The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-08
issued: 1910-12-15
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note: CLASSIFIED ADS I CENT A WORD VOL. 9 HUE ll LEASE ANO BONO Burnt Basin Gold Property to Be Developed. 18 TAKEN OVER BY SPOKANE SYNDICATE Deal Put Through by Mr. Harvey—Shipped Good Smelting Ore Last Year. The Mollle Gibson group of mineral claims, situated between Paulson and1 Coryell, in tbe Burnt basin district, baa just been taken over by a syndicate of Spokane capitalists, on a tbree year lease and bond, given by the owners, John B. Singer and John McNeily of Rossland. The figure at which the bond waa taken 1b in the neighborhood of 160,000, find the deal waa put through by Q. H. Harvey, of Nelson. Lies in Contact. The group consists of the Blue Grouse, Mollle Gibson, Manchuria, Gray Eagle, and Irish Nellie mineral claims, and lies ln a dolomite forma* tlon, said to be similar to that of the Yellowhead pass, this formation being cut by a porphyry dyke. Th<e ere, in the form of a contact vein, lies between the limestone and porphyry formations, and the ledge can be traced for over 300 feet on the surface, where the ore shows, fair values. The ledge approximates tbe vertical, and is developed by a shaft 42 feet ln depth, and two tun* nels higher up on the vein, respectively 65 and 25 feet In length, all this development being on the Mollle Gibson claim. In its upper part the ledge splits into two, one being nine feet wide and the other four feet wide. The group covers the apex of the mountain and extends down both sides, and on the opposite aide from the development and above the railway, there are two porphyry dykes about 60 feet apart, the intervening space being filled with ledge matter, which carries small values. Smelting Proposition. The first named ledge has shown values ranging from |18 to |B0 in the nine-foot vein, with an average of about $20. The four-foot vein shows similar values, while assays from the shaft, below, show ore ranging in value from $16 to $210. Altogether 150 feet of depth has been obtained thus far on this ledge by the present developme…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0383669
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text