Show SALT LAKE MINING MEN ARE investigating NEW SILVER LEAD FIND away up on the very top of the lofty sierra range in california relates the nevada mining press of recent date is a bed of limestone the remnant of an ancient lake or ocean bed that may develop a silver lead district ri the richest of the west E J roberts san francisco mining man and nevada operator who owns a number of mining locations covering the belt brought the district to the attention of utah mining men and a second examination is being made this week by J C jensen and E J broberg of salt lake city the district is believed to be in the extreme western part of mona county but the exact location of the county line has not been established it is near mammoth peak south and east of yosemite park and can only be reached from the west over a government trail from jackass meadows which is the terminus of a standard gauge lumber railroad transportation is the chief difficulty at present roberts on a recent visit to the camp motored from merced merce d calif to within 22 miles of the mine and finished the journey horseback over a splendid government trail the district can also be reached from the east side of the range lime belt Is extensive the lime belt is traceable for 15 or 20 miles and has been prospected and explored to a limited extent at three places at the beasore property the limestone shows min in places for a width of feet the fis fissures stires a are re capped with an iron gossan and high grade galena ore is found at shallow depths beneath the cap camj ping one prospect hole on the beasore group shows solid soi 50 galena for the full width from which a sample assayed per cent lead and 65 oz per ton in silver at another place pia ore is exposed in a pit the bottom of which assays essays 15 V per cent lead and over 30 oz in silver from many sample taken roberts well one ounce ou received an average of over of silver to the per cent of lead indian makes discovery timbered k d the first discovery in this precipitous heavily r country was made by an indian named beasore lou johnson an old colorado miner heard about the B ajea basore discovery and roberts supplied him with a pack and joratz cam outfit two years year sago ago to explore the country johnson beasore some claims three and a half miles south of the property that showed galena ore running very high in sl s iver specimens section of the country co assaying over oz this is is very precipitous with riot not even a pack trail to travel co four miles north san francisco iran i ran of the beasore property y and men have done some exploratory work with core cor e drills an ft are said to have had bad ore in one drill hole at a depth of 0 the country is deavil heavily y timbered and logging 6 is is beit bein a coll ducted on the west slope of the range t at several P points which there is a fine stand of timber on th the e mineral belt bolind t und is included in a forest reserve deer and other game a and the streams are alive with trout |