The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-07-22
DAY MINE.
The Lower Level. and Ore Deposits.


receiving letters and postal cards from
different portions of the Pacific Coast,
making enquiries in regard to the Day
mine and its general condition in the
lower levels, so as to satisfy our readers
abroad and give them correct idea of
the mine, we took trip to Royal CITY
last Tuesday, and in company with
Messrs. McNally and Terry, we went up
to the mine and down to the lower
levels, and under the guidance of Samuel
Rowe, the worthy foreman, visited the
principal points Of interest, and now give to
our readers plain and truthful account
Of this property, one that can be easily
understood, we will make it concise:
We will first start in ON the north side
OF the main incline on the 62O.foot level.
The body of ore on this level has been
drifted into a distance of ITO feet.
and crosscut, we should Judge, IS feet:
the ore being of high grade. Below this
ore chamber, on the 670.foot level, an.
other deposit was encountered, and of an
exceedingly high grade, assays from
which will run up into. the hundreds,
and although it has been drifted into for
good distance, its dimension has not vet
been fully discovered. The showing here
is indeed fine.
This is about all of Importance on the
north side of the incline. Now let us
take peep on the south side, which is
the main attraction of this wonderful
mine. Ore was first encountered on $40.
foot level, and though the chamber was
Of good size, and grade of ore fair, it did
not begin to compare with the ore to the
north. In running the 620-foot level
drift south, at a distance of about 100
feet from the incline, a large chamber of
ore was struck, and was nearly under the
ore chamber ON the $40, but the ore is of
much better quality, and had been
drifted into good way. A winze has
been sunk in the ore, and connects
with the 70O.foot level. The sides
of the Wine is all ore, and like all the
ore bodies mentioned before, you could
sink a pick in it up to the eye at any
point. An upraise, of some 25 feet has
been made, and men were then engaged
in upraising SO as to make connection
with the level above. There is nothing
but ore here, and the pick and shovel are
the only implements used in sinking
wines or upraising. In running the
drift on the 700.foot level, ore was
encountered, in a broken up condition.
A drift was run through this mass of
material, and having cut through it,
it was shown that they had opened an.
other ore body, but nothing like the ore
above in either richness or quantity
Another ore body has been struck on this
level in a drift run in different direction,
but as yet has net been explored. On
the $50 level, at about As feet from the
incline, vein of ore, very near flat, was
met, and after drifting through it,
crosscut, due south, for 30 feet was run,
when another large ore chamber was
struck; though not as rich as the ore on
the $40 level, the assays give it an aver.
age OF $50 per ton. This chamber has
been drifted into for about IS feet and no
wall has yet been met. An upraise of
some 26 feet has also been made, and all
in ore. Eighty feet from the incline,
another crosscut, in northerly direction,
has been started, and has been run in
spar some thirty feet. This level being
the deepest workings of the mine, is of
course the most important.
These ore bodies ON the south of the
incline, from the wines and upraises
made, so near as can be judged at present,
tend to show that the ore deposits lie
nearly under one another, and is con-
tlnuous body of ore from the $40 level to
the $50, and there is no telling what the
lower levels may prove, for there is
nothing but ore above, below and on all
sides, and the mystery of its extent has
yet to be solved. This ore on the south
side resembles greatly the first pocket of
ore struck by Ike Garrison, the discoverer
OF the mine, 20 feet below the surface,
b.. but it contains considerable more copper.
The Day appears to be suffering from
an 'ore glut, for the mine is filled with
1T in every nook and corner, and along
the sides of many of the drifts is piled
waste, there being no time to hoist it
out, but the little engine is kept busy
night and day, doing far greater work
than it was ever intended to do.
The above is but brief description Of
the principal ore chambers, yet there are
several others we might make mention
of, for though not large, they contained
very rich ore. We took sample of ore
from these different chambers, at various
places, SO as to get an average sample,
and it assayed $lO6.8l per ton. Not at
al bad showing for mine that at one
time was recommended to be abandoned.
Where, on this coast, can another such
mine be produced at the present time?
fin ,o nd
the circumstances, and as a'good supply
OF lead ore is being obtained from the
chisholm mine, everything will soon be
lovely. The bullion 10 rich.
pRoTEsTED.-A telegram was received
on Wednesday morning by J. v. Kelley,
agent for W. f. Griffin, banker, that the
Checks Of tho Rr;otol g NJ "a of