The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-04-18
THE CHAIRMAN MINE
Vislt Of r. j. Davidson Of Be !
New York.
Work on the New Plant VIII Do.
Gin at Once.
A 6urprislne Discovery Made In
Lower Workings.

Il. J. Davidson. OF Bath, N. Y, one
of the heaviest stock holders In the
Chairman Company, reached Eureka
on Tuesday and will arrive In Ely by
special conveyance Thursday morning.
Under his supervision the contracts
for the lumber, grading and construc-
tion work for the new mill will be let
without delay, and work will begin
within few days.
After the plans had been drawn II
was found that the excavations neces-
sary TO accommodate the building
would be very expensive, and that the
roof OF Q portion OF the structure would
be beneath the surface level, and It was
finally decided that all this could be
avoided by making change in the
position Of the building. 1t Is to de-
eide upon the advisability OF making
this change that Mr.. Davidson comes
to Ely, and 1t is possible he may decide
to remain and supervise the construc-
tion work. Mr.. Davidson has had
large experience In this line and his
profession Is that OF contractor and
builder. He erected the New York
State Refornatory at Elmira, and also
other State institutions, and with his
approval the new Chairman mill will
undoubtedly be q model OF modern
architecture.
THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
On Friday last, through the courtesy
OF Superintendent L. F. Shepherd, and
under the guidance Of Foreman ]. B.
Simpson, we were enabled to examine
the underground workings OF the
Chairman mine, and to say that we
we're surprised at the work accom-
pills he'd and the immense bodies OF ore
In sight Is to put 1t mildly.
Going down TO the 200-foot level one
passes through the drift westward for
o distance of two hundred feet to the
point where the ore body was struck
In the new workings, and for forty feet
In the same direction the drift passes
through ore bodies the dimensions of
which can only be estimated, and that
they extend indefinitely beyond this
there can be no doubt.
But at this point 1t was determined
to make On angle to the north for the
purpose OF determining how far the
ledge extended In that direction, and
after passing through an Intervening
wall, the management was surprised
at encountering q rich deposit of cop
per. Through this the miners have
drifted for more than twenty feet
without any apparent change In the
formation, and it is the belief that this
discovery will prove to be the outcrop-
ping OF on immense body OF rich copper
ore, which will later be tapped from
the lower levels.
Il Is not the intention to handle this
deposit at present, but Superintendent
Shepherd has q couple Of men at work
In II, and will run the drift forward for
the purpose of determining just what
Is there. II 1t proves to be what the
indications promise, the treatment OF
these ores will call for smelling prop
osition, and 1t is highly probable that
the near future viii see fully equipped
smelter In operation at the Chairman.
To the east of the main shaft another
drift extends for q distance OF about
800 feet, passing through ore OF vary
ing values ell the way, and numerous
side-dr prove the permanency Of
the ore bodies.
On the l00-foot level also, the steady
downward dip Of the ore-bearing lodges
to the southwest, which continues un-
interrupted st the 200-foot level,
proves beyond question that the ore
bodies are unbroksn through the in
tervening distances.
The shaft is now down about 270 feet,
and this will be extended at once to
800 feet. From that point drifting
will again be commenced, and the ore
blocked out In the upper levels will be
handled from below.
II Is estimated that at the present
time ore TO the amount OF 125, 900 tons
is blocked out In the mine, and that
there is enough now in sight to keep
the new mill running for three years at
least. In the meantime the work Of
exploration will continue and there Is
no doubt that the ore bodies will i'm
prove as greater depth is attained.
As to the values OF the ores, Professor
Fred d. Smith, the company's mill
superintendent and chemist, has made
assays OF hundreds OF samples taken
from all parts OF the mine, and found
values ranging oil the way from % to
s70 O ton. At the point where work
was suspended in the west drift the
ores show the highest values, and this
will be pushed when the new mill Is
ready to handle the output.
The claim Is made, and can be estab-
lished, that the Chairman Is the larg-
est mine In the State, and Its output
will demonstrate, when the new mill
begins TO turn out bullion, that II Is
also the richest.
There 10 NO doubt that there are
other properties In this vicinity, which,