The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-06-11
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
CAMP S|[vERHORN
BY JAMES F. O'BRIEN


Silverhorn, via Phoebe, New, June g.
Much interest is being manifested il
camp over the new find reported from
the west side of the Bristol range
about seven miles southwest of Silver
horn-not only because of its APP
parent intrinsic merit, but because II
furnishes additional proof that the
mineral-bearing area near this camp
is extensive The discovery was made
by Dan Foley. who attained fame
when he gave to the world the literary
gem entitled "The Dyeing Prospector."
The vein which Foley found is In the
center of big quartzite dyke on the
left hand side of the canyon going
ease. The development is limited as
yet, but Dan says that he has four
eet of good ore showing and that
IN assay of surface material returned
yaiues of $67.S5 in silver. lead and
gold. There is ledge traversing that
section, with five assures coming into
it, from the outcrops of all of which
ore can be broken. Erwin Briggs,
John Coban, Badly" O'Brien, VIM
Wiley and Frank Cabanna are among
others who are developing promising
prospects in that section.
That all of the rich ore on the Ne.
vada Silver Horn and the Silver Dale
mines has not yet been located is in
Heated by a find of rich float made
asst week by ]. Nelson Nevius. the
seologist. and his assistant. VIM. HeA
'erson. and the subsequent finding OF
is probable source in place. They
we're away from the outcrops in a
hungry looking section 500 or 500 feet
began to pick up good looking float,
much of 1t native silver can be
cen and one piece. which is excep-
ionally fine and high grade, shows
lhree different colored ehiorides, ar
gentle, the sulphide, and native sill
yer. Feeling absolutely sure that the
loaf could have come from no great
distance Nevius ard Henderson at
,nce began tracing 1t to its source.
rhe former will not commit himself
definitely but bee that he has al
-eady located the place from which
he rich float came.
The No. lease of Geo Y. Smith is
however, still the big attraction on
the Silver Horn. Assays during the
week have gone as high as $500 per
ton, but from grab samples of the ore
as it is sacked Mr.. Smith estimates
the average value to be 5000 per ton.
A recent sample of the quartz In the
No. east adit assayed $50 per ton.
The No. | adit tunnel has advanced
rs feet and the whole face is IN
quartz, but no assays have been taken
yet. 1t is following the footwall OF
the vein, into which crosscuts will be
run at intervals.
There has been an improvement in
values in the big orebody opened by
Geo. Y. Smith in his lease on the
Silver Dale, and he now has two feet
of ore that will average $50 per ton
in silver. He hopes to soon get 1t as
rich as in his lease on the Silver
Horn. The Silver Dale company is
drifting northeast on the 50-foot level
of the No. 3 shaft to get under the
Smith lease orebody. This will also
connect with south drift from the
Huson shaft Another drift from the
No. 3 shaft is being driven to get un-
der the high-grade ore found In the
T cut. A piece of new work from
which much is expected was started
during the week. This Is down hill
about 300 feet south of the T cut. A
trench Is being run clear across the
ridge for the purpose of locating the
source of the rich float found in that
vicinity