The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-09-05
CORRESPONDENT
VISITS THE SHOSHONE

i had the pleasure yesterday of going
through the workings of the Montgom
cry Shoshone mine from the glory hole
to the 600-foot level, where the sulphide-
tale ore body has been opened. / asked
every question that / could think of re-
garding the size and value of the ore
bodies, and am pleased to say that Supt.
George Lisle answered me fairly and
without hesitancy in every instance
except one, and / will tell of that later.
This was my first visit to the mine
workings since the new management
took charge, although / have visited the
mine now and then since the tale ore
body was first struck on the original
tunnel level in the palmy days of 1905.
l didn't take samples. / didn't go
there for that purpose. But / did take
notice that during the several minutes
waiting for Mr.. Lisle's arrival, that
every car of stuff that was hoisted out
of the mine from the tunnel and 'hc
lower levels went direct tn tie mill bins.
| noticed further, as We walked through
the l~aterals and climbed up and down
the Slopes that every machine man on
that shift was breaking ore into the
slopes, and that only three men, with
hand drilling, were employed in extend
ing ~laterals into lean or uncertain ter
ritory. The greater portion of the work
now in progress is on ore that Is going
direct to the mill without sorting.
Lots of Ore Broken
Some idea of what is going on in the
Shoshone may be gained from the fol
lowing statement, which Mr.. Lisle made
to me after we had stepped off the cage
at surface:
eli / should lay off every machine
man and mine and confine operations
to hosting only, the mill in two months
of steady running could not take care
of the ore actually broken in the mpe;
and by this / mean ore that will pay a
good profit. BY actual measurement,
completed only last night, there are
close to 5000 tons broken in the mine,
enough to run more than go days. And
you have seen today that the mine is IN
good shape to break Immense quantities
on the several levels
Many New Developments
/ was impressed particularly with the
favorable developments that have taken
place in the mine under the present
management; with the ley discoveries
of ore, and the addition of new stopping
areas, which, Mr.. Lisle stated, were not
in sight when Henry Krumb passed an
unfavorable report on the property last
March.
Glory Hole Hardly Touched
The glory hole is not worked out, as
reported on the streets. There are hun
dreds of tons of ore broken in the big
hole, and there is ore on every side that
will pay to mill. The glory hole is per
haps 90 feet in diameter, and is fully
that deep, and it exposes ore on all
| sides and in the bottom. 1.-The glory
hole is hardly touched - said Mr.. Lisle,
Notwithstanding reports. And that
bunch of rhyolite that separates the
glory hole from the 205 stope to the
east, samples from $14 to SIG a ton,
with a width of about Is feet. So
everything in sight is mill ore. as you
can see, and there is lots of that rich
tale in the heart of the hole, and we
don't know how far the stuff goes back
into the HILL
Another Whopper Ore Body
Extensive as the glory hole is, recent
exploration work east of this point, ad-
jacent to the POS stope, has opened an
ore body that promises to be the biggest
deposit in the mine. A drift has been
run 80 feet along the main fault, every
foot of which samples a good mill aver
age. and for 40 to so feet the ore body
is exposed along the 205 stope, which,
like the glory hole, extends to surface.
'sThis looks like a mountain of ore In
ITSELF" said Mr.. Leslie, "and it is the
best ore to crush that we have in the
mime
The 2O5 Slope in Rich Territory
The stope from the 200 level to sur
face, east of Tic glory hole, is on a
large vein of manganese quartz, and IS
kInwn as 205 ssopc 1t is tr IN z to 10
feet in width. Tie broken Gre in tn
s,ope is about 100 feet DEEP and the
stope is being filled from the south drift
on the big vein and from the newly dis
covered ore body on the east, and is be-
ing emptied through the chutes on the
200 level. A raise is being made from
the 200 level to connect with the drift
about 80 feet south of the opening.
Lateral work at that point will make
great additions to the stopping areas. !
st IVES LEASING co. /