Deseret Evening News | 1910-04-09 | Page 6 | Survey of Bullfrog

I I Y 01 OF Issue h C en on DODOU 11 Anil 11 Ores Oron Or of ot A report on the th geology and the ore deposits deta of ot the Bullfrog mining district In Nye county luther Nevada Neada by F r rL FL FL L W V II U 1 Emmon sad and an O G OH GH H It irr hoa 1 just Jutt Ju been published by bytha bytha tha Stat geological survey urey as B bulletin tOT 07 The Th Tb district surveyed and mapped Is Ii Isa I II Iia a I trat tract of ot arid ard hilts hills ble and nad a mountains mountain ly IY lying ing northwest of the th AmargO desert and Including about abut 11 U square luar miles The principal town In an the district U ie which Is la 6 00 9 miles salt east eat of ot ami Ind about 8 SIS 35 mi of ot The other oilier towns ton are Uty anti anil II I Long ng before valuable ores or were re dis discovered dl di covered at and an the springs spring In OasIs Oa valley aley Just jua north of ot ottlo the site cite ele of ot Realty attracted a few tew wanderers who established rule rude ranch Mh along Amargo Amar river a H fee te ee ble be hi till rill rl that furnishes furl ee the only olly drink drinkable able abla abl water within a I radius of nt o 40 miles mi mu The at and Gold field stimulated prospecting through throughout out southern Nevada and In 1901 the Bullfrog claim was waa WI located loate The Te Ph namo neme Is said Mid to have hA been suggested by the tha green IHn color 00 of ot the th ore or certainly no out otis his has h fount found In that arid irid ard re region r r gion glon anything resembling a I bullfrog In a few Cw months month the towns town of nl gosa 10 go Pity City Cl Bratty BAty antI and lyl Ie t rooe r roe from tIle desert ant and an mining was Wt actively begun but until IM lt only the richest ore was ship hip Tied ped p from tm the th region toe for to lack ot of sell t means meana of tI transportation In 1307 three lines linen 11 of 01 railroad reached the district Ind and nd during that year yer the tho th value of t Ita its mineral minerai output was 37 1 principally In gold and silver J The deposits deW of o the district dind unlike those these th at It ire are al not Mt likely to yield quick Iulo and urge large profits with a i am moderate m e Ie outlay of ot capital though small mal miss mA of o superficial ore may for fr some me time tm reward a few fortunate leases le The ores or generally lenel ar IN are of ot low mw grade 1 and the th question whether the deeper sulphide ores 0 ore can cn be b mined Is I still lUl unanswered The report rl just Juet published sketches sketch the general geology of the region ansi ami the Ih ore nr deposits deposit ro In detail Chapters on the mineralogy of 01 th the ore we tin Ih It of nf solutions solution and nod the genesis 11 of o the th ores or will wi be b of ut Interest to In mining mon men menTh mn Th rh report which covers lie 11 paired In lutes lules descriptions of ot th tI the mines In th Ih and nd Is ii I illustrated by b a it I map mil and Ind many mon views v and d K i m 1 It I can an be b obtained without i Marge y r it at Washington from roin the tI director of ot the lh sur