White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-01
MOUNTAIN OF WEALTH
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fabout 1000 feet). About the CEN
ter of the zone of contact there IS
another small dyke of q black erup-
tive rock which from field exam
nation ] determine TO be diabase.
! This dyke follows the entire length
| of the contact, and / believe that it
has an important effect upon the
naturalization. In addition to
these eruptiyes, the hills to the
northeast are covered by a flow 81
malapai. and those TO the south
west By a flow of a white eruptiYe
rock. which by field examination /
determine 10 be daeite. BIT I do
not consider that either of these
rocks have eny effect upon the min
eralization. except that minor val
ues contained in them would have
the tendency 10 leach into the con-
tact zone and increase the primary
enrichment.
In Fig. . ! show an ideal cross
section to explain the relative posi-
tions of the various formations as
described in this report. As pre-
viously stated the zcne of contact be-
tween the breeeiated rhyolite and
the granite-porphyry varies from
200 TO 1000 feet wide and is strong
~ mineralized. The naturalization
Is so distinctive that it can be seen
for q long distance. due TO its bright
canary color. In addition, there Is
a very prevalent occurrence of black
oxide of manganese throughout the
entire district. Quartz is also In
evidence at various places, and es-
pecially near the northwesterly end
of the property.
The impression given by this min
e~ralization is very favorable. ! feel
confident that a thorough sampling
of the contact zone would show high
assays in both gold and silver, even
in the leached surface material. But
as such sampling would entail the
saving of several hundred samples.
limited time has prevented my doing
50 at present.
Accessibility .-The property can
be reached by auto ~ a road ap-
proximately two miles in length
from the Arrowhead shaft. In ad-
dition to this road. it is possible to
drive down Inspiration Gulch into
Warm Springs valley. I consider this
a very important feature. as it shows
that a comparatively small amount
of work could develop a road which
would be approximately seventeen
miles less distance from Tonopah
than the present route.
Recommendation would rec
ommend that a tunnel be at once
started at the position which have
marked on Plat No. l as Proposed
Tunnel" A drive of about sixty
feet at this point will cut the min
eralized zone at a depth of about
fifty feet and at a very favorable
position, as indicated by the surface
cropping.
General Remarks.-ln investing in
a new district the investor naturally
desires to know the probable future
prospects Of the property in which
he is investing. AS regards this
property. its prospective value can
best be judged by the following sum-
mary:
The zone of naturalization is from
zee to 1000 feet wide, and runs
1000 feet in length.
The topography is such that a
large part of the development can be
done by t~unneling, with proportion
ate low cost.
The position relative TO Warm
Springs valley is such that it will
be possible to have a haulage OF APP
proximately seventeen miles. In the
event of future milling, the lower
end of the property is only a few
hundred feet above the level oi
Warm Springs valley, which viii
greatly reduce the pumping costs
il deemed advisable to obtain w-atel
from that source.
Respectfully submitted,
A. J. SALE.
For Byrne a. Sale, Consulting I'm