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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1908)
r ttOOb RITES GrLAOIEB raftftfljftAt APRIL ie ie63. 1 Kru It The best undeveloped piece of ground in Rawhide " So says J. Carlton Bray, the eminent mining engineer, who stands at the head of his profession in Nevada. This opinion is endorsed by every mining man familiar with the district." Incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada. Capital stock 1,000,000 shares, par value $1.00, fully paid and non-assessable R MARKS, President HARRY GUINAN, Vice President GEO. K. ALLEN, Secretary Rawhide's leading Merchant and Mine Owner Miner and Original Owner Mine Owner and Capitalist J. H. CRADLEBAUGH, Treasurer J. C. BRAY, Director and Consulting Engineer Rawhide, Nev., Match 24, 1908. To the Paclflo State Trnat Company, Rawhide, Nev. (Jentleuien: In compliance with your request of March 20, 1908, I have examined your property, the Silent Friend Nob. 1, 2, 3 and 4, lode olaima. 'Xhli, aa you know, waa not niy flrat Introduction to the property, having been on the ' ground many tlmea ainoe July, 1907. Tbeae olaima contain, all told, about 75 aorea and are In oompaot group, about 3000 feet In length by 1200 feet in width. They are now being sur veyed for patent, which will definite ly determine their area. They lie right in the heart of the Rawhide diH trict, about 1000 feet aoutb of the Koyal Tiger, Buahwaoker, Wonder King and Jack Pots, and adjoin tbe Kawblde Hills. Sheep Tiail, Sdlmoo and other noted properties. The topography of tbe group la an anbrok- NO. CLAIM 1 Hilent Friend No. 2 20 feet wide 2 Silent Friend No. 2 3 feet 3 Silent Friend No. 3 1 foot 4 Silent Friend No. 3 Ticked 6 Silent Friend No. 3 Picked 0 Silent Friend No. 3 4 foet These assays, while astounding to the average man at first sight, repre sent tbe values of tbe blgh grade orea only, and are selected fiotn over 30 assays I took when In quest of bigb values. However, there are two out cropping sboota which show these high values, and they lie over 1000 feet apart. They both show a width of over two feet, and while tbe ore may not be continuous for this dis tance, tbe exiutenoe of other ahoots Is conclusively proven both by tbe en aide bill, sloping to the southeast at an Bugle of about 35 degrees. This bill is probably the richest in camp, holding as It does tbe extremely lion Koyal Tiger, Jack Pot, Bushwaokei and Sheep Trail velna, ail of wblob are being energetically developed. Tbe geology of tbe Silent Friend group is strikingly similar to that of tbe proven properties, not only of this district, but of the beet camps of the state. The oountry rock la a fine grained white, or cream oolored rby ollte greatly altered and fissured. This alteration la directly due to a daoite dike, which runs the full length of the claims, 3000 feet. Ibis dike, wblob ia about 40 feet wide, can be traoed for over a mile running nearly due north and south and dipping to the west. It la so greatly altered and siliclUed that tbe original character of tbe lock ia bard to determine. Bilioidoatlon beuomes more complete aa (be banging wall is approached and It Is here tbe impor tant ore bodies ooour. Along tbU GOLD Oi. per ton Value .41 8.20 41.60 SILVER TOTAL TALCS Or. ton Value Per ton 4.2 2.31 10.81 2.08 1.70 10.10 19.02 .20 34.00 202.00 392.40 6.20 61.2 33.66 160.0 88.00 9H0.4 528.22 1903.1 1W0.70 19.2 10.50 75.20 122.00 730.20 1439.10 15.71 "float" and the plaoer gold in the washes below the ledge. Tbe open cut on the weat aide of the Silent Fiiend No. 3 has opened the uppet vein to good advantage, and I advtae poshing tbe work at this point. Your plan of leasing alternate blooks is, In my opinion, the best method of development In tbe Immediate future. Youi leasers will undoubtedly follow tbe ore aud their work wili elbow, be yond a doubt, tbe best method of de west contact (or hanging wall of tbe dike) there are tbtee well defined velna, all carrying values, tbe upper or wast vein, which is about toot feet In width, being tbe richest. Tbe similarity of tbe Silent Friend to other well known mines should he noted bere. Tbe formation Is identi cal with that of the famous Mohawk, of Qoldfleld, aa is also the ocourrenoe of tbe ore, the Silent Friend ore, how ever, carrying a larger proportion of silver. The Montgomery Sboabone, of Bullfrog, is similar In ore and oocor reuoe, as is also tbe great Nevada Hills mine at Fairview. Tbe vein of all these mines are of tbe tertiary period and have been classed as pro phylitio or porphyry veins by tbe more noted geologists. Tertiary veins are known to te the most productive In tbe world, aa witness the Comstook lode, the velna of Cripple Greek, Tonopab, Bodie, Ploche, Goldfleld, NO CLAIM G 7 Silent Friend No. 3 Lower vein .57 8 Silent Friend No. 3 Lower vein 1.68 9 Hilent Fr end No. 3 Talc .01 10 Silent Friend No. 3 Bhyolite . .75 11 Silent Friend No. 3 Cross vein 2.20 AverHge 3.68 velopment woik to be permanently pursued and the royalties accruing will provide funds for tbia purpose. In conclusion I feel perfeotly sate In saying tbat YOU HAVE TUB BKST UNDEVELOPED PIEOE'OF OHOUND IN I'UE KAWUIDE D1S TKIUT. Ibe showings on tbe Silent Friend are far better than any other propetty bere baa bad on toe surface, not excepting tbe Royal Iiger, or tbe Uratt or Balloon Hiil pioperties, and many other olaima whose present ore 11.40 33.60 1.00 15.00 44.00 71.67 Falrview.and many other campa noted foi their enormous pruduction. Tbe veins of tbe Silent Frieud are undeui ably of the kind and they possess pos sibilities of large ore bodies not to be expected in tbe ordinary fissure vein. It must be remembered that ores of this class are formed by the replace ment of tbe rook by Ibe mineralized wattrs and hence are not confined to any narrow Assures ot chanuela. To illustrate this tolnt the actual assays values of ths oropplngs may be taken. On the Silent Friend No. 2 at tbe south oropping 1 took a sample across 20 feet of tbe dike on tbe bang ing wall side. Tbe returns gave gold $8 and silver 4 oonoes per ton. Also across three feet of quaitz lb aasayB return was til 60 gold and silver 61.2 oz., making a total of $75.20 per ton. Enolosed is a table showing the range of values along tbe vein during my examination. 8ILVIR 5.0 3.08 8.7 2.4 9.7 4.78 1.32 6.33 21.3 11.71 286.9- 156.79 TOTAL VA1.U 14.48 38.38 2.32 20.33 51.71 22M6 bodies were found only after tbe most persistent search both above and un derground and whose important "finds" were, in a measure, accident al You have a well defined dike t folllow, with well marked ore shoots actually ootoropping on tbe aurface. I believe you will make of tbe Silent Friend a mine whoe production atone will soon attract widespread at tentlon, Yours respectfully, J. CARLTON BRAY, Consulting Engineer. By order of the Board of Directors we offer to the public 100,000 shares of treasury stock at 30 cts. a share " I unhesitatingly recommend the Silent Friend stock to my friends as I believe it will be above par in 90 days, and it has unlimited probabilities above that." J. H. CRADLEBAUGH Make remittance by registered mail, or write or wire the amount of stock you wish and it will be forwarded attached to draft Or leave orders with local agent, GEORGE T. PRATHER JAW Capital $100,000 Rawhide, Nevada P.O. Box 26 J. H. CRADLEBAUGH, Vice President and General Manager
