The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-12-24
PIOCHE MINING REPORT.
lSSTRUCrIVT FACTS AND FtG-
URGS rRuM LATE DsTA.
a Systemntfc Description OF the via
ing siiu ttlon Here. The ZerO's de
scripticn Ore Measurements. As
says. Etc
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

Within the side lines of the Raymond
and Ely ground there are two vein, the
Raymond and Ely and the Black Ledge,
In depth they approach each other, So
that on stul II feet above the drifC a
cross-cut from the Black Ledge has cut
the Raymond and Ely in Is feet.
On the west end of the stull the so ID
ore measures Is inches to q inches, and
assays:
No. 40. Lead, nons; Silver, 57,33 ozs;
Gold, OFFS ozs.
The ore continues solid for 40 f.
above the stull.
just above the upraise from ths 1929
foot cross-cut, and for 10 feet east OF IL
the ore is from feet to feet 6 inches
wide, and sample for this width and
length assayed:
No. 50.-Lead, none; Silver, 1896
ozs. Gold, 0,666 ozs.
My personal examination did not take
more than 100 feet of the vein in length
and 52 feet in height, which on an e'ti.
mated average width Of 80 inches and
value of 81. OIL ounces Of silver and 200
gold, and 8 cubic feet to the ton, would
give gross content of S9,37S ounces OF
silver and 2SS ounces of gold, and value
of $l05, ,S63
A winze has been sunk 300 feet below
the ! 200 TO ot level, and cross cut ex-
tended from it to, the "Black Ledge.
| From the cross cut drift has been
run 100 feet each way. The walls
in the west drift are uniform aud gen
orally % feet wide at the roof and 5 feet
at the bottom. The solid clean ore
measures from 6 inches to II feet the
entire length, and for most of the dis
tance Is over. foot and assays from 4C
ounces to 100 ounces, and has been get
ting richer westward from 80 ounces t,
l2O ounces, averaging 100 ounces. Ii
the face it is now foot in the top an,
lI feet in the bottom of the drift. IL
addition to the solid ore, punches of goo'
ore are through the vein mass. The or
is steel galena and zinc blentle. A cross
cut has been run about 10 feet from tn
face of the east drift, showing foot ,
solid quartz ,ssaying 81 5 ounces OF silve
and .250 ounces gold; the vein parallel
the drift.
FUTURE WORKING OF THE RAYMOND AN
The only way in which the Raymou
and Ely and Black Ledge can be deve
oped in depth will be by extending I'll
main shaft to the ! 800 foot level. Tn
IS will involve 220 feet OF shaking and a
q additional 20 feet fo the sump, III "a
4 240 feet. From the l,ot IT the shat
~ cross. cut would be ruu w Inter ect u
v two veins, and by driving to the wiz.
ia which has already been sunk from the
"a 200 and connected with the Black lie !,
Il by cross-cut, ventilation can be secur,
ia at thi. end of the workings. The leng,
ID of the cross-cut to the Raymond and 4
"a vein would be abou 400 feet, and to \
"a Black Ledge an additional 500 feet
With the experience already gained
to the amount of water which wou
have to be dealt with, there is eve
- reason to believe that the present pun
=. ing capacity will be ample for both t
~ Raymond and Ely and Meadow Vail
mines.
" Assuming that the Black Ledge
body extends to the 1900 for the LEM
70 Of 300 feet, and for width Of feet,
nd gross tonnage would amount to 30,C
Or. tons, with value OF about 81 500, 900
Iry With such large breasts Of ore to W,
100 on, there will be no difficulty in rails
i'm at least 100 tons per day when the sto
ew are opened and the necessary provisi
for are furnished for transporting the ore
CHI the shaft.
the Zero.
M The Zero vein has been traced 900
=" by outcrops, shafts and prospect no
Course northwest and southeast,
south.
70 The upper incline shaft on the lod
for sunk through a bold out crop on
var. summit OF hill just above the Rayn
on and Ely. The shaft measures 90
ne from the collar to the bottom. For
one first 40 feet the dip Of the vein is 20
ote grees and then it hattens, the ave-
. to being Is degrees, The 40 feet ranges
van width from feet to 2 feet inches,
be in the bottom 2 feet. The manga
oe, oxide, which extends from the top
v ia depth of so feet, gives way to an
which is mixed with an ocherous hydr
oxide of iron. There are evidences Of
-, present dip changing to a sleeper q
va. in depth. Forty feet down the sh
~ drift has been started. The wisdom
this is not apparent, as, owing to
" : conformation Of the surface, the d
will soon come into the "open," a
raised on, there would at most be br
the feet Immediately adjoining the shaft
most At the bottom 8 feet 6 inches
. TO sampled from side to side Of shaft
feet in width. '.s -
No. 42.-Silver IL. 33 ozs.; Gold,
=. CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE.