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Show RED BUTTE PROPERTIES PROMISE BIG TONNAGE Sppeinl to Tho Tribune. in-"D BUTTE, Nov.. via Humboldt House, April 10. Further investigation investiga-tion of this great district by your representative, rep-resentative, reveals such immense ore deposits, and covering as it does so large au area, thai lie feels safo in predicting that it will bo ono of the great copper camps of the United States. Northwest of the Nevada Anaconda Ana-conda (described in tho latest report) and adjoining, lies the Desert View group, seven in number, belonging to Ocorge A. Childcrs. On this group ore appears in over thirty places, and for a distance of over 700 feet along tho course of the voin, in the form of chalcocito, bornite and ehulcopyritc, which carries surface copper values of from 2 to 25 per cent, silver four to eight ounces and gold from $1 to .n. The gangue is 200 feet wide, with small copper veins of from two inches to four feet in width, appearing at intervals in-tervals across the width of 200 feet, and parallel to the strike of tho gaugue. Fourteen open cuts, all exposing ore, and a funnel fiftj-'fivo feet in length to crosscut this immense vein comprise the development work. North of the Desert View group adjoining ad-joining and at fully 1000 feet lower depth, a line showing of native copper has been opened, a few feet below the surface, in a four-foot vein, which is not 200 feet vertical depth below the level sand of tho Black ioek dosert. The adjoining group of four claims to the north is owned by "Mike Blake, and good silver values arc obtained with high-grade copper ore. Continuing north, W. C. "Mason, on a low mountain overlooking the Black l?oclc desert, with a group, has found generous quantities of high-grade float, but tho main source of the ore body has not been exposed. A low range of foothills connecting with the desert and about two miles in extent separate the next group north from Mason's. The ground consists of twelve claims, located by Frank Clark, a young mining min-ing engineer of Berkeley. Cal., and formerlv w'Lth the Guggenheim interests inter-ests at "Copper River, Alaska. Mr. Clark has eight claims located end to end, and has a good vein showing show-ing free gold through the length of these claims, wherever ho has exposed the vein. The ore occurs oc-curs in porous quartz, easily pulverized. pulver-ized. Good copper veins have also been found on other portions of Clark's ground. Adjoining Clark on the north A. C. Bchm owus a promising group. A three and a half foot vein panning free gold and containing copper and silver values val-ues shows great strength through several sev-eral hundred feet. Careful assays have given $1S in gold. $20 in silver and 12 per cent in copper. Curry & Dc Voe, with the next group north, have a three and a half foot vein of dial-cop3rite dial-cop3rite ore. on which assavs have " nn .. ...... i "c.ci.. JiIJll U J 1.-1 UUJIb k.AIJi;i .IIIU 111 1.J 'UUU ounces in silver. This vein has been opened up nt intervals and proven to be continuous, and ore bearing for S00 feet!. From a ten-foot hole several tons of high-grade ore ha-ve been extracted. ex-tracted. A parallel vein with about the same character of ore occurs about 500 feet lower down Baldc.. a Mexican, is the proud owner of the next group north, and has a four-foot vein of chaleocite proven for several hundred ffeet, and associated asso-ciated with an immense specular iron vein. .Too Farela's group, si ill farther north about five miles, shows much promise, with three separate veins of i higji-grado chaleocite. and tenorito (black oxide) extending through six claims. Turning to the southeast and about one mile northeast of Clark's group, Do Voe & Curry have another group j consisting of five claims on which an immense vein of copper ore appears of unknown width. Tt occurs in chaleopy-rite chaleopy-rite form, and an average assay from a crosscut of twenty feet and no wall encountered, gave (J,S per ccut copper, three and six-tenths ounces in silver ; and SO cents in gold. Next southeast, Sringdon. "Wi'lK Muscott & Holland have ten claims. Five different veins have been located running in width from one to ten feet with rich copper showing as high as -10 per cent in value. val-ue. The vein ten feet wide will average aver-age 20 per cent copper the full width. Veins of specular iron over 100 feet in width parallel the copper, running in northwesterly and southeasterly director direc-tor i. Adjo'ning Langdou and associates to the southeast. Anderson. Uoleomb. Mo-' Mo-' Tin and Cornwall, wifh their six i Black Hawks, are confident they have a bonanza. Two separate assays froni a three and a half foot vein average gives values of $5.(K) and ."rlU.20 gross contents; separate values, No. 1 gold, ."r'1.j; silver, $12.00; copper. JO per cent; No. 2 gold, $12; silver. $10.20 and copper. cop-per. 10 per cent. The next report will fciko in a different dif-ferent character of ores, occurring about four miles southeast of the ahovo described property, but embraced in the lied Butte district. Ore Shipments. The Pioneer sampler on .Saturday rc leased 2 ejirs of ore from Utah and 1 from Arizona ramps. The Taylor &. P.runlou Co, released 10 cars from Utah camp:;. |