Bamberger Delamar Gold Mining Co.

The Bamberger Delamar Gold Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.

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Site Name

Primary: Bamberger Delamar Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Included Delamar Mine
Secondary: Magnolia Mine
Secondary: April Fool Mine
Secondary: Rose and Pleides Groups of Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar (Ferguson) District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Bamberger-Delamar Mining Co.
Years: 1902 - 1909

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Development): IN 1902, THE DELAMAR PROPERTIES WERE OPTIONED TO JACOB E. AND SIMON BAMBERGER, AND THE MILL WAS REMODELED CHILEAN MILLS WERE INSTALLED, AND BOTH MINE AND MILL WERE ELECTRICALLY EQUIPPED. NEW MILL STARTED IN MAY, 1903 AND IN 1904, ABOUT 300 TPD WERE TREATED OF FREE MILLING ORE AS WELL AS 200 TPD SULFIDE ORE, IN 1906, HOG PEN INCLINED SHAFT HAD REACHED LEVEL 13 AND THE MILL WAS TREATING 350 TPD AS WELL AS 300 TPD AT THE TAILINGS PLANT. MINE CLOSED IN 1909. MINOR PRODUCTION IN 1911, 1912, 1913 WAS DERIVED FROM A CLEAN-UP OF THE MIL LBY LESSEES- ANOTHER CLEAN UP IN 1926. EQUIPMENT WAS ALL SOLD IN 1910

Comment (Deposit): CONSOLIDATION COVERED 1600 ACRES ALONG THE VEIN FOR 3 MILES. ORE SHOOTS IN GOUGE MATERIAL

Comment (Workings): IN 1907, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTALLED 35 MILES AND A GLORY HOLE WAS STARTED IN 1908 IN THE AREA AROUND THE MAIN ORE BODY. ADITS, A SERIES OF THEM 500 FT APART FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

References

Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. VOL. 77, P. 725.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, PRESS CLIPPINGS

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1937, UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 31, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN SER. #30A

Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1909, VOL. 87, P. 451-452.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.