The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-08
ALPS COMPANY'S MAZEPPA MINE.


Hale and CIute, last Tuesday night paid
q vsi. to the Mazerpa hosting works
for the purpose Of going through the
mine and seeing for ourselves what there
was to be seen. We found at the works
that the new boiler had been placed in
position and Was b. ing used. the smoke
STACK having been put up. The new wire
! cable having been placed on the reel the
engineer Was busy marking the various
stations on it. Patsey Arnold, the Fore
man, having equipped US with duster,
that had probably been made for some
giant, and our companions having been
likewise arrayed, We were all prepared
10 make the descent, when Ed. Clute
calleu us aside, and telling US, conf
dentially, that he was married man and
that he did not care about leaving his
wife "au orphan" on Tuesday night.
advised us TO make the descent first, in
company with the foreman, and If the
cable worked serene, he would soon meet
us. Sympathizing with him, and under
such circumstances, we, after hasty
prayer, committed ourselves to the
bucket and our faith in the new cable
and were soon landed on the ninth level.
Having been joined shortly afterwards
by the others, we proceeded west from the
main incline, and at u distance which we
Judge to be about $40 feet, we came to
the Yerington stope, at which place the
atrika in tha Mszeppa was made. We
found that the work of STOPPING up to the
9Th was going on vigorously, and ascend
ing some ladders, viewed the ledge, at
which several miners were at work
knocking down the ore The vein, all
along the stope, varies in width from 2 "a
to 4 70 feet. At this width the vein con-
taiDs nothing but the richest pay ore.
Th- ledge proper Is much wider. but the
balance being of low grade is not at pres
ent being extracted. We travelled over q
hundred feet along this stope, the ledge
showing the same oil through as far as
F.. run west, and looking, to our eyes, as if
t there was no end to it and that it con-
= tanned thousands of dollars. Having
{ satisfied our curiosity in regard to the
9th level we, with tho aid of the cable
and bucket, decanded on the 10th, on
whica Level we found the ore every
where and Of such size as on the 9th.
u From the 10Th winzs ia sunk to the
& 18th, ore being hoisted by windlass to
, the 10Th until drifts are run west from
> the main incline from the 18th level
y then the winze will serve the useful pur
l. pose Of circulating air. for it is pretty
Il warm and close at present. From the
i 10th we we're obliged to make the de-
% scent 10 the 18th by going down ladders
q which is not quite the comfortable
q proceeding as Was that of being lowered
n in a bucket. Here we found that tn
10 winzs had been continued to the depth
of Is feet below the 18th. The vein her
Ia presents a richer appearance than tina
on the levels above, and continues dowl
+ from above unbroken, at a regular pitch
g. aud OF the same width as above. Th
Is ore on this leval and below is hoiste'
,r carefully and sacked, il being of sue
" richness that it does not do to throw
10 around loose. The show Of ore on thi
d level is immense; our description OF l
H. would be very imperfect, it needs to b
o, seen to do justice TO it. We tack sam
OF pies from ,he various levels ourselves
le the assays of which we give below. Dui
~ ing our trip through the levels we wer
III shown every attention and allowed I
satisfy ourselves, for which we have
We THANK the Superintendent, Foreman an
:, Shift Boss, Pat Murphy. Satisfied nov
by an examination of the Mazeppa, thi
10 Phoebe had seen its worst days and tht
ph everything looked bright for the futur
rs we cheerfully commenced our ascent
cb the ladders to the 10th level. After
Va tiresome trip we succeeded in getting
,ra that place, the balance of the trip
,sa open air being finished in the buckle
ria Having seen the immense body OF OF
loo we can safely say that long time wi
in not elapse before the Alps Compar
will again be q dividend paying instlt
ton.
wh The following are assays made fro
%, fair specimens of the vein OF ore at dine
a, ent points: Ninth level, top and botto
=, west drift. 1929 81; 18th level, face we
loe drift, 1928. SS; face of winze, west, belc
Per Per 18th, $377 .l6; same, $427
nae ALPS MILL.
sep We visited the Alps mill, at Cond
Canyon, on Wednesday, and found
-. steadily at work on Billings, for the pu
CD pose of swelling the pans, etc.. and g
last ling in condition preparatory to starh
ask in working ore. The mill is built lit
80 to the east of the old Condor mill. hs
nal ing finer appearance and being lsrf
IA ia sizs. A trestle.work has been bu
o ont from the railroad by which ore can
in, run up and dumped underneath at
'ns top,of the mill. From this dump it can
sbove,ed on to the dry kiln, which
and capable of drying twenty-five tons !
on day. Below the dry kiln is the bate
at the ore being easily fed from that pla
ere From the battery to the pans und
,say meath is but short distance and
labor of loading them up can be p
formed without much trouble. Six la
the pans and three large settlers complete
re- compliment. East of the pans is
the engine room, and beyond that the
mace and boilers are put up. We "
pleased to note in the latter place