The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-04

Phoebe! One Of the greatest
mining camps the world ever
knew. A camp with a record
for production that shaved the
100000, 900 mark; a camp that
has hardly had its surface
scratched; with only twoor three
mines that ever reached water
level. Pioche! A camp that has
more legitimate claim to recogni-
ton than most camps in this
western country; a camp which,
since it went to pieces with the
degradation of silver, has had to
appeal with outstretched hands
to capital for relief from its
isolation and shameful neglect,
is coming to the front again. 1t
is coming this year; and it is
coming to stay. It's old mines
are to be redeemed and inumer-
able new ones are to be made
from the splendid prospect, that
cover the fine lodges in the half
dozen districts that radiate from
the old town.
Material is now being assemb-
led and the railroad is going to
be extended from Caliente to
camp during the next few months
AS a great deal Of the twenty
eight miles of grading has already
been done. it will not require
long to finish the line once the
construction crews are set at
work. When the road is COM
pleted the boom will break, for
men and companies have been
preparing for that even for the
past several years, the activity
having been particularly marked
during the year just closed.
TSs Fcvado-Utan company,
which is operating all of the
properties of the old Phoebe Con-
solidated company, is now in
shape to begin production or a
heavy scale, and properties all
through that region have been
steadily developing and blocking
ores ready for the day when rock
carrying modest values might be
converted into coin of the realm.
Samuel NeWhouse, the mining
operator who does things, has
just acquired control of the Ohio.
Kentucky company, an organiza-
ton that has been rounded Out
by the Godbe brothers and J. l..
Hackett of Louisville. The com.
pany owns a great number OF
properties and the control ir
others, which covers the famous
black le,ge and other veins tha
intersect the great porphyry dyke
running through the district ant
known as the mother lode
These properties stretch ava.
from the Nevada Utah company
Raymond & Ely mines and ar
considered very valuable. Tha
they will now be systematicall
and vigorously handled goe
without saying.
There are dozens of propertie
in the Pioche country that al
capable of shipping ore wort
anywhere from $25 to $50 a tol
Hardly any of them were able
stand the heavy expense of ge
ting supplies in and shipping OF
out for fifty miles to Modena, Il
point from which most of Il
teaming has been done of la
years, but with the railroad con
pleted to camp many of the;
properties can be made to p;
handsomely, while others can
least slip ore enough to ket
development work going on
the time. Lead ore, copper or
gold ore and silver ore are
found in the districts, and he
and there producers of such ric
ness have been developed tn
most any kind of transpor
ton charge could be met and
profits result as well.
1t is the tonnage of a cal
Of a camp that counts, howev
and Phoebe has already issued
ports for the benefit of railrC
officials showing that the tonnl
was there. In the Day Mine
the Nevada-Utah company it
estimated that there is betw