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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

PRIMARY NAME: ARIZONA SILVER QUEEN MNG. CO.

ALTERNATE NAMES: HAVELENA GROUP LONE JESSIE

PINAL COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 212E

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 3 S RANGE 11 E SECTION 20 QUARTER C LATITUDE: N 33DEG 09MIN 22SEC LONGITUDE: W IIIDEG 14MIN 28SEC TOPO MAP NAME: MINERAL MTN - 7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: EXP PROSPECT

COMMODITY: GOLD SILVER COPPER LEAD

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ADMMR ARIZONA SILVER QUEEN MINING CO. FILE ADMMR FILES - ADOT HIWAY MAP - PINAL CO. 1949

P. 3 SEE: ADMMR OKLAHOMA GROUP FILE (SILVER BAR

MINE REPORT, P. 11)

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ARIZON~ S'ILVER ; ,\Uji~! .l~IJ\Il~G COJ!t.J\lrl i S ,PROPER'r..!.

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MIlfE~_l\I,J1' 14Ilt~liq DISTRICT ,PINAL, QO,ARIZONA.

This property ie one of the greatest and most ellormoua ledges of

rnin"J.'~l known to the minine World.The ZOnlJB of foldine in strata, lies

along' certain linea of we.1kneas of the cruat~The relief of pressure

caulJed by the giving way of the atra~a; . in the folded region has cuuoed

a migration of the suppressed molten rock beneath the crudt to this zone.

Erupt iona and intl'uaiona accompani ed b~r futher diatUl'oancea,f ollow ,3,nd

tllu f:l lal'ge fiaSU~f3 are i'o'r Y"J1ad by the influence of igneous rocki,and the

latter themselve ontain dis'$sm.inated minerals '.ihich t~1ey sUl)ply to the

ci:rculajdng \Vate a,anlt various Idndu of are dar)osits result.'l'here are

many fissure 1IIeina,\"Ih10h al"eaill'iferouo,'ll1d some of them cutt other:J to

right Wlglea. They go fl·Oi'l ten to thirty dollars in silver an~ ~ead 8.nd

from three to ten per-cent in c0l1pcr. ~).l1d the veinll ;~J.·e fror1 18 ~nches to

seven feet wid.e.The work cOi.1l3ists of three one hundred foot sllafts,and

others fifty feet deep. There is s fino spring llear the house and plenty

of wood,

Thel' . is plenty of ore on all the claims .Sev8ral carloads have been

shipped from this mine. The large fi ssurel3 and tholllDughly soamed roel:

wh~ch I find on this prOiHJrty al·e vel7 favorable to ore. because t i w sol ...

ut ions nl'C checked Rnd held in such n. V1'1.ty thut soc,no fitted fol.' the vlork ..

ing of the l"e actioll\v ' wllich lead to the preCil)itation of ol'es.of vlhlhch 1

find plenty ;1,11 over thi s property. There is some pyri te 04 irom,'which con­

tains some gold.I would call this an iroi:l-l)earinc fo:t rllation,wluch io asooc

iated with a series of cOl'lGlor:lerutes. quartzi tea and porp11lt.i ti a: structure.

In auch a formation as I find On this pl'Opel'ty may be caaaiterite;howevel'

I find plenty of silver ,lead.copper fl,nd some gold.

This pro:perty i13 ~' miles ~or~ of tile q~JU'.It is in tho

samc uinel'al belt as RaJ' and Supel'lor.There are many mines near this

property ,all working.

However when we consider the WOl'l'r; ji'eut minine regiona,v!e obseJ .• vc

tl1[" t it is L1dee~ -the older strata \'/11ic11 c,lrry tli.0 ores'.Trle olcler ;eocles

have had lUOrQ time than the youn~er ooell .Q.nd mOj,"e oPl)Ortlmi ty to beool'le

.t}~c S6:l.t of ore depo13itioll.~1hey llave rtloo 1)0 -:m in r:lOl3t cases dee l)ly buried

b4 tho younger strata IUld so brought under such physical condltlono of

heat and pressure as arc condu~ti va to ore concentration. Under thooe can ...

ditianD they have l)cen pierced by int:rusivo rocks and subject cdt to all

the dccompanying pl~ocessen of alteration an,i concentration. '

Ueta-1lif crous veins See!:l to have been formed at cvel'Y peri od Qf the

\'/orld':3 h istory. They arc the i'esul t o:f cOl1centrati ()n by ugenc ie.· w11J ~h

h~.ve been active since the earliest ages down to the prezent day.The ace

o~ veins D,S actunllt proven v,'.ll'ies consid.el"ably,ranging from the Al'chnan

tnr ~Jt\[;h the Palsozor i '.1 .Ues 0201 c a.nd Tertiary.

I aeo this pr opert:/ i"8 all \Dery easy to work, r/ood' and V/UtC l ' are con­

veid ell~. The vcina are olose toc;ether, [;).n(l <.:tre 1"I1.'1.n:,', Ilnd have not oeell dcot~ro

l'oyedr, oy cl"'o(3ion.In such u fo:c{aation I find fl, cowJiderahle percentaGo of

iron.1'hi6 combines with sulphur contl;t.ined .in organic matter to fo1' :.1 sul­

~hide of iron-pyrite.Pyrite has been shown 1)y e:':perimellt to be active

111 causing other minerala ,especially GOld to precipitate.

