Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-07
OUR GREAT MINING ENTERPRISES
The Company that Owns Twenty-six
Distinct Mines.


is only five or six miles distant, and joins
Ely District on the west. The fact that /
the Mendha Company will soon have
their fine new mill in operation makes
Highland, at the present time, the center
of much interest. Having before re-
ferred to the Mendha Company's prop |
erty and operations at length, We this time
went to inspect the mines Of the High
land Mill and Mining Company, one of
the wealthiest corporations on the coast,
and under the official management of
gentlemen weli-hnown for energy. integ-
rity and financial responsibility, }. n.
Williams being the President The com
pany being organized to develop mines,
and not to speculate III stock, bought up
twenty-six of the most promising lodges
in the district before entering upon ex-
tensive development, having determined
to make the enterprise successful if there
were paying ores in the district. And
now, after having made two trips to
Highland, each time, notebook in hand,
personally inspecting the mines, We feel
safe in sayng-by which We mean that
We believe our judgment will be vindi-
Gated by future developments-that it
will prove one of the first bullion produc.
ing districts of the Silver State.
On alighting We were met by Mr..
George W. Malone, one of the pioneer
miners of Ely District, Superintend-
ent of the Developments of the Mill, and
/ Mining Company. and extensively inter-
ested in its property interests, who ac-
companied ~ to the various mines in
spected Ont Of the 26 lodges owned by
the corporation We found time to visit II,
as follows:
HAMBURG. me-.
This mine is situated on the west side
of Arizona Mountain, about mile north
east OF the Mendha mill II is developed
by a tunnel 200 feet in, and shaft 40
feet deep. The tunnel is the finest piece
of mining engineering We ever examined
IN the county, being five feet wide at the
bottom, G1la feet high, and it goes into
the mountain as straight as an arrow.
US feet from the mouth drift is run to
the north % feet at which point a vein
of rich mineral Is inches wide is tapped,
showing that the tunnel is running par
allel with the ledge, but little to the
south Of it. From the mouth of this
drift on to the face of the tunnel the
qualification OF the rock is regular, and
it is characterized throughout by little
quartz seams and vein matter, showing
that the main deposit is near at hand,
and may be opened any blast. But the
tunnel being intended to develop a
number of mines, the proximity of the
ledge is not regarded in its construction.
1t will be extended right on through the
heart of Arizona Mountain. The main
, shaft goes down on the ledge (Which
dips but slightly to the northl 81 feel
northeast of the mouth Of the tunnel
, breaking ground l25 feet above the tun
mel level. 1t is now down 40 feet, thu
!, ore from top to bottom all being higt
, grade, and varying in width from Is t.
, "a inches. We have before us the assay
er's certificates Of samples got at differ
ent depths from the bottom as follows
} 500 90; $279 "a; 1915 20; $211 II
, 1920 67. The vein has been widening
the last five feet of excavation and is 2,
inches strong at the bottom of the shaft
1 where the 1915 assay was obtained. Thu
, Hamburg is capped by white limestone
(. having been found by blossom tracing
e and cross-drifting; but the tunnel SEEM
$ now to be entering a sort of quartzite
! The course of the ledge is northeastern
0 and southwesterly. .u+E
k THE MISSISSIPPI.
The discovery shaft Of the Mississippi
, is lust west and near the crest of AriZon
Mountain. The vein exposed is 3H fee
: wide, and the ore is extraordinarily rich
e the assays generally running over 81 ,O0
4 to the ton, and never falling below 500
n But the developments, so far, are not EN-
v eouraging. The vein, the first few fee
Q it is followed by the shaft, (Which Nigh
with proprety be called a tunnel, run
in horizontally, lying almost flat, an
y then it begins to gradually assume
!, downward dip to the north, the same
q the Hamburg. The ore maintains il
d average richness wherever found, but
It grows weaker in extent as it is followe
e from the surface, until it contracts to
% mere seam. But the Mississippi is on
' continuous vein which is plainly trace
by groupings and development for {
least two miles-on direct line with
a being the Hamburg, Mendha and Yello
is Jacket mines-and Mr.. Malone (who, b
lie the way, was one of the original locator
N of the Meadow Valley mine, entertain
high expectation of its future. Shou
:, the vein be disclosed below with its su
u face extent and richness, it would ce
o. tainly be Zone of the biggest things
the mountains" and much might be sai
to show that it will be, but theorizir
| at ny
20 would be out of place in this report. III
Hamburg tunnel was started as much +
ID the development of the Mississippi
es the Hamburg, and will he pushed ahea
es until it intersects the Mississippi-h Il
CO vein is below to be intersected-at
or point nearly 500 feet below the surfac
e Should the Mississippi 'be caught
n. the tunnel as favorably as it shows at Il
al surface, it certainly would be worth
Us cool million or more. We can only hol
that Mr.. Malone's expectations Will
in realized.
=. THE BLACKFooT.
~ This is vein of enormous extent, /
is ing from to 10 feet in width. Its Gro
r's pings are very heavy, and may be trac
ca for 1000 feet, solid ore masses weighil
ny several hundred pounds jutting out
lie points. 1t is situated on the southea
Pr end of Silver Mountain, about two mil
little west Of north from the Highlal
:, mill. The main shaft is now down
MI feet, the vein being Az feet wide, stron
re- at the bottom. We never examined
tie better defined ledge than the Blackfot
he 1t can be traced by its groupings for sc
a. eral hundred feet as clearly as if the We
let had been continuously barred by surfa
cutting. The walls are very smooth a
regular, going down almost perpendie
no larly. The assays taken vary from 81