Show I Edited Edited 1 Mines and Mining F F. BY nW W. W 1 Sprague I J si VER i ISLAND IS S I r. r SCENE Of ll STRIKE Salt Lakers Start Taking Ore WOre From Wonderful Surface Showing I Laden den with specimens of or high grade silver er load Joad and copper ore ore somo ori of or i which weigh an as high ligh as pounds I.E. I.E. I. I E. E Pratt and M. M E. E King arrived here yesterday Y from Sliver Silver Island district In 1111 the western part of county count where the they report ore discoveries ellos of oC an un I almost startling character tho thu closing of a mining deal laI that lint Involves tho payment pay pay- ment nent o of within IS months and I tho starting of mining operations of a olen IH pretentious character The Tlc net result these upI now new of these thelle events e according to Silver l Island islani operators in is that a gang I of men IH is already at nt work In oro ore anti and 10 another gang nh C will ihl ho he put to work worl withIn with with- tin In In a week with tho the practical that that Uial re regular ulal carlond shipments of oC rich liver Filver ores will ue begin ln to leave the ground within n R. month Concerning tho the oro ore discoveries isco Mr 11 Pratt said Pl While examining property on tho the south and of tho the Island Inland belonging to David Morrison 1 and ns associates associate we tinI un- un adjoining ground surface f J I I on nn ore uro showings showing M that Hint surpass anything I 1 i LIt Literally for foi I have over tI Men en lit thousand f t on a n claim wo named la In the the Emancipator wo traced a ii quartz vein that shows remarkable sll sll- lend vor-lend The which follows tho the backbone of a n steep ridge I rfd o in u a northerly norther and southerly tilI dl- dl I show silver chlorides bromides bro bro- and sulphides almost t Cut h t At one point this remarkable quartz quart fissure ascends n II cliff vertically for nearl nearly a hundred foot showing a full faco face of ot ore practically all nil the tho way up From tho the top tOj of oC the tho cliff tho the vein eln con- con with rich surface showings for forn n aboUt hout sOO 00 toot foot sou south th where I it t descends IN the cliff clift and shows the same remark remark- blo face faco of oC quartz aud aitU oro ore nil all the way Y down Here nature has literally blocked out for Cor us a fortune fortuno In values that can bo be realized d In the simplest t and easiest manner mannel imaginable A front from lom the outcrop showed a total value of 50 60 O a ton and aRsa assays s 's from tho the north t was en entering entering en- en tunnel which a a. few days ag ago tho the ore oro shoot 1 l distance of IS 18 feet from the thc portal showed an average average aver aver- of or better letter age value for tor the grade high than a n ton In the face of oC the tunnel a few V days s 's ago ngo the quartz body measured 18 IS inches across and high grade was being sacked every cry Ulft On the Desert View claim adjoin lug ing wo we havo have made n a still sun more mora re rein remarkable remarkable re- re in discovery Led by masses of rich float tons tonu of ot which lie scattered over tho the ground wo found round tho the source n a great mineral bearing lode lodo in the lime which shows a n of oC at least four our and a half hat feet teet on the surface Itis It ItIs Is Is tho quartz fissures that are found at sit the apex of ot the tho hl high h rides having a lime and quartz Quart filling mUng a ribbed structure an arid and outcropping at a a. point far lower down than any discovery disco liscow- ery cry heretofore made on the Island belag be being be- be lag ing In the bottom of or a a. deep canyon Here tho the formation has been scored down for hundreds of oC foot feet proving pro that i the veins are not more mere surface gashes I hut but that they persist to great del depths hs L In the vein filling the ore occurs In Intile tile tle lime as well as In itt the quartz and 1 of the ore bo bodies les that v contains may bo guessed from the tile fact that near the point of oC the die die- co cor covery r individual boulders boulders- of galena Salena I and bromides wore cast east off oct weighing as nil high h ns as pounds and j 1 showing average verago values alues of or 94 9 4 a a. ton At Work Vork on 00 Surface Ore Or A group of five five- claims covering the Emancipator and Desert View veins was located h by 1 Pratt King Morrison and Smith Tunnels have been started at nt both ends of tho the cliff cutt de described de- de scribed h by Mr 11 Pratt and men wI will he be put to work on the Desert View lode within a week Adjoining this group on the north and rind east King and Pratt have leased and bonded u tt l group of oC 10 ID claims from Morrison 1 Goodall Marks and Work ork from which a profit of nc nearly arl was netted In three carloads shipped last December Ore are of oC hl high h grade rade character has been exposed In a score of places along the tho vein s system on this group and after aft aft- af- af er or a thorough examination tho the lessees ore are ac confident that thero there are blocks out and remaining in the surface workings on this part of or the gro ground thou thousands ands of oC dollars worth of or oreA oreA oreA ore A force forc of oC men will be put to work worl In the lower tunnel on the tho vein within a week This tunnel yv i vilt give from to feet of or sloping ground below the tho old oM surface workings Altogether the plans of oC Pratt Prat and King and associates asko- asko asso aso- dates clates embrace extensive mining operations opera opera- tione tons and promise a notable shipping record for or the now district which lies les 1 IB it f miles mies northerly from t the te town of Wendover on tho the Western Pacific rali rail rail- ral- ral road i |