Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-29
THE GARDNER MINE.
"A Big Property With Plenty
Of Ore.

| ~ A"o always Ooon malub aimed that |
~: i. order 70 work mine. that tho par
tiles owning the property must have
lcapital at ctmmand.e This theory has
been pricked, and tho bubble has col
lapsed.
Some two years ago, Major Gardner
and his two SONS, Percy and Jim, To-
Gated q piece Of mining property that
had been worked in the early sixties,
and which had been abandoned by the
original owners as too low grade to
meet the requirements OF the high
priced times. The property is situated
about six miles southeast Of this city,
and good road leads to II.
When the Gardeners located the prop
erty they went through the old work.
ings and systematically sampled the
ground that was exposed. COlors OF
gold were found throughout the claim,
and the owners, realizing lat they
could not afford to ship the ore, COM
meneed figuring on erecting mill.
They bought mill in vi sinia City
which had been out of use for years
and fitted it up on the river below the
mine. Steam was the motive power,
and after a short run it proved too
high priced for the ore extracted. They
then surveyed ditch line down the
river, and found that it took three
quarters of mile of ditch to get suf1i-
cient fall
The first improvement was the build
ing OF dam across the river, which is
200 feet long and well made This
work was done by the three men and
then the ditch was started. In order
to build the ditch it was necessary TO
dig through nearly 200 yards OF gran
tie, which was done, and the ditch
banked up with the buulders in the
. weak places. The mil was then over
: hauled and five stamps now drop on
ore. All of this work was done inside
of eighteen months by the three men.
After completing the mill the two
boys went into the mine and opened UP
new workings. A tunnel was run into
I the hill lis feet, which tapped an old
e shaft. Then tunnel was run to the
east over 100 feet, and ore was en-
O. countered in every direction. Many
O small drifts were run and all of then
tapped ore.
The mine is situated near the sum
u nit CT the mountains and the cap 0
10 the hill is a solid mass of lime stone
As soon as the lime stone is tapped
great dixie of ore is uncovered. Tun
L nels have been run from every directio,
a and in each instance the ore is encoun
:, tered. The work that has been don
a. shows a body of ore that can be meas
:. ured into thousands OF tons, as it REP
10 reseEts bunch Of ore as big as cit
ce block. When the property was we
ct developed an assay was taken frol
sixteen different points and an averae
Of Sc per ton was the result.
The milling results from everythin
=, run through has netted 81 per ton. an
no ore Is sorted but taken as it com,
-. from the mine. The ore is mostly
decomposed quartz, or honeycom
quartz, and while many pieces can
classed as specimens from the visab
gold, the Gardne dc not pay any a
tention to the high grade specimen
:, 10 but take everything as it comes al
ship it to the mill where the five STAN
pound out six tons every twenty TO,
hours Of the hardest quartz and ten
twelve tons of the loose quartz al
dirt can be run through.
The beauty of the Gard ner mine
that they invite inspection, and sta
that they know that no man can car
off the mine in specimen. They ha
done every bit OF the work from T.
proceeds of the property, and ha
lately added concentration to the II.
and are now figuring on adding fl
stamps to the battery. They have
great big mine, and realize it. Tn
$500 also know that it is a low grade pro
olt. osition, and have regulated the wo
to meet it. 1t is property on t
# =, Treadwell scale, and had they the ca
,va- ital to put in tramway from the mi
ect. to the mill they would have hundr
stamps dropping en- the ore from t
to mine
At the present time they have t.
men on the pay roll and it is only
4 matter of time when big pay r