Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-05-29
Big Boom On
In Broken Hills

Emmett II. boyle, Governor %
Nevada, and Arthur Perry Thompson
formerly gcologist of the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company, the Utah
Copper Company, OF the Davis-Daily
Bulllley Wells, and president o, the
American Mining Congress, have put
the stamp of approval on the rush oil
prospectors, mining men and invest
ors into the new silver mining camp
OF Broken Hills, situated IS miles
northeast OF Luning and 65 miles
south o. Fallon, in Churchill County
The chief property OF the district.
the discovery locations OF Stratford
and Arthur, will be developed by the
Broken Hills Silver Corporation.
Ed. Malay, treasurer of the State OF
Nevada, is president OF the company.
Associated with him OH the board
OF directors are, J. ]. Goodwin, cash
ier and direcor Of the First National
Bank OF Lovelock: Gilbert c. Ross
Nevada State Bank Examiner; c. L.
Bingham. director OF the Bank o
Fallon and Eugene Grutt.
The property has been developed
by Stratford and Arthur, the discov-
ers, down to the $50 foot point and
has been drtted upon three levels
The last shipment of IS tons, just
made from the mine and now at the
sampler at Hazen gives returnes of
223 ounces OF silver per ton.
The average realization on between
DO and 500 tons shipment to date has
been better than 10 ounces OF silver
per ton.
The sufphide zone in the mine was
reached at depth Of 80 feet, The
deepest working is $50 Feet. The
north lace on the $50 foot level re-
veals strong vein, said to be fully
so feet wide, and gave an average
this week for width of to 10 feet
according to various sampling, of
from SPA TO $50 per ton. The south
feet of the width OF the VEN, gave an
average asasy of better than $37 per
ton
Five neighboring properties are
said on high authority to boast of
sensationally rich ore showings.
The new district has within the
past SO days been located for more
than three square miles surrounding
the original locations.
Governor Boyle's statement with
regard to Broken Hills is heralded
ed as the biggest endorsement which
any new Nevada mining camp has re-
ceived.
The. governor is consulting min
ing engineer %. high standing.
When the governor examined the
Broken Hills property few weeks
ago it had not yet been taken over by
the Broken Hills Silver Corporation,
and the condition OF the property as
examined by him was exactly as it
showed itself as the result Oh the sin
gle handed operation OF the two
Stratford aud Arthur,
after they had highgraded il OF about
S5O,000 worth of rich ore. Even then
he was able to express the ouinion
that it is the best showing | have
seen in any new territory in Nevada
Tor many years
The governors letter in l,utl. adj
dressed to c. II. Mcintosh president
OF the Fidelity Finance & Finding
Company, OF Reno, which has lust
under written the treasury stock OF
the Broken Hills Silver Corporation
to net the company $3S0,000, follows.
"ln pursuance q; your request | am
glad to give you my views regard
ing your property examined by me
on the 5th instant which under
stand is held by the Broken Hills
OF Reno, Nevada.
The examination, concluded as il
was within few hours, is necessarily
and | have had to depend on
maps and assays following the meas
ursement and sampling of the proper
ty by others.
Having had, however, an intimate
view of the workings together with
two extended reviews of the data OF
your engineer, Mr. Thompson, in
whose judgement and integrity | have
every confidence, feel qualified in
expressing an opinion as to the ap-
parent and potential value OF the
property.
This property covers the major
outcrops OF a wide area showing evil
dence q, lively vein and ore forming
agencies The vein. deveionod h., ,ha