The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-03-11
new NEW mining CAMP OF SlvERHORN
EVIDENCES GREAT future PROMISE
District is Being Conseruatiuey
DeueIoped-Four Nev CON-
panies Are Financed and
Operating

ino oro pouy OI the SllvernOrnl
property is over six hundred feet
long and averages from twenty To
over eighty feet IN width. The
crushed limestone bed which has
been completely replaced by silica is
about fifty feet in thickness measur-
ed perpendicular to the dip. The
quartzite or mineralized dixie or
crushed zone dips at an argle OF
about thirty degrees The formation
on the hanging wall is shale. The
foot wall formation is a compact
fine grained blus limestone. There
has been faulting subsequent to the
intrusion Of the porphyry but this
faultirg has taken place in large
dfsplacements which are very evident
at the surface and which would
never involve the loss of the ore in
future development OF this quartz
ite dixie as we may call it, there are
certain portions which carry larg-
or amount Of silver than others
These places are evidenced by sheare-
zones which strike at right angles to
the longitudinal extent of the body
} These shearzones are also at right
angles to the strike Of the sedimen-
tary beds. Some of them are ten
! feet in width, but those which oc-
5 cur upon theSilverhornare in place
: more than thirty feet in width, The
: quartz In these shear zones Is greatly
: shattered and this is the means for
u distinguishing the barren portions
2 Of the lode from the high grade, OF
y milling ores. The ore within the
i shear zones will average from seven.
a. teen to thirty dollars ton. The
/ portion Of the lode which has moi
IS been sheared carries silver to the
q extent Of only several ounces to ths
et ton. The silver minerals which oc
r cur within the shear zone are pri
IS mary. They occur disimated and l,
le cludeed within the primary quart
a which replace the hrecciated lime
u stone.
re Samples recently taken from tn
" Silverhorn indicated new discov
ID cry near the mineral monumen
ne which shows two thousand tons tina
Ok Will average thirty-five and two
en- tenths in Silver and sixty cents i
an gold. 1t is said that this ore by al
an alysis showed ninety-two percer
We insoluable and nearly forty-four pe
cent In iron. This indicates thu
rn within the shear zones the replac
ments and naturalization has bee
te. complete.
Ter Analyzing the conditions which 9
lch list within the district it is perfect
nd evident that the source Of the silv
sh- and silica was very deep ssate
red The deposition took place similtar
out ously with the advent of the silit
'ct- 1t Is therefore selfevident that the
So silver deposits will be followed
IND great depth. To the west Of t
Try, Silverhorn is the Silverdale proper
hat The mineral occurrences on this prt
lrce erty are identical to those on ,
the Silverhorn. At the present time v,
be- high grade silver ore Is neirg sacn
bs at this locality. Samples Of this hi
this grade material showed over tn
as hundred and Fifty ounces Of silver
,sits the ton.
the The new camp OF Silverh
n pc sprang up under the most adve
illes weather conditions that eastern \
the ado has seen for many years. \
Dc camps are established at tins W
'ooit the snow was sevsral feet deep.
'erty 1t Is fact that of the number Of
'rop- locations were made and marked
=. trees when the surface of the gro
n In was completely covsred with a n
mall tie of snow. At the time of the
1e 10 to the camp there was vacant gro
and In the district but most Of the Il
ur at tory adjacent to the new discov,
oper- had been located. The growth
3 the the camp has been 30 rapid tina
por application for school was INN
Peer ately and favorably acted upo
on to stead of deffsring action until
that next school year. There are air
'sctsd about q dossn children In the n