Show M INES AND E ININ G EDITED DI BY ZV F. F W. W RED BUTTE CAMP CA IP I NO BIDS FOR FAMEI FAME to District Discovered by Salt Sal Lakers Lakel's Is Formally Organized A BIG SHOWINGS UNCOVERED Ores Producing F Four ou I Metals Are Found But Copper Predominates t The KeU Butte Butto Mining district In J humboldt count county Nevada in which the discoveries were made b by Salt Sall Lakers has just been formally organized with F. F J. J Morin as district recorder Taking Bonita Springs Spring as the center the confines of ot the district are described as being eight miles north six miles east six miles south and und four foul miles west vest of ot that point S 'S Is 46 miles north of or Humboldt on the thc Southern Pacific railroad and is reached b by stage from that town It is within 1 14 1 4 miles of or orthe the line of ot the Vestern Western Pacific railroad rail ral- ro road rond now being built I Ore was first discovered in the new i district by b A. A D. D Ramel and Walter alter I of Salt Lake City on Jul July 1 1907 although good values alues had been found b by them as earl early as May a of that year ear Since that time many remarkable showings have been un un- un- un covered Tho The predominating ore is copper but gold sliver silver and lead have ha been found in paying quantities Ramel Ram Rain el and have ere unco uncovered l high grade or ore of gold silver and copper cop per values in different places and have hay developed their theil finds sufficiently to establish p permanency Great Copper ShowIng In their Copper Queen group a tun tunnel tun nd nel has been run at a depth of oC 25 5 feet from flom the surface penetrating the I vein diagonally and opening the foo foot foot- oo wall a distance of ot 14 feet The fir first six Ix feet teet consists con of ot an iron Jasper carrying carrying car car- copper in the form of sulphides cuprite black oxide and native coW cop per The native copper occurs in the tile fractures In astonishing quantities Tho other othel six feet is iron hon quartz genS gen gen- S S f orally known as ns gossan with copper coppe forming in the nature of oC I v anti occasionally black oxIdes oxide some o ot of it running as high us as 60 50 per cent copS cop- cop S per por The width of the thc vein ein is not known n as Hj it will wm take lake cutting cross-cutting to ascertain the location of the hanging wall vall A 0 contract has been let Jet to to drive drive- the tunnel feet further Gold also has made Its appearance in the camp Ramel and having opened a ledge a distance of feet leet on the tho surface by cuts tr trenches and halts and end gold is Is obtained ob ob- tho the entire distance by panning S The average gold values alues In the tho pa payS pay S streak are arc from SI SUi 15 5 to 20 20 a n. ton but the merit of tho ledge lies In the fact that lead an and black metallic copper occur in rather larger larser quantities throughout the entire width of the led ledge go which although refractory gives free gold old to the pan Assay re returns returns returns re- re turns also show silver values up to ounces to the ton The deepest haft sunk to the depth or of 25 feet shows the vein to be permanent permanent per per- manent with values evenly Fun Fully 25 5 tons of shipping shipping- ore have been saved saed In tho process of sinking Ramel and will sink the thc shaft shaH to a depth of 50 or GO CO feet before beCore drifting on the tho vein Bi Hig rc-dg- rc Runs Huns HI h. h T Two To o miles west Nick Gomes has hasS opened a ledge of immense size from S which assay returns have given as high li hIg as 46 16 per cent copper with gold and silver Holcomb an and Anderson Anderson Ander Ander- son Eon have exposed two and one-half one feet of or or ore which averages 45 per cent copper the thc full fun width Adjoining them theta themon themon on oIl the northwest George A. A Childers has a group roup of claims in which copper has been found outcropping in 16 places I Ono One milo mile south fouth of Ramel and aid gold ledge Clay and Coveney Coveney Coveney Cove- Cove ney have three parallel veins averagIng averaging ing about three feet in width assay returns giving from 10 10 to 15 In gol gold In free tree form torm 15 to 20 per cent COpper copper copper cop COp- per 20 O to 30 ounces in silver and 4 per cent lead I i I ICharles Charles diaries lUll Hill of or Oakland Cal is Inthe In n UtO the tho camp acquiring property and lc Ie predicts a 0 great future for the district districtS S A. A P. P and F. F W. W Gardiner of Salt Lake who are Interested In S Hamel Parnel arid and copper claims have c just made their first Inspection of ot the tho property and they arc are highly gratified at the outlook About 25 men arc In tho the camp at ot atthe tho the present time and several prominent prominent nent Utah mining men are arc expected to arrive soon to ma make c examinations examination The deposits of or copper uncovered areso are arc areso so promising that several capitalists I are aro considering the building of or fa a I smelter near 1101 by S |