Show 1 4 NEVADA HILLS VEIN L BIGGER AND RICHER Li Values Increase and Are Better Disseminated in Zone of Sulphides Rapidly Increasing in Interest interest is the tue situation in the fissure which has bas been picked up east of o 0 the great fault tault in inthe Inthe the tho Nevada Hills mine On the said Manager W H He Webber who has arrived in this city from camp the face tace of ot o the drift dritt averaged 5 a ton in ingold gold Ild and silver values The following Say ay there were six feet of ot ore which averaged f a ton On the the smallest assay obtained from the th face tace was v as and at that time there were I six feet of ot ore with the handing wall not In sight The w width of the vein at this time it itis ItIs itIs is said is fully tully ten feet teet It has been I drifted upon 15 feet since the ore was found In place and it Is continuously becoming stronger with values Increasing Increasing ing lug The values are more thoroughly disseminated throughout the tho quartz and since the permanent sulphide ono sono has been entered they are more regu regular regular regular lar and are fully tully characteristic of ot those obtained in the surface ores the ratio of at the metal contents being one ounce of ot gold to ounces of ot silver The TheS S quartz is identical in appearance with that of ot the Comstock lode and the To Tonopah Tonopah Tonopah I mines Not a doubt can now be entertained Mr Webber says that the big mine is isto isto Isto to be found in the country east of ot the big fault that thai tha the ore bodies will ex extend extend exE tend to great depth and that the high values of at the surface ores will be maintained The feature of at the for formation formation mation is a strong system of at south dipping fissures which make toward an enormous fissure form forming forming formIng E ing a retaining wall and from which the smaller fissures are fed The large fissure Is backed by it is bar barren barren barren ren in the oxidized zone but values are coming in in the sulphides Solves Fault Problem Tracing out the ore occurrences in Nevada Hills has presented a task which would have long ago discouraged discouraged aged many mining men of ot less forti fortitude fortitude fortitude tude than is possessed by Manager Webber Heretofore he has worked only upon theory With the recovery ct ci the main fissure east of ot the big fault the formation is like an open book he declares It only remains to block out the ore bodies In the estate are two faults which have ave caused the complications In a general way they extend parallel to each other about IO feet teet apart The original discovery which was In the na nature nature nature ture of ot a glory hole Is about feet teet west of at the west fault In that region the ore shoots are bottomed at from 60 CO feet to feet depth With the en encountering encountering countering of ot the first fault the drag was followed downward about 60 feet teet when the ore t re bodies were again found 1 striking toward the east In the zone between the two faults the ore bodies I are bottomed at about feet vertical depth The drag of ot the big fault was traced 70 feet teet or more before was encountered encountered encountered the broken end of ot the main fis fissure fissure fissure sure and the fissure was followed toll owed about feet before it was found in place Eagle Enle In Permanent Zone The Fairview Eagle mine which was r recently taken over by Nevada Hills covers a parallel system t ot of f veins on the north which is cut by the same faults The Eagle has for tor some time been in inthe Inthe inthe the permanent formation east of ot the big fault on the level where it is opening enormous bodies of at rela relatively relatively ore The consolidated 1 properties already make a great mine fr for the old workings of ot Nevada Hills have by no means been gutted A large tonnage of ot milling ore are which in that district means ore averaging around 30 J ton is 15 in sight The report that the company compan has been fully financed for building its proposed large lar mill is confirmed by Mr Webber rebber Everything is in readiness for construction work It is expected that tha the mill will be in commission In September and in the meantime it is likely that considerable le of ot the rich richest richest richest est ore from the new strike will be shipped |