Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-01
ORE BLOCKED OUT
IN BIG SH0SH0NE
WONDER MINE OF BULLFROG
DISTRICT
MarvelousIy Rich Property to Be op-
Grated on an Etensive Scale by
Electrical Machinery---No
Stock for Sale
Snecial to The Herald.

| Special to The Herald.
RHYOLITE, New, June 30.-Superln-
tendent Bryce Turner has the big Mont
| gcmery- Shoshone mine in line conol-
ton for an immense output. on the
several levels in the Shoshone the slopes
have been placed and shoots are being
| constructed so that all of the ore may
bc stoned from the 400-fcot level up TO
| the surface.
The big triple compartment shaft has
reached more than 800 feet, ana at tne
500 level a station Is being cut, upon
the completion of which the iaterai
work on the 300 and 400 levels VIII, De
duplicated, giving an additional 100 rect
of stopping ground.
Describing this remarkable mine the
Rhyolite Herald says: 1t is a revela-
ton to walk along a drift for several
hundred feet and see nothing but ore
on Nthe top, bottom and sides of the
workings, and then to find solid face
of ore at the end of the drift 1t is
revelation to note the width of the
several lodges and the immense stop
ing areas that are blocked out, ready
to be hoisted for treatment or shipped
direct to the, smelters.
Here a drift for 500 feet ore all the
way; there a crosscut 10, 20 or 65 feet,
all in pay ore; here raise from level
to level, all in ore; here a winze that
failed to reach the bottom of the pay
shoot; ore, ore, ore everywhere; and
when you reach the surface again sew
eral mammoth dumps of pay ore, con-
tanning thousands of TONS greet you as
a reminder of what the underground
workings have produced in develop
ment only. AS has frequently been
remarked. if the Shoshone workings
have produced so much ore in develop
n1xy 1.ybo there hn in sight
in the mine that can be stopped out and
mined at profit?
Large Shoots of Ore
1t is interesting to note that in both
the Shoshone and Polaris working
there are large shoots of ore that may
be broken down and shipped to the
smelters without sorting, and in the
Polars such ore Is present from 300 feet
| in length, while in prosecuting the
lodges immense widths of ore have been
exposed that average a good grade OF
milling ore. Mr.. Turner states that ne
does not consider anything under $40
as milling ore, but that the company
estimate on milling value" is always
$40 or better. The reporter saw 40 feet
of milling values" in crosscut of
the 300 level that will go better than
the minimum of $40 ton.
Hosting from the Polaris has been
discontinued, and work is being con-
fined to the old double compartments
and the new triple compartment shaft
or the Shoshone proper. Some excel
lent ore is being hoisted from the 800
and 400 levels, where drifting is being
continued to explore the ore bodies.
The usual shipments are being made
from the big dump, two carloads hav-
| ing been hauled away yesterday morn
| ing.
The big mill is rapidly nearing COM
pletion, but it will probably be the
middle of August before the plant will
be in operation. The electrical ma
chinery has been shipped from Pitts
burg and should arrive shortly. The
delay in the construction of the Ne
vada- California Power company's line
into Rhyolite and the delay in the ar
rival of the electrical machinery for
the mill has been occasioned by con-
ditions at the factories at Pittsburg,
making it impossible to make deliv-
cries. The power company has also
contended with the shortage of poles
which has delayed construction several
weeks. However. at present all con-
ditions seem favorable for the early
completion of the electric power line
into Rhyolite, and the Shoshone mill
will be ready for the power. The con-
struction work at the mill could be
rushed and completed in a very short
time If the power was available.
The Mayfower Property