The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-03
BY James F. O'Brien


Silverhorn, (via Pioche), New,
June "a lense of the Sensational
ly rich ore that Is found frequently
at Silverhorn has been opened up by
Geo. z. Smith in his No. 2 lense on
Nevada Silver Horn, 500 feet west OF
Mineral Monument. Two specimen
assays that were run soon after Mr..
Smith opened up the high-grade gave
returns of S746.70 and $2,015.5O
respectively, in silver to the ton, the
lense from which they came showing
four feet by IS inches in the face
of the cut. More important than this,
though, is body of ore lying along
side, showing dimensions of ten feet
by two and one-half feet in the face.
that averaged better than 500 per
ton from the start and is getting
bigger and richer as development
proceeds. Grab samples from ore
sacked as broken down showed ay-
erage values of 1922 per ton at
first, but OF lat the average is about
$3.50 per ton. Mr. Smith also has
good but not rich ore in his No. Z
]. Nelson Nevius, geological en-
gineer for Nevada Silver Horn, has
found two more silver occurrences
in his prospecting of portions of the
" outcrop heretofore overlooked. One
is at a point about rs feet south Of
Mineral Monument, on a spur that
goes from main outcrop where il
sticks u p40 feet in the air. Where
first found, the ore shows the yell
low stains of the silver sulphides OK.
dizing, and this almost always runs
well. Mr.. Nevius has not finished
his sampling here, but good look
ing rock is found over a consider
able area and an important ore zone
is indicated. In fact practically al
Of the area in the vicinity of Minera
Monument is we'll mineralized ant
it is probable that it will be tn,
most productive portion of tn,
camp
At point 60 feet from the portal
No. 3 East Adit, which starts 35,
feet east Of Mineral Monument, en-
countered cave that so far show
for depth of 80 feet and widtl
of Is feet. At the bottom the cav
ends against a fault plane, with
smooth wall, dipping to the south
1t was formed by teaching Of tn
limestone that underlies the quarts
leaving the latter exposed and read
for developing and sampling. If man
of these caves are found-and it
likely-it will prove that Natur
has done even more effective pros
" pecting than that which exposed th
rich surface ores
Pending his arrival in CAM
which has been selayed from variou
causes, man was put to work ye
terday on the lease recently take
by Andy Buke, of Reno, on the 81
yer. Horn. Within three hours tt
man uncovered ore Is inches wild
half of which will pay to ship.
Much of the work on the Silv,
Dale during the week was routir
development that is important b1
doesn't show much, in the new
Tunnel No. broke into quartz at
depth of rs feet from the surfac
but it has about As feet yet to {
to connect with the Huson shat
where very high-grade ore is opt
up. The north drift on the SOTO
level of the Hnson shaft is out
feet and shows some quartz, but Il
solid body has not yet been reache
OF the four leases which Geo.
Smith has taken. one is on the S
yer Dale. Here he has uncovered
bi gb13y of mill ore that runs fro
IS to $25 per ton, but so far h
not found the Mgh-grade streak.
The Silver Peer is drifting mort
east and southwest on the ore at t
la S5-foot level. Frank Middleto
sy some good-looking stuff two and
half miles east Of the mineral cent
Of the district He has located
claims and started developmel
Harry Pollard is working on n
district map, for which there is
big demand and which will show I