Omineca Herald
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-01
issued: 1911-10-07
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note: -a- jJl^^JC^ G^<b^>*~JjJy THE OMINECA HER Vol. 4. No. 14. HAZELTON, B. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1911 TEN PAGES SILVER STANDARD A WONDER I IN EXCEPTIONALLY RICH ORE HAZELTON IS A WONDER; IT HAS A GREAT FUTURE ASSAYS GIVE NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SILVER Shaft Down Seventy-Five Fezt���Will be Continued Eight Feet More and Then They Will Start a Drift���Samples Taken from Twenty- Two Inch Vein by H. L. McHugh. Seven hundred and ninety eight dollars and twenty four cents was the assay value of a piece of rock taken out of the bottom of the seventy-five foot shaft on Silver Standard mine on Monday. There is great rejoicing in town now. To find that class of ore at the depth stated proves the Silver Standard a mine and it is of great significance to the whole camp. Silver Standard has always been considered a high grade property, but this last assay beats anything yet discovered in the camp except the native silver find on Hudson Bay mountain a few weeks ago. The ore assayed 1452 oz. in silver and 18 per cent copper. This was not a selected sample but one taken out of the vein which is 22 inches wide at the foot of the shaft. The ore in this shaft has been improving with every foot of sinking and this new stuff is much superior to any other found so far. The vein started out with silver and lead and just a trace of copper. The lead has now almost disappeared and its place taken by grey copper. The ore is exceptionally fine looking stuff although the samples fooled the mining men in town who had no idea that it carried such high silver values. The samples were brought in by Mr. H. L. McHugh, one of the owners, and he picked the piece up himself and measured the vein himself. The vein is a true fissure and will undoubtedly be one of the most profitable in the whole camp. Work will be continued on the shaft until it is down about 80 feet and then they will start drifting. This work will be continued all winter. There is enough high grade ore on the dump now to almost ma…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Hazelton (B.C.)
spatial: Hazelton
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language: English
lat: 55.2558330
long: -127.6755560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Hazelton, B.C. : C. H. Sawle
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