Show BIG lEAD FINO AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN Greatest Surface Showing of Ore Discovered Discovered r ered in Nevada What is probably one on of the biggest surface showings of ot deposits ever found in this part of Nevada was discovered a few days daye ago by b R C Ish Isherwood Isherwood erwood and Clyde Cl de Ganser Gauger about thirty miles west of Battle Mountain and In the vicinity of ot the ranch says the Battle Mountain Herald HeraM The two men were prospecting In tn th mountains on the west side of the Buffalo Bu falo valley when they came caine across some rich specimens of ol i lead float They traced this to the ledge without great difficulty difficult as within a hort short distance from where the float was first found foun erosion had left the ore shoot In fn plain view at the top of the ground with huge boulders of the metal weighing as fiB high as three or four hundred pounds scattered over the surface The deposit Is a contact vein between lime and porphyry the be being beIng ing due doubtless to the intrusive dikes S of porphyry which cut the lime forma formation formation tion lion with a and southerly strike Occurring parallel with the porphyry is also an enormous conglomerate which gives additional evidence of strong eruptive eruptive tive live action The matrix of ot the ore is a allea heavy spar forming three distinct and well defined ledges which can be traced by their strong outcrop for more than a amile amile amile mile The number and extent of ot the ore shoots can not as yet et be determined on account of the limited exploration but judging from the number of places along the course ours of the ledges where metallic specimens of the ore are distributed there Is good reason for believing that the en enriched enriched riched portions of the ledge will wilt prove to be extensive As soon as s the strike was known in Bat Battle Battle Battie tle tie Mountain a number of men went out from here and made locations Just south of the discovery and apparently on the same series of ledges ledes a Reno com corn company pany nany headed by Buck Ingall Ingan Is develop developing t ing Ingo a group where whre wh re it Is said satisfactory progress is being accomplished |