The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-12-26
Lodi Mines Co.
SmeIter
TOWN or BOB AIDtOUT--NEW
OWNERS SHOW PROTECTION
OF MILLION MAS ONLY + PNtP
STARE ox RESOURCES.

One OF the busiest mining camps Ia
Nevada today. without doubt. is Lodi.
where the LODI Mines Co. is not only
developing "A mine which Is proving
wonder. but Is binding q 100 ton
smelter To treat its own ores, says the
Infermonntain Republican. eontinn-
ing as follows. The company has
laid out towusite near the Iuinss
and smelter. having arranged for an
abundant water supply The town
bears the euph0nious name of Bdhl
Employees of the Eodi Mines Co. alone
viii make tpVn OF fair Size. and
many others arc going in. Inspired
By the success o4 the big company.
owners of ground on the same MINER
al belt are commencing 10 develop ex
teusiveiy. with every prospect that ai
mum Der of good mines viii be opened,
The Lodi Mines CO was formed
less than year ago by Dr. G.. !.
Bust and J II Eaton. experienced
mining men of Denver. who. with as
soo-fates. took over the old lllinod
mine and areproxing BY Development
thar although Il had produced mors.l
than $1,000. 600. relatively little was
known concerning the. extent of iKs
the property eoger 5-50e feet along
the course of a wide ore channel IA
the limestone which presents a mnst
remarkable surface showing Win
| in This distance are five distinct Gre
shoots. any one of which is the msR-
ing OF a mine. in Itself. yet with
known production of 81 900. 900 and
with ore reserves OF $1,000. 900 CRep-
resented by cue blocked out in the
| mine and ore broken and stored for
| the smelterl. but one of these five
ore shoots Inns been mined and thai
| To Il depth OF but 700 feet
/ The work which mas been done an
| the other f5ru ore shoots has dis
I closed high grade ore and the same
vein structure rs that existing in the
/ deeper workings Oi The mine II Is
reasonable 10 presume that ure bod
! les of equal exteRt aud value are to
! be found therein. and there are un-
mistakable evidences than tile largest
and richest deposits of tile big ore
: channel are yet TO he mined. Al
though the WORK of exploration ala
ready performed has disclosed large
bodies of gold. silver. iron and lead.
yet the work OF developing the estate
of the company has been barely com
/ menced. and the probable shoots of
mineral whica lie beneath the bold
outcrops can only be Appropriated
by the story told in the mine work
. ings Were they oaly one-half 80
rich as the Welch and Illinois veins
In the lmMed area which nas beea
explored. each would hold vast for
| tene.
/ The veining system consists OF
. three parallel assures in the time
, running I 3 degrees east of north
/ along the east base of a low range oil
/ mountains. This assuring was evi.
1 IDENTIFY caused by the intrusion of .
r dikeo granite on the west Actual
3 mining operations have been confined
G to the Illinois vein and the Welsh
vein. which have been developed fol-
Y short distance on each side of the
{ | shaft and TO vertical depth of TOO
Y feet. nine levels having been estab
r lished. On the surface these two
D veins are less than four feet apart
a but 800 feet below they are 32 feet
: apart, From that point down the
\ veins dip toward common center
/ and the company's mining engineers
Y and its able management are united
in the belief that within short dis
D lance below the two assures will
p unite In one mighty body of ore
I which is now evidenced by the vein
S of high grade ore in the bottom oil
Y the shaft.