Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-18
MILLIONS Of TONS
ON THE DUMPS
GREAT ACTIVITY AT Pl0CHE IS
EXPECTED
Mines only Awaiting Completion Of
Railroad--Lyndon Mine One Of
the First to Resume
Operations

News OF the formation OF tne LyTuoH
Mining company, which fact vas an
nounced I'm Sundays Herald, recalls the !
fact that the famous Comet district,
near Phoebe, New, In which the Lyn-
don mines are located, was RESPONSE
BILE for more bonanza mines than any
other district of the same size in the
country.
Between 1871 and 1876 the Comet dis
trict produced over SS0,000000 in gold
and silver, and Phoebe was famous the
world over. With the advent of rail-
road line Phoebe promises again to be
come famous as a mining camp, as 1t
Is said that there Is not mine in the
district which was worked out and
that on the various dumps there are
hundreds Of thousands, If not mil
lions, Of tons of ore which. with the
promised transportation facilities, can
be profitably shipped to the smelter.
The grade for the railroad has been
practically completed, the rails have
been delivered at Caliente and within
three months the line will be In ope-
ration between Caliente and Phoebe.
Tons Of Ore on the Dumps
Like other mines in the district the
Lyndon has thousands Of tons of ore
on the dumps, ranging in value from
$40 to S25 per ton, and an immense
vein of similar grade of ore, and even
much richer, scarcely has been
scratched.
1t is the intention of the company
to employ a full force in the mine,
beginning at once and to haul the ore
to the nearest point on the proposed
railroad and which will be known as
Lyndon siding, and place it in sacks,
ready for shipment as soon as the line
is placed in operation.
Following are the officers of the
company, which has been formed un-
der the laws of Arizona with a capital
stock of 81, 800, 900, and which is close
corporations: F. A. Morley, president;
r. M. Ling, vice president; Col. ]. j.
McCardy, secretary and treasurer; f.
F. Prudential, general manager; and
these with 1. T. Dyer, f. Greenwood
and H. D. Campbell. compose the di-
rectors.
The Lyndon mines are on the line
of the mother ledge, which is probably
the most extensive ever found. The
mines are located nine miles west of
Phoebe, which is in Lincoln county and
In district on low. isolated range of
mountains 5000 feet above the sea level.
The geological formation is. generally
speaking, cambrian quartZite and over
tapping limestone, throughout which
run ore-bearing fissures; occasionally
| y
to three hundred feet in width, cut
their way prominently across the dis
| trict.
The district has been the subject of
much study by such experts as John
Hays Hammond, Prof. Kemp, the ge
ologist; Prof. Peck. professor of ge-
ology in Columbia college, and many
other engineers and practical mining
men. All of these authorities have rec
ognized these porphyry dikes as the
main ore-bearing tunnel from which
all the other veins have derived their
metallic contents. The largest is called
the mother ledge of the district and
commences at point from tie Alps
mine on the east and runs in a wester-
ly direction through several we'll
known properties.
Great Mineral District
The Phoebe district was developed in
the early 70s by shafts sunk on the
Yuba 1900 feet, Silver 900 feet, Newark
900 feet and tapped in the Independent
ground through a long cross cut run
out from bottom of the old Raymond
and Ely shaft at a depth of 1900 feet
below the surface, from which point it
was further developed by winze sunk
! 300 feet still deeper. The ore consists
of sulphides of lead, iron, zinc with
high silver and gold values. In the
vicinity of the Lyndon mines the ore
runs about Is per cent lead, IS to $50
per ton gold, 20 ounces silver and 8
per cent copper, while some zinc blend
is found close TO the walls running
over 200 ounces silver one ounce gold
and so per cent lead per ton. The long
quartzite assure which lies about 200
feet south of the porphyry ledge passes
through the old Raymond and Ely and
Meadow Valley mines, from which over
$20,O00,000 was produced within the
short space of six years.
In the old days the actual mining
cost was $44 per ton and the milling
cost 500. The ore had to be shipped
to Salt Lake City on the backs of des-
ert burros a distance of 400 miles. No
extraction could be obtained by the
pan amalTamation process; smelling
was then in Il crude and imperfect state
and only two-thirds of the values were
saved. In spite of this tremendous