New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-10

James VI. Selover the general manager of the
state Line Mines arrived IN Ncw-1ork yesterday
and talked freely with Il TRIBUNE reporter. The
Following IL the substance OF his remarks: Since
/ have been at the mine have done good deal Of
dead work. which has more than PAD expenses; out
tho mine has not come up 10 Wudt ana every bouy
else expected. The clcanups have amounted to
about $4,000 in the aggregate. l cannot say
how many tons OF ore were mlllcd. l have not the
figures with me- but they are at The Office. cal
culated that all the that cru he'd up TO the last
crushing paid about 81 30 per ton. The last
crushing it was Impossible 10 sort, 50 | ran 1t all
through, and that paid about ~ less. | think.
however that there is better ore there than that.
am sorting the ore now. The mill had TO be- shut
down. us some OF the machinery proved
worthless 1t is usual, OF course IN
these mills, 10 have extra dies and
shoes We lad them there, but they were nOgood.
In fact found unmcted nails inside the shoes. and
there were large cavities inside OF the dies; The
depth of the main shalt Is now 2G1 feet, AID from
the bottom have run . cross-cut - feet lnIun-
ming the CrOsS-cut number OF strcaks OF VEN mat
ter were struck, and now | am driving west from
the cross-cut Oh the lower level, and following
strnger. Ibis strngcr showed decomposed
matter. When came away we were III twenty feet
on It, and then We had two feet OF vein matter.
some quartz and spar. This prospected fairly and
the indication good. am running in the dIrec-
ton of the point where ! think the chimney Is. We
are in hopes Of getting a good mine; but We
haven't ii now. Our mlnc does more than many
others, hOwever-it pays expenses. We are also
Stopping ore the GO-fOot level and are sorting it,
but / don't know what viii get out OF
it, ! think | shall find a mine there, or Of course
l IL,
and as long there Is show | am going 20 try and
find mine. cannot make mine out OF nothing,
but there il a good prospect Of 4 MAE there As 10
the water, there Is not sufficient OF that ut present
to run forty stamp constantly. but can get
along with the water; all We want is to
got good ore. In regard 10 the experts
who first examined the mine and reported
on it, | should not accuse them OF being otherwise
than honest in their statements. can 90 into the
mine and get specimens OF ore that will assay
all the way from $500 to -, 900 per ton man
dou't know anything about mine until he works
it, thought one day that 1 had struck the bo-
nanza OF Nevada. | was down 100 feet IN the man
shalt and frsn there had "A cross-cut Forty
feet from the main shaft struck body Of 2l2 10
3 feet wide, which was marvellOusly rich. lt would
mill 80 900 10 the ton But the didn't last |
scoobed it all out two blasts. You can't tell
what Ia there until you prospect and see Ii will
take Us more than a couple of weeks To get the new
machinery 10 the mine. and ! will probably 20
back there III q couple of weeks l am not by any
means disposed 20 give up yet-not IA long as /
can see as good a show as / have II had gwen
up hope / certainly would not go back. i can
make no prophecies; but will do my best 10 make
a mine Of IL"
superintendent Union Consolidated, of Bodie. re-
ports April 49, South drift, Banner lode adj
post of manganese, with clay and quartz, giving
assays from average samples Of ZIG to 81 gold
and $I26 silver One loot of quartz on west wall
is free from waste and is OF high milling grade.
Main tunnel is III l6S feet. Have cut several scaus
of quartz, indicating near approach 10 another
ledge"