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Th.;i llroJl(~ l'ty consist:3 of eleven mininc clnims,lIavelena Hos.l,2, 3,4, [lnd f1 ye. • Lone Jessie Nos.l,2.3,4,5,Dnd 6.

The first clf.),irn. visi ted WH.a Havelena Ho.2., eomprifJod of twa 100 ft. shafts v:here tv,omla~eveillo Ll)out 6 ft ,,'lice. the iJouthl: nstol'ly fUll! Horth \'1~~ ) tDrly vein CU'\it11:g ~'he northcp.uterlynncl BOlltli\"/.:lDterlv \1e111. The oecond clr.im vi~:i ted Vifl, (3 lIe-velcr.::, Ho.l, C on.r;:LotJng of ,' . 150ft. tUllilel (,1,nd 50 ft. shaft \'torldnc s, 1Jcinc on tl-.!.c ;J UlrtLc E."EJt.lfo);'tlw:estl';rly . tht tha t (;f Y;L.ich H 100 ft.shaft ir.; SU!:l1~ on IIuv (' len <.: ;. i :· 0~2.

The third lllD.co yifJited '·i,:.:8oEc:welm~ i;~ l lo.3 ~ ':. ten foot l: olc th·.tL ex ... hibited SO!11e llj)eh grade coppel" on the canto, ct,Stl"'ike of vein io north u1cl south with 8. variation of about f~l degreeo of north, <.1ioc10(.31n2; u vein of f\,bout four to six feet in vridth.

'::,'ho fou~ ... th 111c.c8 yi f'.i ted uonsiElted of 0. sLo.ft of about 100 ft. depth r:'l1ifJ wW.ft \V[:d3 also f)unl~ on the 8.\1.0_11(1 li .n.veir: fror 1 a 'Lout ~ O(j ft.no:btll

V (: ir~. ~2 incheo in width on the nouth cxtonr.:I.o11 of tl1 C Okln.l10r.! s Cr (;\\1) .1'l1i t J::.i:; c:l r.. irr. clir. clo oed 2.n op en cut wi tli. ~ ·!.tol1t :l"iftec~: f oot f l;"..CC .Fu:t"H:J f:cne

1 finr. uuch grMoc1iol'i te all 0\7(' 1" thiu pi ... operty.The Gcries ha D ueen

vc L~;:; run into ce .. cll ot.hl'll".'l'l18 v(,in ':i :u.e L 1 ~~·c ! cr, ·.1. i '., Lh o : ni:i. c l jl')r: :J.tLc

1\;. t 0 f~.l' f)'()ln the dior ito :.30 thn. t t.L e; iildn 8r [~1. j Za t i (In i f1 e"}:t 0118 tVA. CUdl II

t: ,-lL:; tj :~ctiGi1 if) ir,11)or-tu.nt,for thi: rEH~OGn t1 J~ ··.t in the CO,De tLc (l rf~ \'::1.11.

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'.llhe comYJonp.r q~t:>.l;'i (;c(''':~' i "'. i ."n 00l ~::: ::'0<;"::' in t11.n O[U;lC fOI'lil t l::·; t the,J'" do in the or e dopoD it s, in tl1C "orr l

, of Gulph i cles Ul(l o: : L~cf:i. ~'llis L:l .. :J 1Jeen 'pl'oven in the ' CD.se of iron pyrii:e. r2he ii.:c'.cn ctic Dull'hlde (;f i1'on (pyr:"~}lOti'te),the liW.enetic oxi(le of irOl1(Llo.gnetite)the magnetlc o:: ide of iron \dth titanium ilmenite or titanic iron,the o:::1(le of iron ~ ·;.nd chl"'imiura( chromi t(l) , etc.

In the di,~.b[\.sic ' 1"ocks of thir: property thert: [~re IJmnll [).'n.ii ~ s of PYl'ite,l1yrrl:otite,[u1c1 i1nenite in creut ~~.bullcln.nce ·:tJwhich occur v.ritLin th9 sUGite 1."1.n0. fe1dcpar of the roclcsin : .~ucl~ (~. \'Ii. .... y i.·,C to prove tJ.l[~. t the. '!,iCt~ ll111c Idnero.ls a:ce of primo..ry oricin,th[;L io tLcy have been crYfJtC'.;.lli:::c:d Llut of tlw coolinG !:tOlt(~lL roc1:,~·'.ud l -'.i",ve not l'een intl'Oc1UCCt'. :J'LfllrJ(;(lt!ent to ito conoolidation,c.1J1d indeed "Jere tLc firut of the roct fOl'!:11V.: "li"rh:l' 0,10 to lJolidify.The 1)L~f;!icl'Ocl~ it..3elf t~_Q f..l bC0.!l Lj:D1it u1i by U(;t,;l'82,nticJl1 U

cd i tu ciJoent iul mincr'uls ::';0 tl!'J.t sor.lC l,ortl c.m:J e.t1t&.in .... ail1ee-r,l'e : ·h-.o s t e~lt irely of felcl OPf'.l~. \,;11i10 othel' port i on[j contv.in lUl'be r:~dounto Gf Ilyroxene ,nmldnc: n, gabbro. It io 1,)l[dn that thl'} lilD.cncti te which fOl'!'lf.i tL.c or~s hEw been segrl":gated lik(~ the i'elc10r,;.ll· <.',n,l p~rj.'ui:cDe.wliile tIw roele was in n partially. li-.olt~~l ot;;dH~,::J.ld it i.:; l)OiJt.ill~lf~ thnt the hiCh fjpecif-1c gravity of the iron nlH .. y have been influentir:J. in brincinc ['.l)out t}:_is rel'mlt.

