The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-08-21
POGO TEMPO.


tain House and on the Nevada side of
the State line.
Thus far but two companies have
been operating in the camp, i. e., POGO
TEMPO M. & M. Co. of Carson and a
California company, represented by
Barney Mccartney, who formerly
owned the claim they are now work.
ing. This latter is a small vein of free
gold ore, carrying high values in
places, and is what would be termed
ga good prospect" but is not suffi-
GENTLY developed to determine its ex-
tent and value. A test run of about
fifty tons is now being made to ascer-
tain the working value of the ore, and
if satisfactory, systematic development
work will be inaugurated.
The POGO TEMPO Company owns
the adjoining hill, which contains two
or more large veins carrying gold, sill
yer, lead and iron. The formation is
lime, porphyry and quartzite and the
characteristics of the veins and ore are
said to be almost identical with the
famous Tintic mines in Utah. There
are thousands of tons of quartz con-
tanning more or less mineral on the
surface, and the groupings, which are
the most conspicuous objects on the
hill, project in places, twenty feet or
more above the ground. One of these
veins the west VEIN has been explor-
ed by an incline shaft following the
vein to the depth of $50 feet and by
drifts on the 100 and 150-foot levels
100 feet. These openings show from
twelve to fourteen feet of ore along
the foot wall with no hanging wall in
sight. The vein crops on the surface a
distance of 500 or 600 feet, runs nearly
north and south and dips "a degrees to
the east.
The east vein is very much larger,
and about 400 feet higher up the hill.
1t also has a north and south course,
dips to the west and has the same char
acter of ore as its neighbor on the
west. However, only surface work
has been done on this vein, fifty-foot
shaft being the deepest workings. Be
tween these two large veins are sever
al small ones, varying from few
inches to two feet, which all carry ore
in paying quantities and appear to be
feeders or stringers from the big
lodges. The mineral in these veins is
very evenly disseminated throughout
the quartz and seldom in punches of
any size. The average value of the
ore thus far extracted will probably
not exceed $40 or SIS per ton, and
therefore not profitable TO ship to
smelters. To overcome this difficulty
the owners have erected small concen-
trating plant near the mine, where the
quartz gangue is eliminated from ore
worth from $40 to 500 per ton, and all
above that value is assorted out and
sacked for direct shipment
The concentrations carry from 700
to 800 ounces in silver, two ounces in
gold and sixty to sixty-five per cent
lead, with quite percentage of iron.
The mill is situated about half mile
from the mine, under bluff of rocks.
The ore is dropped from wagon
through a bridge into an ore bin of
about fifty tons capacity. From this
bin it is fed by gravity to the rock
breaker, thence into small bin from
which it is supplied to the stamps by
n selffeeder. BY this automatic ar
rangement the ore is shoveled but
once into the car at the mine.
The mill is operated by steam power
and consists of five 700-pound stamps,
one Frue concentrator and rock
breaker. Water for the mill and house
is supplied by a well sixteen feet deep,
situated about 400 feet below the mill,
in which is placed a large pump,
operated by steam from the mill boil
er. This raises the water so feet and
delivers it into 4000-gallon galvaniz-
ed iron tank, from which it is distrib-
uted through pipes to the mill as need
ed Sagebrush is used for fuel and at
the same time good agricultural land
owned by the company is being clear
ed for cultivation. They now have
fine garden which supplies all the veg
etables used in the camp, and next
year they hope to produce their own
hay.
The property is well situated for eco
nomical working, being low down in
Antelope Valley, where but little snow
falls, no roads to build and convenient
to water and electric power, if ever
worked on large scale.
This property affords a striking ex-
ample of what can be accomplished
with comparatively no capital, except
good stock of patience, energy and
industry. The owners (then five in
number) after being satisfied that