Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
THE MENDHA-N NEVADA.

W HEN the floods swept the Phoebe
w country just a, year ago and cut
off railroad transportation for six
months. there was only one mine that
worked continuously through the
period and that was the Mendha-
Nevada Mining company. Although It
was believed at first that the wash
out was temporary the Mendha man
aScmcnt secured all the distllate 1t
could and prepared for a siege. The
force was decreased and work pushed
ahead during the long six months of
waiting. This work was continued
throughout OH pay ore.
When the first train reached Phoebe
the latter part OF June the Mendha
was ready with four cars of ore on
the track for shipment to the United
States Smelter at Salt Lake, The flood
marooned five cars at Phoebe and the
Mendha secured four of them. Ship
mcnts from this property have been
there Is haul OF nine
miles from tho mine in the
highland district to the Phoebe
station, the company makes regular
shipments each week. AS this is an en-
cellent grade of gold, silver. lead ore
. COlltiiiilHS Soou IRON NtlucS, WIFI ITO
base metals, it Is of especial value to
meters and Is sold under contract
to the United States smelter. 1t car
ries on an average $40 in metals.
At present there Is two years of
shipping ore blocked out and left be-
hind. While the ore being taken out
In development work is now carrying
the expenses or the property. In adj
dition to this there Is enough second
grade or milling on the surface and
in the mine to keep concentration of
so tons a day running for the next
two years This ore runs from $40 to
S15 ton. There Is now on tho sur
face easily 10000 tons of this ore.
WORKING ON WINE.
The mine Is opened up by an In
cline shaft ana nine levels The work
at present Is confined to the lowest
levels and Il Wine Is now being sunk
from the 900 level on Il rich vertical
vein encountered running north and
south at right angles to the assure
in which the SHIFT Is sunk. The winHe
Is down 10 feet and the vein has been
continuous the entire distance vary
ing from 8 to . and feet in width.
1t is an excellent grade of ore. a lit
tie compressed air hoist is worked on
the Wine.
rho vein will probably average nve
lttt III with phih VI Ni''h 70 S'iiP-
ping ore and part of which is being
added to the second grade dump. The
mine Is showing up best ut its deepest
workings, AT no time has the shaft
or the workings in the property been
out of ore.
showed most encouraging changes.
The formation has been changing
from hard blue limestone to II
shaley- limestone that Is much easier
to work and is regarded Us more
favorable for tho making of orc
bodies even larger than those already
found. This II Is declared also argues
we'll for permanency.
During tho year the old ore body
in the mine opened up larger and add
cd greatly to tho value Of the prop
crty. 1t is declared lhnt this prof.
crty Is now In better shape than 1t
has ever been. This Is the same ore
body that has been had from the sur
face down but the vertical vein Is Il
new and distinct disclosure.
FORMATION INTERESTING,
The geology OF this property Is OK
tremelv interesting. a transverse lis
sure, dipping but slightly from tho
vertical, cuts the bedding planes III
tho Cnmbrian limestone. Two later
periods OF dynamic stress have opened
assures conformablc to the bedding
planes and other transverse ASSURES
parallel to the main assure,
causing faulting In the planes OF each
series. Both transverse and bedding
assures wero mineralized during tho
last two OF these cntaclysmic periods
The orc Is high grade. tho ore podies
arc wide and persistent. Tho Mendha
would be big mine in any camp.
The possibilities of this property
have become moro apparent this year
than over before. Tho mine already
has q record Of producing S5O0,0OO.