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Bayhorse Silver Assaying 113 Samples from Bridging the Gap Project, Idaho, USA
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 5, 2016 / Bayhorse Silver Inc. (TSX-V: BHS) (the " C...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Bayhorse Silver Assaying 113 Samples from Bridging the Gap Project, Idaho, USAVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 5, 2016 / Bayhorse Silver Inc. (TSX-V: BHS) (the \"Company\" or \"Bayhorse\") has submitted 113 samples for assay from first phase drilling at the Bridging the Gap Silver Project at Smelterville, in Idaho's prolific \"Silver Valley\". Results are anticipated by the end of December.\nMineralized samples submitted for assay include pyrite-rich bedding replacement veins, as well as quartz-rich vein intercepts with galena, sphalerite, and pyrite, and chevron folds with blebby pyrite from the Pritchard Formation, along with clast-rich crackle breccia from the St. Regis Formation. Historically, mineralized structures at the Crown Point and Shea zones varied from one (1) foot to thirty (30) feet wide containing silver, lead, and zinc. \nThe Company targeted two parallel silver/lead/zinc structures: the historic Crown Point/Silver King Mines structure, and 300 feet to the south, the Shea structure. \nImage: https://www.accesswire.com/uploads/Mineralization.jpg\nMineralization\nCannot view this image? Please visit https://www.accesswire.com/uploads/Mineralization.jpg.\nBayhorse President, Graeme O'Neill, comments, \"These first diamond drill holes on the project area in over 80 years have provided the Company with both geological and structural information, and management is evaluating the logistics and location for continued surface and underground diamond drilling to test the Crown Point and Shea zones.\"\nU.S Bureau of Mines (USBM) records show that Crown Point Mines historically worked on vein systems with in-situ grades of up to 80 opt Silver and 65% lead, from which 3,000 tons of ore was direct shipped at that grade. The Crown Point/Silver King Mines closed in 1940, with total historic production reported by the USBM of 116,906 tons averaging 12 oz/ton silver and 11.3% lead. \nHistoric Bunker Hill mining records report a 30 foot ore intersection from 1936 in an underground drill hole from the 200 foot level at the Silver King workings, below the Crown Point workings, into the parallel hanging wall Shea zone that was never followed up. \nhttp://www.bayhorsesilver.com/government-gulch-silver-valley/\nTotal production from the 5 mines on the Bridging the Gap Project, (Blackhawk, Wyoming, Ranger, Crown Point, and Curlew) ...