Show A NEW SENSATION NEAR PIOCHE the colfax group in haughland is scene of remarkable strike record pioche nevada nothing lias has stirred up pioche quite as much in several weeks as the strike made recently on the colfax t group in the highland 6 district and within the shadow of the mountain mounta n through which the ledges of the grea great t mandha mendha mine make their way it was not until early in january that ed F freudenthal one of the best known and influential minin mining men of this district became of the ex istance in highland I 1 of a manganese fissure equally as persistent as the one which has fed the rich I 1 mendha mandha beds and of about equal width subsequent investigation has proved the continuity of this manganese fissure for a distance approximating feet and for nearly feet across territory which has been acquired by mr freudenthal within the past few weeks openings made along the course of the fissure at varied intervals has found the ore in place and samples taken from each of these points also from open cuts cute and shallow shafts sunk along the numerous cross fissures has produced such astonishing results that as soon as the news was spread a wild rush for claims ensued even the snowstorm of last wednesday did not deter the claim hunter from grabbing up about all the vacant ground left in the vicinity of the dolfax colfax strike when samples of black manganese brought to mr freudenthal on january ad assayed more than ounces in silver it was difficult for him to believe that the figures were correct for the cursory examination which he had made did not impresa him that the ore contained any extraordinary values his guess was from 30 10 to 15 ounces in silver and one can magine his S surprise when a series of samplings from along the colfax lode gave him returns running as high as ounces while the lowest obtained was ounces silver with the lead running from 1 to 3 per cent and from 2 to 5 in gold having thus satisfied himself that the startling returns from the assayer had not misled him he at once began to negotiate for other property not lot letting up till he had secured the black wonder wedge missouri and other groups making up an area comprising i all about twenty five claims without counting in the pinsen finsen ray an adjacent group in which mr r freudenthal has secured a controlling t interest thus raising the totals to come where between thirty and forty claims r samples picked out of the colfax shaft rby Y a representative of the record wednes ay y last returned 2 in gold ounces rl silver and per cent lead the shaft 8 not lot to exceed ten feet in depth hence he ore was ta taken ken from practically at the rass bass roots ore is being sacked for shipment and there is every reason to expect that the colfax is going to prove to be one of the real sensations of this camp the fissure appears to have a width of anywhere from two to five feet at the surface but it makes up in value for what it lacks in size and a feature which attracts mining men is the fact that it lies in between a contact of lime and porphyry some are of the opinion that the porphyry is none other than an extension of the famous yuba dike and which has fed some of the richest mines in the pioche district |