Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-04

| 9s' .ompaes closeiy WIN that got lower
| uo"h' Inc samples got arc quite similar-the
gangue is quartz with some clay; don't know
| was iron in the samples, but think
that the red indicated iron; there might have
oeen manganese in the samples; found ore at
| point 40 in the Panaca shaft; did not know that
ore was taken from the Slopes, but it is reasona-
Die to think SO. judging from the intelligence of
the former superintendent, and learning from
general information ii was hauled to the mill;
| for the two last weeks have been making ex
amlnations If the Raymond Ely works; the
| nrst connection with the Panaca shaft from the
iourth level upward is at point X, 20 feet below
the third level; the top Of the stope is at point
~ ahd extends down to the sixth level; point
81 Is IN the fourth level at the bottom of the
shaft; ore is found near the shaft at K-within six
or eight inches Of the shaft; from up the
excavation has been made within tine last six
months; have never examined the shaft for
Gre lower than 20 or IS feet down from the sur.
face; did not examine the shaft because had
not heard OF ore in the shaft: l was not re-
quested = examine the shat; the Raymond 4
Ely Company have generally emplo, ed me to
survey Tor development and not prospect for
ore; the diagram III the low r right hand corne
OF the map was made yest rday; the incline
from points 10 TO II was put on the map yester-
DAY; that incline starts los feet below the sur
race and rises to point within 100 feet of the
surface ut the Panaca SHAFT; there is no vein at
the top or bottom of the winze but a smooth
surface at the bottom it does not connect with
the Lightner shaft have often been down the
Lishtner shaft; the vein is struck in the Light
ner Shaft ut depth of 100 feet; have seen ore at
different points on the first level from the
Llghtner shaft to poiat eight, q distance of SO
rect; there the vein is broken by the cross head:
the dIift extends 80 feet beyond the cross-hesd:
wall can be followed west of the cross-head
most OF the way; it disappears at point 10, near
the incline; found on that level SO feet of q
VEIN and 90 OF country rock: on the second level
have traced the vein 100 feet west of the Light
her smart ut that point it strikes the cross head
to- 4.
Is found on the drift following the
cross-head 35 feet from point IA I found
the ore on the foot-wall: the Slope was 10 or Is
feet long and probably hree feet wide; saw ore
- 1eet northwest of that, at point 8; the excava-
lion at that point is Ave or six feet wide and
el8ht or fen feet long; at point sc found large
Quantities Of ORE this work has been done in the
last TWO or three weeks: it was done, I UNDER
stand, by the Raymond II Ely Company; from
point to point II the drift passes along the
cross-head; the cross-head, taken throughout,
is from three to Is feet wide; the cross-head is
mechanically fllei. composed Of quartzite, slate,
clay and other mineral matter; from point IA to
10 is In the cross-head; from points l6 to 20 the
excavation was made two months ago; the exca-
vation at point 20 is rs feet from the Panaca
shaft; the third level is 226 feet below the sur
face at the Lightner shaft; there is vein matter
ON that level from int % to point 90.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Cross-examination resumed-There il one
drift from the Panaca shaft 40 feet down which is
not on my map; that drift runs to the northeast
think 23 feet; did not examine the drift 40 feet
down; do not know when the Panaca shaft was
sunk to its present depth; came here first three
years ago; have been here off and on ever since;
was not here when the Lightner shaft was begun;
do not know why work was stopped in the
Panaca shaft and commenced in the Lightner
SHAFT; l think what l found on the line of the
surface work is the same as the vein below; there
is shaft little west Of the incline NJ, marked
j; don't know that there is not ore in j; have not
examined it, because my attention has not been
directed to it; silver ore in shale is generally
found in spots and punches; shale is not consid-
cred carrier Of silver ore; shaft has been
pointed out to me as the Monitor shaft there is
drift from the first level to the Monitor shaft:
have never examined the forma ion in the Moni.
tor shaft; there is one ut points and Sc ON the
second level; at point Sc the vein has dip and
strike, and at point 9 it is in punches on the
foot-wal; the dip at point. Sc is G5 Or 70 deg with
that dip carried to the surface the cropping would
appear at point 81, which is Is feet north of the
surface tracings; the at point Sc is $50 feet be-
low the surface; drift runs southerly from the
Panaca shaft 100 feet down; it is on the man; it
is l16 feet long, being filled at the end; it runs
through shale; it does not connect with any
level; found formation cutting the drift dip
ping 45 deg. to the west; saw no ledge in that
drift
Direct resumed-The dip of the ledge between
the I'd and Sd levels is about 70; between the Sd
and 4th s0-being almost perpendicular; can
stand at the top of the Wine between the Sd and
4th levels and see candle at the bottom; from
X to the second level the dip varies from south
TO 70 north, the general dip being perpendicular;
1t is all one ledge from the Panaca shaft around
to the first level of the Lightner shaft from the
incline M to the Panaca shaft the ore Is soft; the
ore is soft from NJ to the first level of the Light
ner SHAFT. lis shown specimen That is a
fair specimen of the country rock; it is az a
general thing, softer than that the Is samples
were taken out of the cut at exact distances
from each other; there is complete ore connec-
ton from the Panaca shaft to incline NJ: lodges
are usually more irregular in their dip at the
surface; the change of The dip usually changes
the strike ut the surface my impression is that
all the vein indications between the Pauaca
shaft and M belong TO one and the same vein;
the color of the ledge matter is the same ali
through the workings Of the Raymond 4 Ely
Co., being gray reddish brown and dirty red:
the dirty red is found at different points through
all parts OF the Raymond & Ely mine; from the
incline M to point towards the Lightner shaft
the color is reddish. is shown some rock.l /
find that kind of rock in the shale but not in
the quarzite; the Panaca shaft is timbered 100 or
$50 feet down: couldn't examine it without re.
moving the planking; am positive the ore ex-
tends from the Sd level at the Panaca shaft to
the 4th level; the dip of the vein at the panaca
shaft is west or northwest think the dip there
is so or So; the drift from Panaca shaft to point
AZ does not encounter the vein because the dip
carries the vein west OF it; have examined the
stOpe running up to shaft j; found ore at the
foot Of it; the wall of that stope is nearly per.
pendicular; 26 feet down incline M the din is
G5 degrees and perpendicular from that point
[Reads assays Of samples taken from out the
cut from Panaca shaft to incline MI Have Ia.
ken galena from those points since noon TBy
request shows samples to the jury taken from
points from to Z, excepting 2 and 6, which
were mislaid, and they examine them sepa.
rately.] Those samples were taken from rock
in place; l can take defendants expert to the
same places, and he can get the same kinds of
ore.
Crcss.examination resumed-I can take three
or four to examine the ore; can take any body;
have not taken any up yet; any body could
find the ore; galena is n snlphuret of lead; No.
is a sulphuTet Of lead; think they are all sui
phurets OF lead; am not acquainted with car
Donate of lead. [Shown different specimens,
saying some are sulphures and others carbonate
of lead.l tSally between attorneys think
good miner could soon get ton of such ore in
the cut: the galena was exposed four feet below
the surface six inches wide; got No. l 40 feet
from the corner of the Wine; the other samples
are from deposit five or six inches in extent I
don't know whether it is vein or small deposit;
the vein is not found in the drift northeast of
the Panaca shaft 100 feet down because it is west
of that drift; got the dip of the cut at the
Panaca shaft by clinometer; reddish dark stain
characterizes the rock in the drift being run
northwest of the shaft; didn't know that
drift was being run until went down to-day;
q change of dip under some circumstances