Show THE ALPHA AND RABBIT EDITORIAL correspondence I 1 the alpha and arabit group of seven claims is located on the south side of robinson canyon a mile and a half south 0 10 1 lane city nevada and two and a half miles west of ely white pine county nevada this property was discovered in 1897 by james burns gabriel and james and since then has been productive to the extent of about in gold silver and lead the ore being shipped to salt lake and san francisco I 1 the alpha and rabbit is now owned by R A riepe of ely and it is s highly probable that work will soon be resumed in its active active and extensive development in the operation of the alpha and rabbit j 4 A K rabbit tunnel of the alpha and rabbit group two tunnels have been run one to the south and one to the southeast the first or alpha tunnel is in a distance of feet all in country rock being run under the vein which is flat or horizontal the rabbit tunnel is in a distance of goo feet following the blanket vein the entire distance from the face of the alpha tunnel an upraise of sixty feet has been made making connection with the rabbit tunnel at a point about feet from its mouth in this last named tunnel near the alpha upraise cross cuts or drifts on the vein have been run each way for a distance of ninety feet most of the workings being in high grade ore which is a sand carbonate assaying ag 50 per cent lead 40 ounces silver and from 10 to 28 in gold in the driving of the rabbit tunnel on the vein it was developed that the pay ore was about three feet thick on an ail average at the present time considerable good ore is in sight in the mine and a few thousand dollars well expended would doubtless place the property on a large producing and good paying basis the formation is characteristic of nearly all of the silver lead mines of robinson district being similar to leadville colorado and bisbee arizona in that the ore occurs in blanket or horizontal contact veins in the alpha and rabbit block lime is the hanging wall with a hematite iron for the foot the pitch of the vein being about 22 degrees but where the ore makes the best the dip is nearly vertical for twenty or thirty feet the ledge then resumes its nearly horizontal position for forty or sixty feet when another vertical break occurs and so on ad fi natum always making the best and largest ore bodies in the breaks the ore invariably is a sand carbonate it runs very heavy in iron and carries but little silica some arsenic is present and also a small percentage of sulphur it is a splendid concentrating ore is self fl flexing fluxing axing and a most desirable product at the smelter the lower or alpha tunnel is easily accessible ces sible by wagon and all of the ore from the mine will be handled through this avenue 0 |