Show REPORT ON CACTUS MINE Synopsis of What Geological Expert ExpertS t Saw Th There ThereIn re S I In a recent bulletin issued issued b by the geological survey considerable space apace Is n to a description of f what Is being accomplished at the Cactus property of the Newhouse Mines Unes Smelters cor corp p raU n by Professor S F Emmons This de comes in advance of the detaIled study of at the entire dis which the survey will soon under take A portion of the article relates to Improvements that wore ware under way at the time ot of the professors visit and andas andas as they are not up to date they will be of no interest reader now Of the mIne Itself the article has this to sa say The ore of te Cactus mine is mainly pyrite generally rather crystalline with a little It contains practically no lead or zinc It carries a little silver sUver and a fraction of an ounce of gold the precious met metals ala als It Is claimed beIng sufficient In amount to repay the cost ot or mining and The Tho deposits are evidently the impregnation by ous ore of a strong fault zone and the structural conditions indicate that this fault zone may be a a northern continua a the Horn Silver fault If this proves to be correct It Is that the fault zone continues farther to the tho northwest across the gravel I sl sIpes pes at the west base of Golden Horn Peak and an extension or of the copper copper deposits in that dIrection might naturally be looked for tor forIt uIt It is a singular fact that while in the Horn Silver deposit lead and zinc have been the predominant metals copper occurring as an important con constituent constituent only when It has been recon by secondary enrichment in the Cactus mine copper and the omni omnipresent present Iron tron are aro practically the only metals found It will be of Interest to see whether a geological study of the region will succeed in a genetic reason for this association of minerals and In deter determining ruining mining whether as suggests Itself at first glance glanco it is due to the different of the country rocks that In close the different deposIts |