The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-23
P|OCHE OPENING
BIG ORE BODIES

Mines to the west of Phoebe are
opening up bigger and stronger every
day and some great things may be
expected, according to w. H. Weber
who returned with John A. Kirby.
They have been in the district several
days making a close examination OF
the work being done. The following
statement of conditions was made
to the Salt Lake Tribune, by Mr..
Weber:
after several days close inspec-
ton of the Phoebe King, l feel justi-
fed in telling you that it looks like
a sure cinch, that we are going to
pick up the Prince ore bodies. The
east dipping rich assures are due In
about 40 feet as nea as we can
figure.
1.-THE formation changed in the
face of the west drift yesterday and
the shale is identical with the for
nation in which the east dipping
assures occur in the Prince Console
dated. The ground is heavily min
eralized and looks right for ore.
There are no visible faults OF dis
placements in evidence either under
ground or on the surface between
the Prince Consolidated shaft and
the Phoebe King shaft. We made an
extensive trip through the Prince
and found the ore and indications,
| showing strength on all levels driv-'
ing north toward the King end line
and there Is no reasonable prob
ability that the assures will not con-
tinue into the King or that we will
not ecounter and develop a series OF
ore chutes and ore bodies in the
Phoebe King as they are in the
Prince. Mr.. Lloyd, superintendent
of the Prince Consolidated, insists
that we are sure to do so and Mr..
Kirby and I feel much encouraged
by conditions as we find them under
ground in the King.
"Mr. Kirby started work on the
bedded vein encountered at the 200
foot level in the shaft. 1t is looking
splendid. After driving on it for a
few feet it shows up strong and well
defined, with a tendency to widen as
we work west toward the assure. We
will have some tests made on the ore
but as there is gleana showings, an
much carbonate scattered through
the quartz We know it is fairly good
ore. Assays made when cutting
through the ore with the shaft, gave
as high as 200 ounces silver and
better. | think we can save the ore
to good advantage.
PASSED THROUGH FISSURE.
ION the 3O0-foot level the west
crosscut passed through several
small assures, but We do not con-
slider them of any great Importance
although they are heavily mineral
lied. The crosscut is out 290 feet
and the face is in the most encourag-
ing formation and conditions we have
encountered. 1t is possible We will
not nav to drive as far as we figure
to pick up the big assures, however,
the formation in the Prince CONSOLE
dated is very heavily m~ineralized and
altered a considerable distance from
the ore body, and we may have to
| drive out the limit of our measure
ments and perhaps a little farther.
The assures have a tendency to leave
their main course at times.
SAT a point 260 feet in the east
crosscut, Mr.. Kirby has decided to
drift both ways on a large and
heavily mineralized fissure; it shows
much manganese and a little lead. A
bedded vein i%ntersects the assure, the
hanging wall of which shows just
above the floor of the crosscutt. This
bed seems to be raising to the north
and east. By driving north 40 de-
grees west along the assure we will
prospect the bed and the assure and
1 would not be surprised if we opened
up an ore body or a series Of them
as We drive.
AT THE PRINCE.
The Prince Consolidated is open
ing up bigger and better as develop
ment progresses. The 550-foot
level is in the best and highest grade
ore they have ever had and the winze
being sunk on the fissure is in high
grade continuously to the bottom, a
distance of about so feet. The
bottom of the winze is just en-
countering another bedded vein
which looks good. The bed on the
3OO-foot level has opened up into an
immense ore zone; they have drifted
TO the north oWard our Gladstone