The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-19
9TH iAEsAyAtA9 !lsf;Hf,
REPORT OF A PRoMiNGNT HALEY
IDAHO CITIZ ~.

Haley, Idaho, who was reported ia the
RECORD two weeks ago as having gone to
Pahranagat mining distsict, has just re-.
turned .thercirom, and started back to-.
ward Haley.
To say that Mr.. Rodgers is more than
pleased with his trip is too mild way
OF expressing it. He said:
The whole country goes far beyond
my expectations, and it is a question in
my opinion, of short time only, when
capital will be introduced to lend it's
helping hand to that section, so rich in
its mineral resources. 1t is so seldom.
continued he, in substance, with an ex.
preston that told Of varied experience,
that one actually sees more than has
been described in mining matters that
is indeed worthy OF comment There
are some
/ TREMENDOUS BODIES OF ORE
IN Pahranagat district ranging from four
to twenty feet in width, that will ASSAY
from 40 ounces to 60 ounces in silver.
and now and then are interspersed with
pockets that will assay away up into
the hundreds. 1t is this rich ore that ia
alone finding market. The greater
portion of the ore is Of too low grade
to seek the ore market which Salt Lake
City now affords. The work of prospect
ing has gone on and is going on quite
extensively. All the ore is raised to the
surface, the richest sorted out. and the
balance left
"How much, in your opinion, is there
OF this low grade ore on the dump?
asked the writer. ''At least four or five
THOUSAND TONS on THE DUMPS
that will assay from 40 to as high as 60
ounces in silver without sorting. Some
OF the veins, or the groupings from them,
can be traced for distance Of over five
miles in length. There have been nu.
merous locations and relocations made
in the last three years. One man, named
Geer, prominent farmer of Pahranagat
Valley, is the owner of about sixteen
fine looking claims, and he works con.
tinually from seven to % men in keep.
ing up his assessment work and deyelop.
ing his property.
l saw the places where two mills for.
merly stood and the place also where one
smelter eked out short existance. The
smelter of course could not he made to
run on the highly silicious ores of the
camp. The mill however were said to
have run with little more success.
VIM. Raymond, formerly of the Raw.
mond q Ely mine, that TIE P. c. NJ. &
Rid Co. now owns run one mill there,
until through the extra inducement of.
fered by the subsequently named r. &
4 mine, ne moved his plant to Bullion.
vile. The pan process was said to have
been handled there with more success
by Mr.. Bidwell, who worked transient
ores raw for about % per cent. Of what
was contained in them. He, like Ray.
mond, deserted the place with his mill
to operate in another part of the state
where the assays are said to have run
from $1,000 to $1,000 silver per ton. The
principle part of the silver lie
Is THE FORM OF sULPHURErs.
The gangue is in white quarts, with
specks OF black iron and little copper
running through it. l run across some
perfectly barren looking white quartz
there, which to my utter astonishment
run as high as IS ounces per ton"
"What method would you suggest of
treating this low grade ore, roasting and |
leaching?" interrupted the writer.
No, there is considerable lime spar
in the ore which would make the solu.
ton too alkaline for good work. The
only way in my opinion it can be
worked to good profit, is
by roasting and matchmaking, after
first pulverizing the pulp very finely.
What that country wants most is a
railroad. But what it is most apt to ret
frat is
CAPITOL THAT WILL UTILIZE
the many natural advantages surround.
ing the country and make good thing
out Of it, For instance, the ores that
would now have to be packed down the
could be run down, through
chutes, or by the means of an
endless rope-way. And then a
spring at Hike which yields the year
round quantity of water sufficient to
ell trough two feet square, could be
made to have II foot fall and furnish
considerable power.
1t is more than likely that Mr.. Rod.
gers and the parties he represents will
have urgent business in the vicinity Of
Phoebe at not very distant date.
The RECORD wishes him or any Others
who may take hold of this seemingly
immense mineral resource of the count.
ry, unbounded success.
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About 10 tons of argentiferons copper
bullion have just been run out OF the copper
smelter at Bristol. The ore which comes |
from the mines owned by Charles Roe
goes originally about 80 per cent copper
and considerable silver. Smelling and
shipping such materials must be a pleas.