 gallons of water
per day. The water flows through
a 1900 foot pipe line to the mine
workings. There is a substantial