Show THE HORN SILVER MINING DISTRICT NEVADA the Horn silver mining district in esmeralda county nevada is the subject of a short report by F L gan ransome some in the united states geological geological surveys bulletin entitled contributions to economic geology 1908 part I 1 the town of horn si silver lver twenty six miles southwest of goldfield stands at an altitude of feet above sea level on a gentle slope that opens northward into a broad desert valley and is on other sides by hills the prinC principal iDal mineral deposits lie southwest of the town within a distance of a mile and are developed mainly by a single mine from which shipments of ore aggregating in value 1 about were made in 1908 the valuable contents of the veins are native gold and chloride of silver mr Ran somes report is concluded in an advance chapter from bulletin numbered A which may be obtained on application to the director of the survey at washington |