The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-12-27

and the work sill goes on. The forma.
ton ia limestone and shale. The ore
VEN is nearly horizontal and ranges
from IL to Is inches in thickness.
Quartz Us the gangue, through which
the oreis intimately distributed, heavy de.
posts OF galena being frequently en-.
countered. The Half Moon embraces
SIX separate claims, the ore vein being
now well developed in four of them. 1t
Is huge property of low grade ore-but
by reason Of quantity and ease of min
ing-of great value; estimates recently
placed upon it reaching into the hundreds
of thousands. This group has always
furnished large proportion of the ore
reduced at the smelter and is opened
now so that if necessary 10 tons day
could easily be mined.
MENDAH,
The next nearest mine Of Importance
is the Menhah, situated in Highland dis.
trict, about 0 miles by road west from
Phoebe. This mine has always been the
chief OF that district, and was first To-
Gated about 1871. 1t is considered
base ore mine, usually carrying a heavy
percentage of lead. The principal work
done on it was by the Hillside and Day
IN % 10, f,r, Oh 1ao1 G., H.. ,ke.1
furnace ten years ago. The Day Mig.
Co. worked it last in 1883 and opened up
large body Of 60 OF. ore, which was af-
terward mined by chloriders and shipped
to Salt Lake, paying well. The mine, in
this condition was purchased by its pres
ent owners, the Phoebe Con. Co. last
spring and prospect worth begun. The
result has been to open up at the west
end below the $50 foot level, larger and
richer deposits of ore than any hereto
fore found. Teams are steadily engaged
in hauling from it to the furnace here,
and in October last when the mine
was thoroughly sampled, the ore in
sight was estimated at $4,000. Since
that time the ore body has steadily in.
creased in size, and last week seven feet
Of solid ore was reported as the width of
the vein at the bottom of the main in.
cline.
DAY MINE.
Jack Rabbit District comes next stu
ated l6 miles northwest of Phoebe, and
here two valuable properties are located
the Day mine and the Onondago.
The Day Mg. Co. abandoned work on
the former about 1884, the high grade
material necessary to successfully operate
a furnace at Bristol miles north Of it,
Decreasing in quantity and growing more
expensive to extract The formation il
limestone, and the vein an unusually
large assure measuring in some places al
much as 100 feet in width. At the poin'
Of discovery an open cut 80 feet long
Is feet wide and averaging 25 feet higf
exists, from which the old company
mined some 500 tons of ore averaging q
CTS. per ton in silver; some being extre
mely rich. The vein was then followed
down for high grade ore. Afterward al
500 foot tunnel was driven from tn
mountain side below, tapping the ledg
at 300 feet from the groupings, ant
through this tunnel the mine was WORKED
and opened thoroughly, both above an(
below the tunnel level. The p. G. Co
entered the property under lease yea
ago to extract material for fluxing tn
ores here and last spring purchased tn
property outright and set to work t
open it still further, principally abov
the tunnel level. Thousands of tons 0
low grade material were left standing b
the old company and many thousand
more have been opened up by recen
work and from thorough exploration {
the whole property, made with grea
care last September by Professor Gee
w. Maynard of New York, it was est
mated that above the tunnel level 400
900 tons of ore are standing conservati,
ly estimated at 20 ounces in silver to tn
ton and he gives to that part of the min
a gross value of SIS, 960, 900 while the Ell
timated ore reserves below the tunn'
level, he places at $500 tons an
places upon it gross value of 81, S4S, OC
or gross valuation for the whole pr
perty of $40, sos, 900 and in his report O
the property recently submitted to I'll
directors of the company at New Yor
says: at is hardly an exaggeration
say that the value of the Day ore is I
great for its huxing properties as for I'll
silver it contains for with it the silicon
ores of Phoebe may be worked by Il
smelling process; without it other ar
more expensive and less perfect metho'
of treatment would have to be adopted
methods which up TO the present. ma
turned out most unsatisfactory except
the case of free milling ores. This
truly a magnificent property and almo
! alone viii justify the construction OF t
l railroad, the proposed terminus OF viii
! is hut ii miles from it and over tt
. short distance a track could be bu
a with no grading whatever
oN0NDAGO.
This mine almost Joins the Day mi
on the east and was located under
present name in 1886. The locate
! found pay ore near the surface
worked the mine for upwards of yea