Show development of f the deer lodge gold mines the imaginary dividing line that separates stateline Stat eline utah and eagle valley min ng district in lincoln county nevada has 10 0 influence whatever upon the great por hyry zone that traverses the country in a ort herly and southerly direction and which extends from stateline Stat eline one of most 4 promising promising rom ising gold and silver districts over the stake at deer lodge besides which many other promising and valuable prospects were located including the snowflake the jumbo the independence the irus the indiana and many others the horseshoe was the first of these to be developed this property was extensively operated for several years and produced at 4 IV T 41 AW j OP 41 r ilk camp of deer lodge eagle valley district nevada arder L der line into the camps of deer lodge nd ind fay stateline Stat eline camp was discovered over ten ears ago and in the rush incident to the anding of this richly mineralized section any prospectors found their way over the divide avide and into the southerly extension of he e porphyry belt where they discovered t che he horseshoe mine at fay and the home much gold A thrifty camp called fay sprang up in its near vicinity a large mill was built and for a time everything was in a flourishing condition here then came a period of idleness and not through any fault of this great mine but because of mismanagement and disagreement between those in charge of this bonanza proposition A mile and a half west of fay and in an 17 other canyon is the homestake Home stake mine and mill the property of the newport nevada mining company this company is possessed of a mine of vast possibilities the mill on the ground is up to date and modern and results obtained by the management in mine development and ore reduction have been eminently satisfactory surrounding the homestake Home stake there are a number of most promising properties included in the list being the irus and the indiana groups the latter of which is now nov in course of systematic and intelligent development 1 it is now less than a year since the attention of E A of salt lake city was called to the mining possibilities of deer lodge and after making exhaustive examinations and tests he succeeded in securing by purchase the indiana group of claims which choice property soon after formed the basis for the incorporation of the deer lodge gold mining milling company the officers of which are well known mining and business men of salt lake city the official roster of which is as follows edwiu edwin and the townsite the west homestake Home stake on of deer lodge on the southwest the group parallel veins chief of covers seven known which is the indiana lode so prominent and so large that locally the holdings of the company are known know n as the indiana group the general trend of these ledges are north and south some of which are embraced by all of the claims of the group I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 e A oil NO A 1 agn IF I 1 shaft on tte the indiana claim D president and manager J J vice president and R garret andrews secretary and treasurer formation the general formation of eagle valley district is porphyry a great porphyry zone or belt which cuts through the country in a northerly and southerly direction for many miles in this porphyry belt there are many fissure veins and on these the big mines of that locality are found the ore making in immense bodies in which there are zones of highly concentrated values although the ledges so far as prospected and developed carry good gold values from wall to wall the filling of the ledges is mostly quartz with an occasional occurrence of white spar the spar generally carrying the highest values about thirty or forty per cent of the ore is free milling the balance being a fine cyan cyaniding ming iding product and the ore can all be treated by the cyanide process eco economically no and with the most satisfactory results the companas Comp anys property the deer lodge co company has a group of thirteen claims and in addition four miles distant have locations covering three good springs promising a water supply sufficient tor for all mining purposes and for the requirements of a ton mill when constructed the group is located on the south side of the canyon leading from deer lodge to eagle valley and is a mile and a half northwest from fay the property of the company adjoining the newport nevada mine the development in the development of the indiana group before pasing into the hands of its present owners less than a year ago about feet of work had been done this had been scattered over the different claims and consisted almost entirely of shallow shafts short tunnels and open cuts enough in al Ns open cut on the jackent claim extent to hold the ground and to comply with local district requirements and government regulations on the indiana vein which is about feet in width according to surface droppings crop pings two shafts have been b een sunk to a depth of twenty and fifty feet respectively and a sixty foot tunnel has been driven with an upraise to the surface these workings are all in ore carrying values ranging f aror n to 20 in gold to the ton on the 0 a claim of the group there is a fifty foot gh from the bottom of which ther there is a m foot drift this shaft was su sunk or on a foe fa foot vein the average assays essays of which t fro from in 6 to 12 in the yellow metal M selected samples have been taken from th shallow workings going as high as 64 near the northwest corner of th the india 11 claim there are four open cuts threes ee these are on the jackent claim covering 0 ring tl extension of the indiana lode these 0 ow cuts crosscut cross cut this gigantic vein for f afif fifty ty to seventy five feet all in ore the eral average of which is about 7 from these cross cuts selected s samples amp I 1 es been obtained going as high a as s t ton the company has done a large amo amoia prospecting and other work since ti t hold of the property besides which I 1 if started its main tunnel workings this manent work is located on the north of the jackent claim and the tunnel wt wi the indiana ledge in about feet al ai a vertical depth of about feet it is in a distance of about feet and it 1 ia pe hect acted ed that the desired connection wil will made within less than two months from th 1 date when if surface indications count fon f anything a large body of fine pay ore be uncovered equipment while not extensive the mine equips is substantial quarters for the men ef aloyed was the first consideration an comply with this urgent necessity the pany any has erected a comfortable log in dimension there is also a blacksmith shop fully equipped and ing the past six weeks a 25 boiler has been installed together wit steam drill the drill greatly greata y facilitating 0 aaion as up to a short time ago all dri was performed by hand band later on the c pany will put in an air compressor there is plenty of timber on the co coal banys property for domestic use and ining purposes and a seven foot well in canyon feet from the bunk house ie e irnis bes an abundant t water supply for resent requirements at the mouth of the in tunnel workings which is about sev ty ly five feet above the bottom of the cann there is a fine site for the mill which is the purpose of the company to hen the mine shall have been developed an extent that will justify such equip ent deer lodge is but eighteen miles from adena dena utah on the main line of the salt e route and the wagon road from the X or k main tunnel workings railroad to the companas comp anys mine is excellent L nd of easy grade the country is easily accessible the climate healthful and calub lous ious and with the great mineral showing the he district the deer lodge company fol ng out the plans it has outline should I 1 to the front at no distant day with an f ir n big producer for the great and growing fa tate alte of nevada |