The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-02-02
ANOTHER RICH MINERAL STRIFE
John Wentworth Reports Cutting OF IL
Big Ore Chute in Iron Horse.

Mining prospects for the new year
are opening up quite rosy in this part
of the county Mention was made
last week of the recent encounter OF
rich chute in the Pyrargyrite mine,
and now comes John Wentworth with
the pleasing news that the miners VINO
have been driving tunnel on the
Iron Horse claims, one OF group on
the west side of Wanicut lake. have
broken into rich ore zone, len5e or
dyke, at a distance Of 235 feet from
the mouth of the tunnel and at ver-
tical depth Of 250 feet.
On the surface of the Iron Horse
there is vast outcrop OF strongly
lmineralized quartz that is from $50
to 200 feet wide, samples from which
| have given good values in gold and
silver. 1t was for the purpose OF
striking this deposit at considerable
depth that the prospecting tunnel
under way was started, and it Is that
ldyke that the miners have just broken
Into. The ore is very similar in gen.
eral appearance to that in the Nickel
Plate at Hedley, mine that has PAID
lmany thousands of dollars In divi-
dends in past years. The chief values
in the Iron Horse ores are gold and
silver, tne gold appearing in cohjune
ltion with arsenical iron, The extent
of the strike is yet to be determined
las the workmen are still in the ore
formation. Mr.. Wentworth declares
it to be the biggest strike ever maze
in the county, and it certainly will
prove to be II the gold bearing dyke
Turns out to be even half as wide as
the measurements on the surface. l
! the ore aolds out the full width o
t l150 feet, as the operator confldentl.
, lexpects, then it will prove to be on
: of the most remarkable mines in tn
| northwest
One would suppose that such I'm
as the one reported would be sum
= cient to satisfy an operator, but MI
: Wentworth believes that he has othe
d properties with every bit as good
J. prospect as the Iron Horse and h
" proposes to carry out systematic II
e yestigation. He will put force
II work at once on the George Moore,
IS claim that joins the celebrated PHI
y nacle mine on the south and iro
II which some rich ore was taken
W former years. The George Moore
lg situated a short distance north
ig Loomis. and was located years ago b
a. has been lying dormant for lol
in time. Another venture which NJ
le Wentworth will carry on is the OK
J. hogan Star situated on Whisky Hi
I'd a few miles southwest or Orovll
n. where considerable work has be
done in former years vita exeelle
results in quantity and quality OF @
uncovered, The showings on both
these claims justify extensive mvt
,s tigation.
~ The strike alone ON the Iron Ho'
~ should arouse renewed interest
r. mining in this part of the county. 1
- Iron Horse is in the very midst O.
number of mining properties that
"a one time gave promise Of proving
ceedingly valuable as mineral
duoers. 1t is in a mineral bear
~ territory that was among the first
-. be prospected ana worked after
~ discovery of mineral along
International boundary, On
south the Wehe brothers delved
years pook-marking the hills
hat shafts and tunnels, hut for lack
any funds never getting deep enough
lille prove the ground they worked.
de- a, hand on the north is the Kim
lar ley, worked a long time by J
by Bennett and from which fine ore
ally once taken, but cold feet interfe
alta with ascertaining just what the l
10 amounted to, And just beyond Is
ONE old Triune, from which $4,000
IAN gold was taken in the old days.
that Iron Horse is in mighty good com
Atty and should make winner.
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