The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-12-03


No 49, Lead, 7 per cent? SILVER
III. 6G ounces. goId, 0.l75 ounces.
1920 FOOT LEVEL
North cross cut.-Shsft to south cou-
tact, 46 feet; width of south coutact
drft, 4 feet; south contact to middle
| vein, 80 feet; width of middle vein !
| feet; middle vein to north contact, II
| feet extension Of cross.eut towards Burk
vein, 100 feet; total length OF cross.cut.
297 f,.t.
| MIDDLE VEIN, WEST.
From or cut tn ainze, "a fttt;
length of winze, s feet; to second wihzc
opening into unherhand stope, "a fee !;
length of stope on bottom OF drift, II
feet 4 inches; to st winze to 300 io' t
level, AZ feet inches; from thiId
winze to end of drift, 100 feet inch, $;
length of drift 2S6 feet 10 inches.
Seven feet east of the west end of an
underhand stope back stope begins
which has been extended west "a feet.
The stope has been carried up an aver.
age of IL feet.
An ore chimney begins l6 feet inches
from the cross cut and has length Of 81
feet with width of II inches to Is
inches. The mineral is for the most part
galena The vein going west works from
the center of the drift onto the hanging
wall, and them becomes very hard and
with but little galena. The samplipg Of
the entire length gave:
No. 2O.-Lead, 5S.5 per cent; Silver
l0S. 33 ozs Gold, trace.
In the back stope the character Of the
ore changes, becoming more sliceous and
containing less galena. The average
width is ~ inches and the length sampl-
ed 20 feet.
No. 2l.-Lead, So per cent; Silver,
So. so ounces. Gold, trace.
The vein is largest at the west and
runs out in the east end of the stope.
After leaving the stopped ground. the ore
makes into the hanging and bottom of
y the drift, and finally cuts out 63 feet
e from the west end of the stope. Going
r west the ore changes from galena into
i brown oxidized ere. The face of the
drift is entirely in porphyry and very
slightly mineralized.
Returning to VIM, NJ l. the ore
chimney, which begins 4G feet & inch, $
). from. the cross cut, is fuuLd continuing
!, down the winze 36 feet in depth at Loth
ends and 90 feet west along an internie
diate drift, and is continuous in the back
!. drift, measuring l2 inches to "a inches
It in width, with an average with of Il
r inches. The ore is the oxidized brown
variety, with an occasional bunch of ga
lena. Drift sampled entire length CAV,
IS No. 22.--Lead, 255 per cent. Silver
d 46 66 ozs. Gold, 0. $50 ozs.
IS There is an under hand stope at No.
winze 46 feet long and l3 feet 6 inche
;. below the level, showing oxidized ore a
the east end running into narrow bacl
e of unstoped ground. In the back at tn
: west end the ground becomes hard an,
} compact, very dark.colored limonit
(hydrated oxide of irony forming the vel
of mass.
,e East end sample:
] No. 23.--Lead, AZ PER cent Silver, s
" ozs.; Gold, none.
West end sample:
No. 24.-Lead 2 per cent; Silver, rs
:" , ozs. Gold, O.l75 ounces.
e' No. 3 Winze.-3S feet below the sui
oo face, drift has been extended west G
:" feet. In the back of the drift there
oxidized ore, with occasional thin wedge
Of of galena for the entire distance. In tn
west face there are feet inches Of yer
wa ferruginous ore. Sample from entire fat
cb No. 25,-Lead, 29,5 per cent; Silve
NO Ga ozs.; Gold, 0.250 ounces.
he From entire length of back drift, wit
70. an average width of l6 inches to
inches,
No. 26.-Lead, 80 per cent; silve
up 4S. 80 ounces: Gold, 0.l25 ounces,
ds. At this depth the middle vein is
ger we'll defined, and is in every sense
ip- strong, as at any point in the upp
kes levels.
Tor The total depth Of the winze is 50 fec
ct- The vein continues to the bottom in DO
led ends, and feet above the bottom
blendy ore comes in, from which a sm
-, sample was taken.
No. 27.-Lead, Ia per cent. Silver,
:. ozs.; Gold, 0l75 ozs.
r.. On the hanging wall there is the CHI
,:' acteristic oxidized ore. On the W,
side Of the winze the ore measures 3 I,
inches from wall TO wall
80 80 Middle Vein. East Length, 33l tee
>" The ore chimney IN the !, 100 apparel
' ~" ly extends into the back Of this dri
'o"' where it is well defined, though sma
In the face Of the drift the ground