Chromite io frequently found in tin~r c:c:,onulG in ie-ncon::: l'od~l3t o:->.nd !'llay be GO "l'und;m.t h1 certv.in - p~'r1~s t~l,:-. t It forn:] nO:C'G.I-t:. .i1:l_y cvcn fOl'! :l Bolid i1lc,I.SSen,nJ ... Y,'r:U::'1S out hl1e ot'l(H' -L'o:")~l~-f'()r -'li"lS iiliilcr:).la.:.l[l.ny of t~1.fl lCllOvm chrome ore .. veino hUVG ')0011 ~1(11..:l to -;) elon :~ to thi n cL'.on.

'rho :celisfdu::L1 ;3ilL~iot\t) s6111ti.~:1~ i.:wtead o~:' fOrl~lii1[~ c1efLlite Veh1J, !·~~.D -P011otrated · t~~e l"oel·~ Vii t11 ,~11ic~1 t:l0 co01.:tJlC i. .': .. ~ 11()011 !3 ::H1,O:"'l tn li1 C011t. : -,.~ t :1_llG t~H:ro hns <1opofJl t.Ad t1Hd~r nC',}.·' d ~()l'tt()n!:l, 'l[lll~)."!.l\r by rojtJl;'. CO;1,.~l':it. u~ t:l<~ ol"iginnl rock.;.'.~i.eil the l~ef]u1.t i:::lC; 1'0 c~: cO:1tnl11[l ort1s, it is c~1.]J.e(l D.

C011t r1 Ct -· letrl '· lo· ... ·,)1,lic vrd,'I (),,, - ,~~.1 ., .... · ... ·'t ... ~ ·· ., ·1"()·l'·,'~~tl' 0 '·1 I fin/~ 0" t 1-1 o ·,-· ro-·) ... · .. "I\~ ~ ," , . \,..... . .l J.. -. • ~ , - • ~ • • 1. 'trJ ... ,-, • u .,\. I.';' • _ . ., .. .. .....l......J. U J.,J ..:. \ .~.l vl

I frequently fin(l r [;I.l.'G r,1ineru.ls ;:;',1..::11 ; .... u l)Y:i.'O-w~tl'i.\)al, t.he tninn:::'a1 l)llolJ)hn.te of lec\.d,occt1rin~ .i.n lwi:..:;llt Cl'eci1 wlll1n'Q':u hcx:;l,coni.l.l c;i7:::iL:1.l u.Hd lllLwses. The name D.llndes to tllc cry stall inc form wIll ell thc slobule asstneo in cooling.

~'h i3 fJ1'O) e:..'ty il:; Yery ir'11) Qj'ltn.n t. Tlwl' (; 10 :pl,mt~· of mineral; I.'!O()U :'..11 ~i.:Llcl 'uater al'e eO:1vonieat,'l\ll.C lJ::"O)c.:t../ i:1 five .~:jl:::~ f :L'Oi.1 th .:; .l·1.1to ::lwitclL(m t}w SCl.nto. 110 R:·dll'O:.:..J,Ll '(i~1'~; 'line:..' :,,',; . ~~i'l'i:Jtt.'i,-;t.I t:H.l,) ::\' ... 41'; 11 0 :c",;:"ulic lli.:.·~t(n~ial.aul it cemt;;ins ~r'll:.:)LuJ ~ ;I.rd l:,~' ~h)C O :illJ\)Dt.l.~LJ11 L1L; :'J ul ~)~lur be cO-.~t"! ~ Dulp ~lllrc·~t:;d .i.lJ"cll' US~~l",JiJ.C!J. tid ;"J ~l.l.l).iltt:l~e tto"t :l~' d:co..:.;en CV:.1GS ii1tO contact vrith soluble :J~~ltJ oTl.ilc l,i.ct u. ls,:lt COi:lbL1CD '.'liUi tli.C!il and precipita.tes t:lC salts us EJu1~)~ ·lidcs.:;?cJJ.' e:~:.~.:1I11)le,:J. Gol ;,~ti lu ();LC17Ll"::; COj)l)cr a.ud i:.. .. onc;i.lo :l·idoo '~-uJt11(1 ',)0 ):ccni)i to..teJ l)y sul)hurett.ed ~_~'dl'(;~ei1 d,B chalco~~\Jl.'i:c.:..L ~·.:ii1e:i.'D.l vc)~1t ; dni.:'1~ 3·1.5 ·iW.L' cenL uf !;letallic cOl)l,Jej,·.\~-l lcn'e a 11 tt:'!llH!j," of' 'o';lotali3 are at:;:lcl\:(J,j -:.)~' lJu:cfuce \'l;-),te.L',t:nc l'cJllltlJ

of ~llC L' difT el.'cne os Ll jJ01~11)11i ty i,j t~k fOl".·.l<l. t ion of roue:;h laLHYl'; \l

i)d:!..to.'lllle ;il: follow t~l C GH::f<;"'.cc ill Ctlllcl.'al ;lil,l e;.l.l~h in ~!lL:~raGte'.l.'L.ld ~)~ .- do p:I'e:;;.,o:t1dcl'uuoe oT Ct;l'tUi!l ':'loi;als 0:: . ', ln817alu .1'(H' eX~~j;ll)le Il~l depoDi tiJ ,~oiltalnL1G lead ,md :.lllver,:'ho cl'fccL o~' dC:Jcending watel's 1118.j 'be La, :::;e'pd..r~'~te the L1etuls into zones, tllC le[\ \.l lJilvo:..' bcL10 above, COlh) (;J:' [1.lid

~uLl te10\'l this is lil~tby :Lnes thc casc :it1 this l~i~d of CI. fOrl~l[tti()n.'ilhe O:.c8w \':i11 1) e bet tel' at a deptl'l on tlli u nine, thc f ;',ct that these ve i:'w i) .. :CQ fissure -veil1o, :.:>.nd , ~scollding \'!~.~tel' ol'e-depositd ChFUlGt~ i!1 c.lept:L1.

1'1lii3 prop8~ .. ty 11,10 il. safo indo:': 0 ;' ,H)CC~'hlin~: CUl'l', __ ")uto. the C"":_';'; i~j 1.~!ll)ll~'.;J i:~cu i ; f ullled G ti.' :J.t,l. i.' (; 1' 1;:1'-; U}T\'!;~:I'. i tDj:L1 in : sol:tt .tG:lW W ill h.~ '~"''-l..:l:H.!(lC:l c~til~fl:/ tu L:l(~ to.O;-: of th e, ;··J.1ti::.:lines,;~,nd thcl'2 lm,vG ttl.l\.ell

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1.;:; i)l e~ !ti': '~1.1 :).1 ,t:i.l a J:)~·ol)\;:l.'L~: ,':,l: c; ~·:)_\::t tL .. _,.t -i:,liC 01' 8 -uoJ.~r .Ilau fQJ.'mcu in the )"0 of .Ifhe atU'ii'el'OUB qi,l<ll't::: \'ms d.cpolJited by asccn~i;1 :" t ,--·· , ~. ~': ' t.~lh'proveEj tll:l t tl:( ... 11 "uo ;';1U(' ~. () .• ,~ c' a (1 . 1.11. .

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1'io:.ru:"; YG.;.ilS filled llY D-:J(!cnJin ' : Dulutiul"L:; ,:. :.. • .; t.L o beot, .'H·j ',iidle <.~ l~G1 J U i.Jit 1,y :,.OCcil,tinc ':n'.t-eroJ L3 lil~el;f to I.n . .tl~h , i()~·t.) doo::.nle ~1.tl1d ,'.11-: :"'\;bLl.L:u~ ;~ll ii:L.llc,-·,.tions ~)rove t:'l(") ;"j(; :tio::, u::."os Ylill l~ cco,:le stJ.'O:l[:; 8:1.' . ~ t r~ dcpth,ov/inc; to c1l0!aic~ .~1 oj'f1nitiGs.r..i~ho L .'..Ct ,)f ho-:.vinf Oi1;111 :-:'1' .f/ 'l' l.Jii(:;.L·

tiGI;) of 801'.ltio!1 ;:~lld ucposltio:1, etc.'.i'hcre ().1~~ alJL~, (jclo.tions !".lore 0 :'.'

1eOZl m.ar~wd bet\'leen ·:liffm .... ent;:lii10·1.'L'.lfoj i i1 o:cc .. deposit <1nd tlii3 .HJ:.jOC­iation 0',lC8 lnde:cstood jilny 1)0 of prueti c[:.1 aJv:wt<l!,;;o to the m.iner.

Lead and Bilvvr.c ::lre clo13clJ a:J30ciCl-ted,mo::Jt sil-.,e1' is G))t : irlt~~d f:co!1l ul'gentifel'o'Ul3 2ale~la. ,~jlll .moiJt:;:'.1211n. cO~1to.ii1n 0. Grea.ter O:J,'" Br:lalle:c :' .. 'dcunt of siblvel' ,Which in t.he caGe hCl'C.'rL1 [)11(1 li thar£;G arc also liable to '~be found hero 011 this propd'ty- .l.i t~J.:Lr2:(; ;woe~1.rs 1:.1 the for~',l of soft flukes 01' Eleu1 .. tl'ansparent slliiLii1 ;'; plat(;~,]oYlevol' tho pl"in(~i :£Jlel3 alaf geolocy liln,y be pl':J.ctically a~·,pllcd to ocana de N1Y!.l,lltnJo i:1 i'ind­i:(1g and exploitil1g of o~e-boJies.'j'..tt in IlOCCCl3na:cy first of all to h p,ve JO:i1C ideas of whut ore r)oclics :1re : ~,nd }i()\': t~lc:r ll: vo ;je ,-;i.l fO:r' :·:leu.'l'he sttil:1~' of the process of ore dcpoui tion ~HI. : . j 1C,i1;:; ~X~(,ll in : .~ otane of 810\;

