Show GOVERNMENT EXPERT r i ON LEE EE DISTRICT ir t I Tells of Immense Veins Averaging AverI Aver Aver- I High High-Gr in Free aging High Grade t G Gold 0 Id o- o ij r IMPROVE FAST AT DEPTH s. s r. r I I r Sa Says Sais s Mining Not H to toJ J I Get Values at nt Jc Less Than f. f j j Seven Seen Feet a S 0 I k Samuel Aughey of ot tho I Sl S Institution the United StItes Ites States geological survey vey and amI the th Univ University Uni Uni- v e of oC Nebraska has just finished n a tour tour o of the southern Nevada a mining districts In n his report upon the nc new newL j L Lo Leo o district In which man many Utah people peo peo- pIe are arc Interested Professor ProfeSor Aughey Aughe I Sll R The Thc Lee ec district Is characterized i by a Immense nse be bed of or quartzite trending trend trend- i t Jn lug ing from north to south for tor m tely five twenty and fr from m on one me S. S to two two In lii breadth The C color IOl ranges from light gray gln and brown lIi to black In consistency It r rafi ranges es from sugary sugar to compact 4 Bands of light brown and yellowish yellow yellow- ish lab sandstone occur In Inho l tho ho io bolt running running run run- ning parallel to it Il In this belt occurs th the gol gold bearing quartz In two series One series has a north an and south Routh trend and arid tho the second series cro crosses es the fist first at angles forming cross eroS veins So Su far as I have been able to observe ob oh- serve the gol gold bearing bearing quartz quart veins range In width from Crom four to four fifty re fet t with small cross veins from ten to two and three feet reet Tho Those o orl rl running parallel with the belt dip at atan an- an ari angle an lo Into the country y rock rook The Tile t t cr cross ss veins dip at various tingles angles and lI those observed were nearl nearly vertical J oJ Most of oC the mines in this district 5 show nothing at the surface The rhe Sunnyside showed not a a. trace until thirty five feet was reached Here thirty six inches across averaged av 0 CO GO COIn In to tho the ton It Is folly to ex ex- ex 1 t tp find values at tho the surface an and mining men need not expect to get m until depths of ot from seven to fifteen feet are reached I As gold does docs not readily eu lly leach like 1 copper this peculiarity may have haver r r. r b been n cause caused b by the hot alkali waters I. I L' L dropping their gold old and sliver silver solutions X lions before beCore coming near the surface High Grade In iii Free Gold W I UThe averages s high grade gold goM Ip I In t the mil mine of or tho the Inyo Gold which com com- m m. m little more than traces I n a foot toot shaft opened Into alu val val- u lIoi going over o to th the ton lon South Burro lull hill In the shaft t of or the Lee I Echo cho mine the ore that commenced commence t with Vitti anI only a a. trace Increased at f. f f senty feet Ceet the values were P jr ton 4 On this this hill bill e cr every opening of or depth tl high grade ore oro Here I saw MW 1 r ll Li In which gold was plainly bio blo l to th the thO naked eye ec In fact tho the f I reason that this district was so gO lon long longi i r overlooked o Is that the surface showed i n no traces while It was not until the 0 shaHs shafts were sunk that the value alne of tWo the property was discovered There There- ft ai are arc live shafts on the Burro that no nowhere nowhere nowhere no- no where show ho holc lc less than 7 16 tl tOthie the ton c From two shafts shaHs Chipping ore Is obi ob ob- ob- ob i One On nine-inch nine streak gives values of or from flom to 9 An aver averige av- av V er cr ge in lit another across s fl four fifty t-Cour t A Inches gives lJ f. f The Sutter group south of oC Sunny Sun- Sun f.- f. ny has lias veins from five live tp to thirty thirty- live feet In width Some Seine of ot th these se veins gEve e values of In gold Through this section I failed to find veins t which properly opened and worked I failed falle to give I e some return for Cor the Investment |