Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-10-27
LOCAL MINING REVIEW
For the Week ending October ae, Issa.

AAo PAooPSS'S VI suiS ulStrlct, VIC eApIoss-
ed ourselves in very sanguine terms,
that the lapse of time and additional
Developments would only serve to show
more conclusively the undoubted and
intrinsic value of our mines. The events
of the past week have afforded additional
evidence to strengthen this conviction,
even though Mr.. Commissioner Ray
mond, Mt one savage blow. sets down all
the locations in this district excepting
two, as experiment, wildcat and black
mail. If he were to see the pile of
silver bars that the Excelsior. HUM 4
Hunt, Chief of the Hill and others are
producing, he would think that such
Experiments" were well worth trying.
However, we are not going to trouble
ourselves much about Mr.. Raymond for
he is like good many of Grants ap-
pointees, he is not likely to set the
Thames on fire. The supply OF bullion
this week. reaches the considerable sum
of 131.782,71. In this total amount,
will be found shipments from the Ray
mond 4 Ely, Meadow Valley, HUM &
Hunt, Excelsior, CHEZ of the Hill and one
or two others. Large rs is this export
of silver, it would be largely increased
If there were sufficient mills to work the
small amounts of ore taken out of
claims that are at present of less note
than those we have named. This want,
the completion of the Floral mill near
town will partially supply, and the time
when it will be ready for work is
anxionsly looked for. One of the most
noticeable features connected with min
ing that occurred last week is the restrain
ing order obtained by the Raymond 4
Ely against the Kentucky, preventing
the latter from working until the final
hearing.
MEADOW VALLEY.-We have another
most favorable report to make of the
operations and present condition of this
mine. Though the mill only COM
menced to run regularly on the 18th Of
this month, the product of bullion will
reach the sum of Sl1O,0 for October.
We are much pleased to see the cloud
| passing away which has so long obscure d
the real merits of this mine. During
the past week the work on No. Z
shaft has been discontinued for few
| days, but now is resumed. The stop
page was caused by the necessity of en-
| l,rging the reels, which viii now hold
| 40O feet more rope than h .retofore. 1t
is worthy Of note that the flanges for the
reels were cast and finished at the COM
panys foundry and machine shop in
Dry Valley. A considerable saving is
made by this establishment, which not
only supplies the company with castings,
&C.. but does considerable work for out
side PARTIES, and is thus a source of
much profit. The product of ore from
| No. is about the same as last week.
At the Summit or No. 5 shaft sinking is
progressing as rapidly as the nature of
the rock, which is very hard, viii admit.
From the workings CONNECTED with No.
3 shaft, much ore OF very high grade is
being produced. The quantity taken
could be increased very considerably,
but at least one-third of the running
time of the engine is devoted to raising
waste rock. The mine generally is in
fine order, producing largely, and the
same remark that We US d in connection
with the Raymond 4 Ely applies with
full force to the Meadow Valley, which
never looked better since it was opened
than at this present time. This is an
indisputable fact, and all the develop
ments tend to establish and support the
assertion.
EXCELSIOR. During the past week
some exceedingly rich ore has been
taken from n winze that is now being
sunk from the 150-foot level in the
easterly drift. The Wine is down SO
feet, and reveals strong, well-defned
ledge, 3 feet thick, all pay ore, with a
streak of about inches wide of de-
composed chloride, which gives enor-
nous assays, viz: over $4,000. In the
other parts of the mine stopping is GO
ing on in the upper and lower levels,
and abont Is tons of ore are being
raised and shipped daily to the Magnet
mill. The returns of bullion from the
Excelsior ore now average about $4,000
weekly. We have some curiosity tc
know among which of the classes emu.
merated by Commissioner Raymond he
would place the Excelsior; whether
among experiment, wildcat or black.
mail" As the Frenchman said, "Wt
donno what you call him." but to have
the Excelsior would be very pleasant
We cannot close our notice of this min.
without paying a just tribute to tn,
care and energy with which Mr.. Cald
well, the Superintendent, is prosecuting
the works. That gentleman, besides tn,
Excelsior, has several other mines undel
his charge, and he is at work early and
late carefully directing and WATCHING
the work and developments in all. Ii
the management of the several under
takings committed to his charge Mr.
Caldwell shows much Skill energy anC
! faithful attention to the interests Of hi
smployers.1 @ isa Z an.i'li
RAYMOND & ELY.-Sinee our last re
port connection has been made from
the 523-foot level Of the Lightner shat
with the vein, which ut that point i
not quite so wide, but at the bottom o
the wines, which are now 80 feet be
low the above-named level, the vein ar
pears to be of the same character 70
quantity and quality for which it ha
SO long been celebrated, and gives