Show p of tot leel lei lot to let lei toilet lot 14 11 lei im 1 ea I 1 el tot lei let f 5 was W W clr eagle A partis agac florida I 1 luriea and dilu de juc alf lamar i attlas veins v callo i s to 0 1 tot 1101 IQ I 1 I 1 I 1 lot 11 lei lem 1011 41 let I 1 Is I 1 lei lot lot is I 1 lot lot lot lot tot 10 1 M il ive 1 tot to I 1 Is IF ind grens report of the veins of war jle M eagle florida mountain and delamar contains the following the deposits of the silver city region all of which are ae fissure veins are arc concen grated at three localities namely delamar florida mountain and war eagle mountain the te history and production of these three vein systems offer some interesting facts war eagle contained the first discoveries and was almost the only producer the output up to 1878 being about after an interval of twelve years the delamar veins came in bonanza in in 1890 and in seven years produced about 1892 the florida able for curving and branching branchina of veins heavy outcrops dwindle down to nothing in depth and new veins are discovered in the underground operations 1 I the ores differ yet show relationship gold prevails by value at delamar and war eagle silver at florida mountain yet in all the veins the silver exceeds the gold decidedly by weight the mineral common in nearly all mines is argentite pyrite is rare except in some altered rocks marea site occurs sparingly in the quartz at delamar and florida mountain galena and zinc blende are rare in small quantities is common on florida and war eagle moun W AA N K U L vp e te de lamar otyvee county idaho mountain mines became active and now overshadow the delamar output the country rock at delamar delam ar is rhyolite on war eagle mountain granite on florida mountain rhyolite basalt and granite the rocks are altered by hydrothermal processes but the course of the alteration is not that common in the case of the older vein systems of idaho and many other parts of the west the fissure systems show no great simi sim larity or close relationship on war eagle mountain northerly northeasterly or northwesterly strikes occur with steep sleep nearly vertical easterly dips the veins are sharply defined on florida mountain the black jack and others strike northwest and dip very steeply west the veins are long straight and clean cut in contrast to this the vein system of delamar with northwest strike and southwest dip of 45 degrees is remark bains the sulphides sulp hides are always scant but their value usually compensates for their small juanity qu anity native sold gold certainly occurs on many veins probably on all |