Show GOLD NEAR goodsprings GOOD SPRINGS special correspondence goodsprings Good springs nevada july 9 considerable excitement has been caused recently in the yellow pine mining district by the discovery of high grade gold ore in the workings of the boss gold mining company which is operating a group of claims twelve miles westerly from goodsprings Good springs this company has been engaged in development work for several months and has developed a considerable tonnage of gold and copper ore the ore occurs in a fractured zone in limestone adjacent to a large intrusion of quartz the ore zone varying in thickness from four to twenty feet and dipping nearly verti vertically caily two tunnels have been driven demonstrating the ore zone along its strike for a distance of feet the gold ore occurs as a sandy material carrying some silver values and fairly free from copper assays essays showed gold values from 16 to 60 with a mine average of 22 along the sides or of the gold vein is a layer of copper carbonate ore varying from a few inches to several feet in thickness in the course of development about tons of this material was sorted out which assays essays 23 per cent copper and is now ready for shipment A tramway from the upper workings to the wagon road has been constructed ted and teams are now hauling the ore from the mine to jean a distance of about twenty miles during the latter part of june in sinking a from the upper boss tunnel it was discovered that all material being taken from this assayed in gold further investigation revealed a streak of tale talc gouge from four to eighteen inches in thickness of which assays essays showed a content of in gold per ton the ore is thoroughly oxidized and no gold is visible in hand specimens although panning and thoroughly scrubbing the concentrate reveals its value six sacks of the high grade ore have been shipped by express to the murray utah smelter and a full carload has been sacked and is now ready for shipment which assays essays indicate will carry in gold amalgamation and cyanide tests are being prosecuted and it is expected that a small plant will soon be erected for the treatment of lower grade material when it was learned that high grade had been encountered in the boss workings a considerable rush ensued from good springs and adjacent camps and claims were located for several miles in that vicinity the azurite mining company which owns ground adjacent to the boss has a force of men at work and much activity is evident in the vicinity the locality is easily accessible automobiles running daily between goodsprings Good springs and the new camp at goodsprings Good springs a full stock of supplies may be obtained and there is ample water both at goodsprings Good springs and at ripley three miles from the boss mine |