C1"'owth.Within the past t'aenty yeal"s howcvej.~,it hedJ 'been mOl'C r~wid and steaq,al1d the \/riter faels jur;;tified i'-l layinG: llOWTl cel ... tain 11l'iI1cip ... lea of the rjoot hel!,)ful ~1L,-tul~e in l"'eG£u'j to thin l'eport. It has benn L(,/ aim in this report now offel'ed to ::ly 1'e1.10·:1 citizens to :lElCel't8.in the the tl'U~ principles and 10'1O\""leC~1 '\f: ... ich in noccGssary to tho undel'sta!ld inG ,~.nd propel' eX[lloit~t~on of ore-d(~po ;:Jits, :- .1111. L1 :pl'epa;rin ... ~ · thL, l'(~J)()J.'t two lJoints llPcve ~)el3;;] l~el.)t Ll Vi2\'J.Si:!.'fJ7.,to 'w.kc ;:;tuteLlcnts ::.6 c1e::\,:c a s 1.")0::1811:>L:: consi d.(~1' In~~ tJ-~G teclmi co.l na tlll'e of the Dubj c ct, nncl seclbnd,to present the scientific fact:) us acclu~,.1.tely n.nd as flilll] Ul:;

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This property ie one of the greatest and most enormous ledges of min ... .t'tff.:J.. known to the mining World.The ZOnltB of f oldil?t= in strata, lies along certain lines of we<1knesa -of the crust. The rel~ef of pressure cauued _ by the giving way of the stl"aea-. in the folded region has cauned a migration of the suppressed molten rock beneath the cl"udt to this zone-'. Eruptions and intrusions accomp~ied b~7. f~ther distu~bal1ces,follow.and ., thus lar,c"e fiSBUfsB are i'o-rmed by the l.nrluence of J.gneous rocki,and t.L1.6 latter -themselve ontain dis'$eminated minel"als '.Ihich t~1ey sUl1ply to the circulating wate s,and various kinds of are deposits 1"'esult.1'here are many f1ssUl~e ve1ns t Y/hich are - aUl~ifel"OUS, 9_l1d some of them cutt othel"G to right angles.They go fl~om t:n to thirty d~llars. ~n sil:er. Wl,~ ~ea?- and from three to ten per-cent 1n copper, :'~.nd Llhe YeJ.n!J ;).l"'e frOl:1 13 ~nc.tles to seven feet wide.The work consists of three one hundred foot shafta,and ot11era fifty. feet deep.There is s fil1t:~ spring near the house i3..nd plenty of wood.

Ther is plenty of ore on all the claims .Several carloads have been shillped fl"'O~11 this mine. The large fi ssures _ and thoJloughly seamed ro~l: wh&c11 I find on this pro11erty al~e vel"Y favorable to ore ,because t.rlC sol­utions ~ll"C checked and held in such a way that sec'(ns fitted for the Vlork .. ing of the re a.ctiOll\V· which lead to the prCCil)itation of ores.of v/hmch 1 find plenty ~1,11 over this property.There is some pyrite 0' lrom,which con­tains some gold.I would call this an irO~1-1)earil1g fotmatian,which is aSGOc iated with a series of congloraerates,qual"tzitea and 1) o rphzZiticr.: structure. In Buch 3-. formation as I find On this propel"ty may be casaiterite;howevel. I find plenty of silver ,1ead.coPl)er and some gold.

This prOl)erty is f.g.lu.. miles ~orih of the qi13 l1iv..ar.lt is in the same uin61"al belt as Ray and Superl.or.There are many mines near this propert$ .all working.

However when -.. 'Ie consider the V/ol"l t n Sl'eat mininG regions, VIe obsel"vc th;:-,t it is indeed the older strata. which CtJ.l"l"Y the ores'. The older roclcs have had more time than the youn~er oJ}ea ,and more ODl)Ortuni ty to beoone .~l~e SS:1t of ore deposition. They h(tve l.tlo 0 be '::!l1 in nost cases - deeDly bur ied b~ tho younger strata. and so brought under such physical condi t:I.ono of ~laat and pressure as are conducti-v-e to ore concentration. Under theDe can .. dition~:; they l;.ave been pierced by intrusive rocKs and subjectcdt to all the tl,cCOmpanYlng pl~ocessen of alteration all(l concentration. '

Ua'talliferous veins seef:l to have been :formed at every period of the v!orld t s history. They are the ~'esu1 t of concentrati on by D.gencie.· whi ~h h~.ve ~een active since the earliest ages down to the prezent day.The ace 01 vel.US 8.S actu;:~Jl1t proven v.::u~ies considerably,ranging from the Arc}::'8an tllr~)'uSh the Palsozori(~ .Mesozoic and Tertiary.

I sec this propertJ i'B all iuery eaoy to 'Work. Vlood' and V!atel" are con­veid erlt. The veins are olose tocether, {).nd nrc n1.'l..n~l, and have not 'been dCDt:,ro l'oycdr, -oy erosion.In such 9.. form<:1.tion I find n. considerable percentaGe of iron. lllis co~nbil1es with sulphur cont~l.ined in organic mn,tter to form sul­phide of iron-pyrite.Pyrite has been shown "by experiment to be active

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Th~ prop(-:rty consists of eleven ll1ininc; claims,Hnvelena 1{os.1,2, 3,4,and five. • Lone Jessie Nos.l,2.3.4,5,and 6. The first clB,1m vis! ted VhH3 Havelena. :No.2. ,comprised of two 100 ft. shafts v:here tv,ornlal¥eyeillf;l [J~out 6 ft '-'lice, the ~outlJ.?(; .. sterl;Y [.1l1d Horth Hc2::5tcrly vein CU1it~l':g -:.he northoo..uterly (J.nd GontllYJeoterlv vein.

The Gecond cl~, irn. vi~:it€d W2.G Eaveler.L Ho.l,cons:Lotl.ng of ~- , 150ft. tUllllOl [1"nc1 50 ft. shaft \j'orkincs, 'beinc on tl':l.c 8outl::.ec_"St-lTorthY.?esterly, tl;.±. thti .. t of Y;hiel.!. [{. 100 it. shaft is SUEll~ on II2.'V'C'len[). iTo~2.

Tlle thix'd pls.cc vifJit.ed v ... (.\ .. sE2.velel~[~ Lo.3,~'. ten foot r;.olc tL.o,,'L ex­r~ibi ted SO!'1e hmeh grade COIlpel" on tl~c conto,ct, Stl~ ike of vein is north ,~,nd south. wi th 8 .. VCU"ifJ.tion of about f~l degreE!O of north, dioclooing u vein of 'rtbout four to six feet in width.

r:!,'he foui"'tli. pl[:,ce vi £; i t eel 'Consisted of a Sh2.ft of about 100 ft. depth r:'l.i.i:3 shRft \\lT~· S als 0 sunk on the S. W. 0.11('. Ii eD. vein fr O~·.l al..iout ~ oo ft. nottll

v (: ir: 22 incheo in width on the nouth exteucion of the Okl2.hoL::'s Group.::I.'lli

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The COTrl~JOnpr 1'1. et[1.1~i 0CC'1!~~" i~ " . i :- T1 COP::~ :::· oc: ~:~ · in thn Sru;1 C fO~('lli t l: .,·, t the.)·- .do in the are dcponits,in t1.i.c :: 'orI(l of s1.11pllides Lnc1 o: : i(~. es.~:his L:' D 1)een \;l"oven in the' case of iron 1)yrite.~2h8 l11.::~cn(;tic rn~l:phlc1e of il"on (pyr:t"}lotite) ,the lll..:~,gnetie olticle of irOl1( Llo.gnetite)the magnet:i.c o:::ido of iron \.~ith titanium ilmenite or titanic iron,the o::ic1e of iron ~-;.nd clil~imium( ehromi t(!) ,etc.

In the di,:.bo.sic rocks of thi[~ l)rOperty therf! [~re ~r!1all £:rai::~s of pyrite,l')yrrhotite,[.~nc1 il.!:lcllite in creat 2.bun0.D.l1Ce:jwhich occur \7itLir~ thj~ GuC ite t:.nd feldspar of the roclc8 in ~~ucL (~, 'V·n:.J C~8 to l')rove t11[Lt the. '! ~ ~ct~ 1111ic minerals al~e of prirno..ry oricin,tl.l.Lt ic they have 'been crystt:.lli;:;c; d (jut of the coolinG } ~lClteiL rocl:,~~~lJ.d L.("vc: not i.:'ccn intl'oduce (1. · ~Jul/f~(;(ll!ent to its consolidationte,l1dindce(~ were tLo firut of the rocl~ for !:tnr: Y'd rl t~r 2.18 to Dolidify. The lx:.sic l'ocl~ itself l-:.2.,D beci.J. rJpli t up by iJ(;br8[:;c~'!,ti(jn 0 uf o its e~oential m,incrCi,ls ~;o t:1at SODC T1ort.lorl8 ~_t1t8.~H".~»ee-:-' l'e : ' lL~o ;::,t c~ltirely of feleJspr-..r,y;llile other l')ortiol1D contuin lo.rbc i.:.:.llounts of Ilyroxene ,111P.kinc: C1 gabbro. It is 1::10.in that the m().cneti te 'which fOrLl~j tL.c or~s has been segregated like the felc1sDD.l" ['.n (l pyj.~o):ene) while the l'ock was in ('" partially 1~lo1te~i st~'H~.~: .. llc1 it is .1}oiJBil~l e that the hiCh specif­ic gl"avi ty of the iron mn.y have been influentieJ. in bI'inginc ' 0.f)OUt tLis reBult.

Chromi te i 8 frequently found in tiny c::cystctl':-i in ic'neon::: 1"0 clcs~ ~\nd l"llay be GO r,.c'undnl1t in cel'teJin' l1c-' :rts til.:-~t It fOl" DCJ nO:::·B.lt i:a~_y even fO!'d solid !llC;),sses,~~;)",·l.-:1t!1.S out the Ot.'1f:H' -L"':J0 ! ~-i'or "lins :;,liIlerals.:.Iany of t~1.~ }CllOW'!1 chrome ore-veino hv;,re 1)00n ~l(~1.j to -;)elon : ~ to thi B cl ~.\Dt1.

~rhe reefductl ;3i1.i ~~iou() ;36luti.~:lS i~1f3teo.d 0:·:' f'orl:1il1[~ c1efi::lite '\:,reh18, h~1.G penetrated : t:1.C roe1-: with ,\"I7hic~'l t:1C coo}.:!.n;: i. .'~ .':noous ~;l[1,G:] 1.8 L1 c ont. .~iJ~ t :'.111 t:l£:rc 1.1n,s dOli OfJi. t. ed th er~ . [ 1 (,.~., d ~oJ't i.()n~, 1'::;U J.~.lv by rc~l:· I,C('; ·:11.~:·1 t 0~ +'>J. n ;~I;"i rr-inrll roc'~ V1"'e ' l t 11e 1"e c"11tl"1("J' -"oe l .. cO,,,\+~ ·l ':1("' O""'~c:! · it i'" C·)]] ,,:\ ... r1 ~_ '.; ""- -6 ~ .; ... ':'la •• ,, ';'.i. ,~ • ., '. ',:J\.., :.:.;:;:. 1. ~'~ ~ -'-_ .... ,"'..1:.. hJ oJ. 1.,t:J, ,;) ~ •.• _l.:..~1. :.., conto,ct ···.1.et.9;·.lOl .. 11hic vein or 11~"l::e .8~ .:\'C: l ' "1 .. :2rn"'~(!;;.,tio · ; ~ I find 0::1 this r.jrOl~er~

I frequel1tly find l" ~;~l"e r.1inerals i-:.:ach ;'-'.:J PYi'o-l,;l.etj~ieal, the Htinn~'al l)Los~)hate of lecl..d.occt:trin,: _Ln l)l'i2:lit Cl"ecl1 and i)l"'O'.7l1 hcx~'.C(Jn ~~.l Cl'~T~3 t D_l und ra:::l,.sses.The nruue alludes to the crystalline form whicJl the Globule asstt~leo in cooling.

~'his pl'o::)e~'t:r is ·,.rery impol~tCLnt.Tl.i.el"8 is pJ.ent:·- of nline:ral;\'IO(}d :-:.11. ( l. i.'ld vm.ter are eonvcnie,(lt,T~l.c IJ:. ... O:i.h~ ~·t./ id f i"'!c .~·jl :::-: G frcEl tho .Alto . Switcll.O:!.'1 tl1C Se .. nto_ ];'0 R8.ilrQ~d. :t~1 'ii:.I. ,j ' ··linc~':..'~~ . ~:i ' l -'iDtr"i.(";t .. I 8lh; ::1-.lC;l.l. o j."~~ulic }·~:&.:;-j,tel"' ial.anJ it cont; ; ins :::hll:,)hu:! ' ~ ) .. n :1 G~r d.ecOml)O!::d . .j~i8n t~l i~~ L3 ul)~.I.u.r be CO·.:l8 ~ culp 11tJ,rc·tt ed lr:J ell" uS 3~: 1 • 'Ju,CJ.i t~li ;'J ~'::;1Jl~)ll'LD~ e t; t od :1.j" J.::C o~ en C(;:.les ii1to contact vlith soluble G~:.~lts Qf t.he lilet u.ls,:Lt coal)i ~1CG v: itJj, tL.clu n.nd precipitatest:1G stl,lts as SU1~) ~'lidos.1\oJ." e:~aL!ll')J.e,~J. ;;; ()l t~ti n:.1. C~J.:Cl'yi~1J c01.)l)o1" and i~"onc~llol"ides 'would be )Teci1.Ji to..ted 1)y sul)hurettGd ~-l~' d:cG~ea (LS ch(1Jlco~~)Yl'ite,a ~·:}ine:t:.'ul VO:1t~lini.n.:; 3 ~1.5 pel~ cent of }';letallic (,~Qi)Pel" • \Jl.l.er e a nU:"ll1:H!l" o~ ::10 tuls ax e at t :18ko.1 -:Jj" 8111"r a c 8 Vl(lt eJ." ,t:ne 1'8 ~ ll lt IJ O.L ~llci:." differences i:."1 sol~l)ili ty i ;,j t :18 for" ,1ation o'f rouc.::h mi:'.HY1': \ 1. 1)~~2..tG .. ~nle~i c~ follow t~l C: S1.E"fo.ce in GellCl' iU ~ t.nd c u.ch i[) clL~~raet(~ltl: ·, l>d ~\,: d, p~1'e~o~1clel"u.nae o:f certai::1 ':H:tals 0:" 'i Jnerals .1?o.c eX~),;j;lpl~» i~l dopa:] i to ,:; ontu.i::li:1[; lead and 511ver,:he effect of dC:.Jcending \vaters may l)e Lo, Ge'pa..r~:lte the r~letals into zones, the lead silvGl'" bcii1C above, CO::'1J} (::c ':':L~ 1(l ~olcl b elow tIlis is m.:~hy:i:nes t ·hc case l'll tl1is }.:i:~d of Q for·!lK\.tion.rl'hc 0::C0 will bc better at a depth 011 this Eline, the f: i. C.lC that those veinc (l .. :ce fissure veins, :.:'.lld :.:~sccndil1g Y!~.~tel" o::ce-deposi td Chtll1ge in deptll.

Tl1is pro})erty ht1..s ~ 3 .. safe indc::: 0 :;' '"J.. :3CC~ l1 d in~~ CUl.'I'cnts) the C::\r.1:,:; i:::i \.; l!l.)ll ~~;J i:: e j i ~ folded Gtl"' :).t~l. f o r t:l \'; Uj)\.'/ ~. ~l~ ·j t8nJin~ .: SOl-"lt:Lono Ivill 1)0 '. ' d' ,. . f 1 ./ t ~ -l f '. ,; 0 ;i. ':" .L: l C ell Cll~l~ :/. co L..d. C Gop r, 0- : the- ; ~.llt~::;llneS, ~'l .. nft thoro have tlJkell l.~ l~A.(; t; t~ .. (~ c~ ct:iJ; d 01' 01\;~~~~li8 :LL ~ttljl') '}!~ j (;:i. i;::i VC3i"'Y iUl101''trult, ~ :-l1;.1 ¥Jhich ,1.;:; .i)l e ~.L~i.:..""~1.1 :')11 .t.:l.is j)l'Ol)\)l' t.{ . tl::. c l~}. ct t::'i.,_~t ·i:..l.1C 01'(; -bod~r .lias fOlimcd in the roof .'£he atU"ifel'oue qilartz VliJJS dCl)osited by ascen ;~inn ' t~~·" 1 ~ ~ '~ ~ t~ li;::' proves that tl'~ (:: ~ll 'be mu(' i :~ () " :-~ ~" a c' ; ~'h . ' ..

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}?is~:)"u:~(~ -:,re ::.lls filled l1Y 8JuccnJ.in': soluti0n ::; ~ ~ :""2 tJ :: o bcot, .:'Xld '~Il1ile C)J c"~G1J\) ,~ j it l)y ;:',G C e,a.J.inc H~);t-er G i;3 likely t 1) L1U,'!l'l. ',:lo:."e d cCl)Se~l t ed ~.'jl ,; :'.'~;blll.:-~r :::.11 L:1dici.,,:, tiol1S )l" ove t~·.l e;,..i(; l'is ~:nn"'cs \'Jill l~ eco::1e st :,:'O:'lL; ell , ~,_t a depth ,ovli~1S to ChC!~lic~.l.l oi'finities.r.rhe f.:.:..c't ()f h D.vinf Si:i11il~'.. 1' 1J "{" .J}!(:;l,' '~ies of solution [).ud dCl)Os:i.tiol1, etc.'.ihcl"c ,)..l"8 ss:.-; ocic-:.tions r:10l"'e 0:· .... les:i raarlccd beti'leen different ' }:linOl'Ltl:3 i J1 ol"c-deposit D .. nd this D.S ~_~ OC­iation O',lce u:,1de:cstood ~~w .. y l)G of practi eLl adV~lut;lGG to the miner.

Lead ~md silvtT.C' ::')..re closel:{ a:Jso~iatcd,m(;r3t sil-ver is o1Jt , ined f:COll1 argentifel'ous gOJle~la. l:,.i.ld .most ;['.12110. CO:1tD.ins a greater or sl':lc:.llc:.c ·:'';dount of smlver ,which is the caGe here.'i'i:l Dnc1 litharge arc also liRble to :be found here on this property .Li t~l~tl\Z(; ~.LI)l)e~~rS i~:1 the lor:.l of Goft flakes or 6el':li .. tl~anspn..rent shiHia;-:; plates,7Iowevor the p:{'inci~[Jles :;),lof geolocy may be pr2.ctically u)plled to ccono ' lic r~dyant rtce i :1 i'ii1d­inc; and exllloiting of o~e-'boc1ies. !)'...It in n OCCC:3SD.l"Y first of all to h,\ve 80:-;18 ideas of what ore r)odies are ~),nd hOlt,' t~lC~T llr vc 1:)e cn fO:r"::·~led.The sttil.J,y of the l)rOcess of ore deposi tion ~ 'l o' ~~~ l Cin6 ~X~C:ll in ::~ Gtaue of 810\;;­Gl"owth.Within the past t-llsnty yeal~s howeVel",it h n,s been marc rnpid and stead7,e .. nd the \-.,rritel" feels justified i''l layin.; c1.0WTl CCl"t;D .. in P:Cit1Cip .. lea of the rlost hel~1ful ~'1L~ture i n l"egard to this -:cepol"t.lt h [-l,s bef;n 1',(/ aim in this reIJOrt now offal"ed to ~-]lY fel1o\·1 citizens to o..scel"t8 .. in the the tl"U~ principles and 10"1owlet,;e w:i.ich i3 necccssary to the underB'taad in:.:; 'e,nd propel" eX.fJloita...t~on of ore-del)O;3its) ~ .nd i i1 prepi...l;cin:~ · thi ~J l· (~ij()J.'t two l)olnts llc.vc ~}eCil l:e},Jt L l Vi2W.Sil"St, to :~' lD_kc stateLlcnts e.s clea:c ,; .. s p038101;-; consid(.~l"ln ~~ tl'lG tec11nical n~t.ul"e of the Dubj cet, D.ucl seccbnd,to present the scientific fact:) us accul"D,tely ().l1d as fm.lly as is absolutely necessary